Here is a selected list of short famous sayings on life. No doubt they are short in length, but these words of wisdom convey profound messages.
Read through them and you know what I mean.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. - Isaac Asimov
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. - Unknown
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. - Soren Kierkegaard
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. - Woody Allen
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. - Confucius
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. - François de La Rochefoucauld
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. - Lord Tennyson
Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do. - Bertrand Russell
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything. - Vince Lombardi
Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional. - Unknown
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. - Voltaire
Love is the compass of life. - Peckeroy
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - Winston Churchill
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. - Vince Lombardi
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. - Unknown