top of page

Life Quotes

GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story."
Elvis Presley
"I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done."
Richard J. Needham
"For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed."
Corita Kent
"Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale."
Amber Tamblyn
"Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."
Lars von Trier
"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak."
Paul Wellstone
"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."
Shakira
"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test."
Robert Fulghum
"I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."
Benny Goodman
"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life."
Tennessee Williams
"We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Hate is a lack of imagination."
Graham Greene
"Hate is a lack of imagination."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?"
Ridley Scott
"Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?"
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."
George Eliot
"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen."
Andrea Corr
"Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality."
Iris Murdoch
"We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Don't waste your whole lifetime waiting for the perfect life when there's a perfectly good one within and right in front of you."
Rasheed Ogunlaru
"Don't waste your whole lifetime waiting for the perfect life when there's a perfectly good one within and right in front of you."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."
Joan Didion
"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life."
Suze Orman
"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going."
Sean Connery
"I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else."
Ayrton Senna
"Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."
Oprah Winfrey
"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
26
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy."
William Wilberforce
"The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."
Leo Burnett
"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Knowledge is the life of the mind."
Abu Bakr
"Knowledge is the life of the mind."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some other lifetime, that I had even taken over someone else's life."
Margaret Mahy
"By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some other lifetime, that I had even taken over someone else's life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other."
Stephen Sondheim
"My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence."
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
"I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones."
Jensen Ackles
"What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life."
John Chrysostom
"The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt."
Sigourney Weaver
"Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."
Charles Dickens
"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
Ben Stein
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance."
Mignon McLaughlin
"For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific."
Jane Wagner
"All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning."
Robert Casey
"The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people."
Tony Shalhoub
"You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life."
Linda Vester
"Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."
Harry S. Truman
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance."
Hannah Arendt
"We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft."
Leslie Nielsen
"You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father."
Esai Morales
"My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"
Paul Gauguin
"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."
Leon Trotsky
"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."
Mikhail Gorbachev
"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life."
Boris Kodjoe
"I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
"This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt, by it. You know, so she's in a very different place in life."
Julianne Moore
"This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt, by it. You know, so she's in a very different place in life."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
25
bottom of page