George Saunders Quotes

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

I'm talking about living life to its fullest.

I try to have the motto of living life with no regrets.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.

You can't afford to live your life with regrets.

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'

If you have the chance to realize some of these dreams you had as a kid, and you have the opportunity, why not pursue that?

I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

Ultimately, I have one life, and you always regret the things you don't do.

I don't want a perfect life, I don't want an easy life, I want to live life to the fullest. To me that feels like conquering as many things as possible.

I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'

Don’t you want to be alive before you die?

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its edge. You won't find love at a place where you are covered, but in the space where you are exposed. You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick up the dice, but roll'em. So go ahead, take the gamble. You have nothing to lose except the chance to win. Life is not long enough to spend it on the sidelines.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

Ive got a lot of life left in me and I want to live it doing things I like to do.

You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Life's not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.

Life is everything, and you haven't lived it properly until you believe.

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.