--- title: "35 Life Brief Quotes by 32 authors" description: "Browse 35 Life Brief quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Life Brief sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/michael-lomenda-35378_fear_life-is-brief-always-act-out-of-love-nev_1615626.jpg" --- > [Life is brief. Always act out of love, never fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lomenda/life-is-brief-always-act-out-of-love-never-fear/) [Michael Lomenda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lomenda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/michael-lomenda-35378_fear_life-is-brief-always-act-out-of-love-nev_1615626.jpg) > [Life is Brief and Time is a Thief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/life-is-brief-and-time-is-a-thief/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/nishan-panwar-14_life_life-is-brief-and-time-is-a-thief-302984_3029845.jpg) > [Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-stewart/life-is-so-brief-and-time-is-a-thief-when-you-re-undecided/) [Rod Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/rod-stewart-2099_life_life-is-so-brief-and-time-is-a-thief-whe_1280906.png) > [Life is that brief interlude between nothingness and eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asking-alexander/life-is-that-brief-interlude-between-nothingness-and-eternity/) [Asking Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asking-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/asking-alexander-8236_eternity_life-is-that-brief-interlude-between-not_2906050.jpg) > [How much past there is in a life, however brief it be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/how-much-past-there-is-in-a-life-however-brief-it-be/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/madame-de-stael-2069_life_how-much-past-there-is-in-a-life-however_2175089.jpg) > [Life is brief but love is LONG .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/life-is-brief-but-love-is-long/) [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_life_life-is-brief-but-love-is-long-1012955_1012955.png) > [And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-we-wept-that-one-so-lovely-should-have-a-life-so-brief/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/anonymous-1_bereavement_and-we-wept-that-one-so-lovely-should-ha_875318.jpg) > [Life is a brief opportunity to do something prehumously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/life-is-a-brief-opportunity-to-do-something-prehumously/) [Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/robert-breault-304_brief_life-is-a-brief-opportunity-to-do-someth_1297696.png) > [Life is brief and to have to spend every day of it doing what somebody else wants you to do is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/life-is-brief-and-to-have-to-spend-every-day-of-it-doing-what/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/cormac-mccarthy-181_every-day_life-is-brief-and-to-have-to-spend-every_1027755.jpg) > [Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bliss-carman/have-little-care-that-life-is-brief-and-less-that-art-is-long-success/) [Bliss Carman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bliss-carman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/bliss-carman-24253_art_have-little-care-that-life-is-brief-and_2268283.png) > [“Calm. Haste makes waste. Life is not an emergency. Life is brief and it is fleeting but it is not an emergency.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/calm-haste-makes-waste-life-is-not-an-emergency-life-is-brief-and-it/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/ann-voskamp-729_calm_calm-haste-makes-waste-life-is-not-an-em_2068340.png) > [“This life is but a brief tenure, one of many perspectives a spirit must experience in the quest for eternity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-rathbone/this-life-is-but-a-brief-tenure-one-of-many-perspectives-a-spirit/) [Brian Rathbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-rathbone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/brian-rathbone-23679_adventure_this-life-is-but-a-brief-tenure-one-of-m_258368.jpg) > [Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/anyway-i-know-only-too-well-that-all-life-is-nothing-but-a-brief/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/simone-de-beauvoir-407_death_anyway-i-know-only-too-well-that-all-lif_669530.jpg) > [Some people can touch your life for a brief moment but will leave an imprint for a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-williams/some-people-can-touch-your-life-for-a-brief-moment-but-will-leave-an/) [Lisa Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/lisa-williams-38186_brief-moments_some-people-can-touch-your-life-for-a-br_1415115.png) > [Funny how someone can come into your life for such a brief time but leave such a lasting impression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-murphy/funny-how-someone-can-come-into-your-life-for-such-a-brief-time-but/) [Monica Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/monica-murphy-8400_impression_funny-how-someone-can-come-into-your-lif_1787783.jpg) > [Life was a brief candle- we would have one chance to shine on stage and then be blown out and gone forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/self-reliance/life-was-a-brief-candle-we-would-have-one-chance-to-shine-on-stage/) [Self-reliance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/self-reliance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/self-reliance-52853_aim_life-was-a-brief-candle-we-would-have-on_229211.jpg) > [We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-don-t-get-a-chance-to-do-that-many-things-and-every-one-should-be-3/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/steve-jobs-307_chance_we-don-t-get-a-chance-to-do-that-many-th_1803903.jpg) > [“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaria-baldwin/life-is-no-brief-candle-to-me-it-is-a-sort-of-splendid-torch-which-i-2/) [Hilaria Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaria-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/hilaria-baldwin-4676_life_life-is-no-brief-candle-to-me-it-is-a-so_1752687.jpg) > [“Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/even-for-those-who-wield-great-power-life-is-brief-there-is-only-one/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/dan-brown-203_death_even-for-those-who-wield-great-power-lif_2880168.png) > [Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/life-is-brief-even-at-its-longest-whatever-you-are-going-to-do-with/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/jim-rohn-243_areas_life-is-brief-even-at-its-longest-whatev_1399680.jpg) > [Life is too brief and too rich to tiptoe through half-heartedly, rather than galloping at it with whooping excitement and ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-humphreys/life-is-too-brief-and-too-rich-to-tiptoe-through-half-heartedly/) [Alastair Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-humphreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/alastair-humphreys-52416_ambition_life-is-too-brief-and-too-rich-to-tiptoe_1057616.jpg) > [The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-muller/the-longer-i-live-the-more-i-am-enabled-to-realize-that-i-have-but/) [George Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-muller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/george-muller-7485_am_the-longer-i-live-the-more-i-am-enabled_3113286.png) > [“Scarlet watched a leaf fall to the ground, lying dead amoung the other leaves on the forest floor. "A brief life seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-fine/scarlet-watched-a-leaf-fall-to-the-ground-lying-dead-amoung-the-other/) [Chelsea Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-fine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/chelsea-fine-2443_brief-life_scarlet-watched-a-leaf-fall-to-the-groun_3003330.jpg) > [Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-studd/only-one-life-a-few-brief-years-each-with-its-burdens-hopes-and-fears/) [Charles Studd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-studd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/charles-studd-21973_burden_only-one-life-a-few-brief-years-each-wit_2677323.png) > [“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-rodham-clinton/i-want-to-be-thoroughly-used-up-when-i-die-for-the-harder-i-work-the-3/) [Hillary Rodham Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-rodham-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/hillary-rodham-clinton-890_bernard-shaw_i-want-to-be-thoroughly-used-up-when-i-d_3060340.jpg) > [“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-want-to-be-thoroughly-used-up-when-i-die-for-the-harder-i-work-the/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/george-bernard-shaw-68_life_i-want-to-be-thoroughly-used-up-when-i-d_394659.png) > [“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-am-of-the-opinion-that-my-life-belongs-to-the-community-and-as-long/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/george-bernard-shaw-68_community_i-am-of-the-opinion-that-my-life-belongs_1750032.jpg) > [Life's so brief,” she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/life-s-so-brief-she-goes-on-we-re-at-every-juncture-staring-mortality/) [Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/kate-mulgrew-26764_book_life-s-so-brief-she-goes-on-we-re-at-eve_600860.jpg) > [We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-don-t-get-a-chance-to-do-that-many-things-and-every-one-should-be/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/steve-jobs-307_chance_we-don-t-get-a-chance-to-do-that-many-th_720761.jpg) > [My business is, with all my might to serve my own generation; in doing so I shall best serve the next generation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-muller/my-business-is-with-all-my-might-to-serve-my-own-generation-in-doing/) [George Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-muller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/george-muller-7485_brief-life_my-business-is-with-all-my-might-to-serv_3057888.png) > [Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday he died.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grayson/life-is-too-brief-i-had-a-friend-whom-i-intended-to-know-better/) [David Grayson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grayson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/david-grayson-60543_friend_life-is-too-brief-i-had-a-friend-whom-i_3080110.jpg) > [Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/our-span-of-life-is-brief-but-is-long-enough-for-us-to-live-well-and/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_enough_our-span-of-life-is-brief-but-is-long-en_2916980.jpg) > [... life itself is brief, and that is what charges the day with such ridiculous beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/life-itself-is-brief-and-that-is-what-charges-the-day-with-such/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/garrison-keillor-1037_beauty_life-itself-is-brief-and-that-is-what-ch_1157205.jpg) > [Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/our-individual-life-is-brief-and-perhaps-the-whole-life-of-mankind/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/bertrand-russell-69_individual_our-individual-life-is-brief-and-perhaps_1948278.jpg) > [Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen/your-body-is-like-a-dew-drop-on-the-morning-grass-your-life-is-as/) [Dogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/dogen-2979_body_your-body-is-like-a-dew-drop-on-the-morn_656592.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-brief/#itemlist", "name": "Life Brief Quotes", "numberOfItems": 35, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is brief. 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