150 Inspirational Life Quotes To Make Your Life Better and motivate you to do and be good.
We live in a world where we can rarely pause and reflect on what we do and are. That’s why in this article you’ll find 150 Inspirational Life Quotes that will help you do introspection and improve.
Television, social media, radio, podcast… Every day and at all hours we are surrounded by information, this makes our brains not rest and therefore we do not think correctly.
As a result, we go through life without thinking about how we’re doing. We simply get carried away by day to day, busy by everything we see; and we stop seeing the most important thing: ourselves.
Inspirational quotes and motivational sayings have an amazing ability to change the way we feel about life.
With this in mind, here is a compilation of Inspirational Life Quotes that will help you think and make a stop along the way.
150 Inspirational Life Quotes
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. —Maria Edgeworth
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are—John Wooden ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. —Sonia Sotomayor
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. ―Vernon Sanders Law
Quotes About Life Lessons
Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day—Alice Morse Earle
You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away. —John Graham
Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind—Robert Kiyosaki
When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone. —Melissa McCarthy
Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. ―Anne Lamott ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Inspirational Quotes About Life And Struggles
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. —Michael Jordan
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change—Jim Rohn
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability—Henry Ford ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Rule your mind or it will rule you—Horace
Live Life Quotes
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. —Earl Nightingale
First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice. ―Octavia Butler ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. —Anaïs Nin
To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live. —Dorothy West
It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. —Paul Bryant
Life Is Hard Quotes
Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears. —Laird Hamilton
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. —Calvin Coolidge ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger. —Mia Hamm
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad—Miles Kington
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new—Albert Einstein ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Live Your Life Quotes
No matter what the situation, remind yourself I have a choice—Deepak Chopra
If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person. ―Clayton M. Christensen
Life Is Beautiful Quotes
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. ―Maya Angelou ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. ―Arthur C. Clarke
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny—Aristotle ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. —David Hurley
You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches. —Dita Von Teese
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. —Estée Lauder
Life Lesson Quotes
Worry is a misuse of imagination. —Unknown
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. ―Epicurus
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. —Carl Sagan
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. ―Theodore Roosevelt
I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now. —Edna Mode
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. ―Mortimer J. Adler
Life Is Hard Quotes
There is a vitality, a life force, energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. ―Martha Graham ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ―Winston Churchill
Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. —Jennifer Lopez
If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it. —Tobias Lutke
Live Life Quotes
The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel. —Steve Furtick ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. —Tina Fey
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. —Helen Keller
Simple Life Quotes
Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart. —Drake
Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage. —Unknown
I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes. —Barbara Elaine Smith
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. —Warren Buffet
What you do today can change all the tomorrow’s of your life—Zig Ziglar ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Quotes About Living Life
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. —Erica Jong
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ―Abraham Lincoln
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get. ―W. P. Kinsella
I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are. —Don Cheadle
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. ―A.A. Milne ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right. —Walt Disney
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. —Coco Chanel
Real Life Quotes
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless—Gilbert K. Chesterton
Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. —Drew Houston
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. —Dolly Parton
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Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up of people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again. —Steve Jobs ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. —Gilbert K. Chesterton
Cute Quotes About Life
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. —Mark Twain
Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn. —Kurt Vonnegut
You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe. —Leymah Gbowee
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. —Augustine Og Mandino ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Clever Quotes About Life
I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life. —Louise Hay
People’s passion and desire for authenticity are strong. —Constance Wu
Live out of your imagination, not your history. —Stephen Covey
A year from now you will wish you had started today. —Unknown
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. ―Jim Rohn
Deep Life Quotes
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. —Vince Lombardi
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent. —Charlie Munger ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. —Mister Rogers
He that can have patience can have what he will. ―Benjamin Franklin
Quotes About Enjoying Life
The only one who can tell you you can’t win is you and you don’t have to listen. —Jessica Ennis
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams—Eleanor Roosevelt
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up—Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed. —Billie Jean King ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Philosophical Quotes About Life
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. —Henry David Thoreau
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Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence. ―Eleanor Roosevelt ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying—Tony Robbins
Thoughtful Quotes About Life
Keep a little fire burning; however small, however, hidden. ―Cormac McCarthy
You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin. ―Gordon B. Hinckley
More is lost by indecision than wrong decisions. —Marcus Tullius Cicero
Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. —Angela Bassett ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Quotes About Life Purpose
Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up of people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again. —Steve Jobs ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at. —Jesse Owens
95 Empowering Keep Going Quotes To Inspire You
Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself. ―Jason Fried
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome—William James ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Facts Of Life Quotes
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. —Albert Einstein
Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them. —Mia Hamm
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. —Jane Goodall ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Someone will declare, I am the leader! and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations. ―Bill Walsh ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Quotes About Journey Of Life
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. —Thomas Aquinas
I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me. —Jay-Z
You carry the passport to your own happiness. —Diane von Furstenberg
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to—Henry Van Dyke ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Inspirational Quotes About Moving Forward In Life
Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. —Raymond Joseph Teller ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. —Bo Jackson
Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals. ―David Ogilvy
Quotes By Famous Authors About Life
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. —Dale Carnegie ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. —Pablo Picasso
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work—Colin Powell
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step—Martin Luther King, Jr. ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Life Gets Better Quotes
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. —Zig Ziglar
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. —Arianna Huffington
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle—Christian D. Larson ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Meaningful Life Quotes
Resilience is when you address uncertainty with flexibility. —Unknown
Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use. —Ruth Gordo
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. —Mary Anne Radmacher ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way. ―Napoleon Hill
If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right. —Childish Gambino
Live Your Best Life Quotes
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. —Amelia Earhart
I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. —Lucille Ball
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while, the muse shows up, too. —Isabel Allende ~ Inspirational Life Quotes
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. —John Wooden
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. —Lucius Annaeus Seneca
