Living Quotes

You don't decide what your purpose is in life you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living.

The first and last schoolmaster of life is living and committing oneself unreservedly and dangerously to living; to men who know this an Aristotle and a Plato have much to say; but those who have imposed cautions on themselves and petrified themselves in a system of ideas, them the masters themselves will lead into error

Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.

Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God

My touchstone for following a line of wisdom is; ‘living the philosophy should bring freedom to the individual, and love, wisdom and compassion to society, to our relationships’.

Give someone you wronged a chance to express their true feelings and learn about yourself and your shortcomings.

Age is only a number. Keep an active life.

You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.

I am not always just living, just following all my fantasies; I come up for air, for understanding.

In too many instances we have settled for a world of our own shaping that is shaping up to be in terrible shape.

When I was younger, I would cling to life because life was at the top of the turning wheel. But like the song of my gypsy girl, the great wheel turns over and lands on a minor key. It is then that you come of age and life means nothing to you. To live, to die, to overdose, to fall in a coma in the street... it is all the same. It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there being only life, the young cling to it, they fear death… And they should! ...For they are 'in' life.

Some waste away their lives by drinking, partying or by simply having fun and living for pleasure.

Poetry is Life. We experience poetry from the time we awake each morning and inhale that fresh breath of air. You are living poetry. Poetry is not defined by the laws of man. Inspiration is the key.

Too often, we put up with mediocrity, telling ourselves that later in life we’ll do what we want.

Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appreciate those who make a difference in your lives.

If you wait for a cake to be given to you so you will be happy- then you will be happy when someone gives you a cake. But if you buy a cake (or bake one) for yourself so you will be happy, you have found the way of happiness.

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

There are billions of people in this world that don’t believe or act exactly as we do. It is not our place to reject them, only accept them. Again, we don’t have to agree with everything they believe or do, but we do need to love and accept who they are.

A lot of people pray for power, house, financial breakthrough, wealth etc. But only few ask God for wisdom. There are so many great power pack man and women of God who lack wisdom.

I try not to judge people. It's wrong and unfair and a terrible way to go about being a human.

My body is the shape I live in and it shapes the way I live.

The person who says it can’t be done is almost always interrupted by the person who is doing it.

In every aspect of life, be true to who you are. There is no need to communicate subliminally. If you believe in your words or actions, then express yourself completely. Live, Laugh, & Love without regrets.

Everyone you meet is a part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they're blessings or lessons.

I’d seen a thousand lifetimes come and go, but had never truly lived.

Then again, that's how the most successful predators work, she thinks ruefully. We stumble into their traps and do their work for them while we're busy getting on with the business of living.

To conform is to be average.

Procrastination is a way of living in the past instead of the present moment.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

The vision of her own personality, of herself as a real everlasting thing, different from anything else, unmergeable, like the sea or the wind, flashed into Rachel's mind, and she became profoundly excited at the thought of living.

We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.

I thought maybe if she could express herself rather than suffer herself, if she had a way to relieve the burden, she lived for nothing more than living, with nothing to get inspired by, to care for, to call her own, she helped out at the store, then came home and sat in her big chair and stared at her magazines, not at them but through them, she let the dust accumulate on her shoulders.

Worthy or not, you will receive your destiny. Awake or not you will notice.

There was no better way to live, or worse. It was all terrible, and you had to do it constantly,

Europe, the land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts. The land where the economy gets to stagger all over the continent.

If we’re missing life it’s probably because we’re expecting it to reveal itself to us, rather than realizing that life is revealed by us looking for it.

Your calling is buried in your background and life experience

The miracle of everyday living is the blessed breath of life.

We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.

Be brave and take risks… You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.

Daily dance is my delight.

You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!

Don’t lose faith in the people.

Living life with contentment is the greatest well-being.

Delighted to be lost.

Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why.

To die or not to die, that is the question; it is nobler to live in torment and rage than not to live at all?

Music give infinite strength.

Life is difficult.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

There has to be at least one other reason besides money that makes you do the things that you do.

Live each day with great love, hope and faith.

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had never done nothing but endure. She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm.

Invest in your purpose and land of promise

Yes, we live, or we're given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.

We believe because it gives us faith. It gives us the willingness to go through our day, to keep the existentialist threat of meaninglessness away. We believe because we crave to be seen, to be known, to be understood. We believe because that is the only thing we can do. If there is no one to judge us - to tell us that we are good, and that if we are bad, we can be redeemed - why bother living at all? Why bother being good at all? If there is no one to look after us, and we are truly alone in this universe, what purpose do we have? We have nothing but the present moment, and only temporariness.

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.

My daughter, dad where do homeless people come from? My answer, everywhere.

The first key to a purposeful living is to accept the responsibility of your mission. When you agree "yes" to the calling, then you ask God "why?".