76 Quotes To Live By

Certain quotes could be said to be quotes to live by; they offer wisdom, encouragement and advice that can be applied to every day life.

  1. If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life. Author Unknown
    Future



    2. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou
  2. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    Words of Encouragement



  3. Generosity invites us to put ourselves in another's shoes, see and feel the existence of a pressing need, realize that it is within our power to help, and then act in whatever way we can. Barbara Bonner, Inspiring Generosity
    Generosity



  4. Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first Earl Nightingale
    Funny Quotes about Life



  5. We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
    Giving



  6. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. Veronica A. Shoffstall
    Inspirational Poems



    7. Every life is a story, make yours a best seller.
  7. Every life is a story, make yours a best seller.
    Graduation



  8. Inspire others with your actions not with your words. Catherine Pulsifer
    Encouraging Poems



  9. A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. Mahatma Gandhi
    Inspirational Quotes



  10. I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. Lucille Ball
    Regret



  11. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Rohn
    Motivational



  12. One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. Josh Billings
    Trouble



  13. A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do. Joel Osteen
    Motivational Quotes



  14. What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
    Poems about Life



  15. "Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not here,
    so live today and enjoy the year."
    Catherine Pulsifer
    Birthday Wishes



  16. Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. Dalai Lama
    Listening



  17. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. Paulo Coelho
    Fear



  18. Take the energy you are wasting feeling sorry for yourself and use it to help someone else. Les Brown
    Sorry



  19. The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil. George Orwell
    Good



  20. You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God. C. S. Lewis
    Poems about God



    21. Do or do not there is no try. Yoda
  21. Do or do not there is no try. Yoda
    Wise



  22. We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing; we really should. Bill Gates
    Kitchen



  23. God wants you to fly. He wants you to fly free of yesterday's guilt. He wants you to fly free of today's fears. He wants you to fly free of tomorrow's grave. Max Lucado
    God



  24. Count your blessings, not your troubles.
    Blessed



  25. I don't care if you're a gazelle or a lion, when the sun is up! You better get to running! Eric Thomas
    Famous



  26. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
    Encouraging



  27. Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Matthew 6:27
    Encouraging Bible Verses


  28. Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. Les Brown
    Believe In Yourself



    29. Don't just count your years, make your years count. George Meredith
  29. Don't just count your years, make your years count. George Meredith
    Birthday



  30. Whatever the problem we have in our life, someone has faced it and overcome it. David DeNotaris
    Quotes about Overcoming



  31. Do more than forgive: forget.
    Do more than dream: work.
    Do more than teach; inspire.
    William Arthur Ward
    Inspiring Others



  32. The small responsibilities you have before you now comprise the first great leadership conquest you must make. Don't try to conquer the world until you've taken care of things in your own backyard. John Maxwell , The Maxwell Daily Reader
    Leadership



  33. We are the only ones responsible for what goes on in our lives. We can make excuses and blame others, but we are responsible to and for ourselves. Iyanla Vanzant, Acts of Faith
    Excuses



  34. It is a fine thing, when you are slandered, not to hear it. And it is a better thing to never reply to it. Charles Spurgeon
    Inspirational Sayings



  35. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink English Proverbs
    Proverbs



  36. Love doesn't just happen to you. Love is a choice, and it represents a commitment.
    Rick Warren
    Commitment



  37. The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. Deepak Chopra
    Influence



    38. . . . be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19
  38. . . . be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19
    Anger



  39. But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice. Jesus, Luke 11:28
    Jesus Poems



  40. If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you'll keep resentment far away. Confucius
    Being Yourself



  41. Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should. Charles Dickens
    Discouraged



  42. The most important things in life aren't things. Anthony J. D'Angelo
    Top Ten Quotes



  43. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
    Courage



  44. Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. George Eliot
    Greatness



  45. I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk. Oprah Winfrey
    Quotes about Taking A Risk



  46. If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. Ray Kroc
    Customer Service



    47. Antidote to depression is gratitude.
  47. Antidote to depression is gratitude.
    Gratitude



  48. Life is a sum of all your choices. So, what are you doing today? Albert Camus
    Choices



  49. If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
    Knowledge



  50. Now I look beyond what I can't do and focus on what I CAN. Robert M. Hensel
    Focus



  51. One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. Elbert Hubbard
    Effort



  52. A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative, he refuses to dwell on it. Norman Vincent Peale
    Positive Thinking



  53. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi



  54. We can learn from each other as we search for our own path. Barbara Kopitz, Morning Meditations
    Good Morning



  55. You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them - for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions. Dalai Lama
    Compassion



  56. "One minute of encouragement has more impact than an hour of preaching." Catherine Pulsifer
    Daily Motivation



  57. He can who believes he can. Proverb
    Believe



  58. A fact of life we all die. But the positive impact you have on others will be a living legacy. Catherine Pulsifer
    Death



    59. One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.
  59. One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.
    Time



  60. You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. Anthony Robbins
    Action



  61. Live a life that is well balanced; don't do things in excess. Daniel Smith, Banned Subconscious Mind Secrets
    Balance



  62. Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much." Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Love



  63. When you invest in yourself and your self-care, there are no negative experiences. What have you got to lose? Jody Shield, Lifetonic.
    Empowering Quotes



  64. Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. Helen Steiner Rice
    Christmas



  65. There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley
    Accountability



  66. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars…or your two legs… or your hands…or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them. Dale Carnegie
    Appreciation



  67. ... don't be the person who passes up an opportunity to take positive action for their life. Be the kind of person who integrates positive change in their life. Be the kind of person who inspires others with their positive changes. Be the kind of person who takes charge of their life now. Sonia Weyers, Happiness Now!
    Poems about Regret



  68. Remember you are always the master of your life, even in your weakest state. Dr. Mahmoud Rashidi MD FRCSC FACS
    Control



  69. Now every godly, gracious man hath this power, to reflect upon hit own action. William Bridge
    Reflection



  70. If you try to force something to happen, it won’t. If it is meant to happen, it will. Jonathan Reid, Karma & Happiness
    Karma



  71. The past must never be interfere with the present because its impossible to move ahead while looking behind. Nice Lady, Hard Drive Purge
    Miss You



  72. It is you who know best how to represent your interests , your differences and your commitment to equality . Margo Gorman, Council of Europe, All Different, All Equal
    Equality



  73. Knowing peace and justice, intimately and politically, seems more important today than ever before. Tessa Hicks Peterson, Student Development and Social Justice
    Justice



  74. We need to keep walking out of the swamp- all the way to restoration of the soul. Derik Overly, Issues of the Soul
    Soul



  75. My philosophy is to do what I feel is right, not what other people think. McGraw-Hill, Education Essential ESL Dictionary
    Philosophy



  76. Life is just as good as you see it, therefore cultivate the habit of learning more, surrounding yourself with people who empower you and make the possibility of your dreams a reality. Go to good places that inspire you, fascinate your imagination and liberate your spirit. Seanaphoka Tsapi, The Greatness In You
    Learning


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