Inspirational Quotes

 

 I think life is a great phenomenon; there are just things that no matter how we try we just can’t, or will never understand it. But that should never be a reason for us to not live. Thus, from great individuals who have lived exceptionally, here are 23 quotes that will cause you to think deeply about life, as well as, inspire you to strive to be your best:

Martin Luther King Jr.

 “We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is always ripe to do right.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns, to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”

Marcus Garvey

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”  

“Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.”

“What you do today that is worthwhile inspires others to act at some future time.”

 

“Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.”

“The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than the both put together.”

Nelson Mandela

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success.”

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we lived; it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Maya Angelou

“You may not control all the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

“If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.”

“Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.”

“If you don’t like something change it, change it if you can’t change it, change you attitude.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”    

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time dance;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time of war, and a time of peace.”

What are some other quotes that inspire you?