Quotes about life

If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.

Abraham Lincoln

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Thich Nhat Hanh

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.

Thomas Jefferson

The wild life of today is not ours to do with as we please. The original stock was given to us in trust for the benefit both of the present and the future. We must render an accounting of this trust to those who come after us.

Theodore Roosevelt

When you do the right thing when it’s hard, you’re going to reap blessings, favor, increase, and not just eternal life, but abundant life here on this earth.

Joel Osteen

Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth.

George Edward Woodberry

I believe in a glamorous life, and I live a glamorous life.

Lady Gaga

As the metaphor of the airplane reminds us, the destination is within reach. And the journey can be rich, enriching, and joyful. In fact, the journey is really part of the destination, because in the family, as in life, how you travel is as important as where you arrive.

Stephen Covey

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

Bill Gates

Life requires no future to complete itself nor explanation to justify itself. In this moment it is finished.

Alan Watts