Top 1200 Don't Take Life Too Seriously Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

People who don't know me are going to be surprised by how much I don't take myself seriously.

I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.

So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will what he wants,’ has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance. This realization mercifully mitigates the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it is conducive to a view of life which, in part, gives humour its due.

When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass. Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer. When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.

If you take all your meals seriously, none of them gets a chance to matter.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.

Some people more than others, they take things very seriously.

If there's some work to be done that seems like it will be fun, I'll do it. I don't take anything seriously at all.

I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.

Maybe if we said that sin causes cancer, people would take it more seriously.

I don't think a person should take herself seriously unless she is alone.

You would have to be born with a gene that doesn't allow you to recognize sarcasm if you take anything I say seriously.

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

Thank you 'adults who wear back packs' for letting me know that I don't have to take you seriously

I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.

When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

Every Christian is called to preach the gospel. We need to take the commission seriously.

The most important thing is, whatever you do decide to choose, take it seriously and do your best.

I think what's so interesting for people is that I don't take it so seriously and yet I am still immersed in the [fashion] industry.

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.

I take songwriting very seriously and I wouldn't want anything I do to be construed as frivolous or mundane.

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.

Leading the SMU men's basketball program is an honor and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.

Very early in my life, I realised that it is okay getting rejected. Sometimes, we take rejection too personally.

I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

The ego isn't wrong; it's just unconscious. When you observe the ego in yourself, you are beginning to go beyond it. Don't take the ego too seriously. When you detect egoic behavior in yourself, smile. At times you may even laugh. How could humanity have been taken in by this for so long? Above all, know that the ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego.

I realized I have to be politically correct and easy. I was taking myself too seriously, I had become rude.

With a movie, you have the power of putting out an idea about the world and for people to take it seriously.

This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

It's something I take very seriously as a commander: the lives of our young men and women.

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy.

The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.

I think I've learned not to take everything so seriously and just try to focus on the work the most.

I think it's terribly difficult to take sex seriously if you've got a sense of humor.

I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.

How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?

Let us ask the Lord for the grace to take these things seriously. He came to fight for our salvation. He won against the devil! Please, let us not do business with the devil! He seeks to return home, to take possession of us Do not relativize; be vigilant! And always with Jesus!

How can you take seriously someone who likes to believe something because he finds it 'comforting'?

I'd tell my 16-year-old self, 'Don't take yourself so seriously, and just have fun.'

I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

I try to date, but I take it so seriously. I am bad at having a casual relationship, so I kind of don't.

Seriously, I've just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.

There's a level at which, if you take poetry seriously, the focus it involves... that never goes away.

I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously.

Photography has always been a struggle for me to take seriously as an art form.

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously.

When we speak for the poor, please note that we do not take sides with one social class. What we do is invite all social classes, rich and poor, without distinction, saying to everyone let us take seriously the cause of the poor as though it were our own.

An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.