Positive and Inspirational Sayings and Quotes

 

Positive and Inspirational Sayings and Quotes

“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.”

― T.S. Eliot 

“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”

― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

 “Believe you can and you're halfway there.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

― Thomas A. Edison  

“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

 “We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”

― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

― Walt Disney Company  

“Everyone you meet is a part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they're blessings or lessons.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

― Dr. Seuss

“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

 “After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

 “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”

― Carlos Castaneda 

“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”

― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

― William Faulkner 

“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”

― Rumi

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.”

― David Nicholls, One Day

“Without fear there cannot be courage.”

― Christopher Paolini 

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

― Andre Gide

“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”

― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

 “If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.”

― Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry  

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

― J.M. Barrie  

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

― Seneca 

“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”

― Joseph Campbell

“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.”

― Rumi 

“My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.”

― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight

“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”

― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

“Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply "must" do things.”

― Ray Bradbury

“Everything's a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you.”

― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”

― Frida Kahlo

“You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times.
There's life in a nutshell.”

― Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

“Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

― Gerard Way

“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.”

― Jason Mraz  

 “So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”

― Vincent Van Gogh 

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

― Theodore Parker 

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”

― George R.R. Martin  

 “Life begins on the other side of despair.”

― Jean-Paul Sartre 

“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

― Thomas A. Edison

“The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.”

― Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six  
 

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ”

― William S. Burroughs

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!”

― Dolly Parton

“...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”

― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

― Henry Ward Beecher