Quotes about Life
There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
— George Lucas
You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.
— Harold S. Kushner
The nightingale appear'd the first, And as her melody she sang, The apple into blossom burst, To life the grass and violets sprang.
— Heinrich Heine
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.
— Helen Keller
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for.
— Henri Nouwen
Why should we be startled by death? Life is a constant putting off of the mortal coil - coat, cuticle, flesh and bones, all old clothes.
— Henry David Thoreau
Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The day you change your responses is the day your life will begin to get better.
— Jack Canfield
You might not think it now, but if you're one of God's children, you're going to figure it out by the end of your life God is good.
— James MacDonald
No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father's attention.
— Jerry Bridges
Life is accumulative - Either our errors accumulate to what we don't get, or our wise decisions accumulate into what we do get.
— Jim Rohn
I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.
— Joel Osteen