In his great tragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare had famously said that life...

...is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
~Macbeth (Act V, Scene V)

If this seems to present a rather depressing picture of life, you have reached the right page. Here is a collection of optimistic quotes on living. These quotes will fill you with joy and hope.

Lin Yutang
Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.
Jim Rohn
Take care of your body.


It's the only place you have to live.

Erica Jong
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Thomas Fuller
That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

William Mather Lewis
The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.

Okakura Kakuzo
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

Aristotle
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Robert Browning
The best is yet to be.

Art Buchwald
The best things in life aren't things.

Rabindranath Tagore
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.