More Inspirational Quotes

Enjoy more inspirational quotes on the self, life and success from the wise.

When we read these insightful quotes from authors, humanitarians, and leaders from the past and present, we come to realize that as human beings we all experience some of the same concerns, plights and conditions at various times in our lives.

 Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Unknown

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Joseph Campbell.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. Friedrich Nietzsche

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. Larry Bird

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. Shakespeare

If at first you don't succeed, then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it. W.C. Fields

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it. Plutarch

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. Aldous Huxley

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb

If you can't accept losing, you can't win. Vince Lombardi

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small,
Be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all. Juvenal

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. Isaac Asimov

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace

There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day-to-day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will seek for it in vain elsewhere. La Rochefoucauld

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves. Henry W. Longfellow

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self. Aristotle

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Shakespeare

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy. Shakespeare

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. William Ellery Channing

They can because they think they can. Virgil

Heaven never helps the man who will not act. Sophocles

The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man. Cicero

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them make them. George Bernard Shaw

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell

When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Sydney J. Harris