Inspirational Quotes

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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Quoted by Swami Sivananda

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Quoted by William Shakespeare

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

Quoted by W. Clement Stone

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

Quoted by Stephen Covey

It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up.

Quoted by Vince Lombardi

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

Quoted by Hayley Williams

Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.

Quoted by Unknown

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

Quoted by John C. Maxwell

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Quoted by John Burroughs

Don't focus on regrets; find your inspiration in what you can do now.

Quoted by Catherine Pulsifer

Our character is not defined in the good times, but in the hard times.

Quoted by Paul Brodie

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.

Quoted by Nelson Mandela

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.

Quoted by Chantal Sutherland

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Quoted by Dale Carnegie

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.

Quoted by Jillian Michaels

If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.

Quoted by Jack Canfield

If you wish to be fully alive you must develop a sense of perspective. Life is infinitely greater than this trifle you have given power to upset you.

Quoted by Anthony de Mello

There is only one way to be completely happy: to forget ourselves in the service of others.

Quoted by Eknath Easwaran

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Quoted by Isaac Asimov

Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.

Quoted by Anthony Tom Hopkins

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

—Ayn Rand

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.

—Tommy Lasorda

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

—Bill Cosby

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

—Jordan Belfort

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

—Lou Holtz

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.

—Vaibhav Shah

All our dream can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

—Walt Disney

Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.

—Bobby Knight

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

—Abraham Lincoln

If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.

—Mark Spitz

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

—Confucius

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

—Steve Jobs

Life is about making an impact, not making an income.

—Kevin Kruse

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

—Lao Tzu

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

—Albert Einstein

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

—Arthur Ashe

The Man Who Has Confidence In Himself Gains The Confidence Of Others.

—Hasidic Proverb

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

—Pele

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

—Tony Robbins

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

—Amelia Earhart

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

—Zig Ziglar

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.

—Frank L. Gaines

Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.

—Laird Hamilton

Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.

—John Wooden

We become what we think about.

—Earl Nightingale

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.

—Vince Lombard

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

— Japanese Proverb

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

— Aristotle

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.Lou Holtz

—Lou Holtz

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

— Roy T. Bennett.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

—Roy T. Bennett

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

— Vince Lombardi

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!

—Chanakya

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

— Ralph Marston

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

—Sam Levenson

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

—Walt Disney

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

—Helen Keller

I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

—Herbert Bayard Swope

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

—Thomas A. Edison

Well done is better than well said.

—Benjamin Franklin

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

— John F. Kennedy

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference.

—Elie Wiesel

“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” 

– Benjamin Franklin