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.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
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In the wave lies the secret of creation.
Walter Russell
Walter Russell
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We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
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I'll stand my ground and I won't back down...
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
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Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry.
Pio of Pietrelcina
Pio of Pietrelcina
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I would rather wear out than rust out.
George Whitefield
George Whitefield
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If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.
William H. McRaven
William H. McRaven
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Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.
Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth
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Security is a process, not a product.
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier
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We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
John R.W. Stott
John R.W. Stott
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Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after you've done that, dream bigger.
Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
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You can't move forward until you look back.
Cornel West
Cornel West
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France
Anatole France
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There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.
Michael Dell
Michael Dell
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Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
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For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.
Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
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My religion is not deceiving myself.
Milarepa
Milarepa
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If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me.
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
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The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.
Friedrich August von Hayek
Friedrich August von Hayek
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It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner
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I'm permanent you can't erase me.
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes
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Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
J.M. Barrie
J.M. Barrie
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
Edward De Bono
Edward De Bono
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Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end.
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
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Expect the unexpected.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
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We first make our habits, then our habits make us.
John Dryden
John Dryden
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There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.
David Hume
David Hume
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder
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I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.
Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews
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You create your own reality.
Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts
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I write to discover what I know.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
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Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you're donating blood.
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
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Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.
Eli Sharak
Eli Sharak
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Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.
Chuck Close
Chuck Close
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Don't let the idiots ruin your day.
James de la Vega
James de la Vega
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You can't be neutral on a moving train.
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
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I would prefer not to.
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
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Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
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By endurance we conquer.
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
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English literature is a flying fish.
E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster
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Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold
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We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.
Alan Redpath
Alan Redpath
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A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
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I guess one person can make a difference.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
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