202 Best Inspirational Quotes

Best Inspirational Quotes

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ~ Albert Einstein

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~John Lennon

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. ~Teddy Roosevelt

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. ~Erica Jong

There is nothing permanent except change. ~Heraclitus

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. ~Jesse Owens

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. ~Aristotle

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. ~Abigail Van Buren

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~Christopher Columbus

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~Benjamin Franklin

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. ~Aristotle

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. ~Henry James

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. ~Amelia Earhart

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ~Leonardo da Vinci

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ~Franklin D. ~Roosevelt

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. ~Vincent Van Gogh

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ~Napoleon Hill

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It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. ~Ann Landers

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. ~Farrah Gray

Teach thy tongue to say, "I do not know," and thous shalt progress. ~Maimonides

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. ~George Addair

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. ~Helen Keller

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. ~Mark Twain

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. ~Zig Ziglar

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~Maya Angelou

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. ~Les Brown

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Dream big and dare to fail. ~Norman Vaughan

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. ~Oprah Winfrey

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. ~Henry Ford

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. ~John Lennon

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. ~Mark Twain

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ~Gloria Steinem

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~Indira Gandhi

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. ~Booker T. Washington

The best revenge is massive success. ~Frank Sinatra

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. ~Vince Lombardi

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ~Grandma Moses

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. ~Sir Claus Moser

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. ~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb

You become what you believe. ~Oprah Winfrey

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ~Stephen Covey

We become what we think about. ~Earl Nightingale

Eighty percent of success is showing up. ~Woody Allen

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

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If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. ~Sheryl Sandberg

The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~Buddha

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~Unknown

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. ~Florence Nightingale

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~Plato

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. ~Amelia Earhart

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ~Bill Cosby

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~Alice Walker

An unexamined life is not worth living. ~Socrates

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. ~Unknown

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I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. ~Benjamin Franklin

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. ~Marie Curie

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ~Jim Rohn

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ~Confucius

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. ~Jesus

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Maya Angelou

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. ~Bob Dylan

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso

Learning never exhausts the mind. ~Leonardo da Vinci

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. ~Theodore Roosevelt

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. ~Beverly Sills

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. ~Rosa Parks

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. ~Babe Ruth

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. ~Jane Austen

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. ~Steve Jobs

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. ~Wayne Gretzky

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. ~Vincent van Gogh

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. ~Confucius

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. ~Chinese Proverb

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. ~ Ancient Indian Proverb

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~Maya Angelou

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ~Henry Ford

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. ~Mae Jemison

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. ~Ayn Rand

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~Joshua J. Marine

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. ~Steve Jobs

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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ~Latin Proverb

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. ~Dalai Lama

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~Lao Tzu

Fall seven times and stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. ~Michael Jordan

Change your thoughts and you change your world. ~Norman Vincent Peale

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. ~John Keats

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ~Arthur Ashe

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. ~Erma Bombeck

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ~Booker T. Washington

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Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles Swindoll

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. ~Roger Staubach

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. ~W. Clement Stone

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ~Ernest Hemingway

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. ~Tony Robbins

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. ~Albert Einstein

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert H. ~Schuller

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~Robert Frost

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. ~William Blake

I have not failed. ~I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas A. ~Edison

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~Confucius

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. ~Maya Angelou

You can't blame gravity for falling in love. ~Albert Einstein

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. ~Plutarch

Love isn't something you find. ~Love is something that finds you. ~Loretta Young

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~Khalil Gibran

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~Ingrid Bergman

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ~Aristotle

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ~Aldous Huxley

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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. ~Mother Teresa

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. ~Albert Camus

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~Aesop

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. ~Thomas Aquinas

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~Judy Garland

Keep love in your heart. ~A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~Oscar Wilde

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ~Thomas Jefferson

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Do all things with love. ~Og Mandino

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. ~Karl A. ~Menninger

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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. ~John C. ~Maxwell

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~A. A. Milne

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. ~Helen Keller

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~Lao Tzu

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~Winston Churchill

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. ~Satchel Paige

Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. ~Kevin Kruse

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ~Marcus Aurelius

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John F. Kennedy

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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~H. ~Jackson Brown, Jr.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ~William Shakespeare

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. ~George Washington

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~Anais Nin

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ~George Sand

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King, Jr.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ~Jesus Christ

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~Aristotle

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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. ~Napoleon Hill

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. ~Jamie Paolinetti

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle

Believe you can and you're halfway there. ~Theodore Roosevelt

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ~Leo Buscaglia

Where there is love there is life. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ~Thomas Carlyle

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” ~Audrey Hepburn

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~Mark Twain

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. ~Democritus

Ever tried. ~Ever failed. ~No matter. ~Try Again. ~Fail again. ~Fail better. ~Samuel Beckett

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. ~This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Independence is happiness. ~Susan B. ~Anthony

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ~William Arthur Ward

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

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. ~Euripides

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. ~Sun Tzu

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. ~Margaret Mead

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. ~Edgar Allan Poe

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. ~Henry Ford

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~Buddha

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. ~Walt Whitman

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Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ~Plato

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. ~Seuss

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. ~Where there is hatred, let me sow love. ~Francis of Assisi

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. ~Simone de Beauvoir

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ~Soren Kierkegaard

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ~Sigmund Freud

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ~Thomas Paine

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ~Nelson Mandela

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The only journey is the one within. ~Rainer Maria Rilke

Not all those who wander are lost. ~J. R. R. Tolkien

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~George Bernard Shaw

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! Audrey Hepburn

Happiness can exist only in acceptance. ~George Orwell

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Viktor E. ~Frankl

Change your thoughts and you change your world. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. ~Will Rogers

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. ~Anne Frank

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~Socrates

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. ~Joseph Campbell

Love has no age, no limit; and no death. ~John Galsworthy