Life Is Short Quotes

Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule. ~ Milarepa

Have you any old grudges you would like to pay,
Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day?
-Gather them now and lay them away
When Christmas comes.
Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend,
And life is short from beginning to end;
Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend
When Christmas comes. ~ William Haines Lytle

These things I'd learned when I was young: Life is short and men are cruel, and ponies are born to suffer. I decided that I would work as hard as I could at whatever job I was given, believing that I would earn my reward in the end and live forever in the ponies' place. ~ Iain Lawrence

Life is short, I have no time for drama. ~ Caroline Manzo

Your life is short, son. Ours is long. Much too long. But we both live in time. You a short time. We a long time. The Childlike Empress has always been there. But she's not old. She has always been young. She still is. Her life isn't measured by time, but by names. She needs a new name. She keeps needing new names. ~ Michael Ende

I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these writers are painstaking, wanting each sentence-each word-to carry weight ... I know it's not laziness, but respect for the work, and I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that life is short, and that in the end, none of us is prolific. The creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn't produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell. ~ Stephen King

When I was a child, the lessons my father taught me had been about perseverance, never to accept limitations that stood in my way. As an adult, watching him in his final years, I also saw how to come to terms with limits that couldn't simply be wished away. When to shift from pushing against limits to making the best of them is not often readily apparent. But it is clear that are times when the cost of pushing exceeds its value. Helping my father through the struggle to define that moment was simultaneously among the most painful and most privileged experiences of my life. Part of the way my father handled the limits he faced was by looking at them without illusion. Though his circumstances sometimes got him down, he never pretended they were better than they were. He always understood that life is short and one's place in the world is small. But he also saw himself as a link in a chain of history. ~ Atul Gawande

Art is eternal, but life is short. ~ Evelyn De Morgan

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly ~ Paulo Coelho

Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, "I know what Zen is," or "I have attained enlightenment." This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner."
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"When you are sitting in the middle of your own problem, which is more real to you: your problem or you yourself? The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact. "
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"Knowing that your life is short, to enjoy it day after day, moment after moment, is the life of "form is form and emptiness is emptiness."
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"You may feel as if you are doing something special, but actually it is only the expression of your true nature; it is the activity which appeases your inmost desire. But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice."
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"The most important thing is to forget all gaining ideas, all dualistic ideas. In other words, just practice zazen in a certain posture. ~ Shunryu Suzuki

Life is short and precious and we never know what is around the corner. So you live for now, seize every moment that comes your way and if you're going to look back on your life with regret, it's easier to regret the things that you did do, rather than the things you didn't ~ Holly Martin

A lot of people are not used to having death in their lives or anything like that and I think that's not incredibly natural either. So it definitely can take its toll. At the same time I think it's important to face your own mortality, which I do most every day by doing the show, to realize that your life is short and to take the opportunities that you need to take and be fearless. ~ Emily Deschanel

This life is short, but it contains everything. There is an inherent beauty in simplicity. Choose your path wisely; often the simple route is the most beautiful path to follow. ~ Joshua Fields Millburn

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. ~ George Matthew Adams

Life is short, so let us make it worthwhile to live. ~ Tonmoy Acharjee

No, i'm not. Life is short. We gotta make the most of it. ~ M. Leighton

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell. ~ Ben Harper

Life is short, art is infinite. ~ Oscar Wilde

Good Bones

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I've shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I'll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful. ~ Maggie Smith

Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action. ~ David J. Schwartz

Life is nasty, brutish, and short. Death is easy. ~ Jacob M. Appel

In life, although we are unable to predict what is going to happen next, as long as we live life to the fullest everyday, and direct ourselves closer to happiness... Even if life is short, it can be bright as fireworks. ~ Yang Nana

I get on with all my exes, so there's nothing I need to forget about. I don't know - life is shorter than it seems. ~ Agyness Deyn

Life is so short, transient, and beautiful that there is not enough time to get old. ~ Debasish Mridha

Life is short, no matter how many days you are granted. People are precious, each and everyone, no matter how many your are lucky enough to have in you life. Love... Love is worth dying for ~ J.R. Ward

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. Life is short and fleeting and yet we are always all waiting for the 'right moment' to do something. When I have more money. Or when I quit my job. Or when I've lost weight. There always seems to be an excuse for not doing the things you want to do. Stop waiting for the right time and just start. The best time is now. ~ Oprah Carnegie

Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting. ~ J.R. Rim

Seeing pictures of other places around the world makes me feel more important. Reminds me, even though life is short, there's so much to do. ~ Travis J. Dahnke

Life is short. Eternity is long. ~ Bentley Little

If you love somebody, tell them. If there is conflict, let it go and fight instead for peace. Break the numb false silence and break the distance too. Laugh and cry and apologize and start again. This life is short and fragile but friendship is among the greatest miracles. ~ Jamie Tworkowski

Women are powerful, and I see them stifle this every. single. day. Stop looking to be saved and hiding your magic. Stop tossing aside your voice and valid emotions. Stop wasting your time with fake friends and chasing men like they're cures.
Material things, better jobs, and other people- they won't fill your gap. Only you can do that. Life is short. Rise up and step back into your awesome, innate power. You are compassion and creative force and divine life itself. You are a Goddess. ~ Victoria Erickson

Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time. ~ Christie Brinkley

Life is short. Do massive things. ~ Sravani Saha Nakhro

Life is short but heartache is shorter ~ Tyler Perry

People say life is short.
life's not short - it's long.
the memory of a human being: that's what's short. ~ Julio Alexi Genao

As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The Red Violin' film, I got to go to the Oscars, and I got to meet Samuel Jackson, and I got to do stuff that one wouldn't normally do in my world. ~ Joshua Bell

I look back and half of Ramadan is over in the blink of an eye. Before I know I'll be saying that about my entire life ~ Nouman Ali Khan

You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred.
"Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor.
"Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred. ~ Suzanne Collins

Life is too short to hate anything. I am too busy to love and enjoy everything. ~ Debasish Mridha

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it. ~ Trisha Yearwood

Life is short. You've got to take what you can while you can. ~ Sara Shepard

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. ~ Ben Jonson

Growing up, my mother used to tell me to cherish life. Think of a candle flame. It burns bright but slowly dies out, when its burning bright it represents living life to its fullest. Each flicker is an obstacle that is overcome. In the end the flame slowly wanes. You have to make the most of what you have when the flame is brightest. You never know when the flame is going to be blown out. Life is short, but it can also be beautiful. Its a symbol of hope. Candle flames take away the small portion of darkness giving the slightest bit of illumination in the darkest of times.. -Liam ~ Kaitlyn Hoyt

Life is short and we're all going to die very soon ~ Steve Jobs

Life is short. It's God's fault. Sorry. ~ David James Duncan

Life is short but donation of life could have a long life. ~ Debasish Mridha

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time. ~ Wyclef Jean

Life is short, so don't waste any of it carrying around a load of bitterness. It only sours your life, and the world won't pay any attention anyway. ~ Pat Dye

Sometimes people need to be messed up. It reminds them life is short. ~ Sara Wolf

On Earth, Liz was constantly occupied with studying and finding a college and a career and all those other things that the adults in her life deemed terribly important. Since she had died, everything she was doing on Earth had seemed entirely meaningless. From Liz's point of view, the question of what her life would be was now definitively answered. The story of her life is short and pointless: There once was a girl who got hit by a car and died. The end. ~ Gabrielle Zevin

Life is short as breathing!
Forget Yesterday, Focus today to enjoy tomorrow!
The purpose of life is to live it, not destroy it. ~ Ebelsain Villegas

Life is short enough, there is nothing worth here to take your life, and those things we do gain can never be taken to our grave. ~ Anthony Liccione

Life is short and so is money. ~ Bertolt Brecht

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. ~ C.S. Lewis

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. ~ Lou Reed

It occurred to Anita that hatred and dislike and even indifference were all luxuries, born of the mistaken belief that anything could last forever. ~ Tommy Wallach

Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us. ~ Lucille Ball

Whenever we buy something we do not need, we waste not only money but also time. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Life is short.
Write hard! ~ Gary H. Collins

Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying. ~ Christian Furchtegott Gellert

I just don't want to watch TV, and I know that life is short. I feel like I couldn't do all the things I wanted to do if I had several lifetimes to do them in. ~ Kyp Malone

Life is short, Tommy. Short and dangerous. A bit like you. ~ Julie Anne Long

As days are numbered and life is short, why waste days feeling bad for yourself? ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Unless we take the time to regain our perspective and face the reality that life is short, we risk arriving at a destination we didn't choose - or at least one we wouldn't prefer. ~ Michael Hyatt

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better. ~ Samuel Johnson

Life is to short to be little. ~ David J

I have made it my mission to inject life into each moment, filling these moments up until they are fat and ready to burst! Life is short, it should be lived. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Life is short and a man should take pride in his work, even if his work makes him feel like a total loser ~ Tiffanie DeBartolo

I travel because life is short, and I will not wait for fear of death or sanctuary to become a prison of my own making. ~ Carew Papritz

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with. ~ Debra Winger

Age is real life is short. It's foolhardy to deny it. We grow up, our bodies grow frail, death is coming. There's so much I want to do!
There's a whole world out there I havent seen, ppl I havent met and who havent know me.
God, there 're a million books I want to read.
I dont want to sleep ... I want to be awake.
This is my life - I want to live it ~ Mary Alice Monroe

Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short. ~ Debbie Meyer

Life is short, the art long. ~ Hippocrates

Your life is short and rare and amazing and miraculous, and you want to do really interesting things and make really interesting things while you're still here. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Life is short,Live it long ~ Zaveric

Life is short, but I never thought my life would end this way. I have myself to blame for that. I saw all of the red flags, but I ignored them one at a time. Every time I ignored them, I was buying more time, I received more time, and I gambled with the time that I was given. It shows you that buying time is temporary because sooner or later time runs out."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Life is short and it mostly sucks so who cares what a nutritionist thinks? ~ Kristen Ashley

Life is short, God's way of encouraging a bit of focus. ~ Robert Breault

In this one life, this one life that you have to live, you must embrace every moment that creeps into your existence. You must feel every possible emotion to realize you're really alive, you're really living. If you build walls and you hide behind them in fear, you're not embracing moments, you're not actually living. And if you're not living, then you're dead. Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally, you are non-existent. Why would you want to waste such precious time, non-existing, especially behind a crumby wall? Fear? Fear of what? Fear of something great? Fear of something amazing? Hurt? Fear of pain? Isn't pain what makes us appreciate feelings of absolute happiness and love? Who doesn't want happiness? Let me be the one to tell you that this life is short, it's damn short. So, let go of your grudges, your past, your stupid walls and feel reality. Avoidance is not life. Pain is life, happiness is life, emotion is life. Live your damn life. Stop being dead. Embrace every good feeling in your heart and soul and act on it without the fear of hurt, because undoubtedly hurt will happen, but hurt will also disappear and lead to the most valuable feelings in this world. Regret is not something you want to live with in this short, short life. So follow that tiny fist sized drum in your chest because it is honest and it is true. Take those fucking chances, take them knowing this world is full of opportunity, opportunity for great things, absolutely amazing fucking thi ~ Anonymous

O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
To spend that shortness basely were too long,
If life did ride upon a dial's point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour. ~ William Shakespeare

There's not enough time to be disrespecting ... Life is too short. ~ Mary J. Blige

Life is short, love is sweet, regrets can either make you or break you, nothing lasts forever.
Nathan, Georgia on My Mind ~ Marie Force

12 Life is short. Buy the shoes. - INSPIRATIONAL POSTER ~ Darynda Jones

You need to take the chance because you cannot read the thoughts of people, because you do not want to regret when you grow old, because life is short and time is fleeting, because arousing conflict works at times, because sometimes it's the only way, the absolute option, because sometimes it's just necessary. ~ Chirag Tulsiani

Elon came to the conclusion early in his career that life is short that if you really embrace this, it leaves you with the obvious conclusion that you should be working as hard as you can. ~ Ashlee Vance

Life is short and the world is wide ~ Simon Raven

Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving? ~ George Saunders

Life is short," I told her. "The challenge is to make it sweet. ~ Robert Littell

Life is short, death is forever ~ Marsha Qualey

The remains of five thousand monks were used to build the Chapel of Bones. It serves as a reminder that life is short and death is eternal. ~ Rick Riordan

I directed one of my shorts that did festivals around the world, and that was great. I've got a bit of a bug for that now. I just hope I keep challenging myself and keep doing stuff that interests me with people who I respect and who teach me stuff. If I can keep doing that in anything - acting, writing, directing or whatever - I'll do it because life is short. ~ Josh Lawson

I don't think my life would be significantly poorer if I don't impersonate Nick Clegg. Life is short enough without sitting up night after night listening to tapes of him. ~ Rory Bremner

Forgive people to forget..life is short enjoy and use every seconds for good way ~ MK PRINCE

No need to explain. Life is short, baby girl. You take every little piece of happiness you can get. ~ Lexi Blake

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet. ~ Sarah Louise Delany

Life is short but it is wide. ~ Wendy Mass

My advice to graduates is to stay positive. Life is short, and you'll be dead soon. ~ Greg Giraldo

For life is short and the art of writing books is very, very long. ~ James Geary

Life is short, so live it full! Know that the work that the Lord has begun in you, He will finish it. So, honor Him today with your gift to Him, "steadfastness/endurance to live His work, and not yours. It may get tough along this journey where the enemy speaks "quit", but remember, God is not through with what He began in you. In God, your life shall be made full and complete( whole)! ~ Anita R. Sneed-Carter