Life Well Lived Quotes

“Create a story of which you will be proud.”
― Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris

“Glory is sacrifice, glory is exhaustion, glory is having nothing left to give.
Almost.
It is death by living.”
― N.D. Wilson, Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

“No empire lasts forever, no dynasty continues unbroken. Some day, you and I will be mere legends. All that matters is whether we did what we could with the life that was given to us.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

“Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so vulnerable to chance, and so dependent on the choices and actions of others, that it is of little real value to the person living it. He further meant that a life well lived is one which has goals, and integrity, which is chosen and directed by the one who lives it, to the fullest extent possible to a human agent caught in the webs of society and history.”
― A.C. Grayling

“We might not be the ones to change the world. We might not belong to the few that “put a ding in the universe.” We might not be something the whole world would celebrate. But...In the little corners that we live; in the lives that we’ve played a part in, we should be nothing but unforgettable.”
― Nesta Jojoe Erskine, Unforgettable: Living a Life That Matters

“I may return
If dissatisfied
With what I learn
From having died.”
― Robert Frost

“A life of service is a life well and greatly lived.”
― Omoakhuana Anthonia

“Time well spent leads to life well lived.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“A life spent in nature is a life well lived.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Life is no quest of longevity and days:
Where are the flowers a hundred years old?”
― Yoné Noguchi, The spirit of Japanese poetry

“He didn't take any sort of action but boldly specialized in simply living his life. That was either a gentlemanly manner maintained by formidable self-control or the height of idiocy.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Galaxy

“On Global Holistic Wealth Day, let's celebrate a life well-lived, rich in purpose, wellness, and meaningful relationships – the true essence of holistic wealth.”
― Keisha Blair

“death is a joyous journey for the purposeful life and a melancholy for the mediocre life”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“That Easter Monday evening, Mrs Miggs, in her ninety-sixth year, rolled up her crochet, and took in her chair, at the end of the afternoon, and closed her door and went to bed, early, as she always did, in the room that used to be the parlour, for she had not been able to climb the stairs since breaking her hip five years before, and in the night, in her sleep, died.

And so there was a funeral service at the church to follow the farrier’s wedding, and people in Barley felt saddened, for Mrs Miggs was so well-known and liked, such a familiar figure, she had seemed immortal, and another link with the old days, the old village life, was severed. Sad too, we said, that she did not reach her hundredth year, to which she was looking forward. There would have been a party for her and the children would have made posies and taken them, and sung to her outside her window in the early morning.

But a good funeral service, at the peaceful end of a long life, is not altogether an occasion for mourning. This one felt fitting, and things were in their proper order.”
― Susan Hill, The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year

“Time well spent adds to life well lived.”
― Martin Ugwu

“The quality of interpersonal relationships that we forge when purposefully engaging in work that advances the interest of the multitudes is the shining endorsement to a life well lived. Within the corners of each person’s private and public canvas lies his or her masterpiece. Each person’s matchless artistry provides an indelible testament to how he or she lived. A person’s lifetime body of work unequivocally expresses a road map to their innermost salvation. Only by actualizing our innate natural mind can any of us funnel our motivational forces into directional inspiration that leads us to peacefulness and wisdom. All efforts to achieve meaningful tributes to a life well lived are noisy affairs that clang in our hearts. Only through death can any of us attain a state of soundless perfection.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Every sinuous person needs to experience the simple and pure pleasures that come from a life well lived.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Life's journey begins with a countdown. Each breath is a gift and a farewell, urging us to create meaning in the fleeting space between hello and goodbye.”
― Emmanuel Apetsi

“Miriam wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the 'harami' child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Miriam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate beginnings.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns