Great life quotes can impart advice, serve to inspire, and remind people of the meaning of live. Quotations are interesting to read and memorize. Wise quotes are useful as additions to speeches and essays. Many individuals use quotes and sayings in scrapbooking, cards, and crafts.
Many famous people have commented and mulled over the meaning of life. Words by well-known individuals such as Gandhi, Ben Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Maya Angelou are thoughtful and memorable.
Inspirational Life Quote
Let these words of wisdom enlighten and inspire your own life and those of others.
- "Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
- There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
- In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. ~Robert Frost
- Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~ Hans Christian Anderson
- Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I am with you kid. Let's go." ~ Maya Angelou
- "I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." ~ Grandma Moses in "My Life's History," Copyright 1951, Harper & Brothers
Positive Life Quotes
Quotations with positive advice from great minds. These quotations are wonderful as daily reminders and great to tweet on Twitter.
- Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Gandhi
- Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life. ~J.Kennedy
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ~Ben Franklin
- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. ~Steve Jobs
- Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others ... And your very flesh shall be a great poem. ~Walt Whitman
Also see Quotes by and about Great Thinkers: Thoughts on Wisdom, Talking, and What Is Truly Important in Life.
Words on the Purpose of Life
So many people wonder about their purpose in life. These famous quotes address this issue.
- He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
- The purpose of life is a life of purpose. ~ Robert Byrne
- A life without cause is a life without effect. ~ Barbarella
- Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman
Famous Quotes Good for Twitter and Facebook Messages
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Inspiring Erma Bombeck Life Quote
Erma Bombeck, famous for her humorous writings, is credited with this wonderful, inspirational quote, sharing her philosophy on life.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
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