Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. -Babe Ruth
I don’t walk away from things I think are unfinished. -Arnold Schwarzenegger
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right -Henry Ford
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed -Michael Jordan
I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong -Benjamin Franklin
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein
It is never too late to be what you might have been -George Eliot
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover -Mark Twain
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any -Alice Walker
The mind is everything. What you think you become. -Buddha
Either you run the day, or the day runs you -Jim Rohn
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage Anais Nin
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained -Marie Curie
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears -Les Brown
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful -Joshua J. Marine
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else Booker T. Washington
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do -Leonardo da Vinci
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless -Jamie Paolinetti
You become what you believe -Oprah Winfrey
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill
You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. -Oprah Winfrey
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. -Malala Yousafzai
At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it. -Dr. Phil
People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. -Carrie Ann Moss
For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. -Michelle Obama
Spread love everywhere you go. -Mother Teresa
Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on. -Lady Gaga
If you make your internal life a priority, then everything else you need on the outside will be given to you and it will be extremely clear what the next step is. -Gabrielle Bernstein
You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens. -Mandy Hale
You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are. -Kesha
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. -Brene Brown
I’m going to be gone one day, and I have to accept that tomorrow isn’t promised. Am I OK with how I’m living today? It’s the only thing I can help. If I didn’t have another one, what have I done with all my todays? Am I doing a good job? -Hayley Williams
I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Belief creates the actual fact. -William James
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. -Robin Williams
I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that. -Ava DuVernay
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. -Aristotle
Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness. -Marie Forleo
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt
Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment. -Marianne Cantwell
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. -Ella Fitzgerald
Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me. -Marlee Matlin
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance. -Morgan Freeman
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! -Anne Frank
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. -Earl Nightingale
I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion. -Pink
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. -Roald Dahl
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. -Maya Angelou
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell
Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come. -Ellen DeGeneres
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied. -Dwayne The Rock Johnson
Nobody built like you, you design yourself. -Jay-Z
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt
I tell myself, ‘You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.’ -Serena Williams
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. -Henry David Thoreau
Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures. -Joelle Speranza
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. -Albert Einstein
Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. -Beyoncé
There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a f—k. -Amy Schumer
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. -William Ellery Channing
When it comes to luck, you make your own. -Bruce Springsteen
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! -Dolly Parton
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. -Rosa Parks
The moral of my story is the sun always comes out after the storm. Being optimistic and surrounding yourself with positive loving people is for me, living life on the sunny side of the street. -Janice Dean
We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. -Dr. Henry Link
Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process. -Naomi Osaka
We are not our best intentions. We are what we do. -Amy Dickinson
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -Jimmy Dean
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible! -Audrey Hepburn
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. -Henry Ford
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. -Vince Lombardi
Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. -Charles Swindoll
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. -Oprah Winfrey
None of us is as smart as all of us. -Ken Blanchard
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. -Les Brown
Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much. -Helen Keller
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -Napoleon Hill
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. -Mark Twain
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. -Albert Einstein
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. -Stephen Covey
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. -Henry Ford
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -Alice Walker
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. -Amelia Earhart
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. -Andrew Carnegie
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -Robert Louis Stevenson
The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. -Zig Ziglar
Change your thoughts and you change your world. -Norman Vincent Peale
There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. -Josiah Gilbert Holland
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. -William James
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. -Farrah Gray
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -Dalai Lama
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -Maya Angelou
I would rather die of passion than of boredom. -Vincent van Gogh