3,544 Quotes About Living

It’s that short-lived happiness, which empowers us to bear; long-lasting pain in living.

No man's advice can change you unless you speak to yourself. Bible school or seminars can't change you, going to church can't change you except you decide to change.Psalm 139:23 - 24

Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.

Men speak of dreaming as if it were a phenomenon of night and sleep. They should know better. All results achieved by us are self-promised, and all self-promises are made in dreams awake. Dreaming is the relief of labor,the wine that sustains us in act. We learn to love labor, not for itself, but for the opportunity it furnishes for dreaming, which is the great under-monotone of real life, unheard, unnoticed, because of its constancy. Living is dreaming. Only in the graves are there no dreams.

Be in love with your life, every detail of it.

We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don't really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

I admire those who do good and expect nothing in return.

The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.