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Life Quotes

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391 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

Confucius

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

Helen Keller

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

Oprah Winfrey

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

Confucius

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

Maya Angelou · Letter to My Daughter, 2008

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

Maya Angelou · I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“I don't want to be compared with anyone. I am Cristiano Ronaldo.”

Cristiano Ronaldo

“Maradona was unique, but Messi is superior to him.”

Cristiano Ronaldo

“I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.”

Cristiano Ronaldo