Inspiring quotes
3.1K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway."
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
"No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying."
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style"
"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."
"If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."
"Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love"
"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope."
"For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!"
"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."
"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks."
"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. They're not painful. That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with."
"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."
"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
