--- title: "9 Approaching life Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Approaching life quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Approaching life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/edward-albee-1684_achievement_if-you-re-willing-to-fail-interestingly_525202.png" --- > [If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/if-you-re-willing-to-fail-interestingly-you-tend-to-succeed/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/edward-albee-1684_achievement_if-you-re-willing-to-fail-interestingly_525202.png) > [Why not make a habit of approaching life in the right spirit, joyously, expectantly, and with absolute faith that only the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-caddy/why-not-make-a-habit-of-approaching-life-in-the-right-spirit-joyously/) [Eileen Caddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-caddy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/eileen-caddy-10945_absolutes_why-not-make-a-habit-of-approaching-life_689458.png) > [Approaching life through '40 Chances' gives reasons to hope and actions to take, and it offers fresh approaches that our world desperately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-graham-buffett/approaching-life-through-40-chances-gives-reasons-to-hope-and-actions/) [Howard Graham Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-graham-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/howard-graham-buffett-29561_actions_approaching-life-through-40-chances-give_1427788.jpg) > [My life is ending, I know that well, but every day that is left me I feel how my earthly life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/my-life-is-ending-i-know-that-well-but-every-day-that-is-left-me-i/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_approaching-life_my-life-is-ending-i-know-that-well-but-e_667253.jpg) > [Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-foreman/switchfoot-is-a-surfing-term-to-switch-your-feet-means-to-take-a-new/) [Jon Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-foreman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/jon-foreman-2854_approaching-life_switchfoot-is-a-surfing-term-to-switch-y_484536.png) > [I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-gyllenhaal/i-m-at-a-period-in-my-life-when-i-m-figuring-out-my-idea-of-who-i-am/) [Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-gyllenhaal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_age_i-m-at-a-period-in-my-life-when-i-m-figu_3182541.jpg) > [Reverence is a perception of the soul. Reverence is a natural aspect of authentic empowerment because the soul reveres all of Life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-zukav/reverence-is-a-perception-of-the-soul-reverence-is-a-natural-aspect/) [Gary Zukav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-zukav/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/gary-zukav-714_alignment_reverence-is-a-perception-of-the-soul-re_389906.jpg) > [I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don't use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbas-kiarostami/i-have-received-the-digital-camera-as-a-blessing-it-has-really/) [Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbas-kiarostami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/abbas-kiarostami-2631_approaching-life_i-have-received-the-digital-camera-as-a_391005.jpg) > [Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/writing-like-life-itself-is-a-voyage-of-discovery-the-adventure-is-a-2/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/henry-miller-179_adventure_writing-like-life-itself-is-a-voyage-of_2075091.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approaching-life/#itemlist", "name": "Approaching life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Albee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/if-you-re-willing-to-fail-interestingly-you-tend-to-succeed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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