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Living life to the fullest35 quotes
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! — Horace · 23 BCEvery man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. — John Keating · 1989Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. — Andy Dufresne · 1994Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet. — Jack London · 1916All 35 quotes →Life15 quotes
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Remember those posters that said, 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day except one, the day you die. — Lester Burnham · 1999To live...to live would be an awfully big adventure. — Peter Banning · 1991Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931All 15 quotes →Carpe diem4 quotes
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. — John Keating · 1989To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Realize your youth while you have it... Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? — Henry James · 1903Taking risks4 quotes
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller · 1940A short life in the saddle, Lord!
Not long life by the fire. — Louise Imogen Guiney · 1893I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Realize your youth while you have it... Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Going for it3 quotes
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903A short life in the saddle, Lord!
Not long life by the fire. — Louise Imogen Guiney · 1893I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Courage2 quotes
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. — Anais Nin · 1941Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller · 1940Death2 quotes
Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Life and death2 quotes
Every man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Living well2 quotes
Life is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have liv'd light in the spring,
To have lov'd, to have thought, to have done. — Matthew Arnold · 1852Surviving vs. thriving2 quotes
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891I don't want to survive, I want to live! — Captain B. McCrea · 2008Aging1 quote
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Being present1 quote
I'm a little bit, you know, seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available... For life to happen to you. We're living this life, we’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it... But if you’re available, then life gets huge... You're really living it. — Bill Murray · 2014Decisions and choices1 quote
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. — Andy Dufresne · 1994Dying young1 quote
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy. — Dr. Eldon Tyrell · 1982Fear1 quote
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet. — Jack London · 1916Fear of death1 quote
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Giving up1 quote
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. — Andy Dufresne · 1994Jumping in1 quote
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet. — Jack London · 1916Living in fear1 quote
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet. — Jack London · 1916Living in the moment1 quote
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! — Horace · 23 BCLiving on one's own terms1 quote
I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this. I did it my way. — Frank Sinatra · 1969Making a mark1 quote
I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remember who I was. — Andrew · 2014Passage of time1 quote
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926The good life1 quote
Life is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49The human condition1 quote
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Wasting time1 quote
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Youth1 quote
Realize your youth while you have it... Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. — Oscar Wilde · 1890