me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon


“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” — Marilyn Monroe

46. “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” — Buddha

47. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss

48. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain


49. “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” — Stephen Hawking

50. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

51. “The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides

52. “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” — Grandma Moses

53. “Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” — Benjamin Franklin

54.  “Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” — Kevin Kruse

55. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

56. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth

57. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

58. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

59. “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon

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60. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown



61.  “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” —Neil Armstrong 

62. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi

63. “If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person.” —Bill Clinton

64. “Life is short, and it is here to be lived.” —Kate Winslet 

65. “The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” —Frank Lloyd Wright


66. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot