What inspires you? There are a lot of things that can provide inspiration – seeing other people accomplish great things, seeing other people overcome adversity, hearing inspirational quotes from great people, even the sheer beauty of nature can remind us just how lucky we are to be alive.
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It’s easy to forget what an amazing gift life really is. Our lives are nothing but a cosmic blink. Even our seemingly all-encompassing world is just tiny blue dot circling an average sized star spiraling around a galaxy of 200-400 billion stars, which itself is just one galaxy among billions more. Yet for one brief moment, we get to experience the wonders of existence, of consciousness.
Having a positive outlook on life is a crucial part of finding inspiration. In the paragraph above, did you feel inspired reading about the vastness of our universe and our unique place within it, or did you feel overwhelmed and depressed at the insignificance of it all?
Our brains are wired to find things we’re looking for – if you’re always cynical or waiting for things to go wrong, then your life will reflect that. On the other hand, having a positive outlook on life will bring you joy and provide you with inspiration when you least expect it.
Of course, there are times when it’s difficult to feel cheery or positive – life can be difficult. If you’re having trouble seeing the cup as half full instead of half empty, reading some positive quotes about life can help you snap out of your funk. Here are some inspirational life quotes to help you see the amazing potential that life has to offer.
Positive Life Quotes To Live By
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Dennis P. Kimbro
“There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck
“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.” – Will Rogers
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” – Sydney Harris
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.” – Zig Ziglar
“Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” – Ray Kroc
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu
“You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.” – English Proverb
“Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston Churchill
“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
“The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
“If not us, who? If not now, when?” – John F. Kennedy
“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
“Life has two rules: #1 Never quit #2 Always remember rule # 1.” – Unknown
“Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.” – George Bernard Shaw
“The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
“Speak less than you know; have more than you show.” – William Shakespeare
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
“Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.” – Joe Clark
“Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget
“Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOU happy.” – Unknown
“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
“It is not enough to aim, you must hit.” – Italian Proverb
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
“An obstacle is often a stepping stone.” – Prescott
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” – Dudley Field Malone
“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein
“We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
Hope you enjoyed these awesome quotes about life. If you know any great quotes that we missed out on, feel free to share them in the comments below.
“If you are going to spend your life running you might as well be chasing your dreams.”. J.B. Bernstein
It was not just quotes it was an tool against for of life &the biggest foe Is life itself.
nice quotes, really inspired me
i enjoyed the quotes
awesome quotes ..I love them
“It’s not that women are too much; it’s that the world is not enough.” Gina Barreca
nice quotes here
I’ve learned that I’m the creater of my own universal forces
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
-Japanese Proverb-
“I am not a product of my circumstances.
I am a product of my decisions.”
– Stephen Covey
Very inspiring big up!
lots of love with cost of nothing.
Nice quotes….♥
A Winner is a Dreamer that never gives up… Let’s go get it 🙂
My children aged 5 and 7 have really embraced this and it’s making such a difference to how they are dealing with the little things that go wrong in there day. We have a saying “Winners are Grinner and I’ll NEVER give up”
Every thing is beautiful,but beautiful is not every thing..
Life is what you make it.
It’s how you see it to be..
Thanks for these! This is one of my favorites: “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” I often see this quote attributed to Charles Swindoll as well, not sure who first said it. Here are a few of my other favorite inspirational life quotes:
“How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?” — Anthony Robbins
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Christopher Columbus
“Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
Giving up does not mean you are weak it means you are strong enough to let go.
“Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“Nothing worth having comes easy.” -Theodore Roosevelt
“I don’t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.” -Richie McCaw
“The aspirations that we share with our people can only be realised through loyalty in our relationships.” #Raphael Jones Olowo
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not act but a habit. – Aristotle
To be successful, you need to be waiting for the time when u think that you can’t be stopped by any hindrance. ***Mohammad Sujon.
remember “yesterday ended last night”
powerful quotes.thumb up
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” This quote by Muhammad Ali is the one quote which keeps me inspired all the time
Don’t give up because the strongest will survive be strong in ur mind &spirit u will survive
very nice and inspiring quotes. You may add this one:
I learned to give not because I have plenty but because I know how it feels
to have nothing.
Do not waste time to revenge the people who hurt u!, they’ll eventually face their own karma!
life is untill our breath
very inspiring quote’s,well done work
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A melodious collection of positive inspirational motivational quotes. These quotes are not only helpful for students but also important for young people who want to join market to get success in their life.!!!!
thank you for such a good collection. !!!!
Having a child doesnt mean you are matured, its possible to find two imatured parents with a matured son or daughter.
I have been inspired by these quotes, l even copied some to memorize.
An invaluable collection of great quotes. However, great words are the words we believe when we tell ourselves and they drive us to do what to us had before seemed unbelievable.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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You have heard it said that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, I have yet to hear anyone state that “MY ENEMY IS THE FRIEND OF A FRIEND”, no matter who you point to that draws your ire, they are a friend of a friend.
“Make yourself more efficient and touch more people. That’s the formula. Now make more money.” – Jon Robert Quinn
Frank Sinatra “the best way to revenge is to reach to ur success”
My favorite inspirational quote is from Rumi – “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Threat every part of your towel equally cos the part that dry your bottom today might wipe your face tomorrow…..mind the way u threat people that comes to path your life
Life is like a winding way sometimes you will climb a hill on your way going ,sometimes you will get an easier way and even sometimes you may even missed your way and come back where you start . There is many difficulties in life but still never give up ..
Good inspirational quotes to read after a rough day….and I am convinced that their are people in my life that are angels without wings
Great dose of inspiration.In the highway of life, failure is not an end; it is just a bend. KEEP MOVING.
“Don’t try to score first mark,try to score some more marks” Franklin Solomon.
Rough Roads are important in life, they “reminds and teaches” the Value of Smoother times.
wonderful quotes. Really nice ,some time a person is sad and fed up from life
but after reading your quotes he /she will filled with courage and motivation.
its heart touching .List of quotes are good ,thanks for sharing.Its helpful to motivate someone you lost his path of life. Thanks