Life

Life can be very simple or incredibly complicated; one minute it can be gloriously happy, the next unbearably sad. And the best quotes about life have the power to inspire and motivate you, or funny quotes about life can make you smile and laugh.

So please enjoy browsing our collection of the best life quotes.

Bette Howland – For a long time it seemed …

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For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way - Bette Howland quote

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

~ Bette Howland

John Lennon – When I was 5 years old …

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life - John Lennon quote

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

~ John Lennon

Borje Vahamaki – Life is but a brief moment …

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Life is but a brief moment - Borje Vahamaki quote about life and love

Life is but a brief moment. The years go by quickly and old age arrives suddenly before we have an inkling. People desire so many things and waste their days in vain. Some yearn for gold, others for power, yet others for glory and a higher station. But when death’s moment nears and they look back at their lives they’ve lived, they realize they’ve been happy only during those moments when they’ve loved.

~ Borje Vahamaki