“There are two great days in a person’s life — the day we are born and the day we discover why.” ~William Barclay

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?” ~Lance Armstrong

“What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” ~Agatha Christie

“Worry less. Smile more. Accept criticism. Take responsibility. Listen and love. Don’t hate. Embrace change and feel good anyway.” ~Unknown

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every mans life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.” ~Marcus Aurelius

“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” ~Peter Marshall

“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.” ~Dale Carnegie

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ~ Robert Byrne

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.” ~Oprah

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.”~La Bruyere

“Play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life’s only true lessons are writ small in the margin.” ~Jonathan Huie

“Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you stop peddling.” ~ Claude D. Pepper

“Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.” ~Corita Kent

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you’re riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!” ~Bob Marley

“Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.” ~Corita Kent