Quotes on How Short Life Is

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

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 fervour.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.