Great inspirational quotes capture the essence of our hopes, dreams and values in elegant, yet tidy prose.
I’ve always wanted a place to keep and share the great ones — now I have it.
This is a living document. If you share one that has a significant impact on me, I will happily add it to the list so…
…PLEASE share your favorite quotes in the comments below.
“Many are afraid of death. I fear missing life.” Chuck J. Rylant
“What does not kill me makes me stronger.” Friedrich Nietzshe
“Accept responsibility and take control or decide you’re not responsible and remain powerless.” Chuck J. Rylant
“It’s easier to criticize those you envy than it is to endure the sacrifices they had to make.” Chuck J. Rylant
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison
“You’re in a dating relationship with your customers. If you do not give them attention, someone else will.” Chuck J. Rylant
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” Friedrich Nietzshe
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.” Henry Ford
“It’s impossible to fail if each lesson brings you one step closer to the right formula.” Chuck J. Rylant
“Only do the things you love or are profitable. Everything else is waste.”: Chuck J. Rylant
“Adversity is fuel that drives self-discovery and personal growth.” Chuck J. Rylant
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“The coldest winter ever was the summer I spent in San Fransico
Mark Twain
Not an inspirational quote by I still love it and find it humorous.
It’s true, but why is this so famous? The irony I guess.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.” — Anaïs Nin
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
― Ayn Rand
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“The trouble with most of us is that we’d rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Not all those who wander are lost.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. ” ― Maya Angelou
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
― Audre Lorde
“Many are more comfortable with the surface of life. But, I myself am more comfortable in the ocean.” Angela Nealy
“Who am I? A woman of many words with a heart worth more than gold.” — Angela Nealy
So many great ones
Thanks!
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
- Marcus Aurelius
That’s worth having framed where you’ll see it first thing each day
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
— Oprah
Fact!
“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
- James Baldwin
Isn’t that so very true?!
And how many never get this and keep following that same “filth.”
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
Jack Kerouac
This reminds me of the classic Apple commercial. “Think Different”
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