Life Quotes

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

~ George William Russell

I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away.

~ Mary Beth Whitehead

Okay, so, sometimes in life, I can be a score-keeper - someone who keeps track of what he gives and what he gets in return. An annoying quality, to say the least, and I'm sure my wife has your sympathy, but it's made me highly attuned to when and where credit is due.

~ Mark Feuerstein

IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.

~ Carl Clinton Van Doren

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.

~ Henry Ossawa Tanner

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

~ Lawrence Welk

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

My mum, Helen, was hilarious. She had a tremendous sense of humour and was a great singer and tap dancer. For many years, she was the voice of Minnie Mouse in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She would be in the float as it came along, singing whatever the Minnie Mouse song of the day was. She was a really big spirit in my life.

~ Billy Crystal

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

~ Matt Cameron

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

~ Joyce Meyer

Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.

~ Jack Canfield

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

~ Joel Osteen

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

~ Christopher Mccandless

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

~ William James

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

~ Sophia Loren

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

~ Walt Disney

Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.

~ Ralph Marston

I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.

~ Walter Payton

I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word 'diva' and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn't afraid to show it.

~ Nick Cannon

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

~ Luke Bryan

For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

~ Billy Porter

Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life's daily frustrations.

~ Chuck Norris

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

~ Dominique Moceanu

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

~ Mena Suvari

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

~ Paula Deen

I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.

~ Patsy Kensit

I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.

~ Lily Cole

You can't live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.

~ Miley Cyrus

It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.

~ Sylvia Plath

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

~ Gabriela Sabatini

I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

~ Jennifer Lopez

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion.' I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.

~ Thierry Mugler

When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.

~ Zendaya

Money is a very important tool to make a big difference in people's life. It is positive or negative depending on the values.

~ Shiv Khera

I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.

~ Jake Owen

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.

~ Pitbull

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.

~ Ralph Marston

If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just get on with it! It's called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what.

~ John Lydon

I believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.

~ Bipasha Basu