Life is given to us; we earn it by giving it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Quotations
Life
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Who says life is fair, where is that written?
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell
Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
-Hans Christian Anderson
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
-Jean Cocteau
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
-John Irving
"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason. It's just that . . . I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect and chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
-Sarah Dessen
"The Truth About Forever"
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard”, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what?
-Sydney J. Harris
