Quotes about life

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

Jean de La Bruyere

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Theodore Roosevelt

If you did not care at all what anyone else thought about you, what would you do differently or change in your life?

Brian Tracy

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I’m learning the value of saying no. That’s very important.

Willie Nelson

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Steve Jobs

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people’s situations.

Ed Sheeran

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

Colin Powell

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

Henry David Thoreau

The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life.

Diana Nyad