Life is tough or easy? Actually, it’s depends on how we react to life. What determines how we treat life? It is our understanding of things, our perspectives, ways of thinking, and the ability to solve problems. These deep quotes about life will make you thinking more, and get motivated when you feel life is tough.
We all have a different definition about what is life. While for some, their family and relations are everything, some prefer to go after their ambition and dreams. Some seeking for the meaning of life in religions and philosophy. There is only one kind of real heroism in the world, that is, still love life after seeing the truth of life. Check out these quotes to push you to think a little deeper about life and all that it entails.
Deep Quotes About Life:
1.“The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.”– Lao Tzu
2.“If you want to find deeper meaning in life, then try to collect moments instead of things.”
3.“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”– Helen Keller
4.“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”– Will Rogers
5.“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” – Marilyn vos Savant
6.“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”– Winston Churchill
7.“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”– Confucius
8.“Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.”– Robert F. Kennedy
9.“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”– Margaret B. Runbeck
10.“So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”– Christopher Reeve
11.“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” – Mahatma Gandhi
12.“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
13.“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest.” – Walter Anderson
14.“Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.” – Diane McLaren
15.“The great thing about falling apart is that you always have the chance to start over once piece at a time.” – Unknown
16.“Some things scratch at the heart, while other things can strike at the soul.” – Unknown
17.“I might be quiet. But it is only because I have so much on my mind.” – Unknown
18.“Sleep does not help you much if it is your soul that is tired.” – Unknown
19.“Doubt will always kill dreams more than fear ever could.” – Unknown
20.“Be free to be who you want to be instead of trying to be what others want you to be.” – Unknown
21.“The real meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Unknown
22.“Your dreams do not have an expiration date. Get out there and go for it. It is never too late to try.” – Unknown
23.“Everyone is gifted with something special, but most people never even open their package.” – Unknown
24.“Our challenges make life interesting. Overcoming them makes life meaningful.” – Unknown
25.“The true test of character is not how you act on your best days but how you act on your worst days.” – Unknown
26.“What’s really amazing is when you can actually feel your life going somewhere… like it finally figured out how to get good.” – Unknown
27.“Life is a long lesson in humility.” – Unknown
28.“You cannot evolve unless you are willing to change. You will never better yourself, if you always cling to what was.” – Leon Brown
29.“Always keep your head up, because if it’s down you won’t be able to see the blessings that have been placed in your life.” – Unknown
30.“Some people will better your life by being in it, while others will better it by staying out.” – Unknown
31.“Remember how blessed you are to see another day.” – Unknown
32.“God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith but it’s worth the wait.” – Unknown
33.“Don’t rush and never settle. If it’s meant to be, it will be.” – Unknown
34.“The rain WILL stop, the night WILL end, the hurt WILL fade. Hope is never so lost that it can’t be found.” – Mandy Hale
35.“Sometimes God has to break us to make us. It’s just a bend, it’s not the end. We’re all like glow sticks, no matter how much we’re bent and broken our light still shines.” – DeAndre Carswell
36.“One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well-being of the people in your life.” – Leon Brown
37.“Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” – Joel Osteen
38.“Sometimes you have to experience the bad, so that you can learn to appreciate the good things that enter your life.” – Leon Brown
39.“Your life will get better when you spend more time building your real life and less time watching reality tv.” – Thema Davis
40.“Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you and stay.” – Wu Tang
41.“If you still talk about it, you still care about it.” – Unknown
42.“The only person I can try to be better than, is the person I was yesterday.” – Unknown
43.“The true story is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see.” – Unknown
44.“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.” – Unknown
45.“The bad news is…you are the problem. The GREAT news is YOU are the solution! You got this!” – Dave Ramsey
46.“As long as you’re influenced by what others think, you won’t be able to find your own direction.” – Jerry Corstens
47.“If it cost you your peace, it’s too expensive.” – Unknown
48.“Nothing wrong with taking your time with the things that you love in life.” – Joe Kay
49.“Only you can define the meaning of success for you. Everybody is different. Judging and comparing yourself to other people is a f*ing waste of time.” – David Goggins
50.“Life is too short to spend time with people who drag you down and prevent you from being happy.” – Unknown
51.“Don’t give up now. When the darkness is deepest the light is near.” – Jerry Corstens
52.“Worrying is a waste of time. Good and bad things happen in life, you just have to keep living and not stress over what you can’t control.” – Unknown
53.“Only low performers criticize, gossip, and complain. Successful, happy, well-emotionally-balanced people don’t have time to shit on somebody else.” – Sean Stephenson
54.“Always pay attention to who is present and genuinely involved in your life at your hardest times.” – Joe Kay
55.“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
56.“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
57.“Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.” – Irving Berlin
58.“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-short.” – Charlie Chaplin
59.“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
60.“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar khayyam
61.“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy. That makes happiness.” – Charles Spurgeon
62.“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.” – James M. Barrie
63.“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrage the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
64.“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” – William James
65.“To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
66.“Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right.” – Joel Osteen
67.“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.” – William Penn
68.“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.” – Epicurus
69.“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
70.“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” – Martin Heidegger
71.“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank
72.“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee
73.“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin
74.“I find that a duck’s opinion of me is very much influenced over whether or not I have bread.” – Mitch Hedberg
75.“Today me will live in the moment, unless it is unpleasant, in which case I will eat a cookie.” – Cookie Monster
76.“Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.” – Natalie Babbitt
77.“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman
78.“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” – C.S. Lewis
79.“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
80.“What we have done for ourselves alone, dies with us. What we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal.” – Albert Pike
81.“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” – Julius Henry
82.“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude” – Maya Angelou
83.“Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.” – Grace Hansen
84.“Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren
85.“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell
86.“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
87.“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” – Tom Bodett
88.“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self” – Aldous Huxley
89.“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner
90.“Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun.” – Dean Koontz
91.“To find your own way is to follow your bliss. This involves analysis, watching yourself and seeing where real deep bliss is – not the quick little excitement , but the real deep, life-filling bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
92.“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
93.“We ask for long life, but ’tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
94.“The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.” – Leo Tolstoy
95.“Life is in ourselves and not in the external.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
96.“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
97.“Our task in life is to find our deep soul work and throw ourselves headlong into it.” – Phil Cousineau
98.“In the circle of life there is no top, no corner, and no straight lines.” – Mike Dolan
99.“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther
100.“Sometimes you have to shut your eyes, so you can see the real beauty.” Kilian Jornet
101.“I don’t care that they stole my idea. I care that they don’t have any of their own.” – Nikola Tesla
102.“Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
103.“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” – Lao Tzu
104.“Do or do not, there is no try.” – Yoda
105.“Cleverness is not wisdom.” – Euripides
106.“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
107.“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” – Taraji Henson
108.“I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.” – Tori Amos
109.“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaninful.” – Joshua Marine
110.“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” – Stephanie Perkins
111.“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.” – Unknown
112.“You have to let people go. Everyone who is in your life are meant to be in your journey but not all of them are meant to stay till the end.” – Unknown
113.“Pain changes people, it makes them trust less, overthink more, and shut people out.” – Unknown
114.“Someone once asked me, ‘why do you always insist on taking the hard road?’ I replied, ‘ Why do you assume I see two roads?’” – Unknown
115.“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – Unknown
116.“When you find no solution to a problem, it’s probably not a problem to be solved, but rather a truth to be accepted.” – Unknown
117.“The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.” – Unknown
118.“The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.” – Unknown
119.“She was one if the few souls that made me wonder what’s it to live.” – Markus Zusak
120.“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.” – Jack Handey
121.“Life is like a piano. The while keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness. But as you go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys also make music.” – Unknown
122.“Dead people receive more flowers than the living one because regret is stronger than gratitude.” – Anne Frank
123.“A meaningful silence is always better than a meaningless words.” – Unknown
Conclusion:
Life has a way of its own. Sometimes it flows easily like a river, sometimes nothing makes sense and we wonder. At such times, understanding ourselves and the world around us might give insight. If we dig deep, we will realize that life is but an art. It is full of possibilities and each day can bring new optimism.
Whether you are looking for wealth, love, hope or health, we hope that these deep quotes about life will motivate you to contemplate about life and find out who you are.
Alice Judy
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