--- title: "10 Justify Life Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Justify Life quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Justify Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/friedrich-nietzsche-15_god_thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man_705422.jpg" --- > [“Thus do the gods justify the life of man: they themselves live it--the only satisfactory theodicy!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man-they-themselves-live-it-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/friedrich-nietzsche-15_god_thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man_705422.jpg) > [Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-chagall/work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-justify-life/) [Marc Chagall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-chagall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/marc-chagall-9569_justify_work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-jus_3088850.jpg) > [“The point of working isn't to make money; you work to justify life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baraka/the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-justify-life/) [David Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baraka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-baraka-231016_career_the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money_214524.jpg) > [God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/god-has-reserved-to-himself-the-right-to-determine-the-end-of-life/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_casts_god-has-reserved-to-himself-the-right-to_1341171.jpg) > [If God gives you gifts you must use them to justify your life. It is what the Greeks called divine discontent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-fairfax/if-god-gives-you-gifts-you-must-use-them-to-justify-your-life-it-is/) [Mary Fairfax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-fairfax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/mary-fairfax-76571_discontent_if-god-gives-you-gifts-you-must-use-them_1966407.png) > [I have loved my work, I have loved people and my play, but always I have been uplifted by the thought that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/i-have-loved-my-work-i-have-loved-people-and-my-play-but-always-i/) [W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/w-e-b-du-bois-2240_done_i-have-loved-my-work-i-have-loved-people_701041.jpg) > [If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-we-believe-that-jesus-of-nazareth-is-the-only-begotten-son-of-god/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/anonymous-1_believe_if-we-believe-that-jesus-of-nazareth-is_2780952.jpg) > [ \[...\] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/i-ve-come-to-the-conclusion-that-the-artist-can-not-justify-life-or/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/woody-allen-176_art_i-ve-come-to-the-conclusion-that-the-art_690190.jpg) > [What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/what-do-you-want-you-can-t-want-to-be-happy-because-that-s-too-easy/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/paulo-coelho-10_adventure_what-do-you-want-you-can-t-want-to-be-ha_731737.jpg) > [I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem it. There is a question always of the connection to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kunitz/i-refuse-to-turn-to-theology-to-justify-the-life-or-redeem-it-there/) [Stanley Kunitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kunitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/stanley-kunitz-10896_alive_i-refuse-to-turn-to-theology-to-justify_2604646.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/justify-life/#itemlist", "name": "Justify Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thus do the gods justify the life of man: they themselves live it--the only satisfactory theodicy!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich Nietzsche" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man-they-themselves-live-it-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/friedrich-nietzsche-15_god_thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man_705422.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/friedrich-nietzsche-15_god_thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man_705422.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/friedrich-nietzsche-15_god_thus-do-the-gods-justify-the-life-of-man_705422.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thus do the gods justify the life of man: they themselves live it--the only satisfactory theodicy!” — Friedrich Nietzsche", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marc Chagall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-chagall/work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-justify-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/marc-chagall-9569_justify_work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-jus_3088850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/marc-chagall-9569_justify_work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-jus_3088850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/marc-chagall-9569_justify_work-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-jus_3088850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.” — Marc Chagall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The point of working isn't to make money; you work to justify life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Baraka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baraka/the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money-you-work-to-justify-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-baraka-231016_career_the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money_214524.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-baraka-231016_career_the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money_214524.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/david-baraka-231016_career_the-point-of-working-isn-t-to-make-money_214524.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The point of working isn't to make money; you work to justify life.” — David Baraka", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. 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