What is LIFE?? Best Quotes from Life's Greatest Men

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

For today on Inspiration Monday I want us to take a deep reflection on the meaning of life. Cause to different people life has different meanings.

And what better way can we understand life that to hear what life is to famous people some who have lived before us, others who are with us still. We know there story, they are all humans just like the rest of us but they have gone on to inspire many many people over the years.

These guys are our role models because in every sense of the word they know what it means to be successful. But then again is success the true meaning of life? Do we find true happiness when we achieve our goals & dreams.

I have taken the liberty to put together some quotes by different men & women from different fields of life. These quotes inspire me & I hope you get to find your own inspiration that keeps you going too. I'll end this post with one of my favorites so be sure to stay with me till the end. Here we go:

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass & loses itself in the sunset.
-Crowfoot

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

“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
-Joe Namath

Life consists not in holding the good cards but in playing those you hold well.
-Josh Billings

“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

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
-Charles Swindoll

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
-Dalai Lama

“The No. 1 reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.”
-Napoleon Hill

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
-Jim Rohn

“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.”
-Salvador Dali

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
-Søren Kierkegaard

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”
-Forrest Gump

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
-Steve Jobs

“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.”
-Maya Angelou

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

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

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
-Joshua J. Marine

“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.”
-Jason Mraz

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”
-Henry Ford

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
-Albert Einstein

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”
-Robert Frost

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
-Thomas A. Edison

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
-Bob Dylan