Henry Rollins Quotes

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.

When your life is threatened, whether it's by human beings or by disease or whatever, you come to appreciate life.

We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it.

Life is beautiful, what do you think? In the morning I say, 'Ah, I am alive still!' All my friends die already. I am alive. It is fantastic.

We need to appreciate how precious life is.

What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

None of us can be sure of how long we will live. Because this is so, I think you should try not to think too much about dying but think about all the nice things that make life so precious to us all.

You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life; making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

As much as life can suck, it always beats the alternative.

Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?

We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.

I believe life is precious; I believe that to the marrow of my bones.

My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life.

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

Since I had cancer I've realised that every day is a bonus.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.