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Quotes Collection

INSPIRATION QUOTES

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— Nelson Mandela

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

— Margaret Mead

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

— Aristotle

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

— Lao Tzu

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

— Joe Kennedy

Tough times never last but tough people do.

— Robert H. Schuller

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

— Henry Ford

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

— Wayne Gretzky

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

— John F. Kennedy

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

— Arthur Ashe

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

— Albert Einstein

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

— Chinese Proverb

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

— Mark Twain

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

— Walt Disney

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

— Michael Jordan

The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.

— Hasidic Proverb

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

— Rob Siltanen

You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.

— Unknown

Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.

— Robert H. Schuller

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

— Michael Phelps

To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.

— Confucius

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

— C.S. Lewis

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

— Bill Bradley

When ordinary people decide to step out and be part of something big, that’s when they become extraordinary.

— Brett Harris

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.

— Steve Jobs

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.

— Yiddish Proverb

Failure is success in progress.

— Albert Einstein

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

— Mary Kay

Every person is a book, each year a chapter.

— Mark Twain

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

— Thomas Edison

BOOKS/READING QUOTES

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

— Dr. Seuss

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

— Stephen King

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

— Charles W. Eliot

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

— Sir Francis Bacon

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

So many books, so little time.

— Frank Zappa

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

— Jorge Luis Borges

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

— Oscar Wilde

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.

— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

— William Styron

That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

— Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

— Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

— Oprah Winfrey

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

— Anna Quindlen

You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.

— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.

— Donna Tartt

Think of this – that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.

— A.S. Byatt

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