Life quotes

“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.” Maya Angelou

“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.” Maya Angelou

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'” Maya Angelou

“Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!” Eleanor Roosevelt

“When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.” Muhammad Ali

“Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.” Muhammad Ali

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” Muhammad Ali

“Old age is just a record of one's whole life.” Muhammad Ali

“I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.” Muhammad Ali

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.” Muhammad Ali

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” Muhammad Ali

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Muhammad Ali

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” Muhammad Ali

“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.” Warren Buffett

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.” Warren Buffett

“There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.” Warren Buffett

“When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.” George Carlin

“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” Ernest Hemingway

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Ernest Hemingway

“All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” Ernest Hemingway

“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.” Ernest Hemingway

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway