Inspirational Quotes · Page 2,666

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

— Thomas Merton

He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.

— John Stuart Mill

People pay to see others believe in themselves.

— Kim Gordon

“The commonplace becomes exceptional when God is involved.”

— Judy Baer

What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being.

— Rumi

You become financially free when your passive income exceeds your expenses.

— T. Harv Eker

Death is the side of life which is turned away from us.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

You are my greatest gift and I seal it with a kiss.

— Chris Brown

To be a great pilot you have to make a pact with the devil, but don't let him swallow you up.

— Ernst Udet

Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.

— M. Scott Peck

With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.

— John Milton

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been…

— Muhammad Ali

One ambition of poetry, certainly, is to create a reverberant silence in its wake, one that means more or differently than the…

— Mark Doty

We are all aliens to ourselves, and if we have any sense of who we are, it is only because we live…

— Paul Auster

I'd rather hire someone who is extremely disciplined and process-oriented, than someone with all of the experience in the world.

— Devon McDonald

“To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter everyday. To say I am alive, I am…

— Garth Stein

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

— Ronald Reagan

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement.

— George Steiner

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

— Diogenes

Pressue is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

— Peyton Manning

The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.

— Denis Waitley

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Vision without passion is a picture without possibilities.

— John C. Maxwell

The right boys I always toss and the wrong ones I keep on top of me like paperweights.

— Daniel Handler

I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.

— William C. deMille

The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.

— Donald Barthelme

“When we behave naturally, others relax and relationships are formed or strengthened.”

— Shirley Corder

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If I was a lawyer, I'd be my own best client.

— Robert Downey, Jr

“Just because we don't have a choice doesn't mean we can't give ourselves options.”

— Hong-Yu Guo

“A life full of laughter is a life well lived.”

— V.C. Birlidis

If you do something often enough, a ratio will appear

— Jim Rohn

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

— Laozi

The less I was of who I was, the better I felt.

— Leonard Cohen

All realities, all dimensions are open to me!

— Prince

If you’re eating vegetables you are probably pushing unhealthier food out of your diet.

— Dan Buettner

It is never wrong to fight for what is right, never!

— The Ultimate Warrior

The conscience of this nation is the Constitution.

— William O. Douglas

Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.

— Francis Quarles

“I always returned from my travels with new books.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita