Our Time On Earth Quotes

It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

The diversity of life on Earth, generally, is astonishing. But despite those large numbers, it’s also important to recognize that every species, one way or another, is vulnerable to extinction. And in our time on Earth… our impact on the diversity of life has been profound.

In life, one is entitled to a side dish of either coleslaw or potato salad, and the choice must be made in terror, with the knowledge that not only is our time on earth limited but most kitchens close at ten.

Unlike lions and dogs, we are a dissenting animal. We need to dissent in the same way that we need to travel, to make money, to keep a record of our time on earth and in dream, and to leave a permanent mark. Dissension is a drive, like those drives.

Our time on earth is not well spent by counting rewards before God has given them to us, but rather, by looking for our faults and repenting of them

How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.