Quotes about Life
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 9:6
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 9:9
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
— Ecclesiastes 9:11
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
— Ecclesiastes 10:19
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
— Ecclesiastes 11:5
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 11:8
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
— Ecclesiastes 11:9
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
— Ecclesiastes 12:1
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
— Ecclesiastes 12:2
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
— Ecclesiastes 12:6
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
— Ecclesiastes 12:7
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
— Ecclesiastes 12:8