Last Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old last quotes, last sayings, and last proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember? Gregory Peck
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. Clarence Darrow
He who laughs best today, will also laugs last. Friedrich Nietzsche
You rarely know, in the moment, when it's the last time you'll do something. Most of the time, the whole thing just sneaks away in the night, never to be seen or heard from again, not even sending back so much as a postcard to say hello. Michelle Cuevas
He who laughs last didn't get it. Helen Giangregorio
You're only as good as your last haircut. Fran Lebowitz
There is no final resting place of the mind. Anthony Bourdain
When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money. Anonymous
The last shall not become the first if the last is lagging behind. Michael Bassey Johnson
Save the best for last. Anonymous
Final thoughts are so, you know, final. Let's call them closing words. Craig Armstrong
The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try. Charles Kettering
Cause you never think that the last time is the last time. You think there will be more. You think you have forever, but you don't. Meredith Grey
Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue. Kamand Kojouri
I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. Thomas Hobbes
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Marcel Proust
The last day is way shorter than counting to ten. Leena Ahmad Almashat
Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter. Eva Hesse
When was the last time you did something for the first time? Anonymous
What comes easy won't last long, and what lasts long won't come easy. Anonymous
When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have. Dan Webster
I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge. Kendrick Lamar
We never really learn from the first mistake or the second or third. It only hit us when we're given the last chance. Wiz Khalifa
Enjoy good moments while they last, then make sure they're not the last. Constance Friday
Anyone that truly cares about you will never put you last on their list. You would be a priority in their life. Anonymous
Dead last' is greater than 'did not finish' which trumps 'did not start'. Anonymous
Life is about doing things that matter first, not last. Richie Norton
Dying is the last thing I will ever do. John Barrymore
Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life. Marcus Aurelius
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. Robert Louis Stevenson