July 27, 2024, 6:45 p.m.
In our fast-paced world, finding a moment of inspiration can make all the difference. Whether you're seeking motivation to start your day, a boost of confidence to tackle a challenge, or a snippet of wisdom to ponder, there's something truly uplifting about a well-crafted quote. This collection brings together 69 of the most powerful and inspirational quotes from thinkers, leaders, and visionaries across history. Dive in and let these words of wisdom spark a newfound sense of purpose and positivity in your life.
1. “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” - Robert Frost
2. “And it's the funniest thing: as soon as I see it, the whistling in my ears stops and the feeling of terror drains away, and I realize this whole time I haven't been falling at all. I've been floating.” - Lauren Oliver
3. “I am a flawed person. A brook with many stones, a clear blue sky with many blackbirds. I have many shortcomings. A rainbow that’s not long enough, a starry night with clouds. But I can only be thankful to the God who loves me just this way, and I can only be grateful to the people in my life who accept the clear blue sky with many blackbirds and who are patient with the rainbow that isn’t long enough. And because of this, I am taught love, because of this I love my God, and I love these people.” - C. JoyBell C.
4. “I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” - C. JoyBell C.
5. “The difference between me and other people is that they all walk around with onion skins wrapped around them. Pre-meditations, pretentions, the faces that they present to the world, the faces that they present to themselves.. onion skins that come in layer after layer. They're on the inside of all that. And I... I am the inside of the onion skin walking around. I am only me.” - C. JoyBell C.
6. “Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.” - C. JoyBell C.
7. “It is not needful for our dreams to be very grand nor very big. It is only needful for our dreams to be very shiny.” - C. JoyBell C.
8. “I looked long and hard for the paper roses! I found the reddest red ribbon, and a little golden card! We were all there together, many of us, in the same place; but I was the only one who found the paper roses, the only one who chose the reddest red ribbon, and the only one who topped off with a golden card. And so I learned that if people are unhappy, it is only because they don't know how to look for the paper roses, they don't see the reddest red ribbon, and they don't like the little golden cards. We are all in the same wrap-shoppe in this life. But we are different. Because some of us are looking for the paper roses, choosing the reddest red ribbon, and picking up the little golden cards.” - C. JoyBell C.
9. “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
10. “Simbol, huruf dan angka adalah alat, sedangkan gagasan adalah roh sebuah tulisan.” - I Made Iwan Darmawan
11. “Ah, yes, choice. I chose to let my ghosts stay in past. Past is history you know. Living is now. I sat. I breathed. I let past go. I let future go. I am. That is all.” - Natalie Wright
12. “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
13. “Love for yourself is the key to loving other. Love begins with you.” - Miguel Ruiz
14. “Sometimes the things that are felt the most are expressed between two souls over the distance and over time...where no words abide. And others may speak freely, live with one another freely, express themselves freely– just like everyone else, but then there is you... you have no words for proof of reassurance, no tokens of professed love, but you have something. Something worth keeping.” - C. JoyBell C.
15. “Failure is when you give up. A real winner is someone that doesn't give up, even when it feels like they are losing.” - Joshua Hartzell
16. “Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought it was soft, I thought it was delicate, but look, I cannot even tear it" ? Surely, this man is not in his right mind! The silk is not fake! This silk is 100% real. It's the man who is stupid!” - C. JoyBell C.
17. “عيب الإنسان الأكبر هو إنكاره عيوبه, ودفاعه المستميت عنها.” - مريد البرغوثي
18. “We all have something redeemable in us, no matter how small." - Laura Armstrong, A Human Element” - Donna Galanti
19. “You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.” - GaryLFrancione
20. “Each day is a giftTo embrace and welcome” - Karen Hackel
21. “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
22. “But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.” - Stephen Chbosky
23. “It is the road you take that decides your destiny and not your destiny that decides the road you take.” - Apoorve Dubey
24. “A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.” - Tony Robbins
25. “A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.” - Pat Cher
26. “When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!” - Casi McLean
27. “[Christ] will come again. But we must look to Scripture, not human thought, for our guide to preparing.” - David Jeremiah
28. “If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.” - David Jeremiah
29. “If we come from the water, I conclude that we come from different kinds of it. I will meet a person and in his eyes see an ocean, deep and never ending; then I will meet another person and feel as though I have stepped into a shallow puddle on the street, there is nothing in it. Or maybe some of us come from the water, and some of us come from somewhere else; then it's all a matter of finding those who are the same as us.” - C. JoyBell C.
30. “I think that the best kind of change, is the change that comes from the inside and begins it's way out until it emerges on the outside; a change that is born underneath then continues and spreads until it has reached the surface. That's a true change. A powerful change. And I have found that while we are emerging, changing into something glorious; it is actually us becoming who we really are. A water lily is born underneath the water, inside the soil at the bottom of the river or lake. And the water lily has always been a water lily for that whole time that it was sprouting out of the wet soil, reaching up through the dark water towards the sunlight, stretching and grasping for the surface; where it then buds and blooms on the outside in the sunshine. It doesn't bud and bloom on the surface and then try to reach down below into the soil.” - C. JoyBell C.
31. “Life is a bowl of cherries. Some cherries are rotten while others are good; its your job to throw out the rotten ones and forget about them while you enjoy eating the ones that are good! There are two kinds of people: those who choose to throw out the good cherries and wallow in all the rotten ones, and those who choose to throw out all the rotten ones and savor all the good ones.” - C. JoyBell C.
32. “The ultimate weakenss of a man is when his spirit is crushed with no hope rather than how disable or handicapped he is .” - Rudzani Ralph
33. “Amor eterno,A distância é a força vital da minha vida ela e a magia do nosso amor. Gracas a ela pode voltar a mar-te, a distancia. Por favor vai para bem longe de mim que tenho medo de perder-te. Não te aproximes por favor, não destruas o nosso amor. So a distancia logrou devolver-nos o amor que ja nao existia. Por favor não voltes nunca mais, Porque nos os dois acabamos de descobrir a essência do nosso amor. A distancia levou o nosso amor a eternidade! Amor eterno que só a distancia logrou ressuscitar. Autor: Sergio Correia.Warrington, 24.08.2012” - Sergio Figueira Correia
34. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” - Lou Holtz
35. “Write to Inspire. Write to Express. Write to Live.” - The Refined Poet
36. “There are still some wonderful people left in this world! They are diamonds in the rough, but they're around! You'll find them when you fall down– they're the ones who pick you up, who don't judge, and you had to fall down to see them! When you get up again, remember who your true friends are!” - C. JoyBell C.
37. “Green strongly influences the heart and helps alleviate tension. Positive qualities associated with green are generosity, humility, and cooperation. Foods of the green vibration are all green fruits and green vegetables.” - Tae Yun Kim
38. “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
39. “I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.” - Veronica Roth
40. “When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.” - Iyanla Vanzant
41. “Darkness cannot survive in light, but a light can shine in the dark!” - Odille Rault
42. “Ever feel so happy that you want to crawl out of your own skin so you can see it for yourself?” - Patricia Bachkoff Weber
43. “why do we hold on to those who hurt us? thinking that one day they will change, when in reality its up to us how much we want to take, we must not convinse our selves that we could change a person therefore, we move on to the next chapter, and maybe down the road you will find that special some one thats just right for you, with no need to change any thing.” - Veronica Esparza
44. “As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.” - Rick Warren
45. “It takes life to live life” - Jonathan Safran Foer
46. “Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present.” - John Kuypers
47. “Each of us is the best we can be when we are fully present, focused yet relaxed, curious yet non-judgmental, committed yet flexible.” - John Kuypers
48. “There is one undeniable truth about our body: it only exists in the present moment.” - John Kuypers
49. “You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.” - John Kuypers
50. “Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.” - Mary DeMuth
51. “I do wonder why people hate their grey hair so much! I think grey hair is a gift from the moon! When the moon laughs, her eyes produce tears of joy that fall to the earth and onto the tops of people's heads!” - C. JoyBell C.
52. “Sometimes we need to feel bad to know what it's like to feel good...” - Nitra Gipson
53. “Whoever loves much, does much...” - Thomas A. Kempis
54. “Wanting help, I reached out to serve. Seeking happiness, I smiled and offered comfort. Yearning for love, I showed love. And now I understand. My life was never about me, it was always about you.” - Richelle E. Goodrich
55. “Indeed, God is always with us even when things look hopeless.” - Jennifer Hudson Taylor
56. “Choosing to love, in spite of all its complexities, is the only freedom there is.” - Chriscinthia Blount
57. “It is not the size of a person in the fight, but the size of the fight in a person is what determines victory.” - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
58. “Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid––boldly angelic.” - Aberjhani
59. “My religion consists of laughing at myself. My motto is this: As long as there is a me, there is a reason to laugh out loud!” - C. JoyBell C.
60. “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
61. “Strong isn't about not being afraid, Caitlin. It's about facing what you're scared of.” - Lindsay J. Pryor
62. “Surround yourself with people who are really good and really passionate about what they do regardless of what it is… positivity and passion make a powerful combination.” - Rachael Bermingham
63. “Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru
64. “I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.” - Ian McEwan
65. “sabar, doa, dan semangat berharap dan meminta pertolongan hanya kepada Allah semata” - yeni dwi
66. “All have dreams, live for them, They add meaning to LIFE.The only thing that differentiates us from other beings is the fact that us can DREAM!!!” - Sujit Lalwani
67. “Al margen de lo que la vida le depare a cada uno, era estupendo tener un buen amigo.” - Nicolas Barreau
68. “For those who are not frightened by the solitude, everything will have a different taste.In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.And those who are alone at this moment, need never be frightened by the words of the devil: ‘You’re wasting your time.’Or by the chief demon’s even more potent words: ‘No one cares about you.’The Divine Energy is listening to us when we speak to other people, but also when we are still and silent and able to accept solitude as a blessing.And when we achieve that harmony, we receive more than we asked for.” - Paulo Coelho
69. “Just because you can speak louder than me does not make you more right!” - Mark W Boyer