quotes about Life Is Too Short
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The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.
-- Adepero OduyeSource : "SUNDANCE FUTURES | “Pariah” Actress Adepero Oduye" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. January 24, 2011.
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Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.
-- Alphonse de Lamartine -
Life is too short to be doing work that doesn't make you feel happy and fulfilled. I'd rather wait for the right project, as opposed to just taking whatever is handed to me.
-- Amanda CrewSource : "Amanda Crew Interview Charlie St. Cloud". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 29, 2010.
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Life is too short to be a boring company.
-- Andrew MasonSource : "Groupon's $20bn valuation is 'not rational', analysts warn" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There's just too much at stake.
-- Bill Hybels -
Nothing - not prestige, power or pride - is worth sacrificing the things that you truly want, the things that you truly love. "Don't be afraid to take time and smell the roses. Don't hesitate in seeking out those things you hold dear. Seeking them out and holding on to them. And don't ever cease standing up for what you believe in, and fighting for those things that you want. Life is too short. Do what makes you happy, regardless of how others might feel.
-- Brenda Jackson -
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Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
-- Bruce DickinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.
-- Bruce Lee -
Don't let your cool stand in the way of being soulful. Life is too short. Too short to hate. Too short to judge. Too short not to live for. Don't let anything or anyone get the best of you or your heart and mind. If you are going down... go down swinging, singing, and loving.
-- Butch WalkerSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.
-- Channing Tatum -
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I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short
-- Charles Kennedy -
Every night it's the same... I have supper in my red dish and drinking water in my yellow dish... Tonight I think I'll have my supper in the yellow dish and my drinking water in the red dish. Life is too short not to live it up a little!
-- Charles M. Schulz -
Life is too short not to live it up a little!
-- Charles M. Schulz -
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Life is too short to be wondering, 'What if?'
-- Charlyne Yi -
Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes
-- Christie Brinkley -
Life is too short to be able to love as one should.
-- Christina, Queen of Sweden -
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Life is too short, the world is too big and God's love is too great to live ordinary.
-- Christine CaineSource : FaceBook post by Christine Caine from Jun 26, 2015
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Life is too short because we die.
-- Christopher LockeSource : Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls (2009). “The Cluetrain Manifesto”, p.73, Basic Books
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Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.
-- Christopher Paolini -
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who do not.
-- Christy ChungSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.
-- Coolio -
Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".
-- Dale Carnegie -
Life is too short. It's too precious. We have to live in this world, but we don't have to wallow in it. We don't have to fill our lives with all of this darkness.
-- Dan WellsSource : Dan Wells (2011). “I Don't Want to Kill You”, p.59, Macmillan
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Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.
-- Daphne du Maurier -
Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.
-- Daryl HannahSource : "Daryl Hannah: I've battled autism since childhood" by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, www.today.com. September 27, 2013.
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I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.
-- Daryl Hannah -
Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.
-- David Simon -
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Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.
-- Demi Lovato -
Life is too short not to enjoy as much of it as you can
-- Dennis Prager -
Off the floor, I'm really laid back: like, nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor, I do get emotional and a little carried away. However, I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.
-- Dirk NowitzkiSource : Rita Mae Brown (1982). “Southern discomfort”, Harpercollins
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I don’t do coupons or Reeboks. Life is too short to half-step.
-- Eddie Huang -
Life is too short for any vain regretting... Between the swift sun's rising and its setting, we have no time for useless tears or fretting, life is too short.... Time is the best avenger if we wait, the years speed by, and on their wings bear healing, life is too short for aught but high endeavor-too short for spite, but long enough for love. And love lives on forever and forever.
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Life is too short for long-term grudges.
-- Elon MuskSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise. But if you find yourself sitting in the hedgerow with nothing but weeds, there is no reason for shutting your eyes and seeing nothing, instead of finding what beauty you may in the weeds. To put it cynically, life is too short to waste it in drawing blanks. Therefore, it is up to you to find as many pictures to put on your blank pages as possible.
-- Emily Post -
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Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
-- Eric DavisSource : Twitter post from Apr 26, 2016
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Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.
-- Eric MaiselSource : Maynard James Keenan, Sarah Jensen (2016). “A Perfect Union of Contrary Things”, p.265, Hal Leonard Corporation
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Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best.
-- Ernest Dimnet -
Life is too short to be unhappy in business. If business were not a part of the joy of living, we might almost say that we have no right to live, because it is a pretty poor man who cannot get into the line for which he is fitted.
-- George L. Brown -
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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
-- George Takei -
I think that life is a bit like a biscuit that you only get one bite at. The best thing is to just go for it. If you feel an inclination for something, just go for it. Life is too short to muck about doubting yourself. It's better to try and just shore yourself up with some sort of confidence. And get on with it!
-- Georgia Byng -
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 -
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I don't want to play old music. To me, it is fighting battles that are already over and calling yourself a warrior. For me, I see no courage or adventure in doing the old thing over again. If others want to, that's for them. For myself, I have to move on. Life is too short to live in the past. There is a lot to be done.
-- Henry Rollins -
Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.
-- Hugh Dillon -
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Life is too short for reading inferior books.
-- James Bryce -
Love isn't meant to be hidden away and life is too short for shame.
-- Jay Bell -
We didn't intend to hurt each other, and we don't have time to do so. Life is too short to blame others. It's now the past. I hope that everybody will do well in the long run.
-- Jay Park -
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I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.
-- Jean-Claude Van Damme -
Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.
-- Jim Butcher -
Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst
-- John Piper -
I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.
-- John Updike -
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It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.
-- Jonathan HullSource : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books
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Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.
-- Karen Kingsbury -
Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him
-- Karen Kingsbury -
I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'
-- Kate Adie -
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Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.
-- Kevin Hart -
Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.
-- Kimora Lee SimmonsSource : "Kimora Lee Simmons Dishes On “Life In The Fab Lane” & Says Goodbye To The Past". Interview with Abiola Abrams, rnbphilly.com.
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Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.
-- Krista Allen -
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Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.
-- Kristin Scott Thomas -
Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love.
-- Kristina McMorrisSource : Kristina Mcmorris (2011). “Letters From Home”, p.241, Kensington Publishing Corp.
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Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books.
-- Leo StraussSource : Leo Strauss (1995). “Liberalism Ancient and Modern”, p.6, University of Chicago Press
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Sometimes on the way to your dream you get lost and find a better one. It is okay to change your mind. If you thought you always wanted to be a doctor only to discover after medical school that what you really wanted to do was open a bakery--open a bakery. Life is too short not to follow your heart.
-- Lisa Hammond -
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
-- Maeve Binchy -
Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.
-- Major Taylor -
Life is too short to be lived badly.
-- Marjane SatrapiSource : Marjane Satrapi (2008). “Persepolis I & II”, Random House
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Life is too short for a long story
-- Mary Wortley MontaguSource : Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes”, p.278
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Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying.
-- Melissa Marr -
Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure,
-- Michael Bloomberg -
Life is too short to make just one decision, music is too loud for just one station, love is too big for just one nation, and God is too big for just one religion!
-- Michael FrantiSource : "Song: East To The West (Yell Fire!)". July 25, 2006.
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Life is too short to do anything that's not challenging.
-- Michael MayerSource : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.
-- Paul Bocuse -
I don't have any frustrations. It sounds a little silly, but life is too short for me. I don't worry about all the things that happen, I just think about what to do with them. I work a lot with blind people in my spare time and I count my blessings every day.
-- Paul PolmanSource : "Unilever chief Paul Polman wants to orient company for the long term". Interview with Lillian Cunningham, www.smh.com.au. May 25, 2015.
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Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.
-- Paula Deen -
Life is too short for us to keep important words, for example, 'I love you', locked in our hearts.
-- Paulo Coelho -
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.
-- Paulo CoelhoSource : FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 25, 2012
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Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
-- Phillips Brooks -
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Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
-- Regina Brett -
Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long.
-- Robert Breault -
If you want to be rich, be friends with people who have the same mindset as you, or who at least won't try to change your mindset to be more like theirs. Life is too short to spend time with people who don't help you move forward.
-- Robert Kiyosaki -
The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.
-- Russell Edson -
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
-- Saffron Aldridge -
People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.
-- Sarah Addison Allen -
Life is too short no matter what party you are with
-- Scott BaioSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical public. Do not waste your time with music that is trite or ignoble. Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Saharas of musical trash.
-- Sergei RachmaninoffSource : "Great Pianists on Piano Playing". Book by James Francis Cooke, p. 217, 1999.
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Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.
-- Shirley ConranSource : Superwoman epigraph (1975)
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What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.
-- Si Robertson -
I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.
-- Solange Knowles -
Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
-- Sophia Bush -