--- title: "12 Life Intense Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Life Intense quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Life Intense sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/david-rubenstein-22203_grind_my-work-life-is-intense-but-i-love-what_2851572.jpg" --- > [My work life is intense. But I love what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/my-work-life-is-intense-but-i-love-what-i-do/) [David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/david-rubenstein-22203_grind_my-work-life-is-intense-but-i-love-what_2851572.jpg) > [Anytime you're in fear for your life, it's intense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-clarke/anytime-you-re-in-fear-for-your-life-it-s-intense/) [Jason Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/jason-clarke-19894_anytime_anytime-you-re-in-fear-for-your-life-it_797156.png) > [Even though my work life is very intense, I make a conscious effort to be healthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-scorpio/even-though-my-work-life-is-very-intense-i-make-a-conscious-effort-to/) [Jessica Scorpio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-scorpio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/jessica-scorpio-60997_conscious_even-though-my-work-life-is-very-intense_1367124.jpg) > [I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-vitti/i-played-at-being-someone-else-in-movies-and-live-theater-and-at/) [Monica Vitti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-vitti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/monica-vitti-44476_being-myself_i-played-at-being-someone-else-in-movies_157882.jpg) > [“Living is art. Breathing and heart beating is music. Seeing is painting the world with our eyes. Touching is sculpting the shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-nordby/living-is-art-breathing-and-heart-beating-is-music-seeing-is-painting/) [Jacob Nordby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-nordby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/jacob-nordby-14831_art_living-is-art-breathing-and-heart-beatin_596570.jpg) > [War is nothing but a microcosm of peace... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zainab-salbi/war-is-nothing-but-a-microcosm-of-peace-it-shows-you-life-in-a-more/) [Zainab Salbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zainab-salbi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/zainab-salbi-10354_intense_war-is-nothing-but-a-microcosm-of-peace_1998646.png) > [Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mckinnon/even-if-you-re-an-angry-intense-person-you-also-have-to-have-intense/) [Kate McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mckinnon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kate-mckinnon-8120_anger_even-if-you-re-an-angry-intense-person-y_1472068.jpg) > [“Only pains of life too intense to be borne could lead a man to forgo all response, to give up completely the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-b-kopp/only-pains-of-life-too-intense-to-be-borne-could-lead-a-man-to-forgo/) [Sheldon B. Kopp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-b-kopp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/sheldon-b-kopp-10645_joy_only-pains-of-life-too-intense-to-be-bor_1953708.png) > [In life, there are always intense battles, and yet we must practise the lessons from the Gita.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajay-piramal/in-life-there-are-always-intense-battles-and-yet-we-must-practise-the/) [Ajay Piramal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajay-piramal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/ajay-piramal-10485_always_in-life-there-are-always-intense-battles_728927.jpg) > [One of the beautiful things about having kids is I had no idea how much it will make you look into yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-cullum/one-of-the-beautiful-things-about-having-kids-is-i-had-no-idea-how/) [Jamie Cullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-cullum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/jamie-cullum-8484_about_one-of-the-beautiful-things-about-having_1605674.png) > [Everyone knows that Theodore Roosevelt was able to wring so much life out of each day, every hour, every minute. And yet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-strock/everyone-knows-that-theodore-roosevelt-was-able-to-wring-so-much-life/) [James M Strock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-strock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/james-m-strock-14864_breathtaking_everyone-knows-that-theodore-roosevelt-w_919189.jpg) > [I had often thought that if I managed to live through the war I wouldn't expect too much of life. How could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-sajer/i-had-often-thought-that-if-i-managed-to-live-through-the-war-i/) [Guy Sajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-sajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/guy-sajer-31280_abandon_i-had-often-thought-that-if-i-managed-to_2027001.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-intense/#itemlist", "name": "Life Intense Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My work life is intense. 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