Brevity Of Life Quotes:

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

- Hosea Ballou

topic: Discovery, Parent, Brevity Of Life, Brevity

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

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Philosophical, Speech, Recommendations, Orators, Brevity

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

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Life Is Short, Realizing, Moments, End Of Life, Most Meaningful

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

- Billy Graham

topic: Surprise, Brevity, Surprise In Life, Brevity Of Life

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Thinking, Reflections Of Life, Brevity Of Life

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

- LeCrae

topic: Pieces, Shapes, Waste, Wasted Life, Fragile

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Meaningless Life, Most Memorable

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

topic: Live Life, Procrastination, Mean, Unpredictability, Brevity Of Life

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

- William Shakespeare

topic: Life, Sound, Idiot, Most Memorable, Metaphors Of Life

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

- Thomas Ken

topic: Life, Remember, Eternity, Brevity Of Life

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

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

topic: Pain, Journey, Men, Common Life, Fellow Travelers

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Life's Too Short, Life Is Precious

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

- William Shakespeare

topic: Shadow, Candle, Walking, Brief Life, Darkness In Macbeth

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

source: The Walter Hagen Story ch. 32 (1956)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Attitude, Keep Calm And Carry On, Hurrying

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

- Prince

source: Song: 1999 The Hits Mix

topic: Party, Lasts, Life Is, Transience, Singer-songwriters

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

- Winifred Holtby

topic: Ends, Brevity, Values, Brevity Of Life

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

- Sydney J. Harris

topic: Philosophy, Discovery, Ethics, Brevity, Brevity Of Life

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

topic: Falling In Love, Islamic, People, Brevity Of Life

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

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

topic: Work, People, Mourning, Brevity Of Life

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

topic: Children, Thinking, Play, Brevity Of Life, Pedantic

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

topic: Men, Long, Excellence, Brevity Of Life