--- title: "10 Free living Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Free living quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Free living sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/lou-rawls-39155_free-living_i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-l_8206.jpg" --- > [I want to be happy and free, living and loving for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-rawls/i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-loving-for-me/) [Lou Rawls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-rawls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/lou-rawls-39155_free-living_i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-l_8206.jpg) > [Self-analysis is the sworn enemy of regret-free living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regret-free-living/) [Jason Whitlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitlock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/jason-whitlock-4873_enemy_self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regr_657593.png) > [“Everything and everyone seemed like it was part of a long-ago time—when I was young and free and living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-was-part-of-a-long-ago-time/) [Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/jacqueline-woodson-1482_free-living_everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-w_1770871.png) > [You can't pretend that certain negative things didn't happen to you.You can't be set free while living in denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative-things-didn-t-happen-to-you/) Senoraroy [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/senoraroy-77_set-free_you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative_2152572.jpg) > [The difference between the successful and the troubled is not error-free living; it is that by discovering and implementing a life calling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-miller/the-difference-between-the-successful-and-the-troubled-is-not-error/) [Dan Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/dan-miller-13049_calling_the-difference-between-the-successful-an_464585.png) > [The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/the-only-chains-god-wants-us-to-wear-are-the-chains-of-righteousness/) [Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/kevin-deyoung-1086_chains_the-only-chains-god-wants-us-to-wear-are_530335.png) > [The money our society spends goes to appease those with power. As such, it goes mainly to those who don't need it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mancur-olson/the-money-our-society-spends-goes-to-appease-those-with-power-as-such/) [Mancur Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mancur-olson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/mancur-olson-52505_appease_the-money-our-society-spends-goes-to-app_3056757.png) > [“I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city. The noise and all its people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-eriksson/i-woke-up-early-and-took-the-first-train-to-take-me-away-from-the/) [Charlotte Eriksson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-eriksson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/charlotte-eriksson-3235_adventure_i-woke-up-early-and-took-the-first-train_1752489.jpg) > [Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-zinsser/infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-genuine-adventures-left-in-the-2/) [Hans Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-zinsser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/hans-zinsser-34557_adventure_infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-gen_1068776.jpg) > [“DO NOT LONG for the absence of problems in your life. That is an unrealistic goal, since in this world you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-young/do-not-long-for-the-absence-of-problems-in-your-life-that-is-an/) [Sarah Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/sarah-young-2210_difficulties_do-not-long-for-the-absence-of-problems_2746003.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/free-living/#itemlist", "name": "Free living Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be happy and free, living and loving for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lou Rawls" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-rawls/i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-loving-for-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/lou-rawls-39155_free-living_i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-l_8206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/lou-rawls-39155_free-living_i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-l_8206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/lou-rawls-39155_free-living_i-want-to-be-happy-and-free-living-and-l_8206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to be happy and free, living and loving for me.” — Lou Rawls", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-analysis is the sworn enemy of regret-free living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Whitlock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regret-free-living/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/jason-whitlock-4873_enemy_self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regr_657593.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/jason-whitlock-4873_enemy_self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regr_657593.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/jason-whitlock-4873_enemy_self-analysis-is-the-sworn-enemy-of-regr_657593.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Self-analysis is the sworn enemy of regret-free living.” — Jason Whitlock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everything and everyone seemed like it was part of a long-ago time—when I was young and free and living.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacqueline Woodson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-was-part-of-a-long-ago-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/jacqueline-woodson-1482_free-living_everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-w_1770871.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/jacqueline-woodson-1482_free-living_everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-w_1770871.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/jacqueline-woodson-1482_free-living_everything-and-everyone-seemed-like-it-w_1770871.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everything and everyone seemed like it was part of a long-ago time—when I was young and free and living.” — Jacqueline Woodson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't pretend that certain negative things didn't happen to you.You can't be set free while living in denial.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Senoraroy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative-things-didn-t-happen-to-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/senoraroy-77_set-free_you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative_2152572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/senoraroy-77_set-free_you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative_2152572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/senoraroy-77_set-free_you-can-t-pretend-that-certain-negative_2152572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't pretend that certain negative things didn't happen to you.You can't be set free while living in…” — Senoraroy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between the successful and the troubled is not error-free living; 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As such, it goes mainly to those who don't need it. A nation that redistributes income to its poor buys a civilized and humane society, and it buys this with a miniscule share of the national income and a modest reduction in the supply of cleaning women. 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About the only sporting proposition that remains unimpaired by the relentless domestication of a once free-living human species is the war against those ferocious little fellow creatures, which lurk in dark corners and stalk us in the bodies of rats, mice and all kinds of domestic animals; which fly and crawl with the insects, and waylay us in our food and drink and even in our love", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hans Zinsser" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-zinsser/infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-genuine-adventures-left-in-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/hans-zinsser-34557_adventure_infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-gen_1068776.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/hans-zinsser-34557_adventure_infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-gen_1068776.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/hans-zinsser-34557_adventure_infectious-disease-is-one-of-the-few-gen_1068776.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. 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