Inspirational Quotes

If one has ever felt that life has been holding them down, they can find solace in the fact that they aren’t the only dreamers out there. And perhaps nothing can motivate an aspiring soul more than a helping of inspirational quotes from such luminaries who had dared to dream and had ultimately succeeded.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
- Stephen Ambrose

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

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
- William S. Burroughs

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
- Lord Byron

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.
- Charlie Chaplin

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
- Sir Winston Churchill

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
- Denis Diderot

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
- Walt Disney

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

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
- Anne Frank

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
- Victor Hugo

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

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
- Blaise Pascal

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
- Pythagoras

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.
- Sydney Smith

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

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.
- Mark Twain

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
- Voltaire

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
- Oscar Wilde

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

No dream is too big, no love is too great to attain. There is nothing in life that cannot be achieved as long as one believes in themselves. Some may find that silly, but as these quotes show, many great men and women throughout history have shared the same sentiments. Surely, their wisdom cannot be contested?

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