Famous Quotes about Life

Famous quotes about life and links to famous quotes about life.

Amazing quotes about life

"All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity." from Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

"I used to think that all you had to do to get a happy person was get rid of the negatives in their life, but if that's all you do, you don't get a happy person, you get an empty person. You need the positives too."
- Martin Seligman.

"On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him." - Buddha

Deep quotes about life

"Avoid the dangers of bravery and justice and turn to higher things, to the life of pure thought and study, away from the vicissitudes of the world" - Plato, Rep. 493b, Tht. 172d.

"Avoid the dangers of justice. The rules of justice are nothing but conventional norms imposed by laws and expectations of society. They are irrelevant to human nature, which is best satisfied by the satisfaction of our immediate desires." - Plato, Gorgias, 482c.

"Avoid the dangerous ambitions of the hero; live a quiet, unambitious and secure life, and then happiness won't be so easily lost." - Herodotus, Histories, iii39-42, v92.

Cute quotes about life

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end." - Usula K. LeGuin.

"Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady." - Thomas H. Huxley

Funny quotes about life

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - proverb.