79 Life Is Too Short Quotes
Be inspired to live fully and cherish every moment with these quotes.
Updated February 11, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.
Life has a way of reminding us that time moves quickly. One day blends into the next, and before we know it, weeks and months have passed. That is why life is too short quotes can be such a helpful reminder. They encourage us to pause, reflect, and make better choices with the time we have.
Sometimes we get caught up in worries, routines, and putting things off. But these words of wisdom point us back to what matters most. They remind us to appreciate the people we love, to enjoy the simple moments, and to make room for laughter and kindness. Even a short quote can shift our attitude and help us see today as a gift.
As you read through this collection, let each quote be a gentle nudge to live with purpose. Take time to forgive, to be grateful, and to do what is right. Life is not meant to be rushed, but it is meant to be lived. May these life is too short quotes encourage you to make the most of each day you are given.
Life is too short to keep you down. Smile more often, forget the frown!
Catherine Pulsifer
Life Is Too Short PoemsLife's too short, to waste your day. I truly hope, you get out and celebrate today!
Julie Hebert, Make Your Happiness
Poems About HappinessIt may be noon of life with me, - it may be, but I cannot tell. I cannot see the hand divine that marks of life's short day the time.
Hezekiah Butterworth, 'Tis Noon
Poems About FaithThe vitality, beauty, and life of a garden are far too short when compared to the seemingly never-ending winter's cold.
Samantha Anne Marie Lynch
Garden PoemsWhy do we, careless, wait till life's sweet opportunities are past
Unknown, Why Do We Wait
Friendship PoemsEvery day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled on too swift a wing.
Aga Khan III
Poems About LifeTo a non-Christian, life is too short. For a Christian, life is too long while waiting for the return of Jesus Christ.
Theodore W. Higgingsworth
Christian PoemsA life without friendship is life short of sharing.
Victoria L. AdensonLife is too short to regret or waste our time and sit and fret.
Catherine Pulsifer, CelebrateWe know this life will speed away, and short will be our mortal day
C. D. Bradlee, All Hail To Easter Day
The shortness of time is the urgency for those championing for results.
Robert Rivers
Poems Of EncouragementLife is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
Orhan Pamuk
Respect QuotesBe up and doing while it is day...your life is fleeing swiftly away; soon 'twill be past and gone.
Charles E. Orr, Living For Others... a sister will say eat the dessert first - life is too short and it won't hurt.
Catherine Pulsifer, Our Lives
Sister PoemsLife, at most, is a fleeting bubble. Gone with the puff of an angel's breath.
Nixon Waterman, When To Be HappyA laugh is just like sunshine, it freshens all the day.
Ripley Dunlap Saunders, A Laugh
Poems About LaughterThe years have passed by at lightning speed I can't believe how fast time has gone by
Catherine Pulsifer, A BlessingLife is too short to cry for anything so smile and do what makes you happy with morals.
Abdel Rahman Sabry
Smile PoemsLife is too short for any bitter feeling; Time is the best avenger if we wait
Ella Wheeler WilcoxLive each day and celebrate life. Stay positive when faced with strife.
Catherine Pulsifer, Once A YearFor life is long enough for love to live and short enough for bitterness to cease.
C. Jelf -Sharp, Of ChristmasLife is too short to say mad or upset, say I am sorry!
Catherine Pulsifer
Apology PoemsO give me the joy of living and some glorious work to do!
Unknown, Joy Of Living
Poems About JoyI have no destiny beyond what God's time has given me.
Freddy J. W. Parkes
Special times, special places, and special friends together. The moments pass so quickly but the memories last forever.
Heidi TempestLife goes by so very fast, no matter what we do it will not last. The same is true of the rainbow colors for they disappear and you see them no more.
Catherine Pulsifer, Time For Rainbows
Rainbow PoemsYes, we are growing old! The harvest days of life are all too brief!
Howard Carleton Tripp, Yes, We Are Growing OldLife is too short to regret or wallow in ifs, so strive in courage's embrace and never shift!
Catherine Pulsifer, Don't Wallow In Ifs
Poems About RegretLife is too short to feel down. Fill your life with smiles, not frowns.
Catherine Pulsifer, Choice Is YoursLive to learn, and learn to live, only this content can give
Bayard Taylor, Live To Learn
Poems on Life LessonsLet us take heed for life is brief.
Unknown, What Was His Creed?
Meaningful PoemsAnger usually hurts you too - move beyond, your days are too few. Focus on the happy things in life don't let anger cause you strife.
Catherine Pulsifer, Solves Not A Thing
Poems about AngerTime goes so fast don't waste it being downcast
Catherine Pulsifer, From HeavenI remember your words Dad, advice you always had... Laugh and be happy, life is short
Catherine Pulsifer, Dad's Advice and Wisdom
Fathers Day Inspirational PoemsLife is too short to waste in critic peep or cynic bark
Ralph Waldo EmersonMissing out on something good is the worst. We all know life is too short, so let's eat our dessert first!
Julie Hebert, Dessert Last
Funny Poems About LifeLife is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
Eric Davis
Worry QuotesLife is too short to worry. Life to short to be sad. Life is too short to ponder on things you will never have. Life is too short for sadness. Life is too short for tears. Never count the day, never count the years. Life is too short for falling out. Life is too short for war. Life is a gift, don't waste it. Life is so much more.
John F. ConnorWhen you realize how short life is, you ought to celebrate life even more.
Caroline Dhavernas
Celebrate QuotesTODAY—
Keep a promise. Find the time. Forego a grudge. Forgive an enemy.
Author UnknownLive honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.
Kimora Lee Simmons
Quotes To Live ByAll days will pass, all moments will last, each friend will part, it's a journey too fast.
Senora Roy
Life Journey PoemsThe most important thing to know, is enjoy each magical day.
Julie Hebert, From One Mother To AnotherLife is too short and memories are forever!
Regulo Zapata Jr.
Poems About Memories
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
StendhalFill your days with purpose - don't waste away your days. For you can never recall a day, and live it another way.
Catherine Pulsifer, One LifeNo! Life isn’t short. It’s you who decided to have plans longer than what life would allow you. Life is what it is. You can’t take or add. What you can only do is to live it.
Nesta Jojoe ErskineThere is still some life in these old bones I won't waste it with complaints and groans and I am not going to shrivel up and die if someone asks my age I will just lie!
Catherine Pulsifer, Snap, Crackle, Pop
Funny Poems About AgingAlways remember to forget the troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember the blessings that come each day.
Irish BlessingLife is transitory it doesn't last forever, but with the time that is given you can find some sort of purpose.
Jeremy Limn
Make A Difference QuoteLiving my best life consists of inner peace, happiness, laughter, creating memorable memories with my family, genuine friendships, good health, and being my authentic self. My life is priceless!
Stephanie Lahart
Life Is Good PoemsWe are constantly reminded about how short life is. Please try to leave your best positive impression on everyone that you meet.
Edmond Mbiaka
Positive PoemsDon't ever let life pass you by. Life's too precious, to just standby.
Julie Hebert, It Is Our Choice
Life Choices PoemsDon't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice.
Joyce Rachelle
Poems About MistakesRemember, when you say - " Good-bye!' - life is uncertain, short, and fleet
John Imrie"Like life is short," he said. "Like you don’t know when it’s going to end. Like some things, left unsaid, can’t ever be said".
Jim Butcher
Inspirational QuotesLife is too precious and short to dare to waste it on mediocre dreams.
Edmond Mbiaka
Dream QuotesLife is ever so fragile, we never know its length
Greta Zwaan, Life Is FragileExpect an early death – it will keep you busier.
Martin H. FischerWhen the day has ended, dare to feel as you've done your best. Dare to be the best you can - at all times, dare to be!
Steve MaraboliLook around. It's almost gone. If only someone had told me that before. About life. If only I had understood.
Marisha Pessl
Life Journey QuotesThose who strive to be of value to their neighbours in need are knowledgeable that waiting serves no one.
Catherine Pulsifer
Community Service Quotes
Life is so short, transient, and beautiful that there is not enough time to get old.
Debasish Mridha
Middle Age PoemsLife is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can.
Author Unknown
Letting Go PoemDon't make me wait for that epiphany. Give me your insight in an instant.
Russ Kick
Short Inspirational QuotesNever let your heart grow bitter
Strickland GillilanI am 1324512000 seconds old. In the cosmic blink of an eye, I will become once again cosmic dust.
Bangambiki HabyarimanaI blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that?
Wendy Mass
Humorous QuotesI have no intention of letting time pass while I await an answer; I'll get it myself.
Theodore W. HiggingsworthCountry people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.
Edward Hoagland
Appreciation QuotesA bitter heart will ruin your entire life.
Jonathan Puddle, You Are The Solution to Someone's Problem
Short QuotesSeeing pictures of other places around the world makes me feel more important. Reminds me, even though life is short, there's so much to do.
Travis J. Dahnke
Motivational QuotesSome people say 'life is too short,' but yet constantly procrastinating as if life on earth is forever.
Edmond Mbiaka
Procrastination QuotesLife is so very short, we need to take advantage of our time, open your eyes to the simple things,
Julie Hebert, The Simple Things In LifeLife is so transient and ephemeral; we will not be here after a breath. So think better, think deeply, think with kindness, and write it with love so that it may live a little longer.
Debasish Mridha
Short Love Quotes
I've understood failure as my best teacher, and the passage of time as my greatest challenge.
Byron R. Pulsifer
Failure QuotesLife is too short for souvenirs.
Gandhar KatreHow many millions of times the sentence ‘Life is short’ has been repeated in the human history? But nevertheless we all live as if we have millions of years! Oh, how silly!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Expectation QuotesWhy do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to pass you by without taking joyous, ecstatic note of it, not wasting a single moment of its swift, breakneck circuit?
Pat Conroy
Conclusion
As you reflect on these life is too short quotes, may they remind you that today is a gift, not a guarantee. Life moves quickly, and while some may spend their days lamenting missed chances, we are given a choice: to embrace each moment, to live with purpose, and to bring meaning to the time we have been blessed with.
Our days are as fleeting as the morning dew, disappearing before our very eyes. Yet with each sunrise comes a fresh opportunity to make a difference, to love deeper, to live kinder, and to leave a lasting imprint of goodness.
Let us not waste the precious time we've been given. Instead, let us walk forward with gratitude, making every moment count, and living each day with intention, hope, and heart.
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