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Below, you will find an abundant collection of inspiration quotes for all occasions.

I have decided to start with quotes from Ancient Greece and China to inspire you. These two, ancient civilisations (though very different) have one thing in common: they are both the only ones that use the same language for over four thousand years! So, to me, this fact alone is reason enough to make me 'sit up' and draw inspiration by these lines of ancient wisdom.

Inspirational Quotes From Ancient Greece

I am starting this section with Heraclitus, my favourite Ancient Greek philosopher who is now considered as the greatest philosopher who has ever lived! Yes, even greater than Socrates. The reason? Heraclitus is constantly being 'proven right' by contemporary cosmology! Needles to say that the very first quote of his is my personal 'credo.'

1. "This world, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever living fire."--Heraclitus

2. "Everything flows, and nothing abides, everything gives way, and nothing stays fixed."-- Heraclitus

3. "Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen."--Anaxagoras

4. "Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly."--Plutarch

5. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."--Socrates

6. "The measure of life is its beauty not its length."--Plutarch

7. "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."--Pericles

8. "We became men once and one cannot become twice."--Epicurus

9. "Man is the measure of all things."--Protagoras

10. "Man is a microcosm."--Democritus

11. "It is not possible to know medicine without knowing what a human is."--Hippocrates

12. “It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.” — Plutarch

13. “It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.” — Sophocles

14. "A wise man becomes free when he is ready to die at any moment."--Diogenes

15. "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."--Plutarch

16. ""Quality is not an act, it is a habit."--Aristotle

17. ""Only the educated are free."--Epictetus

18. ""People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."--Plato

19.""The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."--Epictetus

20.""Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."--Aristotle

21. ""Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."--Plato

22. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."--Aristotle

23. "Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord."--Plutarch

24. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."--Plato

25. "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."--Socrates

Inspirational Quotes From Ancient China

1 "Being deeply loved gives you strength; loving deeply gives you courage."-- Lao Tsu

2. “A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.” — Confucius

3. "Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime."--Chinese Proverb

4. "A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others."--Confucius

5. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” --Chinese Proverb

6. "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." -- Confucius

7. "Silence is a source of great strength" -- Chinese Proverb

8. "I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand."--Confucius

9. "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."-- Lao Tzu

10. "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."-- Chines Proverb

11. "Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without." __ Confucius

12. "If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind."-- Chinese Proverb

13. "The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."-- Lao Tzu

14. "Virtue is not to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbours." -- Confucius

15. "If you survived a storm, you won’t be bothered by the rain." -- Chinese Proverb

16. "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." -- Confucius

17. "A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion." -- Chinese Proverb

18. "Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods." -- Confucius

19. "The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution." -- Lao Tzu

20. "Do not be afraid of moving slowly. Be afraid of standing still." -- Chinese Proverb

21. "The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort." --Confucius

22. "A journey of a thousand miles begin with a single step." -- Chinese Proverb

23. "Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance." -- Lao Tzu

24. "When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills." -- Chinese Proverb

25. "Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." -- Lao Tzu

Best Inspirational Quotes

“The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman
“If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
"An honest man is always a child." -- Socrates
"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there are no limited dimensions."-- Lao Tzu
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
"A man who chases two rabbits catches neither." -- Chinese Proverb
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes
"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." -- Chinese Proverb
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
“I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be.” – Michelle Obama
"You discover who you are by acting naturally." -- Chinese Proverb
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Kurt Cobain
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
"Nothing leads to good that is not natural."--Friedrich Schiller
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein
"Man is a genius when he is dreaming."--Akira Kurosawa
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll
“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” – Frank Ocean
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A person can achieve everything by being simple and humble."--The Vedas
"Make peace with the present moment."--Eckhart Tolle
"A man is responsible for his ignorance."--Milan Kundera
"Don't talk about plans. Only show results."--Ed Latimore
"Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul...Seek solitude."--Eugène Delacroix
"The wise man avoids groups at any and all costs."--Kapil Gupta
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I’m not sure about the former." – Albert Einstein
“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln

Funny Inspirational Quotes

“Always be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the m is silent.” – Unknown
“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”— Steven Wright
“If you fall – I’ll be there.” – Floor
"Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid."--George Carlin
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”— Oscar Wilde
“When Plan “A” doesn’t work, don’t worry, you still have 25 more letters to go through.” – Unknown
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” — Winnie the Pooh
"I am at heart a gentleman."--Marlene Dietrich
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” – Steven Wright
"When a man opens a door for his wife, it's either a new car or anew wife."--Prince Phillip
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” — Terry Pratchett
"I'm teaching my daughter that the sun does down each night because it's mad at her. Probably gonna write a book on parenting at some point."--Ryan Reynolds
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” – Unknown
“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.’ – Groucho Marx
"The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward."--John Maynard Keynes
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” – Kyle Chandler
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”— Charles Schulz
“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
“When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade and then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”— Ron White
"The hardest thing to understand in the world is income tax." – Albert Einstein
“When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.”---Unknown
"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think."--Milton Berle
"I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met."--Herb Caen
“A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.”— Mark Twain
"Fashions have done more harm than revolutions."--Victor Hugo
"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water."--W. C. Fields
"If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer."--Yogi Berra
“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.” — Oscar Wilde
"Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again."--Robert A. Heinlein
"When in doubt tell the truth."--Mark Twain
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” – Steven Wright
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost

Inspirational Quotes About Friendship

1. "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” — Thomas J. Watson

3. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
– David Tyson

4. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

5. “If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”– Winnie the Pooh

6. “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”
– Maxwell Maltz

7. "The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men."--John Henry Newman

8. “I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
– Plutarch

9. “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
– Unknown

10 “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
– Socrates

11. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

— Dale Carnegie

12. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”

Leo Buscaglia

13. “Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”
– Oscar Wilde

14. “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
– Zig Ziglar

15. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ― Elbert Hubbard

16. “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

17. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley

18. "Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you." -- Chinese Proverb

19. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
– Anais Nin

20. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

― Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational Quotes About Love

1. "One does not fall in love, one grows into love, and love grows in him."--Karl A. Manninger

2. “If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”

― Marilyn Monroe

3. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

4. "When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget."--Helen Hunt Jackson

5."Those who are hardest to love, need it the most." -- Socrates

6. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Tennyson

7. "Love is the outreach of self toward completion."--Ralph W. Sockman

8. “The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” ― Marilyn Monroe

9. "Say what you will, it's better to be left than never to have been loved."--William Congreve

10. "The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much."--Amelia Barr

11. "What is love? It is the morning and the evening star."--Sinclair Lewis

12. "It is impossible to love and to be wise."--Francis Bacon

13. "I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

14. "Hell, madam, is to love no longer."--George Bernanos

15. “We love the things we love for what they are.” ― Robert Frost

16, “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” ― Anais Nin

17. "Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow." -- John Lennon

18. "I am selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you are as hell don't deserve me at my best." -- Marilyn Monroe

19. “Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.” ― Oscar Wilde

20. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” -- Plato

Inspirational Quotes For Entrepreneurs

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."--William Shakespeare
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” —Henry David Thoreau
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
“Someday is not a day of the week.”—Janet Dailey
“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” —Tricia Cunningham
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." -- Socrates
“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” —Farrah Gray
“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash
“You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don’t decide, others will decide for you.” —Tony Morgan
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” —Emile Zola
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” —Thomas Carlyle
“Only the paranoid survive.” – Andy Grove
“Light tomorrow with today.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.”—Thomas Jefferson
“I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘how far can I push this company in the next 24 hours.’” – Leah Busque
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” —Lou Holtz
“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”—Albert Einstein
“If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” – Michele Ruiz
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan and guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” —Jim Rohn
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” – Joss Whedon
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt
"You are the most valuable asset in your portfolio."--Jack Butcher
“What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The price tag of leadership is self-discipline."--John C. Maxwell
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” —Joseph Campbell

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” – Unknown
“If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” – Catherine Pulsifier
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.” – Unknown
“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 which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”― Oscar Wilde
“Impossible is just an opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” – Isabelle Lafleche
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot
“Hold the vision, trust the process.” – Unknown
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”― Albert Einstein
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert
“People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Unknown
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

More Inspirational Quotes Of The Day

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”― Neil Gaiman
“Everything you can imagine is real.”― Pablo Picasso
“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 which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”― Eleanor Roosevelt
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”― Lewis Carroll
“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” – Socrates
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ― Dalai Lama XIV
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” ― Abraham Lincoln

Amazing Inspirational Quotes

1. "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."--Aesop

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

3. "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."--Jimmy Dean

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

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

6. “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

7. "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."--Francis of Assisi

8. "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."--Martin Luther

9. "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."--Rabindranath Tagore

10. "We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us"--Joseph Campbell

11. "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."--Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

13 "My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness."--Michelangelo

14. “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

15. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” – Ken Poirot

16. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis

17. “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

18. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." – Albert Einstein

19. “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ― William Shakespeare, The Tempest

20. “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

Even More Inspirational Quotes Of The Day

“Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.” – Unknown
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”--Helen Keller
“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.’ – Albert Einstein
“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” – Jim Hensen

Inspirational Quotes About Life

"Like in a statue, all parts of a life must be beautiful."--Socrates
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn
“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks
"He who indulges in empty fears earns himself real fears."--Seneca
“Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” – Yuri Kochiyama
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you want to fly give up everything that weighs you down.” – Buddha
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

More Inspirational Quotes About Life

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss
“When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” – Unknown
“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” – Unknown
“Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe
“At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo
“Whatever you do never run back to what broke you.” – Frank Ocean
“Take the risk or lose the chance.” – Unknown
“I didn’t learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because I told them.” – Ursula Burns

Inspirational Quotes About Death

1. "The life of the dead is placed in the memory to the living."--Marcu Tullius Cicero

2. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” —Nelson Henderson

3. "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." --Norman Cousins

4. "It is not length of life, but depth of life." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. "Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it."--Haruki Murakami

6. "Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he dies that distinguish one man from another." --Ernest Hemingway

7. "Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."-- George Eliot

8. "From my rotting body, flowers shell grow and I am in them, and that is eternity." --Edvard Munch

9. "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live." -- Henry Van Dyke

10. "We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorised and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing." --Charles Bukowski

11. "Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation." --Rumi

12. "We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death." --David Sarnoff

13. "Death is nothing, brother, it's life that's hard." --Charles Bukowski

14. "A well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death." -- Leonardo Da Vinci

15. "He who doesn't fear death dies only once." -- Giovanni Falcone

16. "Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order." --David Gerrold

17. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." --Mae West

18. "A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist." --Steward Alsop

19. "Death must be beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." -- Oscar Wilde

20. "Death is nothing to us. The we exist, death is not, and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness." -- Epicurus

Inspirational Quotes For Everyday Use

“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” – Mother Teresa
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale
“If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” – Kenneth Goldsmith
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”― Marilyn Monroe
"Monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind." – Albert Einstein
“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” – Unknown
“Amateus sit around and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Hearts are made to be broken.” ― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
"Either move or be moved."--Ezra Pound
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."--Voltaire
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." – Albert Einstein
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." -- John Lennon
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

Inspirational Quotes For Encouragement

“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” – Unknown
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.” – Unknown
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” – Anne Frank
“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” – Garrison Keillor
“Don’t quit yet, the worst moments are usually followed by the most beautiful silver linings. You have to stay strong, remember to keep your head up and remain hopeful.” – Unknown
“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – John F Kennedy
“Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” – St. Jerome
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

Inspirational Quotes For Employees

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”– Harry Golden
“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
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Work like there is someone working twenty four hours a day to take it away from you.” – Mark Cuban
“A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.” – Michael Larsen
“Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.’ – A.C. Benson
“Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” – Stanley McChrystal
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Inspirational Quotes About Work

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H.Jackson Brown Jr.
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
“If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti
“The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.” —Richard Bach
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
“The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” – Oscar Wilde
“Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” – Benjamin Hardy
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” —Will Rogers
“Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” – Kamari aka Lyrikal
“Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” – Leah LaBelle
“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
"Don't work more. Focus more."--Nathan Gotch
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Inspirational Quotes About Self Mastery

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” – Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." -- Socrates
"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness." -- Confucius
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Lionel from Maid in Manhattan Movie
"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." --Confucius
"Don't let jerks live rent-free in your head."--Sam Altman
"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." -- Socrates
H.O.P.E. = Hold On. Pain Ends.
Make each day your masterpiece. – John Wooden
"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live." -- Socrates
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart” – Confucius
“Turn your wounds into wisdom” – Oprah
“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
"Wisdom begins in wonder." -- Socrates
“Begin anywhere.” – John Cage
"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good." -- Confucius
"To find yourself, think for yourself." -- Socrates
"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character." – Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes About Success

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” – Thomas J. Watson
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” —Joyce Brothers
“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” —Robert Collier
"You have to learn the rules of the game and then you have to play better than anyone else." – Albert Einstein
“Success only comes to those who dare to attempt.” —Mallika Tripathi
“Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” – Gabby Douglas
"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." – Albert Einstein
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead
“To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It’s about embracing the pain that you’ll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.” – Summer Sanders
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.” —Robert Kiyosaki
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” —Dale Carnegie
Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett
You can cry, scream, and bang your head in frustration but keep pushing forward. It’s worth it.
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
“Don’t aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally.” —David Frost

Inspirational Quotes For Your Business

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss
“You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but a good amount of it actually is.” – Unknown
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” —Joseph Campbell
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” – Estee Lauder
“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Deliah
“If you’re too comfortable, it’s time to move on. Terrified of what’s next? You’re on the right track.” – Susan Fales-Hill
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.” —Henry Ford
“Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” – Helen Keller
“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” – Arabic Proverb
“The big lesson in life is never be scared of anyone or anything.” – Frank Sinatra
“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” – Simon Sinek
"The first question a leader should ask is: 'How can I make those around me more successful?'--John C. Maxwell

General Inspirational Quotes

"For one who has conquered his mind, a mind is best of friends, but for one who has failed to do so, a mind is the greatest enemy."--Bhagavad Gita
"pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth."--Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human."--Viktor E. Frankl
"Never diminish someone's dream, no matter how absurd it seems."--Thibault
“I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life.” – Louise Hay
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” – Hillary Clinton
“This is a reminder to you to create your own rule book, and live your life the way you want it.” – Reese Evans
“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

Inspirational Quotes For Self Motivation

“Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” – John Wooden
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” – George Eliot
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” – Baz Luhrmann
“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” – Unknown
“You can do anything you set your mind to.” – Benjamin Franklin
“All we can do is the best we can do.” – David Axelrod
“You never know what you can do until you try.” – William Cobbett
“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” – Mark Twain

More Inspirational Quotes For Self Motivation

“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Wayne W. Dyer
It’s okay to outgrow people who don’t grow. Grow tall anyways.
When you feel like giving up just remember that there are a lot of people you still have to prove wrong.
“The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” – Nishan Panwar
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland
“A walk to a nearby park may give you more energy and inspiration in life than spending two hours in front of a screen.” – Tsang Lindsay
“If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.” – Tony Gaskins
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
“I can and I will. Watch me.” – Carrie Green

Inspirational Quotes From The Famous

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."--Aristotle Onassis
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela
"Man is what he believes."--Anton Chekov
“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” – Jack Welch
"I like men who have a future and women who have a past."--Oscar Wilde
“The only thing standing in the way between you and your goal is the BS story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
“What is life without a little risk?” – J.K. Rowling
“Only do what your heart tells you.” – Princess Diana
“If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” – Grace Hopper
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
“A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” – Sonia Sotomayer
“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.” — James Dean
"You have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered."--Oscar Wilde
"Live your life in such a way that you neither hide nor have a wish to display your life to people."--Leo Tolstoy

Inspirational Quotes From Literature

"Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Basis of Morality
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” – Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
“Don’t think or judge, just listen.”― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leavs
“Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that.” — John Ruskin, in Sesame and Lillies
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Inspirational Quotes From Movies

“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” – The Lion King
“We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” – Mary Poppins
“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” – Shawshank Redemption, 1994
“Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”– Forrest Gump, 1994
“Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.” – Good Will Hunting, 1997
“Be thankful for the hard times, for they have made you.” – The Man In the Iron Mask, 1998
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”– Ferris Bueller
“Don’t wait till Death shows up before you start learning how to live.” – Meet Joe Black, 1998
“Honestly, it’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly stupid.” – Pirates of the Caribbean, 2003
“Anyone can change your life, if you let them.” – The Intouchables, 2011
“I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” – Pretty in Pink
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer.” – The Godfather, 1972
“Scar is the proof of a healed wound.” – Slumdog Millionaire, 2008
“No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” – The Greatest Showman
“Courage is not living without fear. Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway.” – Argo, 2012
“Spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” – The Breakfast Club
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” – Pirates of the Caribbean
“Friendship isn’t about being inseparable, but about being separated and knowing nothing will change.” – Ted, 2012
“Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” – Snow White
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.” – The Bucket List, 2007
“There’s three ways to do things, the right way, the wrong way and the way that I do it.” – Casino, 1995
“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” – The Dark Knight, 2008“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” – Good Will Hunting
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001
“Affection is when you see someone’s strengths; love is when you accept someone’s flaws.” – One Day, 2011
“It’s our instinct to chase what’s getting away, and to run away from what’s chasing us.” – The Great Gatsby, 2013

Inspirational Quotes From Song Lyrics

“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance… I hope you dance.” – I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack
“Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.” – Try, P!nk
“Life’s a game made for everyone and love is the prize” – Wake Me Up, Avicii
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a life for me and I’m feeling good.” – Feeling Good, Michael Buble
“Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” – Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield
“A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make’ – The Greatest Showman
“It’s my life It’s now or never I ain’t gonna live forever I just want to live while I’m alive” – It’s My Life, Bon Jovi
“I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me” – New Romantics, Taylor Swift
“Cause the grass is greener under me bright as technicolor, I can tell that you can see” – Sorry Not Sorry, Demi Lovato
“Every day women and men become legends” – Glory, John Legend and Common

Inspirational Quotes For Women

“The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will.”--Amy Tenney
“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”--Lady Gaga
“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” -- Kavita Ramdas
“A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful, she is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world.”-Native American Wisdom
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez
"The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet."--Mohadesa Najumi
“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” – Audrey Hepburn
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
"I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, Okay." --Madonna
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin
“When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” – Sara Blakely
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” – Joan Rivers
“Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young.
“At 70 years old if I could give my younger self one piece of advice, it would be to use the words ‘fuck off’ much more frequently.” – Helen Mirren
“And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.” – Mark Anthony.
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” – Diane Mariechild.
“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher.
“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” –Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes For Men

"The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be." — Elbert Hubbard
"One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man." — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” – Richard Branson
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”— Marcus Aurelius
“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” – Ken Poirot
“What hurts you blesses you.” – Rumi
‘Nothing is stronger than a broken man rebuilding himself.” – Unknown
“I always thought it was me against the world and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.” – Kendrick Lamar
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” – Richard Nixon
“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.” — Albert Einstein
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
“A great man is always willing to be little.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality." — John F. Kennedy
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” – Bruce Lee
"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection." — Thomas Paine
“What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.” – Robin Williams
“There is nothing noble being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”— Ernest Hemingway
“You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.”— John Wayne
"Nearly all men can withstand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."--Abraham Lincoln
"We need men who can dream of things that never were."--John F. Kennedy
"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too."--Vincent Van Gogh
"A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man."--Arthur Schopenhauer

Inspirational Quotes For Students

“I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” – Mufti Menk
“Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” – Sheryl Sandberg
“If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” – David A. Bednar
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
“If you can’t make a mistake you can’t make anything.” – Marva Collin
“Practice makes progress not perfect.” – Unknown
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills
“Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” – Walter Brunell
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” – Lemony Snicket
“Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.” – William Arthur Ward

Inspirational Quotes For Children

“Be a fruitloop in a world of Cheerios.” – Unknown
“Dream beautiful dreams, and then work to make those dreams come true.” – Spencer W. Kimball
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Believe you can and you will.” – Unknown
“Do the right thing even when no one is looking.” – Unknown
“Make today the day you learn something new.” –Unknown
“Be silly, be honest, be kind.’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you think someone could use a friend. Be one.” – Unknown
“It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
“You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” – Unknown

Profound Inspirational Quotes

"Good and evil are the same thing."--Hercaclitus
"Life is short and Art long; the opportunity fleeting, experience deceitful, and judgement difficult."--Hippocrates
"Life without enquiry is not worth living for a man.:--Socrates
"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and when death is come, we are not."--Epicurus
“You could rattle the stars,” she whispered. “You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.” ― Sarah J. Maas
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. – Walter Anderson
"Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one." – Albert Einstein
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
― Nicholas Klein
“The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” – William Arthur Ward
“When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.” – Unknown
“If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa
“Once you do know what the question actually is, you’ll know what the answer means.”– Douglas Adams
“The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron
‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” – Bruce Lee
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984
"A man is made by his beliefs. As he believes, so he becomes."--Bhagavad Gita
"I know not with what weapons world war 3 will be fought, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." – Albert Einstein
“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

Positive Inspirational Quotes About Work

“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” – JIm Rohn
“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” –Louise L Hay
"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."-- Chinese Proverb
“Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” – Tena Desae
“Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.” – Phillip Sweet
“You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.” – Ali Krieger
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” ― Stephen Hawking
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”― William Faulkner

Short Inspirational Quotes About Success

“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
“What’s on the other side of fear? Nothing.” – Jamie Foxx
“Quitters never win. Winners never quit!”-- Dr. Irene C. Kassorla
“It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” – Charles A. Jaffe
“If there is no wind, row.” – Latin Proverb
“It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” – Joyce Meyers
“If opportunity doesn’t knock build a door.” – Milton Berle
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
“I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

More Inspirational Quotes About Success

“Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” – Sophia Amoruso
“Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.” – Unknown
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
“There are two rules for success. 1: Never reveal everything you know.” – Roger H. Lincoln
"Opportunities don’t just happen, you create them." -- Chinese Proverb
"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."--Dale Carnegie
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do” ― Pele
“If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. If you schedule it, it’s real.” – Tony Robbins
“Forget your excuses. You either want it bad or don’t want it at all.” – Unknown
“The key to success is to start before you are ready.” – Marie Forleo
“I want to be remembered as the one who tried.” – Dr. Dorothy Height
"The secret to success is to learn how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain an pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."--Tony Robbins
"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."--John Wooden
"We just keep swimming and let the tide take care of itself."--Warren Buffett
"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value."--Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes About Failure

“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” – Barack Obama
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
"Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up." -- Chinese Proverb
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” – Tony Robbins
“Fall 7 times, stand up 8.” —Japanese Proverb
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” —Truman Capote
“Think like a Queen. A Queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas A. Edison
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” – Bruce Lee
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – J.K. Rowling
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill
“What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
“Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?” – Komal Kapoor
“Failure isn’t the end of the road. It’s a big red flag saying to you ‘Wrong way. Turn around.’” – Oprah Winfrey
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."– Albert Einstein
“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

Inspirational Quotes About Change

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”― Mahatma Gandhi
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -- Socrates
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”― Leo Tolstoy
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”― Maya Angelou
“Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” – Debby Boone
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” -- Albert Einstein
"It's only pain that can make you change."--Naval Ravikant
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”― Rob Siltanen

Inspirational Quotes About Art

1. "The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness."--Max Eastman

2. "Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind."--Johannes Brahms

3. "Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."--John Ruskin

4. "Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul."--Henri Matisse

5. "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."--Henry Ward Beecher

6. "What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."--Edward Hopper

7. "Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction."--Evelyn Waugh

8. "Art is like a boarder of flowers along the course of civilisation."--Lincoln Steffens

9. "Painting and writing are solitary arts."--Conrad Hall

10. "Architecture is the art of how to waste space."--Phillip Johnson

Inspirational Quotes About Nature

1. "Nature never makes any blunders, when she creates a fool she means it."--Archibald Alexander

2. "Nature uses as little as possible of anything."--Johannes Kepler

3. "Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model."--Marilyn French

4. "The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."--Buddha

5. "Sweet April showers do string May flowers."--Thomas Tusser

6. "Nature is not human hearted."--Lao Tzu

7. "Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man."--Vladimir Nabokov

8. "Shadow owes its birth to light."--John Gay

9. "Use plants to bring life."--Douglas Wilson

10. "Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better." – Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes About Money

“It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” – Charles A. Jaffe
“Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” – George Burns
“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” – Dave Ramsey
“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for ten years.”– Warren Buffett
“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.”– Henry David Thoreau
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." -- Socrates
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” ― Clare Boothe Luce
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ― Jen Sincero
“You’re already a financial trader. You might not think of it in just this way, but if you work for a living, you’re trading your time for money. Frankly, it’s just about the worst trade you can make. Why? You can always get more money, but you can’t get more time.” – Tony Robbins
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”― Maya Angelou
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” –Jim Rohn
"Riches have shut off many a man from the attainment of wisdom."--Seneca
"All fortune belongs to him who has a contented mind."--The Panchtantra
"Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options."--Chris Rock
"Its easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."--Tom Brokaw

Inspirational Quotes About Time

“How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe.” ― Matt Haig
"Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire."--John Dewey
“Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” – William Penn
“It’s not about having enough time, it’s about making enough time.”― Rachael Bermingham
“Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” – William Shakespeare
“The trouble is, you think you have time.” –Buddha
“The greatest gift you could give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life you can’t get back.” – Unknown
“Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time, it is also about taking actions at right time.” ― Amit Kalantri
“Time always exposes what you mean to someone.” – Unknown
“After all this time? Always.” – J.K. Rowling
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." -- John Lennon

Inspirational Quotes About Learning

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." – Albert Einstein
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”― Groucho Marx
“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.” – Unknown
“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”-Unknown
"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." -- Socrates
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”– Brian Herbert
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”― Mark Twain
"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough." – Albert Einstein
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."– Albert Einstein
“To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” – Chinese Proverb
“I’m still learning.” – Michelangelo
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." – Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes About Personal Strength

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people." -- Socrates
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
"Once we accept our limits. We go beyond them." – Albert Einstein
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell
“Every night her thoughts weighed heavily on her soul but every morning she would get up and fight another day, every night she survived.” – R.H. Sin
“Still, I rise.” – Maya Angelou
“The best thing you can do is MASTER the chaos in you. You are not thrown into the fire, you ARE the fire.” – Mama Indigo
“Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will too.” – Jennae Cecilia
“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho
“Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.” – Author Unknown
“It’s okay to be a glowstick: Sometimes we have to break before we shine.” – Jadah Sellner
"We are all gifted. That is our inheritance."--Ethel Waters

Inspirational Quotes About Motivation

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” – Brad Sugars
“Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.” – Unknown
“Don’t tell people about your dreams. Show them your dreams.” – Unknown
“Revenge is a powerful motivator.” – Marcus Luttrell
“Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.” – Miya Yamanouchi
“I will not erase all my hard work this week because it’s the weekend.” – Unknown
“It might not be easy but it’ll be worth it.” – Unknown
“Make your fear of losing your greatest motivator.” – Unknown
“You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.” –Unknown
“I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey

Inspirational Quotes About Positive Thinking

“What is coming is better than what is gone.” – Unknown
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”― Roy T. Bennett
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”― Marcus Aurelius
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” –Unknown
“The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” – Hans F. Hansen
“Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” – Unknown
"If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. "– Albert Einstein
“Your only limit is your mind.” – Unknown
“Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.” – Unknown
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” – Unknown

Inspirational Quotes About Winning

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar
“One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” – Kylie Francis
“Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” – Vince Lombardi
“Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” – Michael Jordan
“When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” – Nicki Minaj
“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” – Billie Jean King
‘Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It’s about preparation, courage, understanding, nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.” – Joe Torre
“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
“Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.”– Robert T. Kiyosaki

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