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Inspirational Quotes

Listen — do not seek the answers. You do not need to know what happens next, you do not require a step-by-step account on how to achieve meaning in this unpredictable world. We've all felt in a valley. A time in our life where we need change. A time where we need to search. A time where we decipher our next steps. This page is dedicated to those souls who need it the most. Here we've compiled a great collection of the best inspiring, motivating, and inspirational quotes, all of which have the power of inspiring you to reach those next levels.

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Last updated: May 22, 2020

501 Inspirational Quotes organized by Most Popular

Our favorite motivational quote for pushing past the failures:

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failures are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
— Dale Carnegie
Tagged: Motivational Quotes
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try."”
— Seth Godin
Tagged: Postive, Scared, Overcoming Fear, Fear, Inspirational

A reminder that every successful person has been knocked down at least once.

“So if you're going through a tough time right now, just know that it's happening because it's teaching you a lesson. The hurt you're feeling will help you appreciate something amazing in the future. Believe.”
— Cassey Ho
Tagged: Everything Happens For A Reason, Life Lessons, Keep Going, Never Give Up, Life, life advice, Motivational
“Everyone has doubts. Everyone freaks out about where they are in life. But that’s a good thing. You’re open to change and growth.”
— Ari Eastman, 10 Signs You’re Actually Kicking Ass At Life Right Now (And You Didn’t Even Know It)
Tagged: Growth, Change, Inspirational
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice.”
— Pele
Tagged: Success, Hard Work, perseverance, Learning, studying, Sacrifice
“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 which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller, The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women
Tagged: Happiness Quotes, Happy, Moving On, Letting Go, Uplifting Quotes
“Everything around is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.”
— Anonymous
Tagged: Inspirational Quotes

A beautifully inspiring quote from Lin-Manuel Miranda:

“Free up that heart of yours
Make room for new mistakes
Newfound hurts
Newfound wisdom
There are life-changing moments
just waiting for you to make a path,
to move beyond your comfort zone,
new moments,
longing to share the stage with that heart of yours.”
— Lin-Manuel Miranda
Tagged: Motivational, Keep Living, Keep Moving Forward, Never Give Up, Life
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World
Tagged: glory, strength, Inspirational Quotes
“It’s only after you’ve stepped out of your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Tagged: Take Risks, Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone, learn to take risk, live fully, Live Boldly, live bravely, Live Adventurously, Live An Extraordinary Life, Life, Inspirational
“My motivation is love for life, love for my kids and people I know and don't know, and love for our planet and the Universe. It never stops.”
— Yoko Ono
Tagged: Love, love & life, Love Your Life, motivation, Inspirational
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results.”
— Willie Nelson, Facebook
Tagged: Optimism, Motivational, positive attitude
“If you’re in a toxic relationship right now, just know that there is a better life possible for you. You are worthy of the happiness that life has to offer. You are deserving of healthy love and self-love. You are worthy of infinite abundance and success. You will be okay by yourself. In fact, who knows what you can accomplish when there’s no one stopping you?”
— Shahida Arabi, I Am Actually Living Carrie Bradshaw’s Life – But Here’s What’s Different
Tagged: Toxic Relationships, Freedom, Healing, Single Women, Self-Care, Motivational Life Quotes, Inspirational, Inspirational Quotes
“Every obstacle in life will fade away once success becomes the only goal allowed to enter your mind.”
— G.L. Lambert, Men Don't Love Women Like You
Tagged: Obstacles, Inspirational
“Greatness is a lot of small things done well every day.”
— Lewis Howes
Tagged: Motivational Quotes

An excellent quote from motivational speaker Jim Rohn:

“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.”
— Jim Rohn, via Amazon
Tagged: Success, Life, Experiences, Becoming Awesome, becoming better, Inspirational
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
— Zig Ziglar, Greatest Inspirational Quotes: 365 days to more Happiness, Success, and Motivation
Tagged: Inspirational, Postive
“The great thing about being in your 20s is that you have absolutely nothing to lose. The worst that can happen is a rejection letter, which you can stash and use as motivation to keep working hard.”
— Kali Borovic, The Selfish Years: 10 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your 20s
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, rejection letter, motivation, Hard Work
“The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson, I am Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ask Me Anything...
Tagged: Successful People, creating, meaning in life, Dreams, motivated, self awareness, Self Acceptance, self motivated, Inspirational
“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”
— Tony Robbins, 50 Powerful Tony Robbins Quotes That Have Changed My Life
Tagged: Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes
“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”
— Frank Ocean, The Elusive Frank Ocean
Tagged: Work Hard, Silence, Success, noise of success, Inspirational

Our favorite quote on breaking out of your comfort zone:

“Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment. But however costly, it is never as high as the price paid by people who live in his/her comfort zone.”
— Paulo Coelho
Tagged: Life, life advice, Dreams, reaching dreams, Inspirational, go after your dreams, never be afraid of dreaming, Take Risks, learn to take risks
“When you find yourself in the thickness of pursuing a goal or dream, stop only to rest. Momentum builds success.”
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Tagged: Hard Work, Success, Dreams
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Dreams, Motivational, Failure, Fear
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”
— Mingnon McLaughlin, Face to Face with Grief
Tagged: Courage, Inspirational
“Don’t worry about becoming successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.”
— Oprah Winfrey, Food, Health, and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life
Tagged: Success, Goals, Motivational
“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very strong, be extremely kind, and above all, be humble.”
— Serena Williams, I Am a Feminist: Quotes That Empower
Tagged: Inspiring Female Athlete Quotes, Success, Inspirational, Women, Humble, Strong
“One does not think during creative work any more than one thinks when driving a car. But one has a background of years – learning, unlearning, success, failure, dreaming, thinking, experience, all this – then the moment of creation, the focusing of all into the moment.”
— Edward Weston, The Daybooks of Edward Weston
Tagged: Creative, Creativity, creative work, Metaphor, Art, Experience, Learning, Creation, Thinking, Inspirational
“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
— Swami Sivanada, A quote by Swami Sivanda
Tagged: Encouragement, Secret of Success, Inspirational
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
Tagged: Confidence, Action, Motivational
“Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up; never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.”
— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Tagged: Positivism, Optimism, Positive Thinking, Never Give Up, Keep Going, Inspirational
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
— Farrah Gray, A quote by Farrah Gray
Tagged: Dreams, Own goals, aspirations, Inspirational Quotes
“There is absolutely zero way to predict how your creative career will go. You could be read by a producer and get a movie tomorrow. You could hit it big 10 years from now. No one knows.

The anxiety, of course, comes from the fact that it's hard to plan a future around something no one knows anything about. The only thing you can control is the work. So get back to it.”
— Sam Sykes
Tagged: Creative Life, creative career, Writing, Writing As A Career, Writer's Truth, writer's life, Life, Motivational
“You deserve peace, love, happiness and all that your heart desires. Don’t let anyone control your life and take away those things.”
— Sonya Parker, A quote by Sonya Parker
Tagged: Happiness, Relationship, Inspirational, You Deserve Happiness, Encouragement, Self-Worth
“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”
— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Tagged: Love, Life, Perspective, Inspirational
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
— Vincent Van Gogh, Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
Tagged: Courage, Just Do It, Inspirational
“You are almost there. A little courage and faith and that life will come.”
— Akif Kichloo, Haiku by Akif Kichloo
Tagged: Courage, Faith, strength, Bravery, Moving Forward, Inspirational
“In love, work and life in general, never stop doing your best just because people don't give you credit.”
— Paulo Coelho, via twitter.com
Tagged: Keep Going, just do your best, Do what you want, Live for yourself, live fully, Life, Motivational, Inspirational
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
— Lionel Messi, Football: Messi says ‘sacrifice’ took him to the top
Tagged: Sacrifice, Dreams, Hard Work, perseverance
“Happiness comes as the result of conflict, resolution, and growth — as the result of having to work at something.”
— Chrissy Stockton, 19 Things I’ve Learned By Writing Every Day For 4 Years
Tagged: Happiness, Conflict, Growth, H4D-20, Motivational
“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”
— Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
Tagged: Change, Change Quotes, process of change, Inspirational, Patience
“The only thing that can diminish your power is your belief that you do not have it. Repeat this to yourself. Every day.”
— Iyanla Vanzant
Tagged: Self Confidence, Believe In Yourself, Self-Trust, Self-Worth, Self Care, Inspirational, Motivational
“It is better to love every person, than to wait for one person to love you.”
— Anis Mojgani, This is Not a Poem to Get Ass
Tagged: Love, Person, Waiting For Love, Waiting For Someone, Giving Love, loving every person, Self Worth, Inspirational, Poetry, poem
“Work hard. Success won’t just knock on your door, you need to lure it and give it reasons why it should knock in the first place.”
— E.J. Cenita, 16 Powerful Life Lessons 2016 Taught All Of Us
Tagged: 20-something, Hard Work, Success
“To make a dream come true, start writing what you want. You'll be surprised that your mind actually knows exactly what you want. Start there.”
— Yoko Ono
Tagged: Dreams, reaching dreams, Power of Mind, mind is powerful, Inspirational, Motivational
“You are the dreamer of your dream that is your life.”
— Gabby Bernstein, via twitter.com
Tagged: Dreams, Dreamer, keep on dreaming, Keep Going, hold on to your dream, Motivational, Empowering, living & dreaming, Life
“Morning Motivation: Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
— FITNESS Magazine
Tagged: Fitness, Motivational, Goals
“If you change your mind, you can change your life.”
— Kevin R. Cropper, If You Can Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life.
Tagged: Change, Life, Inspirational
“I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for.”
— Rudy Francisco, via twitter.com
Tagged: Acceptance, Self love, Growing Pains, Spilled Ink, Inspirational, Insecurities, Deep Thoughts
“This is why true belonging is a function of courage and vulnerability. Being who we are is about making brave choices. All day long.”
— Brené Brown, via twitter.com
Tagged: Belonging, Belongingness, Courage, vulnerability, Decisions, Choices, Inspirational, Motivational, Live for yourself, Self & Identity