Quotes to Inspire: Wisdom for Life’s Journey

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

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.

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

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

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

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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

Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

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

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Courage is being scared to death but smiling anyway.

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.

To be courageous is to accept uncertainty.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

What would you do if you were not afraid?

Courage is grace under pressure.

Fortune favors the bold.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.

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

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Where there is love there is life.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

All you need is love.

Love is not about possession. It's about appreciation.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

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

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

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

Dream big, because dreams have the power to change the world.

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

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

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

It's never too late to wake up and chase your dreams.

Dreams don't work unless you do.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Dare to live the life you've always wanted.

Your dreams are the blueprint of your destiny.

Change is the only constant in life.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Life is about change. Sometimes it's painful. Sometimes it's beautiful. But mostly, it's both.

Embrace change, for it brings growth and opportunity.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Lost time is never found again.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is like saying 'I don't want to.'

Your relationship with time is your relationship with your life.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

Time isn't precious because it's scarce. It's precious because it's irreversible.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

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

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude, the more likely you are to be healthy and happy.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

In life, one has time for only a few things, and thankfulness takes care of most of them.

Say thank you. It will mean more than you know.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you.