Inspirational Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

1,794 Inspirational Quotes
“He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole.”
Eustachius Quotes
“One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who makes a success of his life.”
Edward B. Butler Quotes
“The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.”
Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes
“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
Jerry Garcia Quotes
“Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.”
Liz Carpenter Quotes
“People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.”
Kim Woo-choong Quotes
“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
Ivy Baker Quotes
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
Jonathon Kozol Quotes
“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.”
General Omar Bradley Quotes
“Democracy without morality is impossible.”
Jack Kemp Quotes
“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
Jon Kabat-zinn Quotes
“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”
Earl Nightingale Quotes
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future--Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed, savored.”
Earl Nightingale Quotes
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.”
Earl Nightingale Quotes
“We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.”
Earl Nightingale Quotes
“You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.”
Guy Finley Quotes
“The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.”
Kenneth Blanchard Quotes
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”
George E. Woodberry Quotes
“They never fail who die in a great cause.”
George Gordon Byron Quotes
“The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.”
Thomas Arnold Bennett Quotes
“A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.”
Joseph Conrad Quotes
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.”
Daniel H. Burnham Quotes
“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”
Pearl S. Buck Quotes
“I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.”
Lou Holtz Quotes
“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Liane Cardes Quotes