Best 150 quotes in «life is short quotes» category

Why just work and live for a happy retirement? Why not work and live for a happy life?

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. C. S. LEWIS, The Four Loves Life is short. Eternity is long. BENTLEY LITTLE, His Father's Son What we do now echoes in eternity.

A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.

A lot of people are not used to having death in their lives or anything like that and I think that's not incredibly natural either. So it definitely can take its toll. At the same time I think it's important to face your own mortality, which I do most every day by doing the show, to realize that your life is short and to take the opportunities that you need to take and be fearless.

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

Begin doing what you want to do now.

Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away.

Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away When Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

For some moments in life there are no words.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that?

He is different, and there will be many people you love who will be unhappy with you. You don’t want them to feel you’ve dishonored them. Yes, I know how it is. But life is short. A chance for great happiness doesn’t come along all that often.

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

I directed one of my shorts that did festivals around the world, and that was great. I've got a bit of a bug for that now. I just hope I keep challenging myself and keep doing stuff that interests me with people who I respect and who teach me stuff. If I can keep doing that in anything - acting, writing, directing or whatever - I'll do it because life is short.

If I can get a day to myself, I won't answer the phone, I'll read or go for a walk. Simple, basic things. People think there's always time to do that but there isn't. Life is short.

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable - much like the weather!

I don't think that life happens by sitting back and waiting. People hold their cards so tight to their chest. Life is short. Tell people you love them. What's the worst that's going to happen?

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

I get on with all my exes, so there's nothing I need to forget about. I don't know - life is shorter than it seems.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

I hear what many of you are saying: We don’t have the time, we are busy. Well Nobody Has Time, Everyone Is Busy. In the time it took you to read this post, your life just got a minute shorter. That is precisely why we read (and why some of us write): because life is short and finite, we want more, and literature is the distillation of all those lives we will not lead.

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short.

I think life is short, and you can't spend time doing things just to be on set to reassure yourself that people are not going to forget about you.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".

I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually. To leave it behind ... I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see and one should know as much about it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it.

Life is short and art is long.

Life is short and experiences with remarkable people are rare.

... life is short and the world is wide

Life is short but it is wide. This too shall pass.

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me.

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.

Life is short, yet sweet.

Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

Life is too short to blend in.

Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Life is short, break the rules.

Life is short. Don't miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.

Life is short. Eternity is long.

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.

Life is too short to be a boring company.

Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I don't know how long I'll be there, but I like it right now.

Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.