Quotes about life

"There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it."

Harington, Donald on life   

"When I hear somebody sigh that Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what?"

Harris, Sidney J. on life
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"Life flows on within you and without you."

Harrison, George on life
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"Life is made up of marble and mud."

Hawthorne, Nathaniel on life   

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"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."

Hayakawa, S. I. on life
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"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."

Hayes, Helen on life   

"So in all these little ways we spin a web, a cocoon, around ourselves. The cocoon becomes nice and snug and comfortable because it is very familiar. We know every little corner of our life; we can even write poetry about it. We may also have ideas about the great mystery which religions speak of, which gives our cocoon an especial sense of security: we can worship the great mystery outside of it and feel good about that. The cocoon is safe, bounded, claustrophobic, and a little stale. We settle into it and live our lives."

Hayward, Jeremy W. on life   

"I can't be bitter. No one has a contract on life."

Heath, David M. on life   

"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."

Hemingway, Ernest on life
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"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around."

Hepburn, Katharine on life
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"In soft regions are born soft men."

Herodotus on life   

"It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter."

Herold, Don on life   

"The person lives twice who lives the first life well."

Herrick, Robert on life   

"Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live."

Herzen, Alexander on life
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"The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, and love. They do not require coupons."

Hewitt, George T. on life
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"Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us."

Holdcroft, Thomas L. on life   

"The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started."

Holland, Josiah Gilbert on life
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"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell on life   

"Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived."

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell on life   

"Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it."

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell on life   

"On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it."

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell on life   

"I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on life   

"To live is to function. That is all there is in living."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on life   

"It is faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth looking at."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on life   

"Today, you have 100% of your life left."

Hopkins, Tom on life
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"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."

Horace on life   

"He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world."

Horace on life
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"Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive."

Hubbard, Elbert on life
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"Those who live are those who fight."

Hugo, Victor on life
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"Life is a voyage."

Hugo, Victor on life   

"Life is a flower of which love is the honey."

Hugo, Victor on life
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"It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom."

Hume, David on life   

"We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle -- even if he can afford more."

Ibuka, Massaru on life   

"Half my life is an act of revision."

Irving, John on life   

"Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination"

Isherwood, Christopher on life
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"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?"

James, Henry on life
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"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."

James, Henry on life   

"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice."

James, William on life   

"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

James, William on life
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"Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver."

James, William on life