Top 200 Life Is Short Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The trouble is, you think you have time.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Quotes About Thinking, Mindfulness Quotes, Existentialism Quotes

2. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

— Mary Oliver

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes, Choices Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes

3. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Courage Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

4. “One today is worth two tomorrows. Lost time is never found again. Time is money. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff that life is made of. You may delay, but time will not.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

5. “Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.”

— Ally Condie

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Time Quotes, Emotional Quotes

6. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Choices Quotes

7. “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.”

— John Lennon

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

8. “So much universe, and so little time.”

— Terry Pratchett

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Universe Quotes, Witty Quotes

9. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

10. “It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

11. “Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Motivational Monday Quotes, Personality Quotes

12. “While we wait for life, life passes.”

— Seneca

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

13. “Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?”

— Bob Marley

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Choices Quotes

14. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

15. “Don’t look back – you’re not going that way.”

— Mary Engelbreit

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Growth Quotes, Future Quotes

16. “Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.”

— Jack Kerouac

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

17. “We only get to play this game one time, one life.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Positive Motivation Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Perspective Quotes

18. “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”

— Jack London

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

19. “Your problem is that you think you have time.”

— Carlos Castaneda

Also featured in: Quotes About Thinking, Carpe Diem Quotes

20. “In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Famous Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Reflection Quotes

21. “So many books, so little time.”

— Frank Zappa

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Quotes About Books And Reading, Short Quotes, Humor Quotes

22. “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

— Vincent van Gogh

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Passion Quotes, Desire Quotes

23. “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

24. “Be different; be unique; be yourself.”

— Christina Grimmie

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Personality Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes

25. “As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

26. “Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.”

— Marshall Sylver

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Travel Quotes

27. “Life is short, break the rules.”

— Mark Twain

28. “Here’s to the future, because I’m done with the past.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Future Quotes

29. “It’s my life and it’s now or never.”

— Jon Bon Jovi

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Moving On Quotes

30. “When in doubt, choose to live.”

— Terry Pratchett

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Choices Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

31. “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

— Seneca

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Interesting Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Reflection Quotes

32. “Time is valuable, and when it is gone, it is gone. Time is wealth, and unlike money, when it is gone, you cannot replace it.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Wealth Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

33. “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Emotional Quotes, Choices Quotes, Wise Quotes

34. “Stop worrying and start living.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Happy Quotes, Wellness Quotes

35. “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

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Famous Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Empowering Quotes

36. “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

— Winston Groom

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Clever Quotes, Witty Quotes, Famous Movie Quotes

37. “No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

— Taylor Swift

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Care Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Cute Quotes

38. “You can’t live at all unless you can live fully now.”

— Alan Watts

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Short Inspiring Quotes, Awakening Quotes

39. “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Smart Quotes, Joy Quotes

40. “Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive.”

— Tatiana Maslany

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Wellness Quotes

41. “You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.”

— Eminem

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Opportunity Quotes

42. “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.”

— Harvey MacKay

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Inspirational Life Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes

43. “Enjoy life – you only get one.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Meaning of Life Quotes

44. “We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”

— Charles Bukowski

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

45. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Morality Quotes, Kindness Quotes

46. “Live your best life!”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Positive Motivation Quotes

47. “The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Meaning Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

48. “At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”

— Steve Maraboli

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Choices Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Commitment Quotes

49. “Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.”

— Lana Del Rey

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Passion Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

50. “The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they’re alive.”

— O. A. Battista

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Compassion Quotes, Marriage Quotes