BEST QUOTES ABOUT LIFE FROM LITERATURE

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.” – Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford

“The most important things are the hardest to say because words diminish them.” – Stephen King, The Body TIME SHAKESPEARE QUOTES

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

“The only way to deal with life’s challenges is to face them head-on.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” – Tony Robbins

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London

“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” – Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” – Sigmund Freud

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the details of daily life.” – William Morris

“Life is an endless journey in search of meaning and fulfillment.” – Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t waste away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

“Life is short, and we should enjoy it while we can.” – Markus Zusak, The Book Thief