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title: "39 Life Instead Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 39 Life Instead quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Life Instead sayings and thoughts."
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> [Don't ask Life Why Me???? instead challenge it and say Try ME](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-ask-life-why-me-instead-challenge-it-and-say-try-me/)

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

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> [Make every decision based on your last years of life instead of your next 10.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-vaynerchuk/make-every-decision-based-on-your-last-years-of-life-instead-of-your/)

[Gary Vaynerchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-vaynerchuk/)

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> [Life must be somewhere to be found, instead of #‎ ConcreteJungle .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/life-must-be-somewhere-to-be-found-instead-of-concretejungle/)

[Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/)

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> [Participate in life instead of just watching it pass you by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/participate-in-life-instead-of-just-watching-it-pass-you-by/)

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

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> [“I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-luckman/i-just-want-to-live-my-own-life-instead-of-everyone-else-s-version-of/)

[Sol Luckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-luckman/)

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> [I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alanis-morissette/i-want-to-walk-through-life-instead-of-being-dragged-through-it/)

[Alanis Morissette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alanis-morissette/)

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> [“Play with life, instead of fighting it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ela-crain/play-with-life-instead-of-fighting-it/)

[Ela Crain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ela-crain/)

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> [Appreciate life instead of resisting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-tatelbaum/appreciate-life-instead-of-resisting-it/)

[Judy Tatelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-tatelbaum/)

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> [We waste time dreaming for the perfect life, Instead of creating the perfect life ourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/we-waste-time-dreaming-for-the-perfect-life-instead-of-creating-the/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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> [If there can be three certain things in life, instead of two, it might be death, taxes, and data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-shih/if-there-can-be-three-certain-things-in-life-instead-of-two-it-might/)

[Clara Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-shih/)

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> [Reason #7 For Not Getting a Tattoo: People will know you are running your own life, instead of listening to them!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sailor-jerry/reason-7-for-not-getting-a-tattoo-people-will-know-you-are-running/)

[Sailor Jerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sailor-jerry/)

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> [“To turn life into words is to make life yours to do with as you please, instead of the other way round”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/to-turn-life-into-words-is-to-make-life-yours-to-do-with-as-you/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/give-me-by-all-means-the-shorter-and-nobler-life-instead-of-one-that/)

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

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> [The decision to overlook the seeming inequities of life instead of reacting to them is a choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hawkins/the-decision-to-overlook-the-seeming-inequities-of-life-instead-of/)

[David Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hawkins/)

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> [“I’m talking about these people who’ve ended up in one life instead of another and they are just so disappointed. Do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-st-john-mandel/i-m-talking-about-these-people-who-ve-ended-up-in-one-life-instead-of/)

[Emily St. John Mandel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-st-john-mandel/)

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> [Gratitude causes us to no longer desire a different life. Instead, it causes us to make the most of the one life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-becker/gratitude-causes-us-to-no-longer-desire-a-different-life-instead-it/)

[Josh Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-becker/)

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> [You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/you-had-no-right-to-be-born-for-you-make-no-use-of-life-instead-of/)

[Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/people-try-to-do-all-sorts-of-clever-and-difficult-things-to-improve/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The celebrity thing's completely crazy. I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether. I couldn't have kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keira-knightley/the-celebrity-thing-s-completely-crazy-i-think-i-just-have-to-move/)

[Keira Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keira-knightley/)

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> [For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-travolta/for-a-while-i-was-saying-no-way-too-often-i-turned-down-an-officer/)

[John Travolta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-travolta/)

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> [The strong desire to include every vital component of life instead of excluding part of them for the sake of too narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-strong-desire-to-include-every-vital-component-of-life-instead-of/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

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> [I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luvvie-ajayi/i-think-it-s-important-for-service-to-be-a-part-of-your-life-instead/)

[Luvvie Ajayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luvvie-ajayi/)

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> [“All of it just confirmed his belief that his real life, the life he should be living, had been mislaid through some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/all-of-it-just-confirmed-his-belief-that-his-real-life-the-life-he/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

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> [“Ah, clever clogs, but it will have happened in one of my alternative lives. You know--the lives hot-shot scientists tell us we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/ah-clever-clogs-but-it-will-have-happened-in-one-of-my-alternative/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

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> [“living life instead of just thinking about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/living-life-instead-of-just-thinking-about-it/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [“They are giving us pieces of a real life instead of the whole thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/they-are-giving-us-pieces-of-a-real-life-instead-of-the-whole-thing-4/)

[Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/)

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> [Make the most of your life instead of comparing it to everyone else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/make-the-most-of-your-life-instead-of-comparing-it-to-everyone-else-s/)

[LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/)

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> [Go do Something with your fucking life! Instead of hating on the BEST!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honey-coaine/go-do-something-with-your-fucking-life-instead-of-hating-on-the-best/)

[Honey Coaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honey-coaine/)

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> [“Is better to get an instant life, Instead of just there for life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-o-connor/is-better-to-get-an-instant-life-instead-of-just-there-for-life/)

[Peter O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-o-connor/)

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> [My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-prather/my-trouble-is-i-analyze-life-instead-of-live-it/)

[Hugh Prather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-prather/)

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> [Having made the decision to love, had I chosen life instead of death?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/having-made-the-decision-to-love-had-i-chosen-life-instead-of-death/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Live life while u can,instead of chasing after a man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayda-holliday/live-life-while-u-can-instead-of-chasing-after-a-man/)

[Jayda Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayda-holliday/)

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> [“Love helped me live life instead of just survive it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-donovan/love-helped-me-live-life-instead-of-just-survive-it/)

[Rebecca Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-donovan/)

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> [“I believe there are ways whose ends are life instead of death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/i-believe-there-are-ways-whose-ends-are-life-instead-of-death/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

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> [I think it's ridiculous and appalling that people have to go abroad to end their life instead of being able to end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-soubry/i-think-it-s-ridiculous-and-appalling-that-people-have-to-go-abroad/)

[Anna Soubry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-soubry/)

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> [I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/i-was-going-through-the-motions-of-life-instead-of-really-living-and/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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> [“Do something with your one life, instead of following others. While just watching your one life pass you by.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-anthony-burkett/do-something-with-your-one-life-instead-of-following-others-while/)

[Jonathan Anthony Burkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-anthony-burkett/)

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> [There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/there-are-times-in-life-when-instead-of-complaining-you-do-something/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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> [I was about to read your political rant that you posted on Facebook, but I just went on living my life instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-was-about-to-read-your-political-rant-that-you-posted-on-facebook/)

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

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