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.

I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so.
Quintus Ennius
Quintus Ennius
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No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer
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Architecture is definitely a political act.
Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
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I don't believe in magic. I believe in hard work.
Richie McCaw
Richie McCaw
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
Ali Karakoc
Ali Karakoc
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Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Nita Prose
Nita Prose
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You want mercy? Take your ass to church!
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin
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The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars.
James Connolly
James Connolly
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Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.
Philip Jose Farmer
Philip Jose Farmer
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Don't make excuses, just get it done!
Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Yoculan
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I'm not crazy. I'm just a little unwell.
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
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All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.
Mary Pipher
Mary Pipher
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I feel good about who I am.
Anna Torv
Anna Torv
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Do not be angry with an ungrateful person; probably he or she is confused or inexperienced.
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier
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Buy when the cannons are firing, and sell when the trumpets are blowing.
Nathan Meyer Rothschild
Nathan Meyer Rothschild
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Politics is who gets what, when, how.
Harold Lasswell
Harold Lasswell
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If it's not good enough for your eyes, why is it good enough for your stomach?
Gary Yourofsky
Gary Yourofsky
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The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.
John Dufresne
John Dufresne
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Why can I not fight for my country too?
Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson
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I wanna be the ambassador to Chimichanga Flavor Town.
Gay Ren
Gay Ren
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The only thing we're allowed to do is to believe that we won't regret the choice we made.
Hayme Bayama
Hayme Bayama
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
Dan Rather
Dan Rather
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Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision. It is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.
Charles Webster Hawthorne
Charles Webster Hawthorne
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43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Steven Wright
Steven Wright
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For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
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The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Unknown
Unknown
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You were created on purpose for a purpose.
Reggie McNeal
Reggie McNeal
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News is the first draft of history.
Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1.
Unknown
Unknown
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Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually.
Angelique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo
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Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.
Samara Machel
Samara Machel
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First we eat, then we do everything else.
M.F.K. Fisher
M.F.K. Fisher
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To dream the impossible dream. to reach the unreachable star!
Joe Darion
Joe Darion
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There is nothing new under the sun.
Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham
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Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone's different needs.
Terry Eagleton
Terry Eagleton
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Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
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No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
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I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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You cannot be serious!
John McEnroe
John McEnroe
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The only thing you deserve is what you earn.
Tom Brands
Tom Brands
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Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you're too small or too slow.
Chris Paul
Chris Paul
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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
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I don't play video games.
Jason Newsted
Jason Newsted
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It is perfectly okay to write garbage - as long as you edit brilliantly.
C.J. Cherryh
C.J. Cherryh
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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
Al Neuharth
Al Neuharth
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
Mosby Carmichael
Mosby Carmichael
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Women should be someone and not something.
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
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