97 Hidden Motivational Quotes

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, a little motivation can be the spark that ignites the drive to push forward, overcome challenges, and reach new heights. While we're all familiar with some of the more common motivational quotes, there exists a treasure trove of hidden gems that possess the power to inspire and uplift in profound ways. These lesser-known quotes offer fresh perspectives and unique insights, providing just the right words at the right moment to propel you towards your goals. In this piece, we delve into a curated collection of 97 hidden motivational quotes that have the potential to transform your mindset and energize your journey. Get ready to uncover these striking pieces of wisdom that might just become your new daily mantra.

1. “One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.” - Oscar Wilde

2. “there's a bluebird in my heart thatwants to get outbut I'm too clever, I only let him outat night sometimeswhen everybody's asleep.I say, I know that you're there,so don't besad.then I put him back,but he's singing a littlein there, I haven't quite let himdieand we sleep together likethatwith oursecret pactand it's nice enough tomake a manweep, but I don'tweep, doyou?” - Charles Bukowski

3. “In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world. ” - Alberto Manguel

4. “The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.” - Orson Scott Card

5. “There is nothing perfect...only life.” - Sue Monk Kidd

6. “We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.” - Blaise Pascal

7. “The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.” - Vera Nazarian

8. “You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make- your very heartbeat, almost.” - Deb Caletti

9. “But remember what I said about forgetting what I said?” - Pseudonymous Bosch

10. “It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.” - Pseudonymous Bosch

11. “Kira: L, do you knowGods of deathlove apples?L: Damn you, Kira...” - Tsugumi Ohba

12. “Secrets tear you apart.” - Mitch Albom

13. “Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.Their language has been lost.But not the gestures.” - Vera Nazarian

14. “Look: the trees exist; the houseswe dwell in stand there stalwartly. Only wepass by it all, like a rush of air.And everything conspires to keep quiet about us,half out of shame perhaps, half out of some secret hope.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

15. “Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.” - Gregory Maguire

16. “The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.” - Karl Lagerfeld

17. “It is interesting that we call something good a “dream,” but being called a “dreamer” is somewhat of a putdown.Without dreamers, no dream would ever be given reality, and we would live in a very small and shallow world.If you are a secret dreamer, it’s your time to announce yourself.” - Vera Nazarian

18. “When the world is pregnant with lies, a secret long hidden will be revealed.” - Mark Mirabello

19. “You can't stop the futureYou can't rewind the pastThe only way to learn the secret...is to press play.” - Jay Asher

20. “Sometimes, we feel conscious but unable to move our body. The first thing to do is focus in a prayer, then start to wink frequently.By this way, slowly but sure our body can be moved totally by our persistent willpower.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

21. “There's no heaven as I had known before. It's just a great universe which is available to be enjoyed by souls who dream about it.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

22. “If humor and rumor are needed more than faith and truth, then it tells me something about the kind of world we live today.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

23. “Genetic code is a divine writing.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

24. “Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

25. “There are words in the soul of a newborn baby, wanting and waiting to be written.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

26. “If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also...but of course if you were able to stand soberly after the first slap.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

27. “Whoever won the wars in heavens, He is The God of men today.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

28. “Nothing else you want to do after all your dreams come true. You've become numb. You shouldn't have ever stopped dreaming.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

29. “Smartass Disciple: Master, how do you heal the broken heart?Master of Stupidity: It isn’t a disease need to be healed. It’s life.” - Toba Beta

30. “Smartass Disciple: Master, what is the secret recipe of your happiness?Master of Stupidity: If I tell you, there is nobody left to be made fun of.” - Toba Beta

31. “The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings.” - Toba Beta

32. “The truth is in the heart;out there is true darkness.” - Toba Beta

33. “Vystup na prvy schod s vierou. Nemusis vidiet cele schodisko. Jednoducho vystup na prvy schod.” - Martin Luther King

34. “Vsetko co sme, je dosledkom je dosledkom toho, co sme si mysleli” - Budha

35. “You must suffer me to go my own dark way.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

36. “I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.” - Deb Caletti

37. “Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask.” - Louisa May Alcott

38. “If the private life of the sea could ever be transposed onto paper, it would talk not about rivers or rain or glaciers or of molecules of oxygen and hydrogen, but of the millions of encounters its waters have shared with creatures of another nature.” - Federico Chini

39. “Saya akan pikul rahsia itu jika engkau percayakan kepada saya dan saya akan masukkan ke dalam perbendaharaan hati saya dan kemudian saya kunci pintunya erat-erat. Kunci itu akan saya lemparkan jauh-jauh sehingga seorang pun tak dapat mengambilnya kedalam lagi.” - Hamka

40. “Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.” - Karl Lagerfeld

41. “Mutually assured destruction.” - Holly Black

42. “The secret of happiness is something to do” - John Burroughs

43. “It's a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another.Ignorance is our deepest secret.And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones who often don't know it or don't want to admit it.Here is a quick test:If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.Before it is too late, go out there and find someone who, in your opinion, believes, assumes, or considers certain things very strongly and very differently from you, and just have a basic honest conversation.It will do both of you good.” - Vera Nazarian

44. “I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung my out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy. That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, but because he's more myself than I am. What ever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.'Ere this speech ended, I became sensible of Heathcliff's presence. Having noticed a slight movement, I turned my head, and saw him rise from the bench, and steal out noiselessly. He had listened till he heard Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him, and then he stayed to hear no further.” - Emily Brontë

45. “Our analyses of the FDA data showed relatively little difference between the effects of antidepressants and the effects of placebos. Indeed, the effects were so small that they did not qualify as clinically significant. The drug companies knew how small the effect of their medications were compared to placebos, and so did the FDA and other regulatory agencies. The companies found various ways to make the data seem more favorable to their products, and the FDA helped them keep their negative data secret. In fact, in some instances, the FDA urged the companies to keep negative data hidden, even when the companies wanted to reveal them. My colleagues and I hadn't really discovered anything new. We had merely revealed their 'dirty little secret'.” - Irving Kirsch

46. “How could it be that you could love someone so much and keep it secret from yourself as you woke daily so far from home?” - Alice Sebold

47. “Even without being believed, magic can change things. It moves invisibly through the air, dissolving the usual ways of seeing, allowing new ways to creep in, secretly, quietly, like a stray cat sliding thought the bushes.” - Janet Taylor Lisle

48. “The secret is that there is no secret.” - Lionel Shriver

49. “The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.” - Norman Rockwell

50. “I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.” - Anne Rice

51. “Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.” - Bram Stoker

52. “Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.” - William Goldman

53. “But it is no use to justify yourself. It is no good to explain. It is weak to be anecdotal. It is wise to conceal the past even if there is nothing to conceal. A man's power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.” - Hilary Mantel

54. “Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there.” - Bernie Mcgill

55. “Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change... sometimes, so do people.” - Gwen Ro

56. “Tiger Lily made an attempt at a smile. After having felt the need to glower at other children for most of her life, smiles never came easily to her face. But this one was half all right."I miss you already," he said.Tiger Lily wanted to say it back. But she held on to the words greedily, too caught in the habit of keeping herself a secret. And Peter-half sadly, half-expectantly-let her go.” - Jodi Lynn Anderson

57. “It's not the substance of what you make known to me that's beautiful; it's the opening of your heart. It is the 'yes' in your heart to be mine. The fact that you are revealing the secrets and letting me peer into your heart--that is in itself the beautiful part.” - Dana Candler

58. “Între eroare și prostie se poate observa un soi de înrudire și chiar o complicitate secretă pe care nimic, de-a lungul timpului, n-a izbutit s-o înlăture.” - Jean-Claude Carrière

59. “You don't look very happy."Tally tried to smile. David had shared his biggest secret with her; she should tell him hers. But she wasn't brave enough to say the words. "It's been a long night. That's all."He smiled back. "Don't worry, it won't last forever.” - Scott Westerfeld

60. “I’m bored to death. Perhaps I should pillage one of my neighbors for my own amusement. It seems to work for Drowden.” - Kristin Cashore

61. “Would you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?” - Kristin Cashore

62. “Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.” - J. R. R. Tolkien

63. “The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic.“Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?”“Yes!” whispered all the children.“Let’s!” - Enid Blyton

64. “The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.” - Enid Blyton

65. “No man can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips.” - Jed Rubenfeld

66. “Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.” - Todd Stocker

67. “Tell me, how do get away from your own self?” she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret.” - Shannon A Thompson

68. “It is better to have ten skeletons in your closet, than walk with no bones.” - Anthony Liccione

69. “I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.” - Jessica Sorensen

70. “[on why he considers Marlon Brando and Jean-Louis Trintignant to be his favorite actors] They don't externalize or project everything. They keep a mystery within themselves, and that I think is the sign of a truly great actor, to be able to maintain that.” - Michael Haneke

71. “To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.” - Dejan Stojanovic

72. “To write good poems is the secret of brevity.” - Dejan Stojanovic

73. “To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.” - Dejan Stojanovic

74. “To go where no one else has ever gone before is the secret of heroism.” - Dejan Stojanovic

75. “Will the day tell its secret Before it disappears, Becomes timeless night.” - Dejan Stojanovic

76. “The secret is writing down one simple line after another.” - Charles Bukowski

77. “History isn't all fact--it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past.” - Heather Anastasiu

78. “This would be a secret that I would carry with me, until the day I died.” - T. Scott McLeod

79. “There are skeletons in everyone's closet, things no one ever wants the world to discover.” - Jodi Picoult

80. “...this refinement and delicacy were what Cale adored; but Cale had been beaten into shape, hammered in dreadful fires of fear and pain. How could she be with him for long? A secret part of Arbell had been searching for some time for a way to leave her lover—although she was unaware of this, it is only fair to record. And so as Cale waited for her to save him while he worked out a way of saving her, she had already chosen the bitter but reasonable path of the good, of the many over the one...” - Paul Hoffman

81. “...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...” - John Geddes

82. “Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three” - Edith Hamilton

83. “For so long, it was just my secret. It burned inside me, and I felt like I was carrying something important, something that made me who I was and made me different from everybody else. I took it with me everywhere, and there was never a moment when I wasn't aware of it. It was like I was totally awake, like I could feel every nerve ending in my body. Sometimes my skin would almost hurt from the force of it, that's how strong it was. Like my whole body was buzzing or something. I felt almost, I don't know, noble, like a medieval knight or something, carrying this secret love around with me.” - Carolyn Parkhurst

84. “In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” - Christopher Morley

85. “I did not have an opportunity to speak privately with Peter until just as he was leaving, when he handed me one of the Burns song-sheets and (with a most earnest look) told me to read it before I went to bed.The song was 'My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,' but it was not until was up in my bedchamber that I saw he had written on the inside page: 'My mother would be honoured if you visited her after church tomorrow.” - Jennifer Paynter

86. “I stared up at the sky and raised my middle finger, just in case God was watching. I don't like being spied on.” - Annabel Pitcher

87. “The great secret in salam is it brings love, tranquility and peace to the person receiving the greeting.” - Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf

88. “I shall have to go. But-" and here Frodo looked hard at Sam- "if you really care about me, you will have to keep that DEAD secret. See? If you don't, if you even breathe a word of what you've heard here, then I hope Gandalf will turn you into a spotted toad and fill the garden full of grass snakes." Sam fell on his knees, trembling. "Get up, Sam!" Said Gandalf. "I have thought of something better than that. Something to keep you quiet, and punish you properly for listening. You shall go away with Mr. Frodo!" "Me, sir!" cried Sam, springing up like a dog invited for a walk. "Me go and see Elves and all! Hooray!" he shouted, and then burst into tears.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

89. “We're nobody's dirty little secret.” - Rebecca O'Donnell

90. “Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting sadistic wounds on innocent children lying on makeshift alters, or tied to inverted crosses, sounds like the stuff of which B-grade horror movies are made. Some think amoral religious cults only populate the world of Rosemary's Baby, but don't exist in real life. Or, do they? Ask Jenny Hill.” - Judy Byington

91. “Some abusers organise themselves in groups to abuse children and other adults in a more formally ritualised way. Men and women in these groups can be abusers with both sexes involved in all aspects of the abuse. Children are often forced to abuse other children. Pornography and prostitution are sometimes part of the abuse as is the use of drugs, hypnotism and mind control. Some groups use complex rituals to terrify, silence and convince victims of the tremendous power of the abusers. the purpose is to gain and maintain power over the child in order to exploit. Some groups are so highly organised that they also have links internationally through trade in child-pornography, drugs and arms.Some abusers organise themselves around a religion or faith and the teaching and training of the children within this faith, often takes the form of severe and sustained torture and abuse. Whether or not the adults within this type of group believe that what they are doing is, in some way 'right' is immaterial to the child on the receiving end of the 'teachings' and abuse.” - Laurie Matthew

92. “In some counties, there is an actual named crime of ritual abuse and there too, there have been convictions.” - Laurie Matthew

93. “Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.” - Brandon Sanderson

94. “Love should never be a secret and it should never, ever be forgotten.” - Suzanne Palmieri

95. “I'm not trying to avoid you,' I replied lamely, but what else could I say? Sorry Brae but when I first came down to meet you I had no idea how hard it was going to be to avoid telling you that I was turning into a grotesque monster and I am worried that there is a good chance I could wake up one morning with a sudden lust for your blood. Somehow I didn't think that would go down particularly well.” - Heather James

96. “There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.” - Dillon Burroughs

97. “There's not one good thought in that place. There's nothing but waste and want. I can feel his selfish cravings and an abyss of secrets I hope to never know.” - Steve V. Cypert