ᐅ100+ Deep Quotes That Are Short and Meaningful

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ― William Ellery Channing

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” ― William James

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” ― Napoleon Hill

“It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.”

“It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.” ― James Cash Penney

“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a

“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.” ― Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Speak your heart. If they don’t understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

“Speak your heart. If they don’t understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.” ― Yasmin Mogahed

“A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.

“A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.” ― Denis Waitley

“Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday

“Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.” ― Luke the Evangelist

“Success breeds confidence.”

“Success breeds confidence.” ― Beryl Markham

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.” ― Deepak Chopra

“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.”

“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” — John Heywood

“Don’t try to rush progress. Remember — a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the

“Don’t try to rush progress. Remember — a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.” — Kara Goucher

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” — Steve Jobs

“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”

“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.” — Democritus

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.”

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.” — Charles R. Swindoll

“Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.”

“Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.” — Urijah Faber

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson

“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.”

“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.” — Paulo Coelho

“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” — Henry Ford

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” — T.S. Eliot

“We become what we think about.”

“We become what we think about.” — Earl Nightingale

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” — Les Brown

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” — Winston Churchill

“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that

“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” — Mark Twain

‘It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

‘It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville

“Good things happen to those who hustle.”

“Good things happen to those who hustle.” — Anais Nin

“Whatever you do, do with all your might.”

“Whatever you do, do with all your might.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The best revenge is massive success.”

“The best revenge is massive success.” — Frank Sinatra

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” — Vince Lombardi

“Accept the pain, but don’t accept that you deserved it.”

“Accept the pain, but don’t accept that you deserved it.”― Brandon Sanderson

“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”

“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”― Roy T. Bennett

“Warriors should suffer their pain silently.”

“Warriors should suffer their pain silently.”― Erin Hunter

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”― Lance Armstrong

“The cure for pain is in the pain.”

“The cure for pain is in the pain.”― Rumi

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”― J.K. Rowling

“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”

“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”― Charles Bukowski

“I don’t believe in pain management anymore, I believe in trying to cure persistent pain.”

“I don’t believe in pain management anymore, I believe in trying to cure persistent pain.”—Dr. Moskowitz

“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”

“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”― Haruki Murakami

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.”

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” —Buddhist Proverb

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ― Abraham Lincoln

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ― Jim Ryun

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – Dalai Lama

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Don’t wait for others to bring the change. Be the change and bring the change.”

“Don’t wait for others to bring the change. Be the change and bring the change.” ― Invajy

“Life teaches you a new lesson every day, if you are attentive enough in the class of life.”

“Life teaches you a new lesson every day, if you are attentive enough in the class of life.” ― Invajy

“Tears are words the mouth can’t say nor can the heart bear.”

“Tears are words the mouth can’t say nor can the heart bear.”― Joshua Wisenbaker

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable

“When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”― Yann Martel

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

“Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.”

“Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.”― Virginia Woolf

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” – Oscar Wilde

“Don’t cry over someone who wouldn’t cry over you.”

“Don’t cry over someone who wouldn’t cry over you.”― Lauren Conrad

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.” – Jim Rohn

“What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.”

“What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.” ― John Green

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” – Jean de La Fontaine

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills

“The past does not equal the future.”

“The past does not equal the future.” – Tony Robbins

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Impossible is for the unwilling.”

“Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats

“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington

“Stay foolish to stay sane.”

“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé

“I do not fear the unknown, I fear that what I do know will never take me anywhere.”

“I do not fear the unknown, I fear that what I do know will never take me anywhere.”― Najah Roberts

“Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours

“Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide.”― Bernard Kelvin Clive

“Time is the single most important resource that we have. Every single minute we

“Time is the single most important resource that we have. Every single minute we lose is never coming back.”― Tarun Sharma

“At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find

“At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.”― Bill Watterson

“Knowledge is what enables one to be wrong.”

“Knowledge is what enables one to be wrong.”― Mike Higton

“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go

“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.”― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Reality is such an elusive concept.”

“Reality is such an elusive concept.” ― Laura Gilfillan

“Normal people can become very annoying if put in annoying situations.”

“Normal people can become very annoying if put in annoying situations.”― Jessica Park

“Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead.”

“Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead.”― Rebecca Wells

“Every villain is a hero in his own mind.”

“Every villain is a hero in his own mind.”― Tom Hiddleston

“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.”

“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” – Edgar Cayce

“The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

“The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.” – William Faulkner

“Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.

“Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.” – Wim Wender

“I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.”

“I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.” – Steven Spielberg

“Nothing happens unless first we dream.”

“Nothing happens unless first we dream.” – Carl Sandburg

“Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”

“Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.” – John Wooden

“If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs.”

“If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs.” – Tony Gaskins

“No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.”

“No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” – Lupita Nyong’o

“Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.”

“Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.” – Mick Jagger

“It may be that those who do most, dream most.”

“It may be that those who do most, dream most.” – Stephen Butler Leacock

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”― Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”― Paulo Coelho

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”― Confucius

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”― Will Rogers

“Life has no remote….get up and change it yourself!”

“Life has no remote….get up and change it yourself!”― Mark A. Cooper

“‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning… Anyone can start

“‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning… Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”― Chico Xavier

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”― Henry David Thoreau

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”― Rumi

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”― John Muir

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice,

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”― Roy T. Bennett

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — Tony Robbins

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” — Mark Twain

“A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”

“A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” —Serena Williams

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.” — Oprah Winfrey

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” — John Barrymore

“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” — Robert H Schuller

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” — Stephen King

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” — Napoleon Hill

“The ultimate productivity hack is saying no.” – James Clear

“What you deeply need is not stuff, comfort or beauty, it’s meaning.” — Maxime Lagacé

“We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” — Bruce Lee

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” — Mark Twain

“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” — Edgar Allan Poe

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” — Mary Oliver

“The average men consume. The wise create.” — Maxime Lagacé

“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.” — Arthur Rimbaud

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde

“I rebel; therefore I exist.” — Albert Camus

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” —Napoleon Hill

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” —Og Mandino

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” —Zig Ziglar

“Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” —Gordon B. Hinckley

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?” —Lee Strasberg

“Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.” —Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Big dreams create the magic that stir men’s souls to greatness.” —Bill McCartney

“To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” —Michael Jordan

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” —Wilma Rudolph

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault

“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.” – APJ Abdul Kalam

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean

“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori proverb

“Hate comes from intimidation, love comes from appreciation.” – Tyga

“Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.” – Woody Allen

“Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” – Jessica N. S. Yourko

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” — Edmund Hillary

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” – Robert Schuller

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa

“A man is but what he knows.” – Sir Francis Bacon

“A great man is always willing to be little.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love …”― Marcus Aurelius

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

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain

“Love is a verb. Love — the feeling — is a fruit of love, the verb.” — Stephen Covey

“We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.” ―Santosh Kalwar

“When the winds of life are pushing you back, THAT’S when you push forward the hardest.” ―Yvonne Pierre

“No one has ever found themselves without being a little lost.” ―Sai Pradeep

“Greatness is what happens when you relentlessly push yourself to continuously create a better you.” ―Edmond Mbiaka

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ―Albert Einstein

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” ―Confucius

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” ―William James

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” ―Charles Bukowski

“Keep calm when things don’t go according to your expectations! Beautiful things always meet friction!” ―Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christian Andersen

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” –Nelson Mandela

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” –Arthur Ashe

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” – Oscar Wilde

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” –Theodore Roosevelt

“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The most important things are the hardest to say because words diminish them.” – Stephen King

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.” – Gerard Way

“Not until we are lost, do we begin to find ourselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

“We choose to go to the moon and do these other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“The idea is to die young as late as possible.” – Ashley Montagu

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – J.K. Rowling

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” – Sigmund Freud

“Be like the flower that gives fragrance even to the hand that crushes it.” – Ali Ibn Abi Talib

“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.” – Voltaire

”Today I do what others won’t, so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others don’t.” – Jerry Rice

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.” – Tom Fleming

“It has been said that a person may have ten years of experience, or one year of experience repeated ten times.” – Yukiso Yamamoto

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”– William G.T. Shedd

“The greatest mistake you can ever make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.” – Ellen Hubbard

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”― Malala Yousafzai

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”– C.S. Lewis

“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” – Carl Jung

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen Covey

“Battle not with monsters, lest you become one and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” – Friederich Nietsche

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” — Bill Keane

“Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you.” – Robert Greene

“It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.” – Bryant H. McGill

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.” – Bryant H. McGill

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” — Henry van Dyke

“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” – Richard Nixon

“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”

“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller

“Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Gandhi

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.” – Oscar Wilde

“I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.” – Ann Hood

“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.” — Corazon Aquino

“Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde

“No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.” – William Hazlitt

“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” — Viktor Frankl

“Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t like.” – Dave Ramsey

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” — Mary Engelbreit

“If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside.” – Jim Kwik

“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.” — Michel De Montaigne

“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” — George Bernhard Shaw

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa

“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” — Confucius

“Your way of thinking affects your life very deeply. So think positive and be positive.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

“Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine.” — Mario Fernandez

“In the circle of life there is no top, no corner, and no straight lines.” – Mike Dolan

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West

“We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.” – Henry David Thoreau

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” — Oprah Winfrey

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” – Ferdinand Foch

“Our lives improve only when we take chances…and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” – Walter Anderson

“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.” – Lillian Dickson

“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin

“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” – Seneca

“The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.” – Carl Jung

“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.” – John Ruskin

“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” – Taraji P. Henson

“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” – Jimmy Carter

“This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.” – Dennis Rodman

“The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable skill you can learn.” – Napoleon Hill

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I’ve hidden memories in boxes inside my head before. Sometimes it’s the only way to deal with things.” – Alice Feeney

“Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa

“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” – C.S. Lewis

“You shouldn’t have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer.” – Daniel Quinn

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman

“I know all about how one moment could haunt you for the rest of your life. How it consumes you and every facet of your life.” – Micalea Smeltzer

“Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” – Steve Jobs

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel

“When you train your eyes to see the magic and miracles in the little things, you open the door for your whole life to shift.”—Carol Woodliff

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – William Faulkner

“The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or ever touched. They must be felt with the heart.”—Helen Keller

“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.” – Nicholas Nassim Taleb

“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” —Erol Ozan

“Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.” – Rumi

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”—Roy T. Bennett

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther

“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” —Muhammad Ali

“Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time”, is like saying, “I don’t want to.” – Lao Tzu

“Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.” – Leonardo Di Caprio

“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

“Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

“What we have done for ourselves alone, dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” – Albert Pike

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”— Morrie Schwartz

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington

“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” — Khalil Gibran

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.” — Aesop

“When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.” – Mandy Hale

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears

“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things; to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” — Elbert Hubbard

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” – Audrey Hepburn

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”— Confucius

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”— L.M. Montgomery

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”― Albert Einstein

“Even when we do not actively participate in our destiny, we are still on a chosen path. Life has a way of making decisions for us.”― Nina Guilbeau

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.– Nora Roberts

“The world is changed by examples, not by opinions.” – Paulo Coelho

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”— John A. Shedd

“Don’t use yesterday’s state of mind, to make today’s decision.”― C. Nzingha Smith

“The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”

“The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.” – Bertrand Russell

“Let your action manifest your thought, your belief and your passion.”― Mohammed Ali Bapir

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Do you think it is better to fail at something worthwhile, or succeed at something meaningless.”― Tommy Wallach

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.”– Michel de Montaigne

“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.”― Aldous Huxley

“Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren

“The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.”― Brennan Manning

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”― Cesare Pavese

“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”― Sun Tzu

“Your positive energy leaves a powerful impression on the world.” – Gabby Bernstein

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down”― Charlie Chaplin

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” – William Faulkner

“Every strength is also a weakness. The opposite is true as well.”

“Every strength is also a weakness. The opposite is true as well.” – Neil Strauss

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo