Inspirational Life Quotes
Famous Quotations to Inspire Change Through Personal Growth & Love
Sep 11, 2009
Everybody could use a little inspiration now and then, and these inspirational life quotes are excellent for providing just the kick needed to start something great. Whether you need inspiration to better yourself, encourage friends and family or spark a change in the world, you can find a life motto through inspirational quotes spoken by some of the greatest inspirers.
Try posting quotes in places you frequent throughout the day as a reminder that you too can achieve greatness and inspire others to achieve their goals.
Post a quote on your mirror where you'll see it as you get ready to begin your day. Post another on your desk to remind you to work your best throughout the work day. Create a quote bookmark, keychain, magnet or other small item that you can stumble upon.
Begin new projects and creative expressions through previous inspiration. Try focusing on a quote before writing a poem, song or story to release those creative juices. Great quotes not only get the ball rolling, but they can also keep you focused long after beginning a project.
Inspirational Life Quotes to Better Yourself
Become inspired through the most direct means: yourself! Choose a few of these quotes to try to apply to your life to enrich your own life's journey.
"I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work." ~Thomas Edison
"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." ~Thadeus Golas
"Act the way you'd like to be, and soon you will be the way you act." ~George W. Crane
"Most of the shadows in life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." ~Bill Wilson
"It's alright to let yourself go as long as you get yourself back." ~Mick Jagger
"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
These are the quotes that further develop your character, personality and being and are excellent to keep handy for days you don't quite feel like yourself or days when you have an important decision to make.
Inspirational Life Quotes for Friends & Family
These inspiring quotes can be used with friends, peers, family and coworkers. They relate to how people interact with one another through friendship and disagreement with hope as the end result.
“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.” ~Dave Matthews
"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you." ~ Maya Angelou
"Don't look down on someone unless you're helping them up." ~Jesse Jackson
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." ~Victor Borge
These quotes can help change your outlook on a situation when you and a friend or family member may not share the same opinion on an important matter, and these quotes remind people to be tolerant and respectful of others opinions and ideas.
Inspirational Life Quotes to Better the World
Feeling really inspirational? Try focusing on one or two of these life quotes that challenge readers to change the world through personal improvement, interacting with those close to us and small steps that lead to large changes.
"It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look. To affect the quality of the day: that is the highest of arts." ~Henry David Thoreau
"If we may not think alike, may we love alike." ~John Wesley
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men: that is genius." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." ~Pablo Picasso
"Be the change you want to see in the world." ~Ghandi
Whether you need a quote to cheer you up a bit or to make a life-altering decision, inspiring quotes can provide just the comfort and inspiration necessary to share perspective and spark ideas.
Remember that one quote can change your outlook on your day or even your life. Post one or two of these quotes to places you will see them throughout the day: your mirror, desk, nightstand to focus on positive life improvements and interactions with those in your life.
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