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title: "10 Living Instead Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Living Instead quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Living Instead sayings and thoughts."
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> [Stop being so afraid and start living instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-tomlinson/stop-being-so-afraid-and-start-living-instead/)

[Louis Tomlinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-tomlinson/)

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> [The only thing that matters is that he says he and I don't have the right to die for each other and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/the-only-thing-that-matters-is-that-he-says-he-and-i-don-t-have-the/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/sherman-alexie-444_matters_the-only-thing-that-matters-is-that-he-s_2285790.png)

> [Do not stop living simply because one is no longer living; Instead continue living where their life ended!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-not-stop-living-simply-because-one-is-no-longer-living-instead/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/anonymous-1_life_do-not-stop-living-simply-because-one-is_421313.jpg)

> [I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mills/i-ve-never-considered-myself-to-be-working-for-a-living-i-ve-enjoyed/)

[John Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/john-mills-83586_hire_i-ve-never-considered-myself-to-be-worki_1426963.png)

> [I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristi-noem/i-d-rather-have-a-real-south-dakotan-who-has-lived-in-this-state-and/)

[Kristi Noem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristi-noem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/kristi-noem-28270_coast_i-d-rather-have-a-real-south-dakotan-who_1421110.jpg)

> [“It was never what he had done,but always what he could do. And he had chosen to make his living with something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/it-was-never-what-he-had-done-but-always-what-he-could-do-and-he-had/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/ernest-hemingway-83_quote_it-was-never-what-he-had-done-but-always_1187264.jpg)

> [The peoples of the Andes believe in the concept of 'living well' instead of wanting to 'live better' by consuming more, regardless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/the-peoples-of-the-andes-believe-in-the-concept-of-living-well/)

[Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/evo-morales-4556_andes_the-peoples-of-the-andes-believe-in-the_1596490.jpg)

> [When we live to the glory of God, we show His goodness living through us instead of just ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/when-we-live-to-the-glory-of-god-we-show-his-goodness-living-through/)

[Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/beth-moore-212_glory_when-we-live-to-the-glory-of-god-we-show_1676747.png)

> [Sometimes life isn't worth living, But some people are enough to make it worth living instead of fading and dying it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniyal-butt/sometimes-life-isn-t-worth-living-but-some-people-are-enough-to-make/)

[Daniyal Butt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniyal-butt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/daniyal-butt-8830_experience_sometimes-life-isn-t-worth-living-but-so_2350412.jpg)

> [The original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us end up hardly living out of it at all. Instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-original-shimmering-self-gets-buried-so-deep-that-most-of-us-end/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/frederick-buechner-883_buried_the-original-shimmering-self-gets-buried_392134.jpg)

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