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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