Quotations - Life & Death


And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~ Abraham Lincoln.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~ Robert Frost.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. ~ Marcus Aurelius.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. ~ Josh Billings.

Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Life is just one damned thing after another. ~ Elbert Hubbard.

Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway. ~ Jim Davis.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. ~ D. H. Lawrence.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. ~ Isaac Asimov.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. ~ Siddhartha Buddha.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ~ Emily Dickinson.

We've got to live. No matter how many skies have fallen. ~ D. H. Lawrence.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' ~ Sydney Harris.