“Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.”
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“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.”
Variant: Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011), Chapter 38, "Thinking about life", page 402 (ISBN 9780141033570).

“Henceforth I'm bound to you for life," he said.
"Call these small gifts a token of my love.”
Source: The Tale of Kiều (1813), Lines 355–356; quoted by Barack Obama, in "Remarks by President Obama in Address to the People of Vietnam" (24 May 2016) https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/24/remarks-president-obama-address-people-vietnam: "Please take from me this token of trust, so we can embark upon our 100-year journey together."

"I've Learned Some Things" (1977)
Variant translations:
There is one thing I learned from what I lived:
When you live, you must live big, like being one with the rivers, the sky, and the whole universe
Because what we call lifetime is a gift presented to life
And life is a gift presented to you.
Translated as "There Is One Thing I Learned From What I Lived" by Sãleyman Fatih Akgãl at TC Turkish Poetry Pages
I've Learned Some Things (2008)

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”

“Most of the time you are thinking about life, not living life.”
Pebbles of Wisdom

"Nothing's a Gift"
Poems New and Collected (1998), The End and the Beginning (1993)