Quotes about life

I’ve often felt that life is a hard deal and it’s unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.

Woody Allen

We often overlook the fact that human behavior is also a form of control. That an organism should act to control the world around it is as characteristic of life as breathing or reproduction.

B. F. Skinner

There are so many things in life that divide us, that separate us and tear us apart, be it race, religion, creed, socioeconomic level, nationality or any variety of other factors. But running is something that we all share in common.

Dean Karnazes

The hard part that I had to go through in life, period, is living in poverty and not being able to get what I want.

Derrick Rose

I try to be good at it, whatever part I’m playing – even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform – I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!

Dolly Parton

Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.

Jean de La Bruyere

The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

Arthur Schopenhauer

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Mark Twain

I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we didn’t dare to take things in hand?

Vincent Van Gogh