Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Life

Commitment doesn’t mean that it has to last forever, but while you are there, commit yourself 100%. By doing this, the quality of your life improves 100%.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Ogden Nash (1902–71) American Writer of Sophisticated Light Verse

We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80) French Philosopher, Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Political Activist

To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.
Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British Essayist, Physician

The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.
Angelina Jolie (b.1975) American Actor, Humanitarian

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow (1908–70) American Psychologist, Academic, Humanist

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.
James Dean (1931–55) American Film Actor

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

True masters are those who have chosen to make a life, rather than a living.
Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer

As a peaceful warrior, I would choose when, where and how I would behave. With that commitment, I began to live the life of a warrior.
Dan Millman (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson

Life is a sexually transmitted disease and there is a 100% mortality rate.
R. D. Laing (1927–89) Scottish Psychiatrist

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
William Feather (1889–1981) American Publisher, Author

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author

It matters not how long you live, but how well.
Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Explorer

Power is what they want, not candy—power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to a clear-sighted man, appears the end for which the universe exists, and all its resources might be well applied.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.
John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Bruce Lee (1940–73) American Martial Artist, Actor, Philosopher

In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.
German Proverb

The biggest pitfall as you make your way through your life is impatience.
Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author

The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) American Novelist

People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.
Andy Warhol (1928–87) American Painter, Printmaker, Film Personality

Relatively few of us will find the time—or take it—to live an ever enlarging life.
Marilyn vos Savant (b.1946) American Columnist, Author, Lecture, Playwright

Money is a lubricant. It lets you “slide” through life instead of having to “scrape” by. Money brings freedom—freedom to buy what you want , and freedom to do what you want with your time. Money allows you to enjoy the finer things in life as well as giving you the opportunity to help others have the necessities in life. Most of all, having money allows you not to have to spend your energy worrying about not having money.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.
James R. Sherman

My life is a battle.
Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author

Every knock is a boost.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) American Computer Scientist

This is the manner of noble souls: they do not want to have anything for nothing; least of all, life. Whoever is of the mob wants to live for nothing; we others, however, to whom life gave itself, we always think about what we might best give in return…One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

One cannot choose wisely for a life unless he dares to listen to himself, his own self, at each moment of his life.
Abraham Maslow (1908–70) American Psychologist, Academic, Humanist

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