Life Quotes

“And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.”

-- Michelle Obama

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”

-- Thomas Merton

“Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.”

-- George Santayana

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”

-- Stephen Hawking

“Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.”

-- Fran Lebowitz

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.”

-- George Eliot

“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”

-- Pablo Picasso

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.”

-- Plato

“My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.”

-- Hugh Leonard

“Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.”

-- Edward de Bono