Top 2320 Inspiration Quotes

Inspiration rarely arrives on schedule, but the right line at the right moment can shift how a whole day feels. This is our largest collection: a wide-ranging set of inspirational quotes about dreaming bigger, starting sooner, and believing the next step is possible.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.
Jim Wallis
Jim Wallis
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Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Josephine Hart
Josephine Hart
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You're not supposed to give people what they want, you're supposed to give them what they don't know that they want yet.
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland
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Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.
Samuel Tantekower
Samuel Tantekower
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It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
Howard Ruff
Howard Ruff
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Our silence is deafening and deadly.
James Brown
James Brown
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If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don't want to do something, no one can help you.
James A. Owen
James A. Owen
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If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.
R. Scott Momaday
R. Scott Momaday
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Women hold up half the sky.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
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It's always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth - every day I have ever had was secretly sunny, after all.
Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld
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When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
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Stay young and wild as long as you can.
Eric Church
Eric Church
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I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.
Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto
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Flexibility is a requirement for survival
Roger Von Oech
Roger Von Oech
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Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
Pina Bausch
Pina Bausch
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We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive.
Laura Sebastian
Laura Sebastian
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Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner
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Man must master his circumstances or otherwise be mastered by them.
Amor Towles
Amor Towles
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What you see is what you get.
Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson
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Your vibe attracts your tribe.
Amy Lee
Amy Lee
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The biggest risk of all is not taking one.
Melody Hobson
Melody Hobson
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Hope will never be silent.
Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk
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Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.
Lisa Genova
Lisa Genova
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Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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When stuck, hit the road.
John Fante
John Fante
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Being a teacher is not what I do, it's who I am.
Jill Biden
Jill Biden
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If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
Loren Eiseley
Loren Eiseley
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We've witnessed history in the making.
Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver
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When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.
Dr. Wayne Dyer
Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
Roger Miller
Roger Miller
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You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers
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I would like to be a polyglot.
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
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Supply creates its own demand.
Jean-Baptiste Say
Jean-Baptiste Say
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Forgive them even if they are not sorry.
Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas
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You are the hero of your own story.
Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
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Health requires healthy food.
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
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There is incredible value in being of service to others.
Elizabeth Berg
Elizabeth Berg
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Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.
Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
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Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.
George Orwell
George Orwell
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The power of visibility can never be underestimated.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho
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It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.
Alex Flinn
Alex Flinn
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Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken
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Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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A healthy person has a hundred wishes, but a sick person has only one.
A.G. Rudde
A.G. Rudde
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Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye
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The perfect day is going to bed with a dream and waking up with a purpose.
A.J. McLean
A.J. McLean
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I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself.
Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci
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