Anthony Doerr Quotes

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

We started Wayfarer Entertainment to create content that we felt could actually inspire people to be the best version of themselves. We take life for granted so often, and we don't realize that tomorrow isn't guaranteed.

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.

I think people try to make the most of their time on Earth and also to 'fix' their time on Earth.

While I am here, I want to maximize my time on this planet, you know.

It's not age that makes a life. It's what you do with it.

I believe you only have one chance on this earth, and I'm just trying to live my life and do what makes me happy.

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.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

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.

We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.

An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.

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

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

I feel life is to be lived. You want to spend your time doing things and being with friends and all that.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.

Life is short. I'm 47 years old. I've got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?

Life is too short to do anything that's not challenging.