Short Life Quotes

114 quotes by 104 authors

Life is wasted on the living. — Douglas Adams
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams
A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words,… — Benjamin Hoff
Youth is counted sweetest by those who are no longer young. — John Green
Dangers bring fears and fears more dangers bring. — Richard Baxter
A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement… — Dogen
He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the… — Jim Elliot
The trouble is you think you have time. — Gautama Buddha
The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life. — Porfirio Rubirosa
I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful. — Isaac Mizrahi
Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short. — Oprah Winfrey
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity. — Alexander the Great
If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way... — Alan Watts
Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us,… — Eric Greitens
If there is one thing I've learned in my short life, it's this: Never repress anything. — Otto Gross
I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short. — Kate Adie
I don't read such boring things. Life is too short. — Gyorgy Ligeti

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104 authors contributed a total of 114 Short Life Quotes, led by these top contributors: