Word info

live for

Verb

Meaning

To deeply enjoy or be fulfilled by something esteemed as very important in one's life.
I live for knowledge.

To find a reason to continue having the will to live.
He has been chronically depressed and feels he has nothing to live for.

To eagerly await or hope for (a significant life event).
I live for the day I can finally break free from my servitude.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. Che Guevara

Men will wrangle for religion write for it fight for it die for it anything but - live for it. Charles Caleb Colton

Better to fight for something than live for nothing. George S. Patton

He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. Moroccan Proverb

A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months. Persian Proverb

Live for a century ? learn for a century. Russian Proverb

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