50 quotes that inspire me

 

1. Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like – Will Rogers.
2. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself - Harvey Fierstein.
3. You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with - Dr. Wayne Dyer.
4. When in doubt, choose love – unknown.
5. It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot
6. All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney
7. I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. - Thomas Edison
8. Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. - William Shakespeare
9. Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers
10. What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. - Apple Computers
12. Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. - Roy Goodman
13. When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’ - Sydney Harris
14. If you’re going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill
15. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
16. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden
17. Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. - Richard L. Evans
18. Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. - Joe Clark
19. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. - Napoleon Hill
20. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar
21. If not us, who? If not now, when? - John F. Kennedy
22. Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not. - George Bernard Shaw
23. I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. - Bill Cosby
24. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky
25. 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
26. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault
28. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius
29. The only way to have a friend is to be one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
30. You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give. - Winston Churchill
31. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
32. 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
33. Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ — Mary Anne Radmacher
34. Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
35. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain
36. Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.” — Yogi Berra
37. It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.” — Charles F. Kettering
38. An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
39. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.” — Danny Kaye
40. To move the world we must first move ourselves.” – Socrates
41. Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.” — William James
42. Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
43. I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
44. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” — Maya Angelou
45. Pain is inevitable.  Suffering is optional.” — M. Kathleen Casey
46. This too will pass.” — Attar
47. When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.” –  Unknown
48. One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.” — Lucille Ball
49. Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” — Marsha Petrie Sue
50. You can’t leave footprints in the sands of time if you’re sitting on your ass and who wants to leave ass-prints in the sands of time? –Anonymous