Top 200 Powerful Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”

— C.G. Jung

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Change Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

2. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Life Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength

3. “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

4. “Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes

5. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Action Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

6. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Courage Quotes, Failure Quotes

7. “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Socrates

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Education Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes

8. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Failure Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

9. “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Action Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Fiction Quotes

10. “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Wise Quotes, Victory Quotes

11. “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Startup Quotes, Inspirational Quotes

12. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Experience Quotes

13. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

14. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

15. “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”

— Frederick Douglass

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

16. “Do not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

— Dylan Thomas

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

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

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

18. “There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

— Sam Walton

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes, Quotes About Work

19. “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Quality Quotes

20. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Quality Quotes, Wise Quotes, Peace Quotes

21. “With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Change Quotes

22. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Love Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

23. “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

24. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Fighting Quotes

25. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

26. “Never lower your target ; increase your actions.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

27. “Confine yourself to the present.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Time Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Philosophical Quotes

28. “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Famous Quotes

29. “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”

— Carl Sagan

Also featured in: Science Quotes, Universe Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

30. “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Failure Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

31. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”

— Marianne Williamson

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

32. “To be successful, you must be willing to do the things today others won’t do in order to have the things tomorrow others won’t have.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

33. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Focus Quotes, Love Quotes

34. “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Change Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

35. “What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Quotes for Success

36. “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Depressing Quotes, Struggle Quotes

37. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Important Quotes

38. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspiring Quotes

39. “Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes

40. “Start with the end in mind.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Future Quotes

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

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Change Quotes, Education Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

42. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Life Lessons Quotes, Effort Quotes, Quality Quotes

43. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Confidence Quotes

44. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

45. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Empowering Quotes

46. “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Military Quotes, Important Quotes

47. “Big Brother is watching you.”

— George Orwell

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes, Important Quotes

48. “Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without integrity, you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Quotes About Work

49. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

— Charles Dickens

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Storytelling Quotes, Challenges Quotes

50. “We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Compassion Quotes