life is short
Brevity of existence
Life is short is a reminder that human existence is brief, used to justify seizing opportunities, taking risks, or not wasting time on trivial concerns.
It encourages living fully rather than postponing pleasure or meaning: Life is short—book the trip.
The phrase can dismiss petty grievances (Life's too short to hold grudges) or defend indulgence (Life is short; eat the cake).
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- mortalityState of eventual death
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- urgencyPressing need for action
- make it countCapitalize on opportunity
finitude · ephemerality · brevity · carpe diem · regret · fleetingness · acceptance · transience · memento mori · gone too soon · temporality · mindfulness · bucket list · traveling · seize the day · time flies · existentialism · hopefulness
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
- seize todaycarpe diem, seize the day, seize the moment, present moment, now
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
life is shortforever young
Unaged through all time
immortality · life everlasting · eternal life · eternity · no rush
life is shortpatience is a virtue
all in good time · slow and steady wins the race · take your time · tomorrow is another day · Rome wasn't built in a day
life is shorteternal life
Unending conscious existence
immortal · everlasting life · deathless · undying · life everlasting
life, short, lives, live, living, lively, liveliness, lifelong, lifeless