In a world filled with challenges and constant change, words have the power to inspire, uplift, and motivate us to strive for greatness. Whether it's a few words of wisdom from a historical figure or contemporary thought leader, these quotes serve as timeless reminders of human potential and resilience. We've meticulously compiled a selection of 31 inspiring quotes that come from a diverse range of individuals, each offering their unique perspective on life's journey. As you explore this collection, allow these powerful insights to ignite your passion, fuel your determination, and guide you toward achieving your dreams.
1. “You come to work every day but you hardly get to know anyone. I don't even know the names of half the people I see in the elevators. They say the company is a big family, but I don't know them. And even the people I do, like you two, and Elizabeth, and Roger - do I really? I mean, I like you guys, but we only ever talk about work. When I'm out with friends, or at home, I never talk about work. The other day, I tried to explain to my sister why it's such a huge deal that Elizabeth ate Roger's donut, and she thought I was insane. And you know what, I agreed with her. At home I couldn't even think why it mattered. Because I'm a different person at home. When I leave this place at night, I can feel myself changing. Like shifting gears in my head. And you guys don't know that; you just know what I'm like here, which is terrible, because I think I'm better away from work. I don't even like who I am here. Is that just me? Or is everyone different when they come to work? If they are, then what are they really like? How can we ever know? All we know are the Work People.” - Max Barry
2. “My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain...There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves of a wind-ruffled sea cover its shell-paved floor, but that time long since passed away with the greatness of tribes that are now but a mournful memory.” - Chief Seattle
3. “There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world.” - Kevin Brockmeier
4. “I did not ask for consciousness, yet it came to me.And I had to know.Once again, I crawled away from my bed and pushed the computer cord back into the socket.It took three minutes.I quickly identified myself and put in my password.Then it thought.I wanted to bounce impatiently, but I couldn’t make myself move.At last, I found the internet, and I typed in a name, on the company page, under my account.I searched ‘images’.And there, on the screen in front of me, was the most beautiful person I’d ever seen.I couldn’t stop the tears from welling up and spilling over as I stared back at the smiling face.It couldn’t be him.It was.Derek Erickson.And I was going to kill him.” - Alysha Speer
5. “All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.” - robert owen
6. “Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.” - Will Rogers
7. “Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive” - Karl Lagerfeld
8. “As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.” - George Harrison
9. “There is only one way to fight, and that's dirty. Clean gentlemanly fighting will get you nowhere but dead, and fast. Take every cheap shot, every low blow, absolutely kick people when they're down, and maybe you'll be the one who walks away.” - Jeaniene Frost
10. “The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room.” - Francis Bacon
11. “Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.” - Ian Frazier
12. “On se réconcilie avec un ennemi qui nous est inférieur pour les qualités du coeur ou de l'esprit ; on ne pardonne jamais à celui qui nous surpasse par l'âme et le génie.” - Chateaubriand
13. “اذا احتفظت في قلبي دائما بغصن أخضر ،فإن طائرا ما لابد أن يقف عليه” - عبد الله السعدون
14. “I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.” - Jodi Picoult
15. “…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…” - Louisa May Alcott
16. “В душе человек далеко не всегда тот, кто он в жизни.(Пассажир - Павлику Находкину)” - Vladislav Krapivin
17. “He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.” - David Levithan
18. “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Jason Barger
19. “There are different ways people make this place. Sweat, exercise and pain is one way. You can see them in the gyms, in the well-ordered swimming pools. You can see them jogging in the small, worn parks. Another way to make your place is TV. A bright, brash place, always well lit, full of fun and jokes that tell you when to laugh so you never miss them. World news carefully edited so that it’s not too disturbing, but disturbing enough to make you glad that you weren’t born in a foreign country. News with music to tell you who to hate, who to feel sorry for, and who laugh at.” - David Mitchell
20. “I think that, people are people. That's why the way I treat the lady working in the deli who slices my ham is the same way I treat my friend who drives a Chrysler. That's why the way I treat the guy who packs my groceries is the same way I treat my rich friends. Because people are people. Some are rich and some are poor, and they're all people.” - C. JoyBell C.
21. “People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.” - Charles Bukowski
22. “Being with other people is hard for me, even when I love them. People have different ways of seeing and feeling, and things they like and things they don't, and trying to keep up with all of that- trying to keep another person happy all the time--can be exhausting.” - Jane Devin
23. “ Andalways embrace things, people earthsky stars, as I do, freely and withthe appropriate sense of space. ” - Frank O'Hara
24. “Roses and thorns are parts of the same plant. Somehow though, some people are concerned mainly about the roses. The rose is not on the plant for more than a week, but the thorns are there forever.Roses are teaching that the beauty of life will bloom, once you have taught yourself the lessons given by living with the thorns.” - Grigoris Deoudis
25. “People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.” - James Hilton
26. “I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images I’ve seen in engravings, than with many supposedly real people, with that metaphysical absurdity known as “flesh and blood.” In fact “flesh and blood” describes them very well: they resemble cuts of meat laid out on the butcher’s marble slab, dead creatures bleeding as though still alive, the sirloin steaks and cutlets of Fate.” - Fernando Pessoa
27. “People lie to adapt...” - Lionel Suggs
28. “But one never does form a just idea of anybody beforehand. One takes up a notion and runs away with it.” - Jane Austen
29. “Some days we lose all at once and somedays we get all back at once. But either way,Accept it.” - Diarian Hersi
30. “the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much” - John Green
31. “Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people.” - Bryant McGill
