30 Quotes to Live By
The more I live, the more I realize how much of myself has been sculpted by the quotes I’ve been exposed to over the years. For some reason, the written language takes on a more healing and character-shaping effect on my mind, in comparison to spoken language.
Quotes stay with me for a long time, even if I don’t remember the exact words. It has never been about memorizing words. I find that if the words I meant for that time of my life, they stick with me forever.
Below are a few quotes that have played a huge role in shaping who I am today. I hope you find these words beautiful and help to bring a more introspective and positive outlook to your days.
“Where there is love, there is life” – Mahatma Gandhi
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
“We love the things we love for what they are. ” – Robert Frost
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What is meant to be will always find its way. Always.” – Unkown
“We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.” – Brad Meltzer
“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; And then there are those who turn one into the other.” – Unkown
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.” – Martin Luther King Jr
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
“Show respect to people who don’t even deserve it; Not as a reflection of their character, but a reflection of your’s.” – Dave Willis
“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws, and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.” – Anais Nin
“Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
“Just look at life with more playful eyes. Don’t be serious. Seriousness becomes like a blindness. Don’t pretend to be a thinker, a philosopher. Just simply be a human being. The whole world is showering its joy on you in so many ways, but if you are too serious, you cannot open your heart.” – Osho
“Is it really that bad if someone sees who you are? Why is it humans have a problem with letting someone else see that they are human?” – Joseph Gogler
“If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much an extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.” – Alan Watts
“If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle with others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.” – Nikita Gill
“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.” – Haruki Murakami
“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.” – Gloria Steinem
“Everyone you meet has something to teach you.” – Unknown
“Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy life.” – Joyce Meyer
“Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it. I saw you and made up my mind.” – Tony Morrison
“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – What you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.” – Warsan Shire
“Choose people who choose you.” – Unknown
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” – Bell Hooks
“Everything is beautiful if you look at it with love.” – Kedi (2016)
“Gratitude changes everything.” – Unknown
“Wherever you are, be all there.” – Unknown
I hope you enjoyed this list of quotes. If you have your own quotes that you live by, share it in the comments down below.
Thank you my lovely readers, and until next time! <3
I love all of them Shihori, but my favourite one was by Haruki Murakami.
The one quote which I live by is “Nothing changes, if Nothing changes”.? This quote has truly helped me to embrace change that have entered my life.