Inspiration can come from just the right words at the right time. Whether you’re seeking motivation to tackle a challenge, boost your confidence, or simply brighten your day, the power of a well-chosen quote is undeniable. We’ve gathered a curated collection of the top 100 inspirational quotes to uplift your spirit and spark positive change. Dive in and find the perfect phrase to fuel your journey.
1. “I like to set my dreams high. That way, even if I only make it half way there, it's still pretty darned good.” - Elizabeth O. Dulemba
2. “My father used to say that life is what you make it. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can’t change the past, but the future isn’t set in stone. You can effect a change there. Move forward not with hatred or love. Move forward with purpose. (Simone)” - Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. “IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY” - Mo Stegall
4. “There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.” - Joyce Brothers
5. “I believe in miracles.... I have to.” - Terry Fox
6. “Repotting a plant gives it space to grow. Repotting ourselves means taking leave of our everyday environments and walking into unfamiliar territory—of the heart, of the mind and of the spirit. It isn’t easy. The older we get, the more likely we are to have remained in the same place for some time. We stay because it’s secure. We know the boundaries and, inside of them, we feel safe. Our roots cling to the walls we have long known. But remaining inside can keep us from thriving. Indeed, without new experiences or ideas, we slowly grow more and more tightly bound, eventually turning into less vibrant versions of who we might have been.Repotting means accepting that the way is forward, not back. It means realizing that we won’t again fit into our old shells. But that’s not failure. That’s living.” - Heather Cochran
7. “Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life.” - Robert Masello
8. “No society can prosper if it aims at making things easier-instead it should aim at making people stronger!!” - Ashoka Prasad
9. “Bring up the past only if it will help to build the future, otherwise its best to be left to sleep” - Cllr Tahir Khan - Luton
10. “I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human.” - C. JoyBell C.
11. “If you wait for a cake to be given to you so you will be happy- then you will be happy when someone gives you a cake. But if you buy a cake (or bake one) for yourself so you will be happy, you have found the way of happiness.” - C. JoyBell C.
12. “If you follow the ancient maps written on the stars, no person will ever understand you. So if you could read these maps, would you follow them? And forever be misunderstood? Or would you close your eyes tightly and pretend to be like everyone else?” - C. JoyBell C.
13. “Love is like a good cake; you never know when it's coming, but you'd better eat it when it does!” - C. JoyBell C.
14. “Orang-orang itu telah melupakan bahwa belajar tidaklah melulu untuk mengejar dan membuktikan sesuatu, namun belajar itu sendiri, adalah perayaan dan penghargaan pada diri sendiri. (hlm. 197)” - Andrea Hirata
15. “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.” - Leroy Satchel Paige
16. “My purpose is: What Lord? Where Lord? When Lord? Yes Lord!” - Christine Martin
17. “Există o limită a rezistenţei în fiecare. Când e atinsă, nu mai ai poftă să te justifici.” - Octavian Paler
18. “Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita.” - Soe Hok Gie
19. “Doing what I like to do, the way I like to do it ... makes me happy.” - Nakia R. Laushaul
20. “Do you have a leather jacket? One for a ten-year-old boy?" I asked the man selling leather jackets and gloves in Covent Garden, London. "Yes, I have one right here!" And the man dug out a fine leather jacket that looked styled and tailored for a young boy. "I'm buying this for my son" I said to him. "I love this jacket, it's perfect, I think I will just come back for it tomorrow, though! I'll be back tomorrow, okay?" And the man reached his arms above his head, and said with a big smile upon his face "You only have one life to live! What is the difference if you do something today, or if you do it tomorrow?" I thought about the man's words. And I bought the jacket. He was right, there is no difference, really, between doing something today and doing something tomorrow, when you only have one life to live! Afterall, tomorrow may never come! All you really have is today!” - C. JoyBell C.
21. “Freedom is in the Now” - Arnaud Saint-Paul
22. “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” - C. JoyBell C.
23. “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it” - Paulo Coelho
24. “During the crash and burn, I began to burn from cranial crown to flat sole, for meaning and understanding. Every concept, psychological perceptions with hardened pathways, everything that registered as inherited from the communal was starting to dissolve into meaninglessness. The foundational tenets, the pre-established belief systems, instilled sustenance systems tended by both family and extended communal began to dissolve, first as trivial, and then as untenable to my being without validation from me. If my life was worth anything, I choose to live the best life for me. So I entered what I call The Blank State.” - Dew Platt
25. “Worth as I use it here is immeasurable, not as in mathematics towards infinity. But that it can not be measured. There are no measurable parameters for it! Certainly not a material-communal measurable parameter for it! Such, it is what the being holds that cannot and should never be traded. When it is there, every essence of your being knows it, and takes commands from it that will be able to override any personal or imposed sense of value.” - Dew Platt
26. “No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances.” - Louise Hay
27. “For every woman, there is that one man who could get her to go anywhere he wanted her to go, do anything he wanted her to do—reach into her soul and turn her whole world on its ear—challenge everything she thought she believed. Highlighted by 24 Kindle users” - Lenore Wolfe
28. “When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.” - Michael J. Fox
29. “Life has no victims. There are no victims in this life.No one has the right to point fingers at his/her past and blame it for what he/she is today. We do not have the right to point our finger at someone else and blame that person for how we treat others, today.Don’t hide in the corner, pointing fingers at your past. Don’t sit under the table, talking about someone who has hurt you. Instead, stand up and face your past! Face your fears! Face your pain! And stomach it all! You may have to do so kicking and screaming and throwing fits and crying- but by all means- face it!This life makes no room for cowards.” - C. JoyBell C.
30. “Kebathilan selama bila pun (abadan abada) tidak boleh dianggap benar kerana ukuran ramainya yang menyokong - atau sudah diarus perdanakan. Dan kebenaran pula - dalam apa jua zaman dan ruang masa pun - tidak boleh diinjak mati dan dilenyap punah hanya semata dititipkan rohnya oleh sebatang pena dan selembar kertas.” - Hafiz Fandani
31. “Love.Not the kind you see in the movies or hear about on the radio.The real kind.The kind that gets beaten down and bloody, yet perseveres.The kind that hopes even when hope seems foolish.The kind that can forgive. The kind that believes in healing. The kind that can sit in silence and feel renewed.The real kind of love.It's rare and we have it...” - Chelsea Fine
32. “Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.” - C. JoyBell C.
33. “The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.” - C. JoyBell C.
34. “We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.” - Steve Hagen
35. “Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.” - GaryLFrancione
36. “We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguishable from dairy. To the extent it is morally wrong to eat flesh, it is as morally wrong — and possibly more morally wrong — to consume dairy” - GaryLFrancione
37. “If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm to shift.We must be clear that veganism is the unequivocal baseline of anything that deserves to be called an “animal rights” movement. If “animal rights” means anything, it means that we cannot morally justify any animal exploitation; we cannot justify creating animals as human resources, however “humane” that treatment may be.We must stop thinking that people will find veganism “daunting” and that we have to promote something less than veganism. If we explain the moral ideas and the arguments in favor of veganism clearly, people will understand. They may not all go vegan immediately; in fact, most won’t. But we should always be clear about the moral baseline. If someone wants to do less as an incremental matter, let that be her/his decision, and not something that we advise to do. The baseline should always be clear. We should never be promoting “happy” or “humane” exploitation as morally acceptable.” - GaryLFrancione
38. “If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is not possible because we are all “on our own journey,” then moral assessment becomes completely impossible or is speciesist. It is impossible because if we are all “on our own journey,” then there is nothing to say to the racist, sexist, anti-semite, homophobe, etc. If we say that those forms of discrimination are morally bad, but, with respect to animals, we are all “on our own journey” and we cannot make moral assessments about, for instance, dairy consumption, then we are simply being speciesist and not applying the same moral analysis to nonhumans that we apply to the human context.” - GaryLFrancione
39. “Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interestsin being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large part to mean that we cannot impose “unnecessary” harm on animals, and that is measured by what treatment is considered as necessary within particular industries, and according to customs of use, to exploit animals. The bottom line is that animals do not have any respect-based rights in the way that humans have, because we do not regard animals as having any moral value. They have only economic value. We value their interests economically, and we ignore their interests when it is economically beneficial for us to do so.At this point in time, it makes no sense to focus on the law, because as long as we regard animals as things, as a moral matter, the laws will necessarily reflect that absence of moral value and continue to do nothing to protect animals. We need to change social and moral thinking about animals before the law is going to do anything more.” - Gary L. Francione
40. “You need to trustTo surrenderTo ask for guidanceGo within for the answersThey're within youYou have the answersAll you need do is ask” - Karen Hackel
41. “Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!” - C. JoyBell C.
42. “I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves.” - C. JoyBell C.
43. “Cut not the wings of your dreams, for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul.” - Flavia
44. “إن الحب كقيمة مطلقة سرٌ كبيرٌ من اسرار الدنيا ، لا يعيه إلا الإنسان المحظوظ النقي القادر دوماً على تجديد شباب قلبه بالعطاء والتسامح. يبدأ الإنسان منا حياته متدفقاً بالحب والحنان والتفاؤل والثقة ثم يجف هذا النبع العاطفي في قلبه كلما كبر ، ويتحول مع الزمن إلى عجوز أناني بخيل لا يحس إلا مصلحته ولا يجري إلا خلف منفعته ، والسبب أن أحلامه الصغيرة وعواطفه الصافية تصطدم مرة بعد مرة بما يخيب أمله ويزلزل ثقته في الدنيا وفي الناس -يتعثر الإنسان في مشوار حياته ومع تكرار العثرات والتجارب الفاشلة لا يجد في قلبه رصيداً يغطي هذا الفشل ، ويحفظ له ابتسامته وتفاؤله فيفقد النضارة ويجف ويقسو ، ويتحول سخطه إلى سخط على الدنيا كلها والسبب أنه لم يجد كفايته من الحنان ، لم يجده في الدنيا ولم يجده في قلبه فأفلس . والدليل على هذا أن القلب الكبير لا يحدث له هذا الجفاف مهما كبر وشاخ لأنه يجد في نفسه القدرة على بذل الحنان دائماً مهما حدث له ومهما تلقى من صدمات . وبهذه القوة وحدها يسترد حب الناس الذي فقده ويسترد ثقته في الدنيا” - مصطفى محمود
45. “I don’t want to freeze my eggs. I don’t want to visit a sperm bank. I don’t want to be a single parent, if I have any choice in the matter. I want a nuclear family. I want to put down roots, to let my seeds germinate, to watch them bloom and flourish. Not one day, if and when I ever fall in love again, but now. While I still have my youth, damn it.” - Monica Pradhan
46. “If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be.” - Wanda E. Brunstetter
47. “The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.” - Robin Sharma
48. “Gather the best you have to offer and create a heartfelt, prosperous life full of purpose.” - Gail McMeekin
49. “There are blue diamonds born to the world and given to those who only want glass crystals. There are blue roses born to the world yet given to those who only want daisies. Blue diamond, don't cry because they want glass crystals. Blue rose, don't bleed because they see only the daisies. You were formed in the bedroom of the gods, you were conceived in the garden of the eternal!” - C. JoyBell C.
50. “One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy.” - Anais Nin
51. “Just remember, the difference between being good versus being great is just a few points, inches, or seconds.” - Bruce H. Jackson
52. “I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one's emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one's pearls to the pigs.” - C. JoyBell C.
53. “Realize this – your anger with God does not drive a wedge between you and Him. It is your silence that drives the wedge. - Prodigal Life” - Pauline Creeden
54. “Some days flowed smoothly while others raged over rough waters, but through it all the current brought her closer to the Lord." Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter” - Carla Olson Gade
55. “Freedom is a place, an area. It's a higher place. There are some other people that are here, and things that are here which are unseen. But you first have to set yourself free and believe in what you cannot see, believe that there is something more out there. In freedom can be found many devotions: a devotion to love, a desire to believe, a willingness to be happy, a perseverance to have peace. All these unseen things breathe and grow in the unseen soul. A free person is not an uncommitted person, but in a free person you will find a deep devotion, and a desire to be devoted to even more.” - C. JoyBell C.
56. “There's only one truth!” - Felix Y. Siauw
57. “You get that one chance; and damn it, you’ve got to take it! If there’s one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity, its that there are those things that might happen only once, those chances that come walking down the street, strolling out of a café; if you don’t let go and take them, they really could get away! We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement– the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness– that we forget why we came here! We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have! Not to wait! Nobody came here to wait! So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again? It could, but what if it doesn’t? You go and you take the chance that you get; even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish! Because it just might not come back again. You could wait a lifetime to see if it will...but I don’t think you should.” - C. JoyBell C.
58. “Write to Inspire. Write to Express. Write to Live.” - The Refined Poet
59. “Kalau hidup sekadar hidup, babi di hutan juga hidup.Kalau bekerja sekadar bekerja, kera juga bekerja.” - Hamka
60. “It's through our past, that we gain our Future." BW. 2006” - Brandi Winans
61. “This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.” - Aberjhani
62. “Forgiveness is empowering for the forgiver. Years of resentment, frustration, and pain are set FREE!” - Dana Arcuri
63. “Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter” - Robert Greene
64. “Growth or stagnation? There is no in-between. Life always seeks more of itself and death picks up the slack.” - Christopher Babson
65. “Let go of self-condemnation and guilt!” - Tae Yun Kim
66. “Estou procurando um lugar que precise de muitas reformas e consertos, mas que tenha fundações sólidas. Estou disposto a demolir paredes, construir pontes e acender fogueiras. Tenho uma grande experiência, um monte de energia, um pouco dessa coisa de ‘visão’ e não tenho medo de começar do zero. - Steve Jobs” - Leander Kahney
67. “A story should be like a river, flowing and never stopping, your readers passengers on a boat, whirling downstream through constantly refreshing and changing scemery.” - Ray Bradbury
68. “May Light always surround you;Hope kindle and rebound you.May your Hurts turn to Healing;Your Heart embrace Feeling.May Wounds become Wisdom;Every Kindness a Prism.May Laughter infect you;Your Passion resurrect you.May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires.Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire.” - D. Simone
69. “Leadership reveals itself in the big moments, but is forged in the small. It is the exponential and compounding product of our many incremental behaviors and actions; all of which arise out of our choices in values, beliefs & emotions. Choices all. Not a one is thrust upon us.” - Christopher Babson
70. “Respecting others is the biggest discipline.” - JP Joshi
71. “...if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.” - Bruce Lee
72. “People Are Like FruitsThey All Come In Different,Colours,Shapes And Sizes.Just Love Them All” - Official Barbie Michelle
73. “We All Have Light In our Lives,You Just Need To Find The Switch.” - Official Barbie Michelle
74. “I don't so much mind looking back on having lost the election, or having been denied a role in the play, or having had my novel repeatedly rejected, or having been turned down for a date, or recalling laughter at my expense when I attempted some silly challenge. Those things simply prove that I lived life. What I do mind, however, is looking back on the lost opportunities where imagined concerns kept me from even trying—lose or win. I've learned that there is no regret in a brave attempt, only in cowering to fear.” - Richelle E. Goodrich
75. “It’s been said that love is all there is; that a lack of love causes people to do evil things. I can buy that. Take it a step further: capitalism, by itself, is not a bad thing; but when taken to an extreme, as it has been in America—when Christmas is but a measuring stick for how well the economy is doing, when Wall Street and the banking industry turn nescient heads to morality in pursuit of the Almighty Dollar, when love of money overshadows love of self and others—what then?In the grand scheme of the universe—whatever that scheme may be—when one considers its immensity, that it has existed for billions of years, some of us realize how insignificant our seventy or eighty years is; while others, for whatever reason (selfishness?) pursue materialism to a vulgar degree. In the end, what does all that matter, really?It’s nice to spoil oneself from time to time; but really, life’s true gift to oneself is doing and giving to others. That’s love.” - J. Conrad Guest, novelist
76. “To move into what God has in mind for you, it is necessary to discover your purpose, to know where you are going, and to understand the reason for your existence.” - Pedro Okoro
77. “I believe in roses. And I believe in putting roses into a vase and sitting the vase on the table. I believe in getting lost and being found, I believe in going barefoot, and in laughter! My religion is to laugh at myself, whenever I can! I believe in the sunlight and in grey skies with big, beautiful clouds!” - C. JoyBell C.
78. “No matter how you twist and turn, your ass is always in the back.” - Andrew Sturm
79. “I know that when things are at their worst, something better is just around the corner if we just put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward.” - Suzanne E. Anderson
80. “Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.” - T.D. Jakes
81. “If all you do is run every time, stop for a minute and take a glance at your back; you may have an idea of what you've been running from” - Eve Lee myself
82. “The weakest are from deeply within the strongest of all natures” - Jase Wolf
83. “No-one ever built themselves up by tearing down another.” - Brian Randleas
84. “Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace. They are fortunate beings. They do not need to apprehend the significance of things. They do not grow weary nor miss step, nor do they fall out of rank and sink by the wayside to be left contemplating the moving procession.Ah! that moving procession that has left me by the road-side! Its fantastic colors are more brilliant and beautiful than the sun on the undulating waters. What matter if souls and bodies are failing beneath the feet of the ever-pressing multitude! It moves with the majestic rhythm of the spheres. Its discordant clashes sweep upward in one harmonious tone that blends with the music of other worlds--to complete God's orchestra.It is greater than the stars--that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon. Oh! I could weep at being left by the wayside; left with the grass and the clouds and a few dumb animals. True, I feel at home in the society of these symbols of life's immutability. In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march.Salve! ye dumb hearts. Let us be still and wait by the roadside.” - Kate Chopin
85. “Joy is possible no matter what you have experienced in your life...” - Sheri Kaye Hoff
86. “Nemoj da se sažaljevaš. To rade samo kreteni.” - Haruki Murakami
87. “I really like the thing called friendship. And I think the most fulfilling kind of friendship is the one that you stumble quite randomly upon. Unexpected and unknown. You can learn a lot about yourself from these kinds of friendships, and some last a long time while others last only for the duration of time that you have together! But then I wonder, is the length of a friendship measured by the time you are given to spend within each others' company? Or is it measured by how long into the future you can look back at the photos you took, look back and replay the adventures and the laughter in your head; still feeling like it was one of the "bestest" times of your life? Because if it's the latter, I have a thousand friends!” - C. JoyBell C.
88. “Love every version of yourself, they help create your own unique version of extraordinary.” - Kaiden Blake
89. “Don't judge your success by what people think of you. You are your own success.Your determination and perserverence is what matters.” - Abigal Muchecheti
90. “There’s something about human nature which draws us to people who are authentic and makes us want to repel those that aren’t.” - Rachael Bermingham
91. “There are essentially two questions in life - a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is 'Who am I?' The material question is 'What am I to do with my life?' One leads to the other.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru
92. “Sometimes life isn't what you think it should be or want it to be. Sometimes life is just life and it goes on even without you. The key is to make the most out of it while you can.” - Jean Williams
93. “Give us a world where half our homes are run by men, and half our institutions are run by women. I'm pretty sure that would be a better world.” - Sheryl Sandberg
94. “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” - William Faulkner
95. “Hatred only tarnishes the soul that carries it.” - D.B. Harrop
96. “Fear can keep you up all night, but faith makes one fine pillow.” - Philip Gulley
97. “To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest foe real progress.” - Tahir Shah
98. “Patience Pays..Is true! But the greater truth is that it takes advance payment before it pays you in return!” - Sujit Lalwani
99. “Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark.” - Jay Danzie
100. “Watch me go. Watch me. Because you said i couldn't. Because you thought I wouldn't. Go on, cry now. Cry.” - Kellie Elmore
