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Nickelback's song "If Today Was Your Last Day" has great quotes on living life to the fullest. (Mark Larner Photo)

It’s rare to find some inspiring quotes about life and living in a top 40 song, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in the song If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback. As the title implies, the song explores what it means to live life to the fullest; what it means to live life without regrets.

Nickelback’s song If Today Was Your Last Day was released on November 18, 2008 on the album Dark Horse, but it wasn’t until the fall of 2009 that the song made the top 40 pop charts.

(You can download If Today Was Your Last Day or Nickelback’s entire Dark Horse album on )

Here are today’s quotes of the day from Nickelback’s If Today Was Your Last Day on The Great Life Quotes and Sayings Blog:

“If today was your last day / and tomorrow was too late / could you say goodbye to yesterday? / Would you live each moment like your last? / Leave old pictures in the past? / Donate every dime you have? / Would you call old friends you never see? / Reminisce old memories? / Would you forgive your enemies? / Would you find that one you’re dreamin’ of? / Swear up and down to God above / that you finally fall in love / if today was your last day.”    ~Nickelback,  If Today Was Your Last Day

“Do whatever it takes / ’cause you can’t rewind a moment in this life. / Let nothin’ stand in your way / ’cause the hands of time are never on your side.”    ~Nickelback,  If Today Was Your Last Day

“Against the grain should be a way of life. / What’s worth the prize is always worth the fight. / Every second counts ’cause there’s no second try / so live like you’ll never live it twice. / Don’t take the free ride in your own life.” ~Nickelback, If Today Was Your Last Day“My best friend gave me the best advice; / he said ‘Each day’s a gift and not a given right.’ /  Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind / and try to take the path less traveled.”    ~Nickelback,  If Today Was Your Last Day

“If today was your last day / and tomorrow was too late / could you say goodbye to yesterday?”    ~Nickelback,  If Today Was Your Last Day

If you want to hear this song or download  If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback, visit .

Ani DiFranco song lyrics are a great source of quotes on life, love, society and politics.

Today’s quotes of the day in The Great Life Quotes and Sayings blog are a continuation from yesterday, when we brought you Ani DiFranco quotations, pulled from DiFranco’s song lyrics. Ani DiFranco song lyrics are packed with irony, metaphors and commentary on politics, love, society and life. Known for her left-wing political stance, Ani DiFranco is extremely popular in the gay community and among alternative/folk music enthusiasts.

There are simply so many wonderful song lyrics in Ani DiFranco’s music to spend only one day on her song lyric quotations, so today’s quotes of the day are also from Grammy Award winner, Ani DiFranco.

(If you want to hear or download these songs, check out the links at the end of this post)

“The jumping is easy / the falling is fun / right up until you hit the sidewalk / shivering and stunned / They can call me crazy if I think all the chance that I need / is one in a million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed / Gravity is nothing to me / moving at the speed of sound / Just gonna get my feet wet until I drown / Just gonna get my feet wet until I drown…”      ~Ani DiFranco, Swan Dive
(Find this song on the album Little Plastic Castle on )

“Above 96th street / they hand out smallpox blankets so people don’t freeze / The old dog’s got a new trick / It’s called criminalize the symptoms while you spread the disease.”      ~Ani DiFranco, ‘Tis of Thee
(Find this song on Ani DiFranco’s album Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up on )

“And they say that alcoholics are always alcoholics / even when they’re dry as my lips / for years / Even when they’re stranded on a small desert island with no place in 2,000 miles to buy beer! / And I wonder, Is he different? Is he different? Has he changed / what he’s about / Or is he just a liar with nothing to lie about….”     ~Ani DiFranco, Fuel
(Find this song on the album Little Plastic Castle on )

“And the old lady behind the pink curtains / and closed door / on the first floor / She’s listening through the air shaft / to see how long our swan song can last / And both hands / Now use both hands / Oh no, don’t close your eyes / I am writing graffiti on your body / I am drawing the story of how hard we tried…”    ~Ani DiFranco, Both Hands
(Find this song on the album Ani DiFranco on )

“There was an exodus of birds from the trees / ’cause they didn’t know we were only pretending / And the people looked up and looked pleased / And the birds flew around like the whole world was ending / And I don’t think war is noble / and I don’t like to think love is like war / But I got a big, hot cherry bomb / and I want to slip it through the mail slot of your front door / Now you can’t leave me here / I got your back / You’d better have mine ’cause you say / “the coast is clear” / But you say that all the time.”     ~Ani DiFranco, Independence Day
(Find this song on the album Little Plastic Castle on )