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459 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Maya Angelou
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments.”
Tahereh Mafi · Shatter Me, 2011
“We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“After my illness, I realized that every single sound is precious to me.”
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, 2015
“You are not the oil, you are not the air, merely the point of combustion between them.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald · The Crack-Up, 1936
“Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
C.S. Lewis
“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Annie Dillard · The Writing Life, 1989
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.”
Yoko Ono
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson · "Experience," Essays: Second Series, 1844
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau · Journal, April 20, 1840
