As we meander through life, we learn many lessons along the way. Sometimes it might feel like it’s not getting any easier, while other days see us fully motivated and in control.
Just remember, we are not alone. Everyone has a story to tell, advice to give or optimism to share. If you are looking for a little motivation, inspiration or a giggle, switch off the day for a while as you read some of our favourite quotes.
SJB
Quotes about … Love
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Mother Teresa
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.
Agatha Christie
All that you are is all that I’ll ever need.
Ed Sheeran
Love is friendship that has caught fire.
Ann Landers
If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.
Princess Diana
Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you.
Dolly Parton
Quotes about … Pets
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
Terry Pratchett
If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
Will Rogers
Cats have a scam going – you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that’s the deal.
Eddie Izzard
My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.
Elayne Boosler
Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
James Herriot
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.
Robert Wagner
Quotes about … Life
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.
Maya Angelou
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
John Lennon
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.
Marilyn Monroe
Live for each second without hesitation.
Elton John
Quotes about … Happiness
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank
Beauty is everywhere. You only have to look to see it.
Bob Ross
The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy. It’s all that matters.
Audrey Hepburn
Happiness is the best makeup.
Drew Barrymore
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.
Goldie Hawn
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.
Dale Carnegie
Quotes about … Success
You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job and not be paid for it.
Oprah Winfrey
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vidal Sassoon
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.
Ray Goforth
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
Steve Jobs
I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.
Estee Lauder
Quotes about … Kids
I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.
Reese Witherspoon
The thing about parenting rules is there aren’t any. That’s what makes it so difficult.
Ewan McGregor
It was not my destiny, I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but it never did, and I didn’t care what people thought. Whenever boring old men went, “What? No children? Well, you’d better get on with it, old girl,” I’d say “No! Fuck off!”
Helen Mirren
When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
Nora Ephron
It just occurred to me that the majority of my diet is made up of the foods that my kid didn’t finish.
Carrie Underwood
I’m certainly not the only woman in the world who never had children. There are many reasons why Chris and I didn’t. We were working very hard, we were happy and we didn’t feel a need. And I always thought: there are a lot of children in the world. I didn’t need to add to that, you know?
Debbie Harry
Quotes about … Getting Older
Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!
Ingrid Bergman
You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
George Bernard Shaw
The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it.
Doris Day
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.
Ann Landers
Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.
Eleanor Roosevelt
To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
Michael Caine
So Just Be 