Top 200 Inspiring Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”

— Buddha

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2. “Live your best life!”

— Oprah Winfrey

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3. “Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.”

— Michelle Obama

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4. “If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.”

— Napoleon Hill

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5. “There is no substitute for hard work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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6. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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7. “Whatever you focus on is what you get.”

— Tony Robbins

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8. “All good things are wild and free.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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9. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

— Lao Tzu

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10. “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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11. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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12. “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

— Elon Musk

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13. “As you think, so shall you become.”

— Bruce Lee

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14. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

— J.K. Rowling

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15. “One love, one heart, one destiny.”

— Bob Marley

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16. “What we do now echoes in eternity.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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17. “Love is the absence of judgment.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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18. “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?”

— Eminem

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19. “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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20. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

— Steve Jobs

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21. “The future depends on what you do today.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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22. “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: Know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

— Dave Thomas

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23. “Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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24. “All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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25. “While there is life, there is hope.”

— Stephen Hawking

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26. “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

— Stephen King

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27. “The man with no imagination has no wings.”

— Muhammad Ali

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28. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

— Michael Jordan

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29. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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30. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

— Maya Angelou

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31. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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32. “Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.”

— Robert Collier

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33. “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

— Carl Sagan

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34. “Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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35. “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water.”

— Bruce Lee

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36. “I used my pain to push me to greatness.”

— Eric Thomas

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37. “Without your involvement you can’t succeed. With your involvement you can’t fail.”

— Abdul Kalam

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38. “The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”

— Abdul Kalam

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39. “You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

— Paulo Coelho

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40. “Do small things, with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

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41. “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

— Mother Teresa

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42. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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43. “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.”

— Steve Jobs

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44. “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”

— John C. Maxwell

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45. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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46. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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47. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”

— Malcolm X

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48. “The best investment you can make is in yourself.”

— Warren Buffett

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49. “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

— C.G. Jung

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50. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

— Lao Tzu

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