Here’s a list of 100 powerful and inspirational quotes across various topics.
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
– Robert Frost, The Poetry of Robert Frost (1964)"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
– Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
– Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (1930)"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600)"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims (1876)"I think, therefore I am."
– René Descartes, Discourse on the Method (1637)"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
– Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address (1933)"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (1889)"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
– Winston Churchill, Speech at the University of Bristol (1941)"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."
– Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness (1998)"The unexamined life is not worth living."
– Socrates, Apology (399 BC)"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
– John Lennon, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (1980)"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
– Wayne Gretzky, Quoted by Wayne Gretzky (1983)"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
– David Viscott, The Language of Love (1987)"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1903)"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
– Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life (1900)"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
– Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Springfield (1859)"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1857)"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
– Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (340 BC)"Everything you can imagine is real."
– Pablo Picasso, Quoted by Picasso (1960s)"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
– Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
– Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)"It always seems impossible until it's done."
– Nelson Mandela, Speech (1994)"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
– Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living (1960)"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (6th century BC)"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
– Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top (1975)"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
– Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires (1950)"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
– Confucius, The Analects (circa 475 BC)"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
– Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903)"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
– Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
– William Butler Yeats, A Vision (1925)"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
– Beverly Sills, Quoted by Beverly Sills (1980s)"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."
– Sam Levenson, You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What (1963)"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (6th century BC)"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
– Theodore Roosevelt, Speech at the Madison Square Garden (1901)"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
– Eleanor Roosevelt, The Promised Land (1937)"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."
– Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855)"What we think, we become."
– Buddha, Dhammapada (3rd century BC)"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
– Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
– Buddha, Dhammapada (3rd century BC)"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
– Mae West, Quoted by Mae West (1930s)"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
– Christopher Columbus, Quoted by Christopher Columbus (1492)"Don't count the days, make the days count."
– Muhammad Ali, Quoted by Muhammad Ali (1970s)"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
– Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address, 2005"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."
– Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech (1939)"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."
– Charles R. Swindoll, The Grace Awakening (1990)"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
– C.S. Lewis, Quoted by C.S. Lewis (1950s)"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
– Gary Player, Quoted by Gary Player (1960s)"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
– Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying (1889)"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854)"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
– Confucius, The Analects (5th century BC)"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
– Tony Robbins, Quoted by Tony Robbins (1990s)"Don’t wait. The time will never be just right."
– Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich (1937)"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
– Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book (1927)"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
– George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903)"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
– Albert Einstein, Quoted by Albert Einstein (1930s)"Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
– George Addair, Quoted by George Addair (1980s)"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
– Chinese Proverb"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
– African Proverb"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
– Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (2011)"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
– Socrates, The Apology (399 BC)"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
– Dr. Seuss, Seussisms (1990s)"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
– Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech (1932)"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."
– Wayne Gretzky, Quoted by Wayne Gretzky (1983)"The best revenge is massive success."
– Frank Sinatra, Quoted by Frank Sinatra (1950s)"Everything is difficult before it is easy."
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Quoted by Goethe (1825)"Opportunities don't happen, you create them."
– Chris Grosser, Quoted by Chris Grosser (2010)"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."
– Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War (5th century BC)"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
– Charlie Chaplin, Quoted by Charlie Chaplin (1930s)"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
– Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (1930)"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
– Albert Einstein, Quoted by Einstein (1930s)"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."
– Jim Rohn, Quoted by Jim Rohn (1980s)"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."
– Sam Levenson, You Don’t Have to Be in Who’s Who to Know What’s What (1963)"If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs."
– Tony Gaskins, Quoted by Tony Gaskins (2010s)"I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."
– Jimmy Dean, Quoted by Jimmy Dean (1970s)"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
– Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)"Good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them."
– Anonymous"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
– Mae West, Quoted by Mae West (1930s)"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
– Albert Einstein, Quoted by Albert Einstein (1930s)"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world."
– Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart (2016)"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
– Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (340 BC)"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
– Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (1930)"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
– Maya Angelou, Quoted by Maya Angelou (1980s)"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
– Confucius, The Analects (5th century BC)"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
– William James, Psychology: The Briefer Course (1892)"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
– Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."
– Sarah Louise Delany, The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom (1993)"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
– Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story (1937)"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."
– Hans Christian Andersen, The Complete Fairy Tales (1855)"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
– Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top (1975)"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
– Eleanor Roosevelt, The Promised Land (1937)"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
– George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871)"Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing."
– Seneca, Letters from a Stoic (65 AD)"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
– Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (1930)"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
– Beverly Sills, Quoted by Beverly Sills (1980s)
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