Inspirational Quotes on Life
- “When you stop contributing to life, you begin to die.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Life is like a mirror; it gives back more than it receives.” – Unknown
- “Those who attempt to do something and fail are certainly better than those who do nothing and succeed.” – Lloyd James
- “A piano had a sign that read: ‘Please, do not shoot the pianist; he is doing the best he can.'” – Oscar Wilde
- “Adventure is about planning with boldness and executing with enthusiasm while mapping out possibilities and treating them as achievable.” – Bufo
- “The time you take to do a job correctly is less than the time required to explain your failure.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “The extent of your eagerness for excellence determines the quality of your life, no matter your chosen field.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Some people are blessed with greatness, but very few achieve excellence.” – John Gardner
- “If you’re going to do something, do it excellently; otherwise, why bother? If it won’t be exceptional, it won’t be enjoyable or beneficial. What’s the point?” – Robert Townsend
- “You can hope for a miracle, but don’t just rely on that hope.” – Unknown
- “The perplexing truth of life is that when you insist on the best things, you usually end up with them.” – Somerset Maugham
- “Experience is what people call their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Experience is not merely what happens to you; it’s how you respond to what happens.” – Aldous Huxley
- “Experience helps you recognize a mistake when you make it again.” – Eric Wilson
- “Always listen to the experts; they will tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it.” – Robert Heinlein
- “Frustration, aggression, insecurity, loneliness, doubt, resentment, and emptiness are the building blocks of failure; guard against them.” – Maxwell Maltz
- “Failures are like scraped knees; painful yet superficial and heal quickly.” – Ross Perot
- “Increase your failure rate. Failure is a strict teacher, but also the best one. Don’t hesitate to make mistakes, as you’ll find success on the other side of failure.” – Thomas J. Watson Sr.
- “Failure turns into success when you learn from it.” – Malcolm Forbes
- “There’s no such thing as an accident; it’s merely fate in disguise.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Fear is the only thing I fear.” – Duke of Wellington
- “Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket closely.” – Mark Twain
- “True happiness comes from dedicating ourselves to a specific purpose and goal.” – William Cowper
- “Genius is the ability to activate and implement what is in your mind.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “Genius consists of 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
- “It’s not just important to know where we are; it’s crucial to know the direction we’re heading.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “There are no beginnings or ends, only an infinite passion and love for life.” – Federico Fellini
- “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never get there.” – Henry Kissinger
- “Intolerance will double your effort because it causes you to forget your goal.” – George Santayana
- “Initially, we will be the best, and then we will be the leaders.” – Grant Tinker
- “I always wanted to be a great person, but I needed to be more specific about my wish.” – Lily Tomlin
- “Long-term goals are essential to prevent feeling disheartened by short-term failures.” – Charles Noble
- “The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “At first, we create our habits, and later our habits create us.” – John Dryden
- “Those who are ever hopeful cannot succumb to despair.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “In the early stages of my life, I had to choose between being honest and aloof or hypocritical and humble; I chose to be honest and aloof and have never regretted that choice.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
- “Most good ideas are extraordinarily simple, leaving everyone wondering why no one thought of them before.” – Estée Lauder
- “Ideas should not just remain ideas; they need to be brought to action.” – Alfred North Whitehead
- “You can resist invading armies, but you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
- “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
- “One correct idea can save you innumerable experiences.” – Jacques Maritain
- “Just as great ideas need wings to fly, they also require means to land.” – C.D. Jackson
- “If you build castles in the air, it doesn’t mean your work is in vain; there’s a suitable place for them. Now start laying a solid foundation beneath them.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “An idea is the legitimate parent of the event.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Ideas are strangely peculiar; they only move if you do.” – Unknown
- “Apologizing is much easier than asking for permission.” – Grace Murray Hopper
- “Inspiration occurs when facts meet a prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur
- “What is essential is what you learn after you know.” – Ethel Barrymore
- “Laziness is merely getting used to comfort before you’ve felt fatigue.” – Jules Renard
- “I hear and forget, I see and remember, I do and understand.” – Confucius
- “Life is like a team of dogs pulling a sled; if you’re not the leader, the scenery never changes.” – Lewis Grizzard
- “You cannot choose the time or manner of your death. All you can decide is how you will live. Do it now.” – Joan Baez
- “Do good for your friends to increase your love, and do good for your enemies to turn them into friends.” – Leo Tolstoy
- “The best paths are those that lead you to your destination.” – Mikhail Naimy
- “Truth always hurts those who are used to illusions.” – Bidal
- “A person’s fall is not failure; the true failure is to remain where one fell.” – Unknown
- “Tyrants have not yet discovered chains that can bind minds.” – Lord Thomas
- “Woe to a nation whose wise are mute, and its strong are blind.” – Kahlil Gibran
Al-Ahnf bin Qais said, “If there’s something to marvel at, it’s men whose bodies grow while their minds shrink.”
- “Truth is like oil; it always rises to the surface.”
- “Reality is like a bee; it contains honey in its belly and a sting in its tail.”
- “Great works are not accomplished by force, but by patience.”
- “Those who do not understand pain mock injuries.”
- “Why fear when the sun shines on one side and illuminates the other?”
- “No matter how much you feed the wolf, it will always crave the forest.”
- “Bismarck said, ‘Emotional factors have nearly no impact in politics, just as they do in commerce.’
- “For one who elevates themselves above their worth, their true potential becomes concealed.”
- “If someone else is asked, do not respond; it undermines both the questioner and the responder.”
- “Longfellow stated, ‘A person estimates themselves by the tasks they believe they can accomplish, but the world evaluates them based on what they actually achieve.’
- “Plato said, ‘Those who refuse today to accept advice that costs them nothing will tomorrow pay dearly for their regret.’
- “It’s a calamity to study without thinking, and an even greater one to think without studying.”
- “Voltaire remarked, ‘It’s a disgrace that humanity finds funds to equip armies and send them to war to kill people but hesitates to spend money to save lives.’
- “If money isn’t your servant, it will be your master.”
- “When you copy from one author, it’s called plagiarism; when you copy from multiple authors, it’s called research.”
- “It’s better to move slowly forward than to rush backward.”
- “Wellington noted, ‘If you ever witness a day of war, you will plead with God never to see another.’
- “The truth often sticks in the throat as it is challenging to articulate.”
- “The window through which foul air escapes is the same window that allows clean air to enter.”
- “Sometimes, a lack of hearing can be a significant blessing.”
- “If someone insults you, remain silent; silence often expresses the deepest contempt.”
- “Luqman advised his son: ‘O my son, while others take pride in eloquence, take pride in a wise silence.’
- “Three things only exist in three forms: wealth in the soul, honor in humility, and generosity in piety.”
- “Seek out three: associate with the great, mingle with the wise, and consult the learned.”
- “Eloquence is to respond without delay and to hit the mark without missing.”
- “Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa stated: ‘If you render a favor to someone, be careful not to remind them, and if someone favors you, be cautious not to forget.’
- “Gandhi said: ‘I eat to live, not live to eat.’
- “If you lose your money, you lose something valuable; if you lose your honor, you lose something priceless; if you lose hope, you lose everything.”
- “If you search for happiness for long enough, you will find it, much like the old man who found his glasses resting on his nose.”
- “Do not argue with a fool; they may confuse onlookers regarding the distinction between the two of you.”
- “Some spread happiness wherever they go, while others leave it behind when they depart.”
- “If you’re stabbed in the back, it means you are in front.”
- “Friends can be like vibrant flowers; some are fresh and radiant, while others are like violets, delicate and wither when cut. Then there are those like wildflowers, lacking fragrance or flavor.”
- “Life is a matter of addition, subtraction, and division: gather your loved ones around you, subtract selfishness and stinginess, and equally divide your love among them, and you will then become the happiest person alive.”
- “Gibran Khalil Gibran said: ‘You are compassionate when you give, but do not forget while giving – to turn your face away from the one you give, so that you do not see their shame naked before your eyes.’
- “Abd al-Malik bin Marwan stated: ‘The best people are those who are humble in high positions, forgiving in judgment, and just in their power.’
- “Plato said: ‘The conquest of oneself is the highest conquest achievable in human life.’
- “Tajour said: ‘There are many shackles that bind a person to the world, but the most fascinating of all is the chain of hope.’
- “Bertrand Russell said: ‘Life is too short to waste on recording mistakes made against us or feeding hostility among people.’