Quotes About Life

The world is a stage and we are all its actors. What is life? Life can have many meanings. For some it is a daily struggle, for some life is sweet, for others it is hell. Well life throws different things at different people. Some can cope better, some are not so lucky. But life goes on, that is the one thing that won’t change. Quotes about life have been written since ages, and some try and explain how life is, while others try to see the lighter side of life. So let’s have a look at some amazing life quotes.

Humor Quotes About Life

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone. ~ Oscar Wilde
A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large. ~ Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~ Truman Capote
Life is like a game of poker: If you don’t put any in the pot, there won’t be any to take out. ~ Moms Mabley
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ~ Will Rogers

Spiritual Quotes About Life

The spiritual quest begins, for most people, as a search for meaning. ~ Marilyn Ferguson
Knowledge without right conduct, accepting vows without right faith and performing austerities without self-control are all futile. ~ A Jain Saying
Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals. ~ Winwood Reade
The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals. ~ Guru Nanak
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama

Inspirational Quotes About Life

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.’ ~ Tom Robbins
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ~ Abraham Lincoln
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened. ~ Montaigne
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. ~ Ann Landers

Funny Quotes About Life

For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. ~ Clifton Fadiman
I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it. ~ Charles Schulz
Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. ~ Lou Erickso
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. ~ Oscar Wilde
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he’s talking about. ~ Sam Ewing

Sad Quotes About Life

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. ~ W.M. Lewis
Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable. ~ Wizard of Oz
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. ~ Carl Jung
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. ~ Khalil Gibran
How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness. ~ Jim Rohn

Sarcastic Quotes About Life

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~ Oscar Wilde
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~ Albert Einstein
People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House. ~ Robin Williams
He was happily married – but his wife wasn’t. ~ Victor Borge
God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time. ~ Robin Williams

These life quotes are so diverse, yet so true, some funny, some sad, and some so heartening to read. We all need to read or hear some or the other quotes about life from time to time to keep us going. Cheers!

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