I really don’t know how and why I started collecting inspiring quotes. It just happened and then soon enough I was carrying around my notebook with me everywhere in case I heard or read something inspiring. From my notebook, I typed up all the quotes and made a nice color-coded, categorized, word document to house them all.
The quote-collection started when I was in my teens and over a decade later it continues. It really helped me get through the bad and learn to really see and appreciate the breakdowns, good-breakups, regrets, identity questions, triumphs, tragedies, you name it and in my list I have a quote that will help you get a better grip on it, some with laughter and others with immense wisdom.
Below I’ve decided to share some of my all-time favorite quotes. Enjoy!
Inspiring Quotes
On Life:
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” Marcel Pagnol
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take” Wayne Gretzky
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength – Oprah Winfrey
“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want” Unknown
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian” Dennis Wholey
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” George Bernard Shaw
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was” -Richard L. Evans
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable” – Helen Keller
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not”- Unknown
On Love:
“I love you” begins by I, but it ends up by you. ―
“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together”- Author unknown
“You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning. – Unknown”
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves”- Victor Hugo
“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life–love shouldn’t be one of them”- Movie: Dream for an Insomniac
“To offer a man friendship when love is in his heart is like giving a loaf of bread to one who is dying of thirst. –Frank Frankfort Moore
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.– Maya Angelou”
“Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable”- The Wizard of Oz
On Experience
“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him”- Aldous Huxley
“Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind” ~Marcel Proust
“A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life – Charlotte Brontë
“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter”- Unknown
“No one can go back and make a brand new start, my friend, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end” –Dan Zadra
“In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these” Paul Harvey
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable”- Sydney J. Harris
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere”- Agnes Repplier
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better” — Samuel Beckett
“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self” Hindu proverb
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On Enemies and Forgiveness
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves and Those who are afraid that you will succeed”- Ray Goforth
“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it” ~Confucius
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you” –African Proverb
“One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget” ~Franklin P. Jones
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned”- Buddha
Forgive your enemies but never forget their names” JFK
“Take care that no one hates you justly”- Pubilius Syrus
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
On Friendship
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer”-Ed Cunningham
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher” Oprah Winfrey
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar”- Unknown
“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew” – Henry Rollins
“A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out” Walter Winchell
“A friend is a person before whom I may think aloud” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Advice:
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” John R. Wooden
“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got” Janis Joplin
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” – George Bernard Shaw
“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated”– Maya Angelou
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~Dr. Seuss
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” Ambrose Bierce
Never tell your problems to anyone…20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them. -Lou Holtz
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department generally uses water. -Unknown
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience -Victoria Holt
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Hi Moshe, glad you found this interesting. Thanks for stopping by.