Life Is Short quotes
203 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel."
"Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile. The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won't be found at the bottom) Don't sweat the small stuff, You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one's watching, Love as if it's all you know, Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today"
"I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness."
"Never regret anything that makes you smile."
"You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years."
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"Remember: Life is short, break the rules"
"Life is short is what some niggaz said; not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did."
"Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them."
"Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing."
"Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind."
"the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long."
"There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us."
"Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little"."
"Life is too short to worry about anything"
"While there's life, there is hope."
"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out."
"Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!"
"life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything"
"Your days pass like rainbows, like a flash of lightning, like a star at dawn. Your life is short. How can you quarrel?"
"Life is short. Im gonna be happy with mine."
"Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."
"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour."
"I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me."
"If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited."
"Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder."
