Inspirational Life Quotes and Sayings

31 Inspirational Life Quotes:

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes you up depends on us.
~L Thomas Holdcroft

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
~William James

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life, rigidly defined. Just one. Our life. We have nothing else.

~Ugo Betti

In order to lead a fascinating life- one brimming with art, music, intrigue and romance- you must surround yourself with precisely those things.
~Unknown Author

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
~Nelson Mandela

In life we do things. Some we wish we had never done, some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads, but they all make us who we are and in the end they shape every detail about us. If we were to reverse any of them we wouldn’t be the person we are so just live. Make mistakes, have wonderful memories, but never ever second guess who you are, where you have been, and most importantly where it is you’re going.
~Unknown Author

Life is like an old time rail journey… delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts. Interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.
~Unknown Author

It’s better to look back on life and say: “I can’t believe I did that.” Than to look back and say. “I wish I did that.”
~Unknown author

What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable.
~John Green

Life isn’t about avoiding risks; it’s about making calculations and going all in with the things you love.
~Unknown Author

Life just gets so much better when you stop taking things personally.
~Unknown Author

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
~Mary Oliver

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~Unknown author

It is essential to our wellbeing, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.
~Marcia Wieder

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have some power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
~Louisa May Alcot

Life is like an echo. We get from it what we put in it and, just like an echo, it often gives us much more.
~Boris Lauer-Leonardi

If you are not living on the edge, you’re taking up to much space.
~Lou Whitaker

Will you look back on life and say, “I wish I had,” or “I’m glad I did”?

~Zig Ziglar

Your life is a result of the choices you make… if you don’t like your life it is time to start making better choices.
~Unknown Author

What is there to do with life but to live it to the full?
~Arnold Glasow

What is life, but a series of inspired follies.
~George Bernard Shaw

One of the indisputable lessons of life is that we cannot get or keep anything for ourselves alone unless we also get it for others too.
~J. Richard Sneed

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys it’s container or else there would be no fruition.
~ Florida Scott-Maxwell

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