Inspirational Quotes

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the compliment of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

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.

If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

Don't drink at all, don't smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of South Africans who love their country and love everybody, irrespective of their colour.

Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

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.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day