100+ Humble Quotes and Quotations for Inspiration and Wisdom

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.

Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.

Great things never come from comfort zones.

Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.

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

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

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

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

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

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

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.

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

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

I'm on a seafood diet. I see food, and I eat it.

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

I’m not lazy, I’m just energy-efficient.

My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do.

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.

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

I put the “pro” in procrastination.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

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

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

Freedom is not doing what you want, but wanting what you do.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Where there is love, there is life.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Love makes our souls expand.

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.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.

Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you... I could walk through my garden forever.

I choose you. And I'll keep choosing you, every single day.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

The wise man is not he who knows much, but he who understands what he knows.

Do more listening than talking, and you will grow wiser every day.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

True wisdom comes not from knowledge, but from understanding.

A wise person knows when to let go.

The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Speak when you can improve the silence.

The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the vessel.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

With wisdom comes humility; with knowledge, sometimes pride.

You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

She believed she could, so she did.

I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I’m still here. I have a history of victory.

You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

Own who you are. Unapologetically. Powerfully. Completely.

I am the author of my life. No one else holds the pen.

When women support each other, incredible things happen.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

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

You don’t need permission to be great.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

Life is meaningless. You must give it meaning.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart.

We are all alone in this world, but we are also all connected.

To exist is to choose. To choose is to be free.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

The individual is not the product of society, but the starting point of society.

I rebel; therefore I exist.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Rules are made to be broken.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and they know the way out.

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.

I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Question everything.

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

Less is more.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Breathe.

Enough.

This moment.

Just stop.

Here. Now.

Let go.

One thing at a time.

Only what is necessary.

Simply be.