Get inspired by my favourite quotes!
As the title suggests, here are some of my favourite inspirational quotes. I have divided the quotations in sets of ten, with one of my photographs separating each set. By clicking on the pictures you can see them in my facebook page. Besides that, there is no particular order to this collection.
Gradually I am going to add more quotes to this post so make sure to check it out every now and then. You are more than welcome to share your favourite quotes as a comment below. I would be happy to read them.
- Vera
Gradually I am going to add more quotes to this post so make sure to check it out every now and then. You are more than welcome to share your favourite quotes as a comment below. I would be happy to read them.
- Vera
1
- “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” - Dr Suess
- “Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still” – Chinese Proverb
- “Worrying is the same thing as banging your head against the wall. It only feels good when you stop.” - John Powers
- “Rather than waste time and energy worrying, use that time and energy to constructively deal with whatever is causing the worry.” - Author unknown
- “People only see what they are prepared to see.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Do what you can with what you have where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
- “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” – Basho
- “If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” - Henry David Thoreau
- “Begin with the end in mind.” - Doug Flynn
- “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it’s when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.” - Margaret Thatcher
2
- “Everything around us is made up of enegry. To attract positive things in your life, strart by giving off positive enegry.” – Author unknown
- “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca
- “The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
- “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleonor Roosevelt
- Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese Proverb
- "As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher." - Giacomo Casanova
- "Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." - Jim Rohn
- “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” - Socrates
- “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas Alva Edison
3
- "It doesn't matter where you're coming from! All that matters is where you are going. You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into." - Stephen R. Covey
- “Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.” - Wayne Dyer
- "The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us." - Voltaire
- “The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.” - Author unknown
- “When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise.” - Jim Bakker
- “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” - Plato
- “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
- “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire
- “For every effect there is a root cause. Find and address the root cause rather than try to fix the effect, as there is no end to the latter.” - Author unknown
- “The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” – Author unknown
4
- “A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.” — Maurice Sendak
- "There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." - Henry Ford
- "Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer." - Ed Cunningham
- "You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices." - Deepak Chopra
- "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." - John Adams
- "Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more." - Oscar Wilde
- "Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." - Mary Moore
- "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein
- “Always be a firstrate version of yourself, instead of a secondrate version of somebody else.” - Judy Garland
- "We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic." - Susan Jeffers
5
- "I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!" - Robert H Schuller
- "Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice." - Tom Watson
- "Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry." - Alexander Pushkin
- "Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal." - Joseph Cossman
- "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." - Theodore Rubin
- "The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
- "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." - Wayne Dyer
- "The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives." - Louise Hay
- "The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach." - Benjamin Mays
- "The value of achievement lies in the achieving." - Albert Einstein
6
- "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly Parton
- "Change your thoughts and you change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale
- “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.” - Oscar Wilde
- "All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
- "Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers
- "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" - Dr Seuss
- "At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- "Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remains dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks." - Johann Gottfried
- "It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters." - Evander Holyfield
- "Everyone faces challenges in life. It's a matter of how you learn to overcome them and using them to your advantage." - Author unknown
7
- "Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you." - William Feather
- "What you see depends on what you're looking for." - Author unknown
- "For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed." - Audrey Hepburn
- "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." - Beverly Sills
- "Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life." - Les Brown
- "The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything." - Theodore Roosevelt
- "Learn from others, as you would learn from your own mistakes." - Kazi Shams
- "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." - Alexander Graham Bell
- "The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." - Author unknown
- "Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality." - Les Brown
8
- "Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women." - Gordon B. Hinckley
- "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - E. E. Cummings
- "Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows." - Michael Landon
- "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another, but above all try something." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- "Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." - Elizabeth Bibesco
- "You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect." - Buddha
- "Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." - Peace Pilgrim
- "We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails." - Author unknown
- “For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? ” - James Allen
9
- "We all at certain times in our lives find ourselves broken. True strength is found in picking up the pieces." - Jill Pendley
- "What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things." - Author unknown
- "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Stephen R. Covey
- “It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!” - Emiliano Zapata
- “Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now.” - Zuzana Light
- “Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” - Earl of Chesterfield
- "Make your life a mission, not an intermission." - Author unknown
- “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” - Buddha
- "Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere." - Glenn Turner
- "The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present." - Barbara de Angelis
10
- "I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really." - Treat Williams
- "Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success." - Dr. Brothers
- "Success is restricted only from those who restrict themselves from success." - Gillis Triplett
- "Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response." - Author unknown
- "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him." - Eleanor Roosevelt
- "Hatred is a self-addressed envelope." - Ahmed Rehab
- “Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.” - Victoria Holt
- “Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
- "I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become." - Oprah Winfrey
- "How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most." - Stephen R. Covey