Discover a hand-picked collection of the greatest quotes of all time from some of the greatest authors who have ever lived. Reading a few great quotes every day is a great way to motivate and inspire yourself. This comprehensive list contains some of the best motivational and inspirational quotes you’ll ever read. Have fun!
- “This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.” – David Nicholls
- “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
- “No matter how poor you think you are, if you have family, you have everything.” – Anonymous
- “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana
- “Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.” – Will Durant
- “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho
- “Be happy for this moment, for this moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam
- “To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing.” – Lilian Whiting
- When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” – Mark Twain
- “The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never fell.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare
- “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” – Neil Armstrong
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” – William Shakespeare
- “Life is too short to give another minute to anyone or anything that doesn’t make you happy.” – Anonymous
- “Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow.” – Dylan Thomas
- “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings
- “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” – Buddha
- “Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself, and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” – Dr. Leo Buscaglia
- “Everyone smiles in the same language.” – Anonymous
- “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle
- “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
- “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – Anonymous
- “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
- “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “You never regret being kind.” – Anonymous
- “Wake up every single day and be thankful. You are blessed to have the gift of life.” – Anonymous
- “Those who wish to sing, always find a song.” – Anonymous
- “Keep going! Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen.” – Rumi
- “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “Don’t let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It’s your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy.” – Roy T. Bennett
