70 Short and Simple Life Quotes to Inspire You

Life, in all its beauty and complexity, often needs a touch of inspiration to help us navigate its challenges and cherish its blessings. Short and simple life quotes can offer that inspiration, distilling complex ideas into simple wisdom. Here are 70 life quotes to uplift, motivate, and enlighten you on your journey:

1. "Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans." – John Lennon

2. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." – Robert Byrne

3. "Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet." – Sarah Louise Delany

4. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." – Oscar Wilde

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

6. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." – Robert Frost

7. "Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." – George Bernard Shaw

8. "The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge." – Bertrand Russell

9. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. "Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going." – Sam Levenson

11. "Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all." – Helen Keller

12. "Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing." – Seneca

13. "Life is made of ever so many partings welded together." – Charles Dickens

14. "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." – Oprah Winfrey

15. "Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." – Grandma Moses

16. "It is not the length of life, but the depth." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

17. "You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." – Brian Tracy

18. "In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years." – Abraham Lincoln

19. "Life is ten percent what happens to us and ninety percent how we respond to it." – Charles R. Swindoll

20. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage." – Anaïs Nin

21. "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." – Albert Einstein

22. "The unexamined life is not worth living." – Socrates

23. "The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." – Henry Miller

24. "Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

25. "Life is short, and it’s up to you to make the most of it." – John Grisham

26. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." – Tony Robbins

27. "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." – Arthur Rubinstein

28. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Lao Tzu

29. "Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." – Marilyn Monroe

30. "Life is trying things to see if they work." – Ray Bradbury

31. "Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be." – Eckhart Tolle

32. "Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life." – Steve Jobs

33. "The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving." – Oliver Wendell Holmes

34. "Life is a balance between holding on and letting go." – Rumi

35. "Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

36. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." – Mahatma Gandhi

37. "When you cease to dream you cease to live." – Malcolm Forbes

38. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." – Albert Einstein

39. "The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead." – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

40. "Life is about making an impact, not making an income." – Kevin Kruse

41. "The mind is everything. What you think you become." – Buddha

42. "Whatever you do, do it well." – Walt Disney

43. "Life is either a great adventure or nothing." – Helen Keller

44. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." – Mae West

45. "Don't count the days, make the days count." – Muhammad Ali

46. "Turn your wounds into wisdom." – Oprah Winfrey

47. "Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions." – Dalai Lama

48. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." – Henry David Thoreau

49. "Tough times never last, but tough people do." – Robert H. Schuller

50. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." – Peter Drucker

51. "An unexamined life is not worth living." – Socrates

52. "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." – Mark Twain

53. "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today." – James Dean

54. "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." – Theodore Roosevelt

55. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." – Albert Schweitzer

56. "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." – Dennis P. Kimbro

57. "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale." – Hans Christian Andersen

58. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

59. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." – Eleanor Roosevelt

60. "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." – Jim Rohn

61. "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." – William James

62. "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." – Henry David Thoreau

63. "If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor." – Eleanor Roosevelt

64. "To live will be an awfully big adventure." – Peter Pan

65. "Don’t wait. The time will never be just right." – Napoleon Hill

66. "Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother."

67. "Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact." – William James

68. "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." – Friedrich Nietzsche

69. "Love the life you live. Live the life you love." – Bob Marley

70. "Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it." – Lindsey Vonn

These quotes encapsulate the essence of life from various perspectives, offering pearls of wisdom that can guide you through your day-to-day experiences. Keep these words in your mind and heart to remind you of the power and beauty of living authentically and purposefully. Embrace the journey, cherish the moments, and remember, every day is a new opportunity to create a life you love.

To help you keep track of your thoughts and reflect on these quotes, consider using the Journey app. Journey is a digital journal that allows you to document your experiences, inspirations, and personal growth.

By journaling, you can deepen your understanding of these quotes and explore how they apply to your own life. Let Journey be your companion in navigating life’s greatest adventures, one moment of inspiration at a time.