Quotes and Proverbs About Life

"Dost thou love life?

Then do not squander time,

for that is the stuff life is made of."

~Benjamin Franklin

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

~Helen Keller

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will."

~Jawaharal Nehru

"Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects."

~Alexis

"Our life's a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently."

~Palladas

"The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it."

~Seneca (7 B.C. - 65 A.D.)

"Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other."

~Thomas Fuller

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work."

~W. Humboldt

"Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure."

~Kal Menninger