I love quotes, because when times that I can't express my thoughts, they are my escape. I can definitely relate to the expression "I can't put it into words". It's a good thing that other people have done it for me. Here are some short quotes about life, categorized by their origins—from authors to government leaders, singers to humorists, and some more mature reflections.
I.Quotes from Authors
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." — Oscar Wilde
2. "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." — John Lennon
3. "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Oscar Wilde
5. "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." — Confucius
6. "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." — J.K. Rowling
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." — Tony Robbins
8. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." — Anaïs Nin
9. "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." — Oprah Winfrey
10. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
— George Bernard Shaw
11. "The more I see, the less I know for sure." — John Lennon
12. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." — Mae West
13. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
— Robert Frost
14. "Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read." — Cassandra Clare
15. "The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
16. "Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations." — Oliver Goldsmith
17. "Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." — Grandma Moses
19. "You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." — Brian Tracy
20. "The unexamined life is not worth living." — Socrates
II. Quotes from Singers
"Don’t count the days, make the days count." — Muhammad Ali
2. "Take your broken heart, make it into art." — Carrie Fisher
3. "I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist." — Sia
"Life is what happens when you're making other plans." — John Lennon
5. "I get by with a little help from my friends." — The Beatles
6. "It's my life, it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever." — Bon Jovi
7. "The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
— Nat King Cole
8. "You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one." — John Lennon
9. "I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection." — Drake
10. "We are the champions, my friends. And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end." — Queen
11. "Some people feel the rain, others just get wet." — Bob Marley
"It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away." — U2
13. "I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance." — Lee Ann Womack
14. "Every little thing gonna be alright!" — Bob Marley
15. "I will survive! Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I will stay alive." — Gloria Gaynor
16. "All you need is love." — The Beatles
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." — The Beatles
18. "I’m just a soul whose intentions are good." — Nina Simone
19. "Don't stop believin', hold on to that feelin'." — Journey
20. "It’s a bittersweet symphony, this life." — The Verve
III. Quotes from Government Leaders
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln
2. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." — John F. Kennedy
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." — Winston Churchill
5. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi
6. "It always seems impossible until it's done." — Nelson Mandela
7. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." — Abraham Lincoln
8. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
— Winston Churchill
9. "When they go low, we go high." — Michelle Obama
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." — Margaret Thatcher
11. "I have a dream." — Martin Luther King Jr.
12. "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." — Warren Bennis
13. "Peace begins with a smile." — Mother Teresa
14. "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." — Eleanor Roosevelt
15. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." — Nelson Mandela
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." — John C. Maxwell
17. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela
18. "The best revenge is massive success." — Frank Sinatra (often quoted by leaders)
19. "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." — Theodore Roosevelt
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
IV. Humor Quotes
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." — Elbert Hubbard
2. "I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right." — Unknown
"I intend to live forever. So far, so good." — Steven Wright
4. "The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream."
— Bill Murray
5. "Life is too important to be taken seriously." — Oscar Wilde
6. "Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." — Jim Carrey
"My life feels like a test I didn’t study for." — Unknown
8. "I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it." — Unknown
9. "If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you."
— Steven Wright
10. "A day without laughter is a day wasted." — Charlie Chaplin
"I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." — Benjamin Franklin
12. "Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back." — Oscar Wilde
13. "I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." — Steven Wright
14. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." — A. A. Milne
15. "If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments."
— Earl Wilson
16. "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." — Lily Tomlin
"I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." — Unknown
18. "Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth." — Unknown
19. "I remixed a remix, it was back to normal." — Mitch Hedberg
20. "I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book." — Groucho Marx
V. Adulting Quotes
"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." — Gloria Steinem
2. "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." — Forrest Gump
"The older I get, the more I understand that it’s okay to live a life others don’t understand." — Jenna Woginrich
4. "Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." — David Bowie
5. "The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find meaning in everything."
— Viktor Frankl
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." — Neale Donald Walsch
7. "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." — Martin Luther King Jr.
8. "Life is too short to be living someone else’s dream." — Hugh Hefner
9. "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." — Groucho Marx
"In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back." — Charlie Brown
11. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." — Mae West
12. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. "The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary." — Arthur Schopenhauer
14. "Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet." — Sarah Louise Delany
"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late." — Benjamin Franklin
16. "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." — Oscar Wilde
17. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. "Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses and start making changes." — Roy T. Bennett
19. "Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain." — Vivian Greene
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take." — Lewis Carroll
These quotes offer a rich tapestry of insights into life, from the wisdom of authors and leaders to the humor and candid reflections of others. Whether you're seeking inspiration, humor, or a little guidance, these quotes are sure to resonate.
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