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Best 150 Life Is What You Make It Quotes

Life Is What You Make It Quotes

This post contains some of the best Life Is What You Make It Quotes.

Life Is What You Make It Quotes

1. “A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.”- James Allen

2. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”– David Brinkley

3. “Advice? I don’t offer advice. Not my business. Your life is what you make it.” – Unknown

4. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” – Unknown

6. “Always, always, always believe in yourself. Because if you don’t then who will, sweetie?”- Marilyn Monroe

7. “And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.” — A.C. Grayling

8. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn

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9. “Baby, life’s what you make it celebrate it anticipate it yesterday’s faded nothing can change it life’s what you make it.” – unknown

10. “Be a curator of your life, slowly cut things out until you’re left only with that you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy.” – Leo Babauta

11. “Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do good and great things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. Believe in yourself.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

12. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” – John R. Wooden

14. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”– Eleanor Roosevelt

15. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”- John D. Rockefeller

16. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”- Dr. Seuss

17. “Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” – Ashton Kutcher

18. “Everything in your life a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result make a different choice.” – Unknown

19. “Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.” – Unknown

20. “For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”- Marilyn Monroe

21. “Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will.” – Unknown

22. “Get busy living or get busy dying.” – Stephen King

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23. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.”- Henry David Thoreau

24. “Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.” – Mandy Hale

25. “Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

26. “How you respond to those losses, what you make of what’s left, that’s the part you have to make up as you go.” — Katharine Weber

27. “I don’t offer advice. Not my business. Your life is what you make it.” — John Kehoe

28. “I love to do the things the censors won’t pass.”- Marilyn Monroe

29. “I spend a lot of time talking about something I believe passionately, which is that life is what you choose to make it, for the most part, and more often than not all you need to do is seize it by the throat and demand more from it.” – Frank Turner

30. “I spend a lot of time talking about something I believe passionately, which is that life is what you choose to make it.” – Frank Turner

31. “I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”- Marilyn Monroe

32. “If life is what you make it, the building blocks are your desire and your passion.” — Chloe Thurlow

33. “If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” – Unknown

34. “If you have not made somebody’s day happier, if you’ve not appreciated something good that has happened to you and if you have not felt thankful to be alive, then you have wasted that day of your life on earth!”- Preeti Shenoy

35. “In order to write about life first you must live it.”- Ernest Hemingway

36. “In this culture we taught you right from ancient times, your life is your karma. This means, your life is your making. What comes our way is not in our hands but what we make out if it is one hundred percent in our hands.” – Sadhguru

37. “It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.” – Jim Rohn

38. “It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have a life at all – in which case, you fail by default.”– J.K. Rowling

39. “It is what it is, but it will be what you make it.” — Wayne Dyer

40. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” – Marilyn Monroe

41. “Life is a dancer and you are the dance.” – Eckhart Tolle

42. “Life is beautiful admire it, life is a duty, complete it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a challenge, meet it, life is what you make it, so start today.” – Unknown

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43. “Life is better when you cry a little, laugh a lot, and are thankful for everything you’ve got.” – Unknown

44. “Life is like a cup of tea… It’s all in how you make it.” – Unknown

45. “Life is not always perfect, but it’s always what you make it. So make it count, make it memorable, and never let anyone steal your happiness.” – Unknown

46. “Life is not happening to you. Life is responding to you.” – Unknown

47. “Life is not unfair. Life is what you make of it.” – Hrithik Roshan

48. “Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” — Yuri Kochiyama

49. “Life is only as good as you decide to make it. So stand up, be bold, and don’t let everyone else define it.” – Unknown

50. “Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.”- D. H. Lawrence

51. “Life is truly is what you make it. The purpose and meaning of life is the purpose and meaning that you give it.” – Steven Redhead

52. “Life is trying things to see if they work.” – Ray Bradbury

53. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”- John Lennon

54. “Life is what you make it and beauty can be found in anything that you make. If you find the beauty in your own life, you will find beauty in everything. Even in the ugliest of times.” – Kevin Aaron Laws

55. “Life is what you make it and faith is what brings it to reality.” – Carline Francois

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56. “Life is what you make it and I choose to make mine a happy one, full of fun and laughter and you are more than welcome to join me.”- Nishan Panwar

57. “Life is what you make it and I choose to make mine a happy one, full of fun and laughter and you are more than welcome to join me.” – Unknown

58. “Life is what you make it choice is whether you make it complicated or easy by ruling over those complications.” — Maitree Tailor

59. “Life is what you make it so make the best of it.” – Anthony Shay

60. “Life is what you make it so make the best of it.”- Shay Anthony

61. “Life is what you make it, and beauty can be found in anything that you make.” – Kevin Aaron Laws

62. “Life is what you make it, and I choose to make mine a happy one, full of fun and laughter, and you are more than welcome to join me.” — Nishan Panwar

63. “Life is what you make it, And I plan to make mine awesome.” – Unknown

64. “Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

65. “Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be.” – Unknown

66. “Life is what you make it. Don’t taint your mind, body, and soul with negativity.” – Megan Hinze

67. “Life is what you make it. Find your own path to fulfillment.” – Unknown

68. “Life is what you make it. If you don’t like it change it.” – Unknown

69. “Life is what you make it. Make it great! Attitude makes the difference.” – Unknown

70. “Life is what you make it. So why not make it a beautiful one full of happiness and joy.” — Anurag Prakash Ray

71. “Life is what you make it. You are what your life makes you.” — Vidhi Tiwari

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72. “Life is what you make it. Your flows are makeshift. I draw this off inspiration; you trace shit.” — Pusha T. Clipse

73. “Life is what you make it; if you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.” – Phyllis George

74. “Life is what you make it; you are what your life makes you. So spend time in making your life.” — Vidhi Tiwari

75. “Life is what you make it….choice is whether you make it complicated or easy by ruling over those complications….” – Maitree Tailor

76. “Life is what you make it…Don’t taint your mind, body, and soul with negativity. Don’t fight fire with fire…The outcome will only become more disastrous. Be positive, share the light that shines from within your soul. be kind to others even when they aren’t kind to you. Positive vibes, positive life, positive outcomes….Find peace within yourself, only then will you find true happiness….” – Megan Hinze

77. “Life is what you make it…You are what your life makes you…So spend time in making your life.”- Vidhi Tiwari

78. “Life is what you make of it. Don’t makes excuses make it happen.” – Chamillionaire

79. “Life is what you make of it. Not what you think of it.” – Unknown

80. “Life is what you make of it. You can make it easy one yourself or you can make it hard.” – Deep Roy

81. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

82. “Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home.” – A.N Onymous

83. “Life truly becomes exactly what you make it. All the choices lead to the reality you are experiencing.” – Unknown

84. “Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.”- Samuel Smiles

85. “Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

86. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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87. “Living an experience, a particular fate, is accepting it fully.”- Albert Camus

88. “Love it will hurt. And hurt and hurt some more. We would want it to stop hurting but it’s making us grow.” – Preeti Shenoy

89. “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” – Bob Marley

90. “May you live all the days of your life.”- Jonathan Swift

91. “Mental toughness is the willingness to keep commitments you make to yourself.” – Unknown

92. “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” – Brian Tracy

93. “My father used to say that life is what you make it. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can’t change the past, but the future isn’t set in stone. You can effect a change there. Move forward not with hatred or love. Move forward with purpose.” (Simone) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

94. “My father used to say that life is what you make it.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon

95. “My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.” – Ronald Reagan

96. “My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.”- Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

97. “Nobody owes you anything; life is what you make of it.” – Unknown

98. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”– Mother Teresa

99. “Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” – Seneca

100. “Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.” – Unknown

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101. “Of this be sure: You do not find the happy life, you make it.” – Thomas S.Monson

102. “Once you know what direction to take, finding the path to it becomes easy.”- Preeti Shenoy

103. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’re always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho

104. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”- Carol Burnett

105. “Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.”- Soren Kirk

106. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”- Marcus Aurelius

107. “People will always throw stones in your successful path, not it depends on you what you make of it, a wall or a bridge.” – Unknown

108. “Remember that life is what you make it.” — Janine Rosin

109. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe

110. “Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it.” – Unknown

111. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”- George S. Patton

112. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

113. “The day is what you make it! So why not make it a great one?” – Steve Schulte

114. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”– Mark Caine

115. “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.” – Unknown

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116. “The mind is everything what you think you become.” – Unknown

117. “The only limits in life are the ones you make.” – Unknown

118. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

119. “The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of it every day.” – Unknown

120. “There are no buts and ifs in life. Life is what you make it.” – Preeti Shenoy

121. “They tried to hate it, I keep in mind life is what you make it.” — Brad Scarface Jordan

122. “This life is what you make it, so if you have a choice between negative and positive, it seems like a no-brainer.” — Big Daddy Kane

123. “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth.” –Marilyn Monroe

124. “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends – they’ll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything – they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them.” – Marilyn Monroe

125. “This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.”- Susan Polis Schutz

127. “Ultimately, life is neither suffering nor bliss. It is what you make it.” – Sadhguru

128. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”- Marcus Aurelius

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129. “We are not given a good or a bad life. We are given a life. It’s up to us to make it good or bad.” – Unknown

130. “We people change; we can be miserable, or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.” — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

131. “What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.”- Wayne Dyer

132. “What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answer lie inside of you.”- Denis Waitley

133. “What your life is right now, is what you make it! Don’t blame anybody through your sufferings, instead blame yourself because at the end of the day, you’re still the one who made the choice.” – Unknown

134. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”- Henry Ford

135. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Unknown

136. “You can’t control the length of your life. You can control the depth.” – Billy Graham

137. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – D.R. Seuss

138. “You must do the thing, you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

139. “You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” – Roman Payne

140. “You need to understand that life isn’t what you’re given, it what you create, what you conquer and what you aim to achieve.” – Unknown

141. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”- Mae West

142. “Your diet is not only what you eat. It’s what you watch, what you listen to, what you read, and the people you hang around. Be mindful of things you put into your body emotionally, spiritually, and physically.” – Unknown

143. “Your life is a result of the choices you make. If you don’t like your life, it is time to start making better choices.” – Zig Ziglar

144. “Your life is a result of the choices you make. If you don’t like your life, it is time to start making better choices.” – Unknown

145. “Your life is in your hands; make of it what you choose.” — John Kehoe

146. “Your life is what you make it. If you choose to submit to your failures, then you won’t have much success in your life.”- Anurag Prakash Ray

147. “Your life is what you make it. So, don’t blame others when you screw up.” – Unknown

148. “Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it. All anyone can do is to point out ways and means which have been helpful to others. Perhaps they will serve as suggestions to stimulate your own thinking until you know what it is that will fulfill you, will help you to find out what you want to do with your life.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

149. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”- Steve Jobs

150. “Honest feelings and bad timing make the most painful combination.” – Unknown

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