Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been writing and collecting quotes since 2004. He's also into personal development and productivity. Most of all, he's dedicated to help you live a simpler and more peaceful life. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 100 of the best life quotes I could find. The goal? To help you find the inspiration and wisdom you need to live a good and simple life. You’ll discover quotes by Buddha, Bruce Lee, Einstein, and more. Enjoy!
Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top. Maxime Lagacé
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Charles Bukowski
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. Rose Kennedy
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard
Three things in life – your health, your mission, and the people you love. That’s it. Naval Ravikant
Life is from the inside out. When you shift on the inside, life shifts on the outside. Kamal Ravikant
Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless. Maxime Lagacé

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Bruce Lee
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Forrest Gump
Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde
It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela (nelsonmandela.org)
Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. Gary Keller
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A few thoughts on life….
One thing I’ve discovered is this:
the good life is not about comfort, “success”, stuff, achievements.
No.
It’s more about meaning, doing what we love, simplicity, being healthy and surrounded by people we love.
I’ve also learned that most of us want to feel in control of our lives.
BUT,
having high expectations can actually ruin your happiness.
So make sure you live more in the moment, spontaneously.
Deal?
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Seneca Click to tweet
A happy life consists in the tranquility of mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam
My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon
Life is a book you write, not a movie you watch. Maxime Lagacé
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius Click to tweet
Life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us then speak the truth. Arthur Schopenhauer
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James (wikipedia.org)
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard
You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. William W. Purkey
Think new thoughts and you will change your mind. Change your mind and you will change your life. Maxime Lagacé
Don’t search for the meaning of life. Simply be present for the people you love. Maxime Lagacé
The way to win life is to genuinely not care, but it has to be genuine. Naval Ravikant (Source)
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln Click to tweet
You are not what you want to be. You are what you do daily. Maxime Lagacé
Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build… live the life that only you can live. Naval Ravikant
Your goal in life is to find out the people who need you the most, to find out the business that needs you the most, to find the project and the art that needs you the most. There is something out there just for you. Naval Ravikant
I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane. Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh
The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. Helen Mirren
In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
The cost for the good life is giving up comfort. Maxime Lagacé
The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important. Mark Manson (Source)
I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix
Those who realize their folly are not true fools. Zhuangzi
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein
The first step to life is to try. The second is to learn. The third is to share. Maxime Lagacé
Part 2. Life Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Life Quotes
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller Click to tweet
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. St. Augustine
The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates
Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life. Snoopy
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. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw (wikipedia.org)
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. Les Brown
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. George S. Patton
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Eleanor Roosevelt
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements but rather with the things we do for the people we love and esteem. Walt Disney
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. Michelle Obama
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More Inspirational Quotes About Life
If life is a video game, the graphics are great, but the plot is confusing and the tutorial is way too long. Elon Musk Click to tweet
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett
I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso
The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive. Indira Gandhi
No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most. Naval Ravikant
Your life becomes meaningful in precise proportion to the depths of the responsibility you are willing to shoulder. Jordan Peterson
Cut yourself off from the past and the future and live in the present, and your life becomes a song and a dance. Osho
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. Alfred Adler Click to tweet
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life. T.S. Eliot
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. Mother Teresa
Challenges, failures, defeats and ultimately, progress, are what make your life worthwhile. Maxime Lagacé
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Be willing to sacrifice what you think you have today for the life that you want tomorrow. Neil Strauss
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. Tony Robbins
The more silence you have in your life, the louder your work can be. Maxime Lagacé
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Life’s too mysterious to take too serious. Mary Engelbreit
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. Neil Gaiman
Control your emotions, control your mind. Control your mind, control your actions. Control your actions, control your life. Anthony Pompliano (Source)
Your best life will not be found in comfort. It will be found in fighting for what you believe in. Maxime Lagacé
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. Rick Riordan
Life is not a competition. It’s not about winning or losing. Life is about all the fun we have before it ends. Simon Sinek (Source)
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. William James
Life is all about surprising ourselves. Go beyond what you thought you could achieve even in your wildest dreams. Johannes Larsson (Source)
If you say you can or you can’t you are right either way. Henry Ford
Life is a tree. Your mind is the roots and who you become is the fruits. Maxime Lagacé
The only way out is through. Robert Frost
The ego wants comfort and certainty. The soul wants to live fully. Maxime Lagacé
Stop seeking today. You have all it takes to live a good life. You have your mind. Maxime Lagacé
Slow down and savor your life. Haemin Sunim
Life has been given to you to create, and to rejoice, and to celebrate. Osho
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. Annette Funicello
Quotes About Life: The Conclusion
A secret to life: Know that none of this matters, and yet… live as if every single moment does. Kamal Ravikant
Let’s recap:
- Life is short, precious, beautiful. Don’t waste it on petty things.
- Life is also hard, unfair, and sometimes incomprehensible. Don’t overthink it. Move forward.
- You don’t control most things that happen in your life. Focus on your attitude and your effort.
- Most things will seem urgent and important. Remember: most are not.
- Life gets better when you surround yourself with positive people.
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Life Quotes That ARE
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Conclusion
The most effective, surest and quickest path to success is through a failure and mistakes
Those are beautiful words, Abdulazeez.
Thank you for that.
“Be where you are “. My quote to my kids
It’s indeed a great one, Rocky.
It’s funny because it’s a mantra (or self-talk) I use myself from time to time.
Very effective indeed. 🙂
Best,
Maxime
Thank you for all inspirational quotes
You’re welcome.
Thanks to you for commenting!
Best,
Maxime
Maxime, I can’t remember the exact quote but it’s like; “I want people to be happier when I leave them than when I met them”. Or, something like that. Can you help ???
Hi Bob,
there is this one from Marvin J. Ashton: “Leave people better than you found them.”
Is that it?
Thanks,
Maxime
Reminds me of a song that I wrote: https://youtu.be/oNxPqgbHeiw
Hi Trianna!
Please keep sharing your beautiful voice.
Best,
Maxime
Thank you so much for all of the beautiful, inspirational quotes, thoughts and beautiful words of wisdom.
Thanks for your comment, Tammy!
Regards,
maxime
Great collection of wisdom. Personaly I love Andrzej Majewski quotes especially inspiring quotes: The most potent power in the universe is the willpower.
There’s no better motivation to man’s actions than a strict ban.
Only great men can keep their head in the clouds and their feet firmly down on the ground.
Never curse an illness; better ask for health.
If you want to be strong – keep training; if you want to keep winning all the time – do not fight.
If you want to more: andrzej-majewski.com
Those are nice quotes Paul.
Thanks for that.
Maxime
Thanks for the very inspiring quotes… I really enjoyed reading them. 😄😄😄
You’re welcome, Merry Ann.
Thanks,
maxime
True wisdom can be found only here.
Thanks for creating such a meaningful platform.
You’re welcome Alex.
Thanks,
Maxime
Great collection of quotes. This will really help to move on. Thanks Maxime Lagacé for sharing.
You’re welcome Miles!
Thanks,
Maxime