--- title: "13 Life Accumulation Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 13 Life Accumulation quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Life Accumulation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/steven-redhead-550_accumulation_life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-min_3217954.jpg" --- > [“Life is an accumulation of what your mind has focused on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-redhead/life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-mind-has-focused-on/) [Steven Redhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-redhead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/steven-redhead-550_accumulation_life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-min_3217954.jpg) > [“for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-maarten-troost/for-what-is-life-a-good-life-but-the-accumulation-of-small-pleasures/) [J. Maarten Troost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-maarten-troost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/j-maarten-troost-23088_good-life_for-what-is-life-a-good-life-but-the-acc_317482.png) > [Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-although-it-may-only-be-an-accumulation-of-anguish-is-dear-to-me/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/anonymous-1_accumulation_life-although-it-may-only-be-an-accumula_2096013.jpg) > [Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/life-is-not-accumulation-it-is-about-contribution/) [Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/stephen-covey-339_about_life-is-not-accumulation-it-is-about-con_2579082.png) > [What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/what-was-a-life-anyway-an-accumulation-of-small-shelves-of-incident/) [Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/colum-mccann-902_accumulation_what-was-a-life-anyway-an-accumulation-o_2644641.png) > [Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-s-accumulation-is-more-discouraging-than-life-itself-when/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/anonymous-1_accumulation_life-s-accumulation-is-more-discouraging_2004424.jpg) > [“What adds up to a life is nothing more than the accumulation of small daily moments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-steinbach/what-adds-up-to-a-life-is-nothing-more-than-the-accumulation-of-small/) [Alice Steinbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-steinbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/alice-steinbach-14794_life_what-adds-up-to-a-life-is-nothing-more-t_2175133.png) > [We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-de-pree/we-can-choose-to-see-life-as-a-series-of-trials-and-tribulations-or/) [Max De Pree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-de-pree/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/max-de-pree-12046_accumulation_we-can-choose-to-see-life-as-a-series-of_2581921.png) > [“By then I'd knocked around enough to know that, in the end, what adds up to a life is nothing more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-steinbach/by-then-i-d-knocked-around-enough-to-know-that-in-the-end-what-adds/) [Alice Steinbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-steinbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/alice-steinbach-14794_accumulation_by-then-i-d-knocked-around-enough-to-kno_644788.jpg) > [The gift of life is the accumulation of present moments, and if we always look into the future for living, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-gift-of-life-is-the-accumulation-of-present-moments-and-if-we/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/anonymous-1_gift_the-gift-of-life-is-the-accumulation-of_2386096.jpg) > [“Everything we come across becomes a part of us. It doesn't matter how small or insignificant it is…or how devastating. One story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhaskaryya-deka/everything-we-come-across-becomes-a-part-of-us-it-doesn-t-matter-how/) [Bhaskaryya Deka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhaskaryya-deka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/bhaskaryya-deka-72300_grief_everything-we-come-across-becomes-a-part_1011902.jpg) > [“Life is an accumulation of experiences, leading us back to why we came here in the first place. When we live it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-pryke/life-is-an-accumulation-of-experiences-leading-us-back-to-why-we-came/) [Lee Pryke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-pryke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/lee-pryke-51916_affirmations_life-is-an-accumulation-of-experiences-l_187030.jpg) > [We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/we-do-ourselves-and-others-a-disservice-when-we-make-old-age-2/) [Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/harold-s-kushner-4877_accumulation_we-do-ourselves-and-others-a-disservice_2505564.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-accumulation/#itemlist", "name": "Life Accumulation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is an accumulation of what your mind has focused on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Redhead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-redhead/life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-mind-has-focused-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/steven-redhead-550_accumulation_life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-min_3217954.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/steven-redhead-550_accumulation_life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-min_3217954.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/steven-redhead-550_accumulation_life-is-an-accumulation-of-what-your-min_3217954.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is an accumulation of what your mind has focused on.” — Steven Redhead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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