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title: "15 Life External Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Life External quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Life External sayings and thoughts."
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> [Life is in ourselves and not in the external.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/life-is-in-ourselves-and-not-in-the-external/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_deep-thought_life-is-in-ourselves-and-not-in-the-exte_936915.png)

> [Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/life-is-the-external-text-the-burning-bush-by-the-edge-of-the-path/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_burning_life-is-the-external-text-the-burning-bu_849222.jpg)

> [My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible effect on me, I owe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/my-life-has-been-full-of-external-tragedies-and-if-they-have-not-left/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/mahatma-gandhi-23_effects_my-life-has-been-full-of-external-traged_1492659.jpg)

> [“You've the lion share to determine how far you can go in life more than any other external factor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/assegid-habtewold/you-ve-the-lion-share-to-determine-how-far-you-can-go-in-life-more/)

[Assegid Habtewold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/assegid-habtewold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/assegid-habtewold-4092_how-far-you-can-go_you-ve-the-lion-share-to-determine-how-f_2884456.jpg)

> [The biggest (and hardest) lesson I've learned in life is that the external world is just a reflection of the world within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hsieh/the-biggest-and-hardest-lesson-i-ve-learned-in-life-is-that-the/)

[Tony Hsieh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hsieh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/tony-hsieh-6336_external-world_the-biggest-and-hardest-lesson-i-ve-lear_805792.png)

> [Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/our-internal-life-and-external-actions-are-steered-by-biological/)

[David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/david-eagleman-2079_acquaintance_our-internal-life-and-external-actions-a_1367518.png)

> [Money is the currency of life because it is the external measurement system that all of us have as to how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suze-orman/money-is-the-currency-of-life-because-it-is-the-external-measurement/)

[Suze Orman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suze-orman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/suze-orman-1007_currency_money-is-the-currency-of-life-because-it_287187.png)

> [“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-spiritual-director-should-not-reduce-his-attention-to-the/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/pope-gregory-i-14606_catholic_the-spiritual-director-should-not-reduce_968875.png)

> [ “The meaning of worldly life is external problems \[upadhi, problems arising out of external situations\]. There is nothing in it which belongs… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/the-meaning-of-worldly-life-is-external-problems-upadhi-problems/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/dada-bhagwan-31_life_the-meaning-of-worldly-life-is-external_1259089.jpg)

> [Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/brother-i-m-not-depressed-and-haven-t-lost-spirit-life-everywhere-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/anonymous-1_brother_brother-i-m-not-depressed-and-haven-t-lo_1856178.jpg)

> [Are you going to be just kind of a walking monument to a job, or are you going to have some kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/are-you-going-to-be-just-kind-of-a-walking-monument-to-a-job-or-are/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/robertson-davies-834_house_are-you-going-to-be-just-kind-of-a-walki_415162.png)

> [If you're getting your guidance about who you are and what to do with your life only from the external world, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/if-you-re-getting-your-guidance-about-who-you-are-and-what-to-do-with/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/marianne-williamson-90_definitions_if-you-re-getting-your-guidance-about-wh_1708427.jpg)

> [All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/all-human-beings-seek-the-happy-life-but-many-confuse-the-means-for/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/epictetus-413_activity_all-human-beings-seek-the-happy-life-but_958194.jpg)

> [“The only way to get to where you want to go is to ruthlessly evaluate your where you are now. The key…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaiah-hankel/the-only-way-to-get-to-where-you-want-to-go-is-to-ruthlessly-evaluate/)

[Isaiah Hankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaiah-hankel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/isaiah-hankel-55763_goal-setting_the-only-way-to-get-to-where-you-want-to_3061970.jpg)

> [“Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/life-everywhere-is-life-life-is-in-ourselves-and-not-in-the-external/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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