The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Mohandas Gandhi

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Benjamin Franklin

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
Benjamin Franklin

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Benjamin Franklin

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

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
Norman Vincent Peale

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Norman Vincent Peale

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
Norman Vincent Peale

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius

If we don't know life, how can we know death?
Confucius

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

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Confucius

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
John Lennon

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon