131 Life Quotes Inspiring to Live a Beautiful Life

Life is always full of ups and downs; does not matter whether you were born into a wealthy family or a poor one. Life seems to be a short and simple four-letter word but at the same time it is complicated enough that no one can easily decode its true meaning. Here are inspirational and beautiful life quotes. These life quotes will show you the path of living a beautiful life with new realities.

Life Quotes

1. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~ Confucius

2. “In life sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places” ~ Invajy

3. “Life is difficult because… we don’t appreciate the things that come easily.” ~ Invajy

4. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” ~ Albert Einstein

5. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it” ~ Charles R. Swindoll

6. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years” ~ Abraham Lincoln

7. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan

8. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” ~ Lao Tzu

9. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” ~ John Lennon
10. “Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

11. “In every life, we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double.” ~ Bobby McFerrin
12. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain
13. In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” ~ Charlie Brown
14. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” ~ Robert Frost
15. “Many people are afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy is those who are afraid of the light.” ~ Plato
16. “We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” ~ Confucius
17. “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
18. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not ” ~ Andre Gide
19. “It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life” ~ Elizabeth Kenny
20. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
21. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” ~ George S. Patton
22. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” ~ David Brinkley
23. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ~ John F. Kennedy
24. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” ~ Pablo Picasso
25. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” ~ Albert Einstein
26. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ~ Carol Burnett
27. “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” ~ Arthur Rubinstein
28. “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” ~ Denis Waitley
29. “Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine.” ~ Mario Fernandez
30. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational quotes about life

31. “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”  ~ Alexander Graham Bell
32. “There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book.” ~ Josh Jameson
33. “It is not the length of life, but depth of life.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
34. “Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~ Thomas Edison
35. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
36. “An unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
37. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” ~ Steve Jobs
38. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
39. “The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” ~ Walter Bagehot
40. “Life’s too mysterious to take too serious.” ~ Mary Engelbreit
41. “Never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.” ~ Jonathan Edwards
42. “The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.” ~ H.T. Leslie
43. “What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.” ~ Invajy
44. “Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going.” ~ Sam Levenson
45. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha
46. “Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
47. “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” ~ Dr. Seuss
48. “Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.” ~ Tennessee Williams
49. “A life without cause is a life without effect.” ~ Barbarella
50. “I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” ~ Ron White

Inspiring Life Quotes

51. “Get busy living or get busy dying.” ~ Stephen King
52. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” ~ Joel Osteen
53. “Every day can not be goody goody, but there is something goody in every day.” ~ Invajy
54. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss
55. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West
56. “Life is a series of baby steps.” ~ Hoda Kotb
57. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein
58. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ~ Douglas Adams
59. “Lead from the heart, not the head.” ~ Princess Diana
60. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ~ Dr. Seuss
61. “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” ~ Stephen Chbosky
62. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” ~ Dolly Parton
63. “Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace.” ~ Invajy
64. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘”What are you doing for others?” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
65. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” ~ George Bernard Shaw
66. “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” ~ Anonymous
67. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” ~ Henry Ford
68. “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” ~ Charles Darwin
69. “I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” ~ Doug Hutchison
70. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is Short Quotes

71. “After all, life is too short to be anything but happy.” ~ Karl Marx
72. “Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember ‘Life is too short to be little’.”~ Dale Carnegie
73. “Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment.” ~ Ruben Papian
74. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” ~ Wayne Dyer
75. “If you want something, don’t wish for it. Life is too short to wait.” ~ Stephen Hines
76. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. ~ Bruce Lee
77. “If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.” ~ Larry Mcmurtry
78. “As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.” ~ Zachary Scott
79. “You may delay, but time will not.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
80. “Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest.” ~ John Walters
81. “I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.” ~ Joan Rivers
82. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” ~ James Cameron
83. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ~ Dalai Lama
84. “Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” ~ Ashton Kutcher
85. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” ~ Helen Keller
86. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Nelson Mandela
87. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ~ Walt Disney
88. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
89. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” ~ Mother Teresa
90. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Positive Life Quotes

91. “I love those who can smile in trouble.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
92. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
93. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
94. “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
95. “Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” ~ Gary Keller
96. “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” ~ Oscar Wilde
97. “The only way out is through.” ~ Robert Frost
98. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ~ Nelson Mandela
99. “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”~ Jack London
100. “Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” ~ Rose Kennedy
101. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
102. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” ~ Babe Ruth
103. “Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” ~ Seneca
104. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” ~ Vivian Greene
105. “Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.” ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
106. “As my knowledge of things grew I felt more and more the delight of the world I was in.” ~ Helen Keller
107. “There are no regrets in life, just lessons.” ~ Jennifer Aniston
108. “Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” ~ Vince Lombardi
109.  “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
110. “Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.” ~ Buddha

Sweet Life Quotes

111. “In order to write about life first you must live it.” ~Ernest Hemingway
112. “Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” ~ Leo Burnett
113. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
114. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
115. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
116. “If you want to see the rainbow, be ready to face the rain first.” ~ Invajy
117. “Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.” ~ Celine Dion
118. “Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.” ~ John F. Kennedy
119. “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” ~ Stephen Hawking
120. “Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
121. “Today, you have 100% of your life left.” ~ Tom Landry
122. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” ~ Gail Sheehy
123. “You choose the life you live. If you don’t like it, it’s on you to change it because no one else is going to do it for you.” ~ Kim Kiyosaki
124. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~ Maya Angelou
125. “You will meet two kinds of people in life: ones who build you up and ones who tear you down. But in the end, you’ll thank them both.” ~ Anonymous
126. “Find people who will make you better.” ~ Michelle Obama
127. “I believe that nothing in life is unimportant every moment can be a beginning.” ~ John McLeod
128. “As you know, life is an echo; we get what we give.” ~ David DeNotaris
129. “Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.” ~ Derek Jeter
130. “Living an experience, a particular fate, is accepting it fully.” ~ Albert Camus
131. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all” ~ Oscar Wilde

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