Brevity Of Life Quotes

• Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosophical, Speech, Recommendations

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• There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.

  Billy Graham

  Life Is Short, Realizing, Moments

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.85, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.

  Billy Graham

  Surprise, Surprise In Life, Brevity

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• Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose
  he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it.
  But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life
  that one exists for other people.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Reflection

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

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• Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

  LeCrae

  Pieces, Shapes, Waste

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• Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Live life like you mean it! Stop procrastinating! Do all that you can...with all that you have...in the place that you are...right now! Life is too unpredictable to put things off and not take it seriously.

  Les Brown

  Live Life, Procrastination, Mean

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Let those who thoughtfully consider the brevity of life remember the length of eternity.

  Thomas Ken

  Life, Remember, Eternity

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• When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.

  Clarence Darrow

  Pain, Journey, Men

  Clarence Darrow (1995). “Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays”

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• Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.

  Harvey Mackay

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow.

  William Shakespeare

  Futility Of Life, Play, Life And Death

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

  Hosea Ballou

  Discovery, Parent, Corrections

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  You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

  Walter Hagen

  Inspirational, Life, Attitude

  The Walter Hagen Story ch. 32 (1956)

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• But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.

  Prince

  Life, Song, Party

  Song: 1999 The Hits Mix

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• it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.

  Winifred Holtby

  Ends, Tolerable, Values

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• Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Philosophy, Discovery, Ethics

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• O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Life, Religious, Falling In Love

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• A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.

  Don Marquis

  Work, People, Mourning

  Don Marquis (1935). “Archy does his part”

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• We think that play and fairytales belong to childhood - how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time in our life to live without play and fairytales! We give these things other names, to be sure, and feel differently about them, but precisely this is the evidence that they are the same things, for the child too regards play as his work and fairy tales as his truth. The brevity of life ought to preserve us from a pedantic division of life into different stages - as though each brought something new.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Children, Thinking, Play

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• The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Men, Long, Excellence

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