Brevity is beautiful.
Let’s not waste any time. Here is a collection of our favorite short life quotes that will inspire you to live your life like the great human you are.
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I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live. Oscar Wilde
Live for yourself.Unknown
Work hard. Dream big.Unknown
What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of how it is supposed to be. Unknown
Life is short. Live passionately.Unknown
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin
Life is a one time offer, use it well.Unknown
Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards. Kierkegaard
The trouble is you think you have time. Buddha
So it goes. Kurt Vonnegut
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Voltaire
Whatever you are, be a good one.Abraham Lincoln
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
Everything happens for a reason.Unknown
Be the change you wish to see in the world. Unknown
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz
Youth is counted sweetest by those who are no longer young. John Green
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. Colette
This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
Love the life you live, and live the life you love. Bob Marley
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. Isaac Asimov
Live each day as if it’s your last.Unknown
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. John Barrymore
Try and fail, but never fail to try. Jared Leto
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. Ernest Holmes
Life is wasted on the living. Douglas Adams
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead. Anonymous
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.Bruce Lee
