100+ Powerful Saint Quotes to Inspire Your Soul

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

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

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

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.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

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

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

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

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

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

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

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

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

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Let your soul guide your steps, not your fears.

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.

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

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

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

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

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, but gathers strength throughout the day.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

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

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.

We learn not for school, but for life.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

I’m not lazy, I’m just on energy-saving mode.

I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes. She gave me a hug.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I’m not procrastinating—I’m doing background processing.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

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

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

I put the 'pro' in procrastination.

I’m not weird, I’m a limited edition.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

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 saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more.

Where there is love, there is life.

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

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

Love makes our souls fly.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

You don’t marry someone you can live with, you marry the person who you cannot live without.

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew—love at first sight is real.

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

Religion is the opium of the people.

Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.

Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Art is theft.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Sometimes, the best revenge is massive success.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Be the energy you want to attract.

Dream. Believe. Achieve.

Stay foolish.

Create. Don’t wait.

Rise above.

No excuses.

Make it happen.

Less talk, more action.

Be unstoppable.

Own your story.

Live boldly.

Think different.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

Scars tell stories courage refused to whisper.

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

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

Survival is nothing special—everyone does it. But how you survive? That’s where greatness begins.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

What feels like the end is often a new beginning.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving it.

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

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.

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

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.

Most people spend their lives being gradually corrupted by the world.

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

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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

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

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

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by.

Not all those who wander are lost.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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

To thine own self be true.

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Good things take time.