LaChanze Quotes

We're here to live. We're here to do, we're here to be.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it.

Seeing architecture differently from the way you see the rest of life is a bit weird. I believe one should be consistent in all that one does, from the books you read to the way you bring up your children. Everything you do is connected.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

I'm not an example for how people should live their lives. Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn't have been born. Straight up.

The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to do in life?' I was 21 years old, and I said, 'I have no idea.' And she said, 'If you work long enough and hard enough, you'll find something.'

The purpose of life afterall is to live it.

I'll spend the rest of my life chasing that feeling I had on 'The Grey,' because I think we're all aware that, first and foremost, we were having an adventure, and we were also making this movie at the same time.

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

I left acting for a couple of years to found my company, Wayfarer, and the first project I did was this documentary series I created called 'My Last Days' to remind us that our time is limited and to inspire us to do more and to be the best selves that we can be.

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result.

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.

A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.

Life is essentially a question of values.

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.