Famous Inspirational Quotes - Page 4

• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, p.42

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• Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

  Sivananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

  Wernher von Braun

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  "At My Best: 365 Meditations For The Physical, Spiritual, And Emotional Well-Being". Book by Anonymous (p. 284), October 14, 2009.

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• Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Witty, Perseverance

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  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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• If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

  Farrah Gray

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Dr. Farrah Gray from May 27, 2014

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• Live life to the fullest.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Life, Enthusiasm

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• There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

  Roger Staubach

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

  Helen Hayes

  Women, Memorable, Details

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Smile, Graduation

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• I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

  Lucille Ball

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Country

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

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  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist.

  Chris Hardwick

  Inspiring, Zero, Failure

  Chris Hardwick (2011). “The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”, p.37, Penguin

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• Being that can be understood is language.

  Hans-Georg Gadamer

  Understanding, Language, Wise Words

  Hans-Georg Gadamer (2008). “Philosophical Hermeneutics”, p.31, Univ of California Press

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• Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

  Nido R Qubein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Nido R. Qubein (1997). “Stairway to Success: The Complete Blueprint for Personal and Professional Achievement”, Wiley

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• Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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