47 Simple And Inspiring Quotes

In a world that often feels overwhelming and fast-paced, finding solace in simplicity and inspiration can be a breath of fresh air. Simple quotes have the remarkable ability to distill complex emotions and ideas into just a few words, offering clarity and motivation when we need it most. Whether you're looking for a boost to start your day, a gentle reminder to stay grounded, or a moment of reflection, these 47 simple and inspiring quotes are sure to resonate with you. Join us as we explore words that uplift the soul and ignite the spirit, proving that sometimes, the most profound messages are the simplest ones.

1. “Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.” - Arthur Conan Doyle

2. “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” - Dalai Lama XIV

3. “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

4. “Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.” - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

5. “It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.” - Natsuki Takaya

6. “Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.” - Dean Koontz

7. “Whenever something is engineered as complex, it is designed to keep you simple.” - Richard Diaz

8. “Simple things bring infinite pleasure. Yet, it takes us a while to realize that. But once simple is in, complex it out - forever.” - Joan Marques

9. “When it's all said and done, the only thing that matter in life are so damn simple. Family, friends. being safe and well. I think before the war a lot of people got sucked in by the crap on TV. They thought having the right shoes or the right jeans or the right car really mattered. Boy were we ever dumb.” - John Marsden

10. “Smartass Disciple: Why do arrogant people like to say complex words ?Master of Stupidity: Ask them straight! You'll get a simple scary version.” - Toba Beta

11. “There will Be a Moment when Your eyes meet, and everything in the world will be simple again.” - Michael Edwards

12. “The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

13. “It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.” - Henry David Thoreau

14. “Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.” - Ann Voskamp

15. “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” - Steve Jobs

16. “If we are exhorted to play simple melodies with beauty rather than difficult ones with error, the same should be applied to writing; simple words greater effect.” - Sonia Rumzi

17. “Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.” - Criss Jami

18. “Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.” - Steve Maraboli

19. “So that’s our approach. Very simple, and we’re really shooting for Museum of Modern Art quality. The way we’re running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let’s make it simple. Really simple.” Apple’s design mantra would remain the one featured on its first brochure: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Walter Isaacson

20. “I'm in love with you," he said quietly."Augustus," I said."I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.” - John Green

21. “Everything seems simpler from a distance.” - Gail Tsukiyama

22. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” - Plato

23. “The rules are simple!” - Kazuki Takahashi

24. “Flying is simple. Hitting the ground is hard” - Josh Stern

25. “Saying something is far too simple is a doubter's way or trying to make the world more complex so he won't have answers.” - Adam P. Knave

26. “Life's so simple, thought Jill, if only you can strike the right note. All it needed was a little give-and-take. She'd often said so.” - Helen Hodgman

27. “You were right to come to see a dying man. It is right that these moments should have witnesses. Everyone has his dream; I would like to live till dawn, but I know I have less than three hours left. It will be night, but no matter. Dying is simple. It does not take daylight. So be it: I will die by starlight” - Victor Hugo

28. “Simplicity is, as simple as you make it.” - Anthony Liccione

29. “Live like a PRINCE and die like a WARRIOR.” - Sagar Ugale

30. “When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.” - Franciscan friar William of Ockham

31. “Love is almost never simple.” - Dejan Stojanovic

32. “The most complicated skill is to be simple.” - Dejan Stojanovic

33. “To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.” - Dejan Stojanovic

34. “My mathematics is simple: one plus one = one.” - Dejan Stojanovic

35. “The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect.” - Steve Maraboli

36. “The rules are simple: the first one to lose dies.” - Kazuki Takahashi

37. “We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.” - Marguerite De Angeli

38. “I was thinking how complicated life is and how there are no simple roads or paths. We are a fabric of mistakes and hurts; a family tree of fumbled attempts, successes and failures.” - Belinda Jeffrey

39. “the grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things” - Paulo Coelho

40. “The life of less, one bent on simplicity, and not needing or wanting anything other than what God has deemed good for you turns out to be all you could ever need or want.” - Hayley and Michael DiMarco

41. “I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.” - Muhammad Yunus

42. “How simple and fragile life is.” - Danny Scheinmann

43. “It's simply brilliant because it's brilliantly simple.” - Tony Cane-Honeysett

44. “Life is simple; it's just not easy.” - Steve Maraboli

45. “Happiness, after all, is found in the simplest of things.” - Steve Maraboli

46. “The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly. We owe many valuable observations to people who are not very acute or profound, and who say the thing without effort which we want and have long been hunting in vain.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

47. “We can't go back, Alexa", he said. " We can't go back once we've started growing up, and the world can't be made simple again.” - Patrick Carman