100+ Best Thoughts & Quotes for Inspiration and Sharing

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” – Heraclitus

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung

“By seeking and blundering we learn.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity.” – Lao Tzu

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most.” – Buddha

“You cannot find yourself by going somewhere. You find yourself by standing still.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.” – Carl Jung

“Know thyself, and you will know the universe and God.” – Inscription at the Temple of Delphi

“Introspection is the key to evolution.” – Amit Ray

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” – Carl Jung

“Silence is the language of the soul.” – Deepak Chopra

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” – Victor Hugo

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott

“Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.” – André Gide

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” – Haruki Murakami

“We loved with a love that was strong as death.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou

“Opportunities don't happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

“There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” – Albert Einstein

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” – Winston Churchill

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” – Marianne Williamson

“Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fear has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run, or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca

“Fear is interest paid on a debt you may not owe.” – Mark Twain

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela

“Feel the fear and do it anyway.” – Susan Jeffers

“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more.” – Swedish Proverb

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde

“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey

“I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right.” – Unknown

“The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Steven Wright

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

“If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.” – Steven Wright

“I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.” – Unknown

“Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.” – Unknown

“I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.” – Unknown

“The problem with the gene pool is that there’s no lifeguard.” – Stephen Wright

“I didn’t lose my mind. I sold it on eBay.” – Unknown

“If you think nobody cares whether you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” – Earl Wilson

“Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus

“Growth begins when we accept our weaknesses.” – Jean Vanier

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.” – Peter Senge

“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way.” – Marsha Petrie Sue

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

“Transformation doesn’t start with techniques, it starts with intention.” – Steve Chandler

“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” – Stephen Covey

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn

“The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee

“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

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Bertrand Russell

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’” – Lao Tzu

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” – Robert Byrne

“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Be water.” – Bruce Lee

“Think deep, speak slow.” – Unknown

“Breathe.” – Unknown

“Just show up.” – Brené Brown

“Listen.” – Anonymous

“This too shall pass.” – Persian Adage

“Enough.” – Ancient Stoic

“Begin.” – Anonymous

“Let go.” – Zen Proverb

“Be here now.” – Ram Dass