Life can be hard, complicated, and stressful, but I think it can be easier to navigate if we understand it more. Often, simply reading some profound quotes about life can help you get a better grasp on it.
I love reading inspirational quotes, motivational quotes and other uplifting quotes to help me get through difficult times or simply just to inspire me to keep believing in myself and never give up.
Today, I want to share 75 profound quotes about life that I think will inspire and motivate you to do your best and live your best life.
75 profound quotes about life
Here, I will share some short profound quotes, funny profound quotes, and even some profound quotes on love. I hope you enjoy them. Don’t forget to share, too!
1 The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~ Lao Tzu
2 It’s not what you look at that matters; it’s what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau
3 The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ~ William Arthur Ward
4 All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney
5 Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
6 Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. ~ Ella Fitzgerald
7 It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters. ~ Epictetus
8 The trouble is, you think you have time. ~ Buddha
9 Life begins where fear ends. ~ Osho
10 You are the artist of your life; don’t give the paintbrush to anyone else ~ Iva Ursano
11 Solve the problem or leave the problem; do not live with the problem
12 One of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself is to forgive everybody.
13 If you keep running from your problems, they will continue to chase you.
14 They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not true. Sometimes, it just makes you weaker, more afraid.
15 Stop setting yourself on fire to keep others warm.
16 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
17 The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. ~ Michelangelo
18 People will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them all and build an empire.
19 Being strong doesn’t mean you always have to fight and win every battle. Sometimes, it’s saying, ‘Enough is enough,’ and walking away.
20 It’s not your job to be likable. It’s your job to be yourself. The right people will gravitate.
21 Train your mind to be stronger than your emotions, or you’ll lose every time.
22 Some people are like clouds; once they disappear, it’s a beautiful day.
23 The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death. ~ Osho
24 The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. ~ Michael Altshuler
25 The black sheep is sometimes the only one telling the truth.
26 You disrespect yourself every time you run back to the person who disrespected you.
27 When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.
28 Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ~ Will Rogers
29 The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
30 We need not wait to see what others do. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
31 If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies, and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation. ~ Osho
32 You only lose what you cling to. ~ Buddha
33 Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to’. ~ Lao Tzu
34 Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ~ Sigmund Freud
35 They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ~ Andy Warhol
36 It is never too late to be what you might have been.
37 Sometimes, you don’t get what you want because you deserve better.
38 Some things break your heart but fix your vision.
39 It’s not love if it takes your peace. ~ Archhades
40 Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
41 Be kind to unkind people; they need it the most.
42 Nothing changes if nothing changes.
43 The trauma is not your fault, but the healing is your responsibility.
44 Hurt people hurt people.
45 No matter how stressed you are, remember how blessed you are.
46 It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.~ Thomas Huxley
47 If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~ Maya Angelou
48 It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left? ~ Jim Carrey
49 Act without expectation. ~ Lao Tzu
50 Not everyone in your life belongs in the next chapter.
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51 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~ Helen Keller
52 No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.~ Madonna
53 The world suffers a lot because of the silence of good people.
54 When you rise above the storm, you will find the sunshine.
55 Fake friends will tell you pretty lies. Real friends will tell you the ugly truth.
56 In the blink of an eye, it can all be taken away. Be grateful always.
57 If it makes you feel broken in any way, you need to end it before it ends you.
58 Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded. ~ Buddha
59 Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.
60 Slow and steady wins the race.~ Robert Lloyd
61 We must let go of the life we have planned so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. ~Joseph Campbell
62 Be patient. Good things take time.
63 The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear. ~ Nelson Mandela
64 Do one thing every day that scares you. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
65 Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ~ Will Rogers
66 If you don’t know what your passion is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it. ~ Oprah Winfrey
67 The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day. ~ Gloria Steinman
68 The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.~Jean Paul
69 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill
70 Change begins with you
71 Rule your mind or it will rule you. ~ Buddha
72 There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.~ Albert Einstein
73 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
74 Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.~ Mark Twain
75 A year ago everything was so different. It’s amazing how much things change in a short amount of time.
Final Thoughts on Profound Quotes
I hope you liked these profound quotes about life and more. Do you have any favorite profound quotes that I may have missed here? Drop them in the comments section.
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