100+ Inspiring Black and White Quotes for Every Occasion

"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

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

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

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." – Sam Levenson

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

"Dream big and dare to fail." – Norman Vaughan

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

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." – C.S. Lewis

"Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life." – Steve Jobs

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction." – Unknown

"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." – Unknown

"Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it." – Unknown

"The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it." – Unknown

"Dream it. Wish it. Do it." – Unknown

"Great things never come from comfort zones." – Unknown

"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done." – Unknown

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles." – Unknown

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." – Zig Ziglar

"Small progress is still progress." – Unknown

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." – Theodore Roosevelt

"Action is the foundational key to all success." – Pablo Picasso

"I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right." – Unknown

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

"If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success." – Unknown

"I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised." – Unknown

"My phone battery lasts longer than my relationships." – Unknown

"I’m not short. I’m concentrated awesome." – Unknown

"I’m not procrastinating. I’m just prioritizing my laziness." – Unknown

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

"I’m not weird, I’m limited edition." – Unknown

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

"Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?" – Robin Williams

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

"I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you." – Roy Croft

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." – Dr. Seuss

"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours." – Maya Angelou

"Love makes a silent house noisy." – Unknown

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever." – Alfred Tennyson

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

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

"Where there is love, there is life." – Mahatma Gandhi

"I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more." – Angelita Lim

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

"You’re the closest to me, yet the furthest I’ll ever reach." – Unknown

"Every moment with you is like a beautiful dream I never want to wake up from." – Unknown

"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own." – Lao Tzu

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." – Aristotle

"It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom." – Mahatma Gandhi

"The fool speaks, the wise man listens." – Unknown

"True wisdom comes not from knowledge, but understanding." – Unknown

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

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"Do more listening than talking, and you’ll grow wiser every day." – Unknown

"A wise person knows when to let go." – Unknown

"Wisdom begins in wonder." – Socrates

"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened." – Lao Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." – William James

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." – Carl Jung

"Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have." – Doris Mortman

"The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself." – Steve Maraboli

"We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are." – Max Planck

"Self-reflection is the school of wisdom." – Baltasar Gracián

"Looking back helps you see how far you’ve come." – Unknown

"You are the only person who can use your abilities." – Unknown

"Growth begins where comfort ends." – Neale Donald Walsch

"Know thyself." – Inscription at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi

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

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax and reflect." – Unknown

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"I am not a victim. No, I am a survivor." – Unknown

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." – Maya Angelou

"She believed she could, so she did." – R.S. Grey

"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." – William Ernest Henley

"Power is not given to you. You have to take it." – Beyoncé

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"I rise, I shine, I conquer." – Unknown

"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." – Zig Ziglar

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." – Suzy Kassem

"I define courage as the ability to act despite fear." – Unknown

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world." – Margaret Mead

"Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans." – John Lennon

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." – Mae West

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." – Charles R. Swindoll

"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." – Oprah Winfrey

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." – Helen Keller

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did." – Mark Twain

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet." – Sarah Louise Delany

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." – Peter Drucker

"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept what you cannot change." – Unknown

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

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

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value." – Albert Einstein

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

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

"Opportunities don’t happen. You create them." – Chris Grosser

"There is no substitute for hard work." – Thomas Edison

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it." – Estée Lauder

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier

"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." – John D. Rockefeller Jr.

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." – Maya Angelou

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

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness." – Desmond Tutu

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul." – Emily Dickinson

"When we hope for anything, we ourselves become better." – Seneca

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." – Suzanne Collins

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come." – Maria Shriver

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you." – Walt Whitman

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." – George Iles

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Hope is the dream of a waking man." – Aristotle

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." – Victor Hugo

"Hope is the only bee in the charred hive." – Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." – Helen Keller