Good Life Quotes

Welcome to the world of “Good Life Quotes” where inspiration and wisdom converge to illuminate the path to a fulfilling and meaningful existence. Life is a journey filled with ups and downs, and finding solace, motivation, and joy in the midst of it all can be a transformative experience. Our collection of carefully curated quotes is designed to help you navigate the complexities of life, offering insights and perspectives that can uplift your spirits and enrich your perspective.

Whether you’re seeking a daily dose of motivation, a source of strength during challenging times, or simply a touch of positivity to brighten your day, you’ve come to the right place. Here, you’ll find a treasure trove of quotes on various aspects of life, from love and happiness to success and personal growth. These quotes are not only words on a page; they are sparks of wisdom that you can copy, place on an image, or enhance with stylish fonts to create your own personalized reminders of what truly matters. So, explore the wisdom that awaits below, and let these quotes inspire you on your journey to living the good life.

You don’t become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America. Kenneth Rexroth

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. Tom Brokaw

‘Playboy’ made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings – not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself. LeRoy Neiman

Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they’ve got into being their own boss. Fabrizio Moreira

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. ‘The Killing’ was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax credits are strong. Kristin Lehman

Films were never in my budget. Didn’t occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I’ve had and I’m having as an actor. I didn’t expect the rest. Peter O’Toole

I used to work at a school as a teacher’s assistant, and my mom is a principal at an elementary school. I don’t know, I think that’s a pretty good life, teaching kids. Conor Oberst

You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop. Sherman Alexie

I watch ‘Entourage.’ I aspire the good life that they live and lead. Honestly, I am just trying to be me by trying to do good films, have fun at it and trying to work with good directors, and, of course, I am a bit of a silent party boy, also. I have my share of fun sometime, too. Ranbir Kapoor

I am a happy man. I’ve had a good life. John Lee Hooker

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. Carl Rogers

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life. Byron Dorgan

Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how to live a good life. Greta Gerwig

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst. Meg Ryan

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Socrates

Just saying you are better than good won’t make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good. Zig Ziglar

I ask you to stand by my side in the next five years. We shall live a good life in a Romania of all Romanians. Traian Basescu

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values. Norman Thomas

I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It’s been the way we always lived, and my wife’s the same way – enjoy every day and have fun. Luke Bryan

I’ve been through so much. I just live each day, and whatever happens, happens. I’ve lived a very good life. My life has definitely changed, but the attitude is still the same. Jim Kelly

I’m a married woman. I love my husband; I have a good life. Gennifer Flowers

The good life is one that’s artistically made. William Shatner

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time. Boris Johnson

It is a good life. I would do it all over in a minute if I could. Rudy Boesch

Life is good when we think it’s good. Life is bad when we don’t think. Douglas Horton

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach. Kjell Magne Bondevik

A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers. David Lammy

Racing is my passion and I’ve been able to have a good life anyway. I’ve been able to travel the world, so I’m not complaining. Michelle Payne

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. Christopher Morley

He’s just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John’s like that. He’s a very rare man, a very good man, and I’ve had a good life with him. I’m proud to be walking in the wake of Johnny’s fame. June Carter Cash

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: ‘Somebody died when they were 73; good life’. You’re closer to death, and you better make sure you don’t waste too much of your time doing things you don’t want to do. No point in saying things you don’t believe in. Ian Mckellen

I think that Phish has been a band, we’ve all had- I’ve had a great life growing up and everybody in my band’s had a really good life, none of us have got anything to complain about at all. Jon Fishman

This is our country, our water. We’re entitled to a good life. It’s a human rights issue. Erin Brockovich

I’m a good person. I’ve led a good life. Brett Kavanaugh

I have a good life. Maurice Sendak

As an instructor at Alexandria University, I did research that was published in international journals. Although I left to pursue a doctorate in the United States, it was not for want of a good life. Ahmed Zewail

I’ve always felt that if you pay your bills and can take care of yourself without too much stress, then it’s a pretty damn good life. Joe R. Lansdale

I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don’t have a good life. Willie Mays

Everything I do is somehow rooted in humanity. It’s always about people; it’s always about ego. It’s always about desperation. It’s quite existential. You know, ‘Am I leading a good life?’ That might be because I’m an atheist, and I think this is all we’ve got, so you better be nice. And have fun. Ricky Gervais

I like Aurora, ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ because she’s just sleeping and looking pretty and waiting for boys to come kiss her. Sounds like a good life – lots of naps and cute boys fighting dragons to come kiss you. Ariana Grande

Wasn’t it Emerson who said, ‘My life is for itself and not for a spectacle’? I have a happy, full, good life because I hold it private. Mary Oliver

You feel like everyone hates you if you’ve got a good life, now I feel maybe it’s allowed because I’ve had my share of sadness. Stella McCartney

I tell her all the time I’d gladly retire and hang out with the kids and clean the house. I want to have a good life and great family, and from a professional standpoint I want to be successful, but it’s not the most important thing at all. Nick Lachey

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work. Henry Rollins

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all. Clive James

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. Joseph Addison

That’s a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals. Peter Singer

I realize we’re not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don’t want to get on the first busload that is going. Barbara Mandrell

We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren’t Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from ‘The Good Life.’ I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little. Bonnie Tyler

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness. Martin Seligman

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won’t feel so thankful then. Garrison Keillor

To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children. Polykarp Kusch

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately? Huey Lewis

Carla Lane’s ‘Butterflies’ seemed to be on in our house at all times when I was a kid, as did ‘The Good Life.’ But it was ‘Fawlty Towers that made me really sit up for the first time. Basil’s incandescent rage made me howl. Greg Davies

The more you are positive and say, ‘I want to have a good life,’ the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want. Chris Pine

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Russell

I tell everybody that you haven’t lived a good life if you haven’t made a mistake. Gino D’Acampo

Let’s choose today to quench our thirst for the ‘good life’ we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. Sarah Ban Breathnach

I have an awfully good life. Ann Richards

I’ve always been spontaneous and outgoing… I’ve tried lots of things so I’ve got some good life experiences, which is great ’cause it means I’ve got lots of material to work with as an actor. Leonardo DiCaprio

The good life is built with good relationships. Robert J. Waldinger

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England – there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn’t abusive, it was a good life for people. Damian Lewis

People are just trying to work their jobs, raise their families, discipline their kids, and have a good life… Politics has just become like bad weather. And they deserve clear skies. Eddie Vedder

I do happen to have a good life… But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this. George Clooney

The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life. Eugene Kennedy

It’s the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. Mira Sorvino

You can’t punch people in the face, punch people in the face, punch people in the face, and ask them to have tea and crumpets with you and think it’s all good. Life doesn’t work that way. Matt Bevin

The jobs crisis has reached a boiling point, which is why we see Occupy Wall Street protestors crying out for an America that lets all of us reach for the American Dream again – a dream that says if you work hard and play by the rules, you can have a good life and retire with dignity. John Garamendi

In our culture, I feel like everyone just wants the good life, the dream life, but I’m learning to embrace suffering because with suffering there’s so much good that comes out of it. Danny Gokey

If you live a good life, that seems to be what really matters. If there is something afterwards, terrific. If not, you haven’t lost anything. Joe Morton

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. Aristotle

Life is a rotten lottery. I’ve had a pretty amazing life, a good life, and God knows I’m thankful, but I do believe that after 30, stop whining! Everybody’s dealt a hand, and it’s not fair what you get. But you’ve got to deal with it. John Waters

I’ve been lucky enough – well, maybe unlucky enough – to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that’s good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I’ve seen a lot and I’ve had my own experiences. Chris Evans

My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren’t essential. It’s quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don’t have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life. Tamara Ecclestone

I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society. Virginia Gildersleeve

The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one’s work, thus gaining for oneself better terms – or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial – an experience we may call ‘prospering.’ Edmund Phelps

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people. Ziggy Marley

My story is how to have a life while dealing with mental illness, and I’ve had a life. I’ve been blessed. It’s been a different kind of life than what I planned on, but it’s been a good life nonetheless. Beth Hart

When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that standard tends to be universal: People in Togo and Denmark have the same idea of what a good life is, and a lot of that has to do with money and material prosperity. Daniel Kahneman

I do admire Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, but I’m a philistine. I like the good life too much; I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons. Anthony Hopkins

I enjoy the hunt much more than the ‘good life’ after the victory. Carl Icahn

Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don’t do anything serious to help reduce poverty around the world and help save the lives of children or adults who are likely to die if we don’t increase the amount of aid we are giving. Peter Singer

I’ve been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I’ve got a really, really, really good life. George Clooney

I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons. Anthony Hopkins

If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you’ll have a good life. Adam Carolla

To be a good director, you have to have good life experience. I’m getting there. Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Garrison Keillor

I consider myself really lucky to have had such a good life. Nyjah Huston

I’ve had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success. Michael Landon

When we live the 21st-century good life, almost every aspect of it is predicated on not looking at the implications of what we’re up to. Happiness at this point has a lot to do with not looking, so you don’t feel complicit in some vast and awful enterprise. Paolo Bacigalupi

I came from a middle-class family. My father was a professor in a medical college, and my mother was a schoolteacher. We led a good life but we did not have much money. Sudha Murty

If I can’t give back to the society, then this isn’t a good life I am leading. Sonu Sood

Now I have a very good life and I am very proud of my work. Michael Nyqvist

I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it’s kinder not to. I’m deeply into my 50s now. Felicity Kendal

I have a very, very good life. I’m grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future. Raquel Welch

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is. Henry Giroux

Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you don’t know the Ten Commandments. Richard Dawkins

My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life. Christopher Walken

The state can be a force for good. The Rule of law is absolutely essential to a good life. God has instituted government and leaders throughout history and throughout the Biblical narrative. However, the state is growing precisely as the church is fading as a force for good, and this does not seem to be a good trend. Dave Brat

I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn to give themselves to knowledge, in order to promote His honour, the welfare of the state, and their own salvation, but not for the sake of avarice or the praise of man. Jan Hus

Anton Usov

I am Anton Usov, an educator with a passion for quotes that resonate with the human experience. Over many years, I have curated a collection that reflects wisdom and emotions across time. Join me in exploring the power of words to inspire and enlighten our paths.

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