64 Paraphrased Inspirational Quotes

Inspiration can often be found in the words of others, offering us new perspectives and fresh motivation when we need it most. With the power to uplift, encourage, and ignite change, inspirational quotes have become a cherished tool for many seeking a little push along their journey. In this collection, we've gathered 64 paraphrased gems, each reimagined yet preserving the essence and wisdom of the originals. Whether you're looking to spark creativity, find courage in challenging times, or simply bring a sense of positivity to your day, these quotes are here to guide and inspire you. Dive in and let each one resonate in its unique way, offering you insight and encouragement tailored to your own life's path.

1. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

2. “Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” - Albert Einstein

3. “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” - Mother Teresa

4. “Do you hate people?”“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.” - Charles Bukowski

5. “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” - Oscar Wilde

6. “The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining.” - Tracy Thompson

7. “It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.” - Grantland Rice

8. “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas A. Edison

9. “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure” - Oscar Wilde

10. “God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.” - Mother Teresa

11. “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” - Richard Lingard

12. “When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.” - Joan Bauer

13. “I get mail; therefore I am.” - Scott Adams

14. “Nothing is forever except change.” - Gautama Buddha

15. “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we'll die” - Dave Matthews

16. “Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.” - Terry Pratchett

17. “The proper study of Mankind is Everything.” - Margaret Atwood

18. “Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.” - Terry Pratchett

19. “Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.” - Lemony Snicket

20. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” - Mother Teresa

21. “It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers.” - Neil Gaiman

22. “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” - Mother Teresa

23. “It's better to have loved and lost than to be nagged about buying a damn anniversary gift every year.” - Joey Green

24. “Women should be obscene and not heard.” - Paul Meredith Potter

25. “I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books.” - Tara Bray Smith

26. “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.” - Bertrand Russell

27. “Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.” - Dick Francis

28. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little” - Shannon Hale

29. “Mothers are the necessity of invention.” - Bill Watterson

30. “Macon EthanI lay my head down on his chest and cried because had livedbecause he had dieda dry ocean, a desert of emotionhappysad darklight sorrowjoy swept over me, under mei could hear the sound but i could not understand the words and then i realized the sound was me, breakingin one moment i was feeling everything and i was feeling nothingi was shattered, i was saved, i lost everthing, i was given everything elsesomething in me died, something in me was born, i only knewthe girl was gonewhoever i was now, i would never be her again this is the waythe world ends not with a bang but a whimperclaim yourself claim yourself claim yourself claimgratitude fury love despair hope hatefirst green is gold but nothing green can staydonttrynothinggreencanstay-Lena Duchannes” - Kami Garcia

31. “Science advances one funeral at a time.” - Max Planck

32. “He who hesitates is a damned fool.” - Mae West

33. “Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about anyone else” - L.J. Smith

34. “Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come” - Mario Puzo

35. “Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.” - Banksy

36. “The curve is more powerful than the sword.” - Mae West

37. “The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd with a loaded gun and firing into it randomly” - André Breton

38. “What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.” - Marian Keyes

39. “I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.” - Linus Pauling

40. “Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.” - Mother Teresa

41. “How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.” - Richelle Mead

42. “I believe I am in Hell, therefore I am.” - Arthur Rimbaud

43. “What will be is up to me” - Kevin Green

44. “Michael was still an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, coated in yum. Only now the enigma was a little less mysterious; I was a few clues closer to solving the riddle - but damn, that man would always be coated in yum.” - Lisa Shearin

45. “And then what?""I'll burn that bridge when I cross it.” - Ilona Andrews

46. “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.” - Oscar Wilde

47. “Aren't you an enigma wrapped in a thick coating of contradictions.” - Sherrilyn Kenyon

48. “Today is the last day of some of your life. Don't waste it." quote from Tara Daniels” - Jill Shalvis

49. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.” - Charles Stross

50. “Atlas smirked.” - Rick Riordan

51. “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” - Barbara de Angelis

52. “Believe everything you read” - Kurt Cobain

53. “We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.” - Diogenes Laertius

54. “We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us".” - Malcolm X

55. “...because in one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was "The pathway to wisdom lies through excess” - Jack Kerouac

56. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size” - Melissa Nathan

57. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date.” - Elizabeth Eulberg

58. “When a man plans, a woman laughs.” - David Wong

59. “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And what I can do, I ought to do. And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I shall do.” - Sound of America (E.Hale)

60. “You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.” - Cassandra Clare

61. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.” - Julia Quinn

62. “Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.” - Louise Brooks

63. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.” - Lauren Willig

64. “See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.” - Terry Pratchett