Life is like...

Life has been liken to many things. And a lot of times, there is much truth and wisdom in them. The following are worth spending some time reflecting on. Some are truly inspirational and some are humorous.

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. - Hans Christian Andersen

Life is like a burning candle; you never know when it will end or what will cause it to end. - Unknown

Life is like a cup of tea. It’s all in how you make it. - Unknown

Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes. - Lewis Grizzard

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him. - Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life is like a mirror: smile at it and it smiles back at you. - Unknown

Life is like a multiple choice question, sometimes the choices confuse you – not the question itself. - Unknown

Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. - Seneca

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. - Unknown

Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind. - Elizabeth Lesser

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. - Charles M. Schulz

Life is like an elevator: on your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off. - Unknown

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter. - Sharon Salzberg

Life is like an ice cream, enjoy it before it melts. - Unknown

Life is like an onion. You peel it off a layer at a time and sometimes it makes you weep. - Unknown

Life is like checkers. When you reach the top, you can move wherever you want. - Ken Alstad

Life is like photography. We develop from the negatives. - Unknown

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. - Samuel Butler

Life is like the moon: now full, now dark. - Polish Proverb

Life is like the stock market. Some days you’re up. Some days you’re down. And some days you feel like something the bull left behind. - Paula Wall

Life is like two cups of tea. One is bitter; the other sweet. You either choose to drink the bitter tea now and the sweet one later; or the other way round. - Unknown

Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes. - Charles Edward Jerningham

What do you liken life to?

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