Top 40 Inspiring Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Life Quotes

2. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

— Maya Angelou

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3. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

— Stephen R. Covey

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4. “Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.”

— Les Brown

5. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”

— Jim Rohn

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6. “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.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Courage Quotes

7. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

— Stephen R. Covey

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8. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

— Winston Churchill

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9. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”

— Tim Ferriss

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10. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

— Winston Churchill

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11. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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12. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

— Jim Rohn

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13. “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

14. “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Moving Quotes

15. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”

— Marilyn Monroe

16. “This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”

— Alan Watts

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17. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes

18. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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19. “It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.”

— Byron Katie

20. “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Health Quotes

21. “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

Also featured in: Change Quotes

22. “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

— Mark Twain

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23. “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

— Alan Watts

Also featured in: Quotes About Water

24. “Not all who wander are lost.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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25. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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26. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

— Anaïs Nin

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27. “How long should you try? Until.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Determination Quotes

28. “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.”

— Pablo Neruda

Also featured in: Quotes About Hope

29. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

— Colin Powell

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Quotes

30. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes

31. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

— Coco Chanel

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Fashion Quotes

32. “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”

— Maya Angelou

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33. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

— Nelson Mandela

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34. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

— Mother Teresa

35. “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water, my friend.”

— Bruce Lee

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36. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

— Nelson Mandela

37. “The time is always right to do the right thing.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Attitude Quotes

38. “Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Quotes About Trust

39. “The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”

— Alan Watts

Also featured in: Life Quotes

40. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

— Woody Allen

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