The Life is short quotes compiled here will change the way you think about your own precious time. Here are some of my favorite inspirational sayings for living wisely with intentionality in our everyday actions and thoughts.

Quotes are a great way to inspire and make you feel good and provide some positivity in your day, week, month, or year! Find more inspiration with these quotes.

Life is Short Quotes

  1. Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. -Stephen Vincent Benet.Life is not lost by dying life is short quote
  2. Life is short, the world is wide, make memories. -Mama MiaLife is short the world is wide quote
  3. Be grateful for every day we never know what tomorrow may bring. Enjoy every moment you never know when it will be your last. Be kind to others. It will cost you nothing, but it could change someone’s life. -Unknown
  4. Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings. -Andre Maurois
  5. Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas. -E.A. BucchianeriMake your lives a masterpiece quote
  6. We only have one life and one body to care of, and we better do it right. You never know what tomorrow may bring and so we better live this life the best we can and be grateful for everything we have. -Novak DjokovicYou only have one life and one body to care of quote
  7. 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 DisraeliLife is too short to be little quote
  8. The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in. Paris HiltonThe only rule is don't be boring and dress cute quote
  9. Life is too short to worry. Life too short to be sad. Life is too short to ponder on things you will never have. Life is too short for sadness. Life is too short for tears. Never count the day, never count the years. Life is too short for falling out. Life is too short for war. Life is a gift, don’t waste it. Life is so much more. – John F. ConnorLife is too short to worry quote
  10. Life is too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years. – Belinda CarlisleLife is too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years quoteLife is too short to stay where we are. – Mat Kearney
  11. Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly. love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile. Mark Twain
  12. Life is too short and unpredictable, eat dessert first. – Helen KellerLife is too short and undpredictable quote
  13. Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much to short to be living someone else’s life. – Kobi YamadaEmbrace your uniqueness quote
  14. Tremendously beautiful this life is. But only those who live it can know it; no other way there is. – YodaTremendously beautiful this life is quote
  15. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. – Henry David ThoreauI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately quote
  16. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. – Mae WestYou only live once quote
  17. Life is too short and happiness is too rare. – A.R. LucasLife is too short and happiness is too rare quote
  18. The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important. – Martin Luther King, Jr.The quality, not the longevity of one's life quote
  19. Life is too short to stay where we are. – Mat KearnyLife is too short to stay where we are quote are
  20. Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. – Benjamin FranklinLife's tragedy is that we get old too soon quote
  21. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it. – Ferris BuellerLife moves pretty fast quote
  22. 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 HagenYou'e only here for a short visit life is short quotes
  23. Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. – B. Alan WallaceLife is a flash of lightening quote
  24. Life is too short to be reading quotes about life being too short. Stop reading and go live your life! – Kevin NgoLife is too short quote
  25. We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives. – Maya AngelouWe spend precious hours fearing the inevitable quote
  26. Don’t count the days, make the days count. – Muhammad AliDon't count the days, make the days count quote
  27. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching. – Gerard WayOne day your life will flash before your eyes quote
  28. Life is too short to live on low-fat everything. – Kristin Scott ThomasLife is too short to live on low-fat everything quote
  29. Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to pass you by without taking joyous, ecstatic note of it, not wasting a single moment of its swift, breakneck circuit? – Pat ConroyWhy do they not teach you that time is a finger snap quote

I hope that these beautiful quotes inspire you to live your best possible future! I think it is always good to remember life is too short. Life is beautiful! There is so much to be thankful even when it doesn’t feel that way. “Life is too short to focus on what makes you miserable. It’s so much better to focus on the wonderful things in life, right? You deserve it!”

We all know that life can change in an instant and we need to take advantage of every day we have. Studies show that people who believe they are living on borrowed time tend to live more fully than those who do not. It is important to be grateful, happy, and appreciative of what you have because you never know when it might disappear.

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