Life is what you make of it! If you want to have problems and be unhappy about your life so be it, but it's nobody else’s life but yours. You can take it as it comes, or make it as you go. WO
To love. Period. C

We look out to the stars and hope for signs of life, life is so precious that we search all our lives looking for it. LMM

We all want and desire the same things out of life. We are all striving and looking for something that will make us complete. We all long for one main thing and that is LOVE. Life was never meant to be easy and clear. That is what life is about to search for things beyond our expectations and comprehension. Life is absolutely fantastic, enjoy every minute of it! WA

Life is a goal to see how much you can achieve and how honest you can be at achieving it. CH

To experience, and gain knowledge. When you die make sure you left something in remembrance of you. EGL

If a finger points out to space do we concentrate on where it points to, or do you look around and appreciate the full beauty of our universe. LC

To live, to love. SE

It's really simple I sleep and wake up next her every day. EK

I think the meaning of life is to fall in love whenever possible and to kiss everyone you love as much as possible because you might not have them tomorrow. SK

We all have a divine purpose from our creature. Be it an educator, doctor etc. until we find that purpose we will continue to go through the same triumphs--until we learn from them. The challenge of life is finding out what we were put here for which would be what you think about during your free time--what you would do if you if you wouldn't get a penny for it. NC

The meaning of life is to party and get laid! Even though people think that we were put here for some specific reason I think we should just enjoy our life and live it up. That’s my meaning of life. MA

The earth is an incubator for the first stage of eternity. Our only objective on this planet is to live as long as our encoded DNA allows, and collect as many memories as possible to experience all emotions, separate our perceptions of good and evil as to develop a mature soul. When the soul has departed from the flesh you will awaken to find yourself nailed to a cross. Your ultimate choice will be to remain hanging or come down to earth and rule her the way you see fit for the next 2000 years. MJ

Finding a place in your life where you feel complete and at peace with yourself. DT

What is life, why are we here? There is no way I can answer these questions. Life is very confusing and hard. I ask myself what the meaning of it is everyday and I guess everyone finds their own meaning of life as special events of their life take place. When one is truly happy and content with themselves then it is safe to answer the question of what the meaning of life is. VF

Life has so many meanings. It's important that you live and breath life. Live every moment like it's your last day on this planet. Do whatever you set your heart on doing. If you fail, learn from it. Be grateful that you've lived another day. Everything else will fall into place. LR

What is life, why are we here? there is no way I can answer this questions, life is very confusing and hard. I ask myself what the meaning of it is everyday, and I guess everyone finds their own meaning of life as special events of their life take place, and when one is truly happy and content with themselves then it is safe to answer the question of what the meaning of life is. VF

The meaning of life for me is to accomplish all things that you want to do (positive) while crushing or hurting as few people as possible. QSQ

Yesterday is over, Tommarrow may never be, so live for today. KAH

My meaning of life is knowing who you are and what you believe in. My meaning of life is life itself with the protection and guidness from the only God himself Jesus Christ. TS

To make a difference in everyone you meet's life. EW

Love, Goodness, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Peace, Being. DJ

I iost my very best friend and that is something you just cannot replace. So I guess friends and family are my meaning of life. J.B.L.

I think the meaning of life is to make things work out and what ever happens, happens. Just love and care about people. 1

I believe that people, like every other organism in existence, have one purpose only...to perpetuate that existence. Everything else that we do is superfluous. There is no God and no afterlife, and therefore nothing to be gained or lost (at the end) by following a particular course of action during one's alloted time. Having said that, however, I believe it is essential that we continue strive to be outstanding because the quality of life we enjoy today is completely dependent upon the achievements of those that came before us. On a personal note, I'm just here to have fun...8-) MJ

I believe that we are here to follow our dreams and to learn how to overcome the many obstacles on the way. To never give up as we all have choices and sometimes we might make the wrong one but we will learn from our mistakes. The most important thing is to find true love and happiness, to enjoy life and take it one day after the other, never take life for granted as you don't know what is around the corner. TS

According to the Bible God created us, so if God created us we are a part of God. In which case we are our own individual God's. I think ultimately we are here for our own reasons, whether that be finding love, happiness or even enlightenment. We are all on our own path to find something in this life. I believe that we have already set our own paths, our own destiny, before we are born. When we die, is the time when we will judge, not by god, but by our true selfs. If we have not fulfilled what we set out to do in this life we will come back until we learn it. The meaning of life will be different for everybody. Just don't forget we live in a shell, not only by our bodies but by our minds, after all that is said and done all you have left is the most important part of life.....your soul. KM

To be happy in a relationship and to be financially successful. RA

Just to be there when needed. KLB

I feel I was put on this planet for one reason and one reason only and that is to be a SUPERSTAR.I know people reading this may think.. Oh a 16 year old what would she know. But you would be pleasantly surprised to see that people my age sometimes has more sense then the average male adult.I am going to be famous if it's the last thing I do and when my time's up I'll go with pride.God has blessed me with looks and personality so I'm truly grateful.So watch out world, HERE I COME! Andrea

Live your life to the fullest. You only live once in a lifetime, enjoy it while it lasts. NP

Basically we were all put here for a reason...we were put here to love and love is more important than any material thing on this Earth. NS

I think that we are here to learn a lesson in life, whatever that leson may be. Also this isn't the only oppurtunity we have at life as there are many more. NP

Life is to be enjoyed to the fullest. The meaning of life is to live through god's love (this has nothing to do with religion, but spirituality instead). The body is just a physical representation, encompassing the spiritual soul. DWL

Well, I think the meaning of life is all a matter of perspective. It all depends where you are coming from and is different for different people. There are as many meanings as there are people. Mine is to love life and get the most out of it because you only have one shot at it (as far as I know) and it is a precious gift that should not be wasted on what others think you should do. Live for the moment as long as it hurts no one. SG

To be there for my family. BR

Forget the plot, make up your own. only then will you truly be happy with your work. RC

To live life as best you can and achieve your goals. Meet new people and be good at your job. DV

To use the bad times to build strength for the long road ahead. To give your love to those around freely because one day it will come back. To give away your last penny one day that will also come back. And lastly to take time to look around you at beauty in the inanimate objects and people in your everyday life. DS

The meaning of life is getting to know as much in this world as possible, never giving up on what you believe in and always saying I love you to your closest family and friends.AW

I never knew the meaning until my younger brother took his life. Now the minor things aren't as important anymore. Live each day as your last and treat your family as if it will be the last time you will see them. MT

I don't believe that there is in fact any meaning of life as if there was, that would involve some greater power to determine it. At this point in time, there is no reason to believe that there is a greater power that would have reason to give us meaning. CE

Life is all about caring and sharing. NR

My meaning of life. I was put here to raise children, to comfort others, and to better myself to continue on the eternal journey in this life and the next. KN

Life is too short to place too much meaning on it. One has to create their life every single day. Creating positive energy in every aspect of one's life is necessary to offset the abundant negative energy that permeates the earth. Life is good if we make it good. It's a living hell if we don't acknowledge the power that we have over life. Life is good. GSR

Everyday is an adventure, a challenge to which you are called to take part of. life in itself - just is. DJ

You only live once...so take this treasure we all have received, life, and make every persons' day worth living. No one person is better than the next. I was voted the most poplular girl in school and what I have to show for it is the millions of friends I have made because of my personality, my charm, my smile, my listening skills, my loyalty, dedication, comfort, and my heart to each and every person I have ever come in contact with my whole life. So, I guess what I'm saying is...be everything you can be without stepping on someone else's lawn. Each of us was born into this world for a reason, and every single person has a different reason. So, next time you see someone less fortunate than yourself...sit down and have a conversation with that person. You'll probably learn a lot about yourself and the society in which we live. All look up and admire the stars. TV

To serve God. KJJ

I believe life is what you make of it. Life is full of good and evil, light and dark, hopes and fears. Live each day like it was your last. And even with all the bad things in today's world it is still a beautiful world. Try to be happy. MC

I beleive that life as we know is just a temporary one. God created humans to pray to him and obey him throughout their temporary lives then there is the judegement day after which good ones go to heaven and bastartds get thrown in hell. KG

To succeed in life and learn my responsibilities, and learn who my true friends are... and to tell people that I really do care about them. ALG

For those who are looking for the meaning of life it can be summed up in one word: YOU! MJM

To have fun and to give others the chance to have fun. TJF

I believe with all my heart that life is questioning and experiencing. If we didn't question we would never journey for the answer. Whether it be through physical venture or mindful trivia. We grow and become more through our experiences. The experiences become from our questions. Curiosity is fantastic! And life should be celebrated. RM

"we wake up and find we want the truth. Finding out about ourselves and finding truth are the same thing.
In presenting ourselves to others we put ourselves on the journey of finding out everything else." D

To survive, to try and achieve happiness, to search for love, to love and be loved. FB

Enjoy life to the fullest, be a risk taker and don't ever hold back as opportunity will be lost. Love life, your lover, family and friends. Be at peace with your self and be respectful to others and you will learn to discover the meaning of life, love and laughter. GM

To find a girl and make her the happiest person in the world and love her forever. BD

The meaning of life is to glorify God and to let other people know the meaning of life love and freedom through the Lord Jesus Christ. EME

Love. KS

To me it means to live your life to the fullest. Don't moan about all the bad things. Fall in love and help each other out! OJ

I believe we are here to live. To taste and experience everything. kad

My meaning in life is my daughter Hannah. She and only she makes me go about my days. Just watching her develop and grow with the awe and excitement of each new discovery, can completely warm me in every way. LBW

You can sell your experience, it costs a lifetime. TB

You can measure your life by your attitude towards your own death. If you can die with a clear conscience, in a state of fulfillment, then your life was not without purpose. DC

Life is like a mirror. It reflects what you show. If you show happiness, you're sure to get the same in return and vice-versa. TT

The Meaning of life is to find your true identity. To find your true identity you search for talents that you have. Once you find them use them to the fullest. You are also supposed to find your sole mate to make life complete. If you achieve both, you have found the meaning of life and will live with happiness. If you have not you will be consumed by emptiness. BR

To be happy. KG

I think that the meaning of life is shown by how much you put into it. Life has it's up's and down's and you have to take them day by day. Enjoy the little things in life and stay fit and healthy. MJ

Life is one big experiment, we are not separate from each other or god, we are god. We are a collective consciousness that created all that we see. When we hurt another human being, or let one suffer, we are only hurting ourselves. We choose our lives, we choose our parents, our bodies, our looks, nothing is a coincidence, it's all a perfect plan, gods plan, our plan. We are spiritual creatures having a human experience, nothing is real, life is an illusion, nothing is solid, it is all made up of matter, therefor, nothing is real. Our purpose is to love and nurture each other and once we eliminate the thought of separatness, there will be no more wars. Two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time, therefor, when love is present, hate does not exist.

We all have our own purpose, but we must come from love to find it, whenever ego is present, our true purpose is hidden, love and nurture ourselves and ego will not be present, we can then love and nurture others without worrying if we look good or how right we were or how powerful we thought we were. Life is a game, it's how we play it that matters. What we give out, we get in return, it's the law of the universe. Proove it to yourself, walk down the street and smile at someone, they will smile back, it's a simple exercise but very effective. We all get what we deserve, if you want more love, be more loving. BE, then DO, then HAVE. JJ

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~Jacques Prévert

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ~Robert Anthony

If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ~Cynthia Nelms

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. ~Robertson Davies

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ~Colette

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Openheim

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ~John Barrymore

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ~H. Jackson Browne

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~Margaret Young

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ~St. Augustine

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931

This is my "depressed stance." When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. ~Charlie Brown

Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth, 1806

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln

Happiness is a form of courage. ~Holbrook Jackson

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. ~Jean de La Bruyere

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. ~Christian Nestell Bovee

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Author Unknown

Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory. ~Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness is a direction, not a place. ~Sydney J. Harris

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. ~Janet Lane

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. ~Author Unknown

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ~Lady Blessington

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness. ~Bernard de Fontenelle

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. ~Immanuel Kant

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own. ~Johann Pestalozzi

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. ~Sigmund Freud

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ~Salvador Dali

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. ~V.S. Pritchett

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. ~Doug Larson

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. ~Walter Savage Landor

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. ~Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

I don't necessarily want to be happy; I just want to stop feeling miserable. ~Anonymous

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. ~Doug Larson

What I'm looking for is a blessing that's not in disguise. ~Kitty O'Neill Collins

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. ~William Shakespeare

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. ~John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, 1873

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. ~Joseph Roux

As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves. ~Andrew Delbanco

Happiness is the feeling you're feeling when you want to keep feeling it. ~Author Unknown

Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. ~Author Unknown

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some. ~Booth Tarkington

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy. ~Gretta Brooker Palmer

Happiness is a way station between too little and too much. ~Channing Pollock, Mr. Moneypenny

The happy have whole days,
and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and those they lose.
~Colley Cibber

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. ~Charles L. Morgan

Happiness is... usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ~Thomas Szasz

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. ~Author Unknown

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. ~Ernest Dimnet

One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. ~George Bernard Shaw, Candida, 1898

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. ~Eugene O'Neill

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is. ~Seneca

Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ~Joseph Joubert

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~Soren Kierkegaard

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. ~Thornton Wilder

Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ~Colette

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness. ~Frederich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. ~William Saroyan

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ~Anton Chekhov

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. ~Douglas Jerrold

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ~Don Herold

If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. ~Taisen Deshimaru

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. ~Georges Duhamel

If the day and night be such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more immortal - that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. ~Jean de la Bruyere

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. ~J.D. Salinger

Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day
Without suspecting our abode until we drive away.
~Emily Dickinson

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. ~Maxim Gorky

Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. ~John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, 1863

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ~Samuel Johnson

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. ~Freya Stark, The Journey's Echo

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? ~Leslie Caron

On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. ~William R. Inge

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. ~Don Marquis

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ~Quoted in The Cockle Bur

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. ~Sophocles

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. ~Hosea Ballou

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. ~Charles Caleb Colton

Some pursue happiness, others create it. ~Author Unknown

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. ~Epictetus

Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment. ~Author Unknown

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ~Phillips Brooks

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. ~Thomas Jefferson

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ~Charles Kingsley

You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. ~Lavetta Sue Wegman

It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God. ~Jean Ingelow

If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. He will not be striving for it as a goal in itself. He will have become aware that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of the day. ~W. Beran Wolfe

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. ~Albert Camus

Happiness is the resultant of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other. ~Norman Bradburn

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. ~Josh Billings

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. ~William Feather

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. ~Johnny Carson

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~J.D. Salinger

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ~Author Unknown

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ~Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. ~Mildred Barthel

Usefulness is happiness. ~Anonymous

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ~Robert Frost

The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. ~Author Unknown

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society. ~Charles Gow

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. ~Robert S. Lynd

I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. ~Abd-El-Raham

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ~C.P. Snow

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary