Top 200 Life Philosophy Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”

— Swami Vivekananda

152. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

153. “Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

154. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.”

— Rumi

155. “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”

— Marcus Aurelius

156. “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It’s yours.”

— Ayn Rand

157. “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”

— Buddha

158. “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

— William Shakespeare

159. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

160. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.”

— Confucius

161. “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

— Lao Tzu

162. “The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

163. “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

164. “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

— Deepak Chopra

165. “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”

— Henry David Thoreau

166. “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”

— Dale Carnegie

167. “Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

168. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

169. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

170. “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

— Confucius

171. “Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”

— Buddha

172. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

— Maya Angelou

173. “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

— Paulo Coelho

174. “Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny – he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally – you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.”

— Osho

175. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

— Lao Tzu

176. “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

— Marcus Aurelius

177. “Personal development – the never ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.”

— Jim Rohn

178. “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

179. “Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits.”

— Robin S. Sharma

180. “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

— Ayn Rand

181. “Every setback is a setup for a comeback!”

— Joel Osteen

182. “Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

— Lao Tzu

183. “Each day provides its own gifts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

184. “The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love.”

— Rumi

185. “What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.”

— Robin S. Sharma

186. “He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

— Confucius

187. “Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.”

— Swami Vivekananda

188. “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”

— Alan Watts

189. “Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance – now, at this very moment – of all external events. That’s all you need.”

— Marcus Aurelius

190. “The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

— Eckhart Tolle

191. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again.”

— Nick Vujicic

192. “You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”

— Oprah Winfrey

193. “I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.”

— Eckhart Tolle

194. “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

— Saadi

195. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

196. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

— Albert Einstein

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

— Mark Twain

198. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

— George Bernard Shaw

199. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

— Steve Jobs

200. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”

— Anonymous