Quotes about life

In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon the same level, and the beggar who suns himself by the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.

Adam Smith

Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you’re driving at another.

George Bernard Shaw

For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility.

David Hume

It is nature’s kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories.

Mahatma Gandhi

Obscurity and a competence-that is the life that is best worth living.

Mark Twain

If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death.

Sigmund Freud

People who follow Jesus, though, are no longer typical – God is constantly inviting them into a life that moves away from typical.

Bob Goff

When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the time most significant and seductive, seems now most futile and absurd.

Stephen Covey

Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on. The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family.

Tony Robbins

I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that’s just the best way to live.

Angelina Jolie