Quotes have the power to spark inspiration, bring clarity, or simply offer a moment of humor in our day. Let these quotes surprise you and perhaps even shift your perspective.
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
- “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” – Albert Camus
- “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
- “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is to say ‘I don’t want to.’” – Lao Tzu
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Work hard in silence, let success make the noise.” – Frank Ocean
- “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
- “Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown
- “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Unknown
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
- “I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.” – Unknown
- “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde
- “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not too sure.” – Unknown
- “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” – Steven Wright
- “Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.” – Billie Burke
- “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
- “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers
- “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx
- “Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?” – Robin Williams
- “If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” – Earl Wilson
- “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
- “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
- “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
- “Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
- “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” – Unknown
- “The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
- “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha
- “The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.” – Anne Lamott
- “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
- “Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.” – Unknown
- “Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “Silence isn’t empty. It’s full of answers.” – Unknown
- “He who is contented is rich.” – Lao Tzu
- “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
Sometimes, all it takes is a single quote to ignite change, laughter, or introspection. These random quotes offer a little something for everyone.
