Inspirational Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

Nothing will work unless you do.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.

Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!

Keep going. Be all in.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.

Dream big and dare to fail.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Impossible is for the unwilling.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.

Make each day your masterpiece.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Light tomorrow with today.

believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

I dwell in possibility.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Do one thing every day that scares you.