--- title: "25 Life is Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "25 Life is quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Life is sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/samuel-johnson-50_business_the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-22_2247833.png" --- > [The business of life is to go forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/samuel-johnson-50_business_the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-22_2247833.png) > [The joy of life is variety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-joy-of-life-is-variety/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/samuel-johnson-50_joy_the-joy-of-life-is-variety-2822775_2822775.png) > [Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-period-of-life-is-obliged-to-borrow-its-happiness-from-time-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/samuel-johnson-50_happiness_every-period-of-life-is-obliged-to-borro_2635959.png) > [Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-a-pill-which-none-of-us-can-bear-to-swallow-without-gilding/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/samuel-johnson-50_bears_life-is-a-pill-which-none-of-us-can-bear_114313.png) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/samuel-johnson-50_esteem_that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-af_280691.png) > [God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/god-himself-sir-does-not-propose-to-judge-a-man-until-his-life-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/samuel-johnson-50_doe_god-himself-sir-does-not-propose-to-judg_1339834.png) > [Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-short-the-sooner-that-a-man-begins-to-enjoy-his-wealth-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/samuel-johnson-50_enjoy_life-is-short-the-sooner-that-a-man-begi_1563785.png) > [The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-joy-of-life-is-variety-the-tenderest-love-requires-to-be/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/samuel-johnson-50_absence_the-joy-of-life-is-variety-the-tenderest_1922475.png) > [Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/truth-such-as-is-necessary-to-the-reputation-of-life-is-always-found/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/samuel-johnson-50_found_truth-such-as-is-necessary-to-the-reputa_1341076.png) > [The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-whole-of-life-is-but-keeping-away-the-thoughts-of-death/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/samuel-johnson-50_death_the-whole-of-life-is-but-keeping-away-th_2680952.png) > [To me - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-me-the-choice-of-life-is-become-less-important-i-hope-hereafter-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/samuel-johnson-50_choice_to-me-the-choice-of-life-is-become-less_610377.png) > [It is astonishing that any man can forbear enquiring seriously whether there is a God; whether God is just; whether this life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-astonishing-that-any-man-can-forbear-enquiring-seriously/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/samuel-johnson-50_astonishing_it-is-astonishing-that-any-man-can-forbe_1735080.jpg) > [Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/philosophers-there-are-who-try-to-make-themselves-believe-that-this/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/samuel-johnson-50_believe_philosophers-there-are-who-try-to-make-t_1197466.jpg) > [That man is never happy for the present is so true, that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting himself for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-man-is-never-happy-for-the-present-is-so-true-that-all-his/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/samuel-johnson-50_enjoyment_that-man-is-never-happy-for-the-present_2308891.jpg) > [The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-main-of-life-is-composed-of-small-incidents-and-petty-occurrences/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/samuel-johnson-50_consequence_the-main-of-life-is-composed-of-small-in_3161457.png) > [Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-surely-given-us-for-higher-purposes-than-to-gather-what-our/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/samuel-johnson-50_ancestor_life-is-surely-given-us-for-higher-purpo_253046.png) > [The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-round-of-a-passionate-man-s-life-is-in-contracting-debts-in-his/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/samuel-johnson-50_acknowledgment_the-round-of-a-passionate-man-s-life-is_2026966.png) > [Sleep is a state in which a great part of every life is passed. No animal has yet been discovered, whose existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sleep-is-a-state-in-which-a-great-part-of-every-life-is-passed-no/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/samuel-johnson-50_animal_sleep-is-a-state-in-which-a-great-part-o_2563946.jpg) > [The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, and he who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-he-who-sees-evil-in-prospect/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/samuel-johnson-50_avoided_the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-he_1116042.png) > [A student may easily exhaust his life in comparing divines and moralists without any practical regard to morals and religion; he may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-student-may-easily-exhaust-his-life-in-comparing-divines-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/samuel-johnson-50_character_a-student-may-easily-exhaust-his-life-in_1619170.png) > [Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-but-short-no-time-can-be-afforded-but-for-the-indulgence-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/samuel-johnson-50_anger_life-is-but-short-no-time-can-be-afforde_1415079.png) > [The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-power-indeed-of-every-individual-is-small-and-the-consequence-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/samuel-johnson-50_ability_the-power-indeed-of-every-individual-is_1447609.png) > [It is a common error, and the greater and more mischievous for being so common, to believe that repentance best becomes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-a-common-error-and-the-greater-and-more-mischievous-for-being/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/samuel-johnson-50_believe_it-is-a-common-error-and-the-greater-and_1803904.png) > [I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-do-not-wonder-that-where-the-monastick-life-is-permitted-every/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/samuel-johnson-50_authority_i-do-not-wonder-that-where-the-monastick_2804450.jpg) > [Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-barren-enough-surely-with-all-her-trappings-let-us-be/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/samuel-johnson-50_barren_life-is-barren-enough-surely-with-all-he_3163884.png) ## Other authors on Life is ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-is/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "25 Life is Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The business of life is to go forward.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/samuel-johnson-50_business_the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-22_2247833.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/samuel-johnson-50_business_the-business-of-life-is-to-go-forward-22_2247833.png", 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