Powerful Inspirational Quotes

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Walker

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

Funny, Life, Motivational

"An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

Leadership, Business, Motivation

Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Funny, 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 over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks

Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

Sheryl Sandberg

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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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Bernard Baruch

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

Inspirational, Strength, Success

"The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

J. K. Rowling

Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson

Love, Inspirational, Life

Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

Graduation, Heart, Stanford University

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

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Unknown

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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If you think you can't, you're right.

Carol Bartz

Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

Steve Jobs

Motivational, Inspirational Life, Hard Work

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

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

Steve Jobs

Motivational, Business, Work

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