100+ Inspiring Quotes to Kickstart Your Friday

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.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

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

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

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

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

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

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

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

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

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

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’

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

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

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

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

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

I'm not lazy, I'm on energy-saving mode.

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

Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!

I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

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

If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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

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

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

I put my phone in airplane mode, but it won’t take off.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I’m not late. Everyone else is just early.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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

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

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

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

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

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

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

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

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

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.

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

I would rather spend one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

How on earth are you ever going to explain in words that which is unwritten?

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

Every moment with you feels like magic.

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

You’re the closest thing to heaven that I’ll ever know.

I choose you. And I'll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you.

Know thyself.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Moderation is the best policy.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

It is not length of life, but depth of life that matters.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You are enough just as you are.

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

Stop trying to fix yourself. You are not broken.

You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of love and belonging.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship with myself.

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limits are those you set upon yourself.

You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, frustrated, or anxious.

Growth begins when we accept where we are and stop blaming others.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

Strength does not come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming what you once thought you couldn’t.

Scars are tattoos with better stories.

Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

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

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

To create one must be willing to be squandered on the creation.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The creative adult is the child who survived.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Art challenges technology, and technology inspires the art.

The best ideas emerge in moments of play, not pressure.

Don’t think about making art — just paint.

Originality is simply a fresh pair of eyes.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.