Jameela Jamil Quotes

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

If you've done what you need to do, you need to go bury yourself, because what else are you going to do? I think that that's where life stops.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Big will always be a part of my life. But I'm still on this Earth, so I have to live my life for now and the future.

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

This is your life and the clock is ticking.

If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable. Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.

The quality of my life was the quality of my questions.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

My whole life, I've wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.