Famous Life Quotes to Live By

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
— Lillian Dickson

There’s no next time. It’s now or never.
— Celestine Chua

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
— Mahatma Gandhi

A life without cause is a life without effect.
— Barbarella

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
— Les Brown

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
— Helen Keller

If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.
— Albert Einstein

I am always doing things I can’t do. That is how I get to do them.
— Pablo Picasso

If you obey all the rules, you’ll miss all the fun.
— Katherine Hepburn

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
— Walter Bagehot

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
— Benjamin Franklin

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
— Carol Burnett

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.
— Martin H. Fischer

Inspirational Life Quotes to Live By

Be yourself – everyone else is taken.
— Anonymous

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.
— H. Jackson Brown

You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.
— Unknown

Life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows and live your todays.
— Anonymous

What seems like the right thing to do could also be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life.
— Unknown

What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.
— Napoleon Hill

Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.
— Celestine Chua

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
— Robin Sharma

Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.
— Unknown

Throughout life, people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
— Will Smith

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
— Seneca

We see things not as they are, but as we are.
— H. M. Tomlinson

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don’t put anything in, you won’t get anything out.
— William Christopher Handy

More Life Quotes to Live By

Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.
— Earl Nightingale

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance!
— Unknown

The best things in life are unseen, that’s why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry, and dream.
— Unknown

Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.
— Van Wilder

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
— Samuel Butler

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
— Reba McEntire

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one’s own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.
— Chin Ning Chu