Do inspirational quotes from inspirational people inspire you?
Here are 5 fab quotes curated by topic:
Letting go, December 28, 2016
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”
– Hermann Hesse
Imagining, December 21, 2016
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
– John Muir
Nurturing mental health, December 4, 2016
“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.”
– Voltaire
Practicing gratitude, November 20, 2016
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Embracing the unknown, November 9, 2016
“We don’t deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.”
– Pema Chödrön
Focusing, October 16, 2016
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
– Bruce Lee
Doing research, October 9, 2016
“Research formalized is curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
– Zora Neale Hurston
Finding your voice, October 2, 2016
“It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.”
– Kris Carr
Enjoying true friendships, September 25, 2016
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
– Anaïs Nin
Having a flexible mind, September 18, 2016
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
– Albert Einstein
Being vulnerable, September 11, 2016
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”
– Brené Brown
Having memories, September 4, 2016
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
– Dr. Seuss
Making excuses, August 28, 2016
“Every vice has its excuse ready.”
– Publilius Syrus
Burning bridges, August 21, 2016
“Unless you work in demolition, don’t burn bridges.”
– Harvey Mackay
Being consistent (or not), August 14, 2016
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
– Tony Robbins
Pursuing your passion, August 7, 2016
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”
– Ferdinand Foch
Refusing to be a victim, July 31, 2016
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
– Nora Ephron
Dealing with disappointment, July 24, 2016
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Agreeing (or disagreeing), July 17, 2016
“Too much agreement kills a chat.”
– Eldridge Cleaver
Negotiating, July 10, 2016
“If you can’t go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.”
– Ashleigh Brilliant
Maximizing your potential, July 3, 2016
“I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.”
– Stephen Covey
Having freedom, June 26, 2016
“Freedom lies in being bold.”
– Robert Frost
Being happy, June 19, 2016
“True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
– Helen Keller
Having routines, June 12, 2016
“Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life.”
– Sir William Osler
Improvising, June 5, 2016
“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
– Isaac Asimov
Living adventurously, May 29, 2016
“Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Communicating, May 22, 2016
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Practicing, May 15, 2016
“We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same.”
– Martha Graham
(Not) quitting, May 8, 2016
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
– Napoleon Hill
Being spontaneous, May 1, 2016
“Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art.”
– Oscar Wilde
Trusting yourself, April 24, 2016
“As soon as your trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
– Wolfgang von Goethe
Prioritizing, April 17, 2016
“Action expresses priorities.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Achieving success, April 10, 2016
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier
Taking responsibility, April 3, 2016
“In dreams begin responsibility.”
– W.B. Yeats
Pacing yourself, March 27, 2016
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Forming habits, March 20, 2016
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Feeling restless, March 13, 2016
“When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Finding inspiration, March 6, 2016
“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”
– Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Having humility, February 28, 2016
“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
Learning, February 21, 2016
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Caring for others, February 14, 2016
“Always treat people as ends in themselves, never as a means to an end.”
– Immanuel Kant
Leveraging your strengths, February 7, 2016
“One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.”
– Epictetus
Positive thinking, January 31, 2016
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
Cultivating calm, January 24, 2016
“Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.”
– Seneca
Earning trust, January 17, 2016
“Life and trust can be lost only once.”
– Publilius Syrus
Having self-discipline, January 10, 2016
“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Rising to challenges, January 3, 2016
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
– Seth Godin
Making resolutions, December 27, 2015
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.”
– T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”
Decluttering, December 20, 2015
“Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
– William Morris
Giving, December 13, 2015
“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.”
– Pierre Corneille
Mastering your skill, December 6, 2015
“You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success and is the key to being regarded honorably.”
– Chef Jiro Ono
Connecting, November 29, 2015
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
– William James
Being grateful, November 22, 2015
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
– Cicero
Finishing, November 15, 2015
“Do not plan for ventures before finishing what’s at hand.”
– Euripides
Making mistakes, November 8, 2015
“A man’s mistakes are his portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce
Playing, November 1, 2015
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Being unique, October 25, 2015
“You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.”
– Martha Graham
Reflecting, October 18, 2015
“To reflect is to disturb one’s thoughts.”
– Jean Rostand
Gaining experience, October 11, 2015
“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.”
– James Russell Lowell
Finding strength, October 4, 2015
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
– Ernest Hemingway
Creating your own journey, September 27, 2015
” Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
– Rumi
Having ideas, September 20, 2015
“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Doing nothing, September 13, 2015
“Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.”
– Ava Gardner
Working, September 6, 2015
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”
– James M. Barrie, Creator of Peter Pan
Competing, August 30, 2015
“Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.”
– Chris Evert
Persevering, August 23, 2015
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
– Julie Andrews
Being resilient, August 16, 2015
“Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”
– Bernard Williams
Following through, August 9, 2015
“You are what you do, now what you say you’ll do.”
– Carl Jung
Having imagination, August 2, 2015
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
– Albert Einstein
Walking, July 26, 2015
“Thoughts come clearly while one walks.”
– Thomas Mann
Having integrity, July 19, 2015
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
– C.S. Lewis
Being bored, July 12, 2015
“When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.”
– John Zabat-Zinn
Declaring independence, July 4, 2015
“Independence is happiness.”
– Susan B. Anthony
Establishing priorities, June 28, 2015
“Action expresses priorities.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Waking up early, June 21, 2015
“Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”
– Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Up Early
Moving forward, June 14, 2015
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
– Albert Einstein
Setting goals, June 7, 2015
” A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
– Zig Ziglar
Having talent, May 31, 2015
“A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.”
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Making assumptions, May 24, 2015
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
– Alan Alda
Going the extra mile, May 17, 2015
“It’s never crowded along the extra mile.”
– Wayne Dyer
Experiencing gratitude, May 10, 2015
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
– Marcel Proust
Being self-reliant, May 3, 2015
“It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
– Rumi
Taking small steps, April 26, 2015
“Whatever you can or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”
– Goethe
Finding joy, April 19, 2015
“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.”
– Helen Keller
Having ideas, April 12, 2015
“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.”
– Napoleon Hill
Leading, April 5, 2015
“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.”
– John C. Maxwell
Breathing, March 29, 2015
“He lives most life whoever breathes most air.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Seeing possibilities, March 22, 2015
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Procrastinating, March 15, 2015
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.”
– Victor Kiam
Listening, March 8, 2015
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”
– Karl A. Menniger
Welcoming change, March 1, 2015
“Change is the essential process of all existence.”
– Spock
Having curiosity, February 22, 2015
“Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.”
– Victor Hugo
Laughing, February 15, 2015
“I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.”
– Maya Angelou
Slowing down, February 8, 2015
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”
– Lily Tomlin
Trusting your intuition, February 1, 2015
“Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.”
– Johann Kaspar Lavater
Living in the present moment, January 25, 2015
“The future depends on what we do in the present.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Adding value, January 18, 2015
“Strive not to be a success, but to be of value.”
– Albert Einstein
Gaining expertise, January 11, 2015
“If people knew how hard I worked to get mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”
– Michelangelo
Having courage, January 4, 2015
“Courage is grace under pressure.”
– Ernest Hemingway
Keeping good company, December 28, 2014
“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”
– Izaak Walton
Earning respect, December 21, 2014
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
– Bruce Lee
Striving for perfection, December 14, 2014
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”
– Alice Walker
Dreaming, December 7, 2014
“Nothing happens unless we first dream.”
– Carl Sandburg
Having doubts, November 30, 2014
“Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.”
– George Illes
Saying yes, November 23, 2014
“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.”
– Tina Fey
Embracing solitude, November 16, 2014
“Whoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
– Aristotle
Facing uncertainty, November 9, 2014
When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”
– Margaret Atwood
Making plans, November 2, 2014
If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.”
– Yogi Berra
Being original, October 26, 2014
“Originality is the best form of rebellion.”
– Mike Sasso
Starting something new, October 19, 2014
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
Having good timing, October 12, 2014
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
– Napoleon Hill
Keeping an open mind, October 5, 2014
“An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.”
– Mark Twain
Making decisions, September 28, 2014
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pursuing happiness, September 21, 2014
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
– Dalai Lama
Being creative, September 14, 2014
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
– Sylvia Plath
Remaining silent, September 7, 2014
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
– Lao Tzu
Leading a meaningful life, August 31, 2014
“It’s not length of life, but depth of life.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dealing with criticism, August 24, 2014
“The trouble with most of us is that we’d rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
– Norman Vincent Peale
Overcoming obstacles, August 17, 2014
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
– Winston Churchill
Saying no, August 10, 2014
“Focus is about saying no.”
– Steve Jobs
Handling conflicts, August 3, 2014
“When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.”
– Wayne Dyer
Taking risks, July 27, 2014
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
– Anais Nin
Creating opportunities, July 20, 2014
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
– Bruce Lee
Failing well, July 13, 2014
“You will fail. At some point. More than once. Guaranteed. Proceed anyway.”
– Danielle LaPorte
Forming healthy habits, July 6, 2014
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
Feeling fear, June 29, 2014
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”
– Georgia O’ Keefe
Taking action, June 22, 2014
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
Keeping it simple, June 15, 2014
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
Asking questions, June 8, 2014
“When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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