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Life is so short - if you feel something for someone, tell them.
Sep 10, 2025
Life is too short for a long story
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest.
Time is long but life is short.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.
Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.
Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
Life is too short not to experiment.
Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.
That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
You and I By Henry Alford My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear; My ear is tired waiting for your call. I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer; Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all. I droop without your full, frank sympathy; We ought to be together—you and I; We want each other so, to comprehend The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought. Companion, comforter and guide and friend, As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought. Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together, you and I.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching
Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.
Life is short, break the rules.
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The trouble is you think you have time.
Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives.
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
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.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Our life is so short that every time I see my children, I enjoy them as much as I can. Whenever I can, I enjoy my beloved, my family, my friends, my apprentices. But mainly I enjoy myself, because I am with myself all the time. Why should I spend my precious time with myself judging myself, rejecting myself, creating guilt and shame? Why should I push myself to be angry or jealous? If I don't feel good emotionally, I find out what is causing it and I fix it. Then I can recover my happiness and keep going with my story.
Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
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.
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
When I take my last breath, will there be a wish that I had more stuff? I'll wish for only one thing, I think. That I loved better. That I had been better at loving and not being distracted by stuff or accomplishment. This life is so short and it will soon be over. What will we use it for?
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
I still find each day too short.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.