The title is pretty self-explanatory, but let me describe it further. Quotes, pearls of wisdom, winged words, proverbs, sayings—all is fine as long as they inspire you or others.
Mine is “When it rains look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars.”
#1
Its never too late to be what you might have been.
#2
“Stars cant shine without darkness”
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but about learning to dance in the rain”
#3
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu
#4
I actually live by my own quote: Never borrow what you cannot replace; never loan what you cannot afford to lose.
#5
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Exhibit A: Covid-19
#6
From my emotional s**t I make compost.
#7
Mine is from Jackie Robinson ¨I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.¨ I like it because in Grade School People acting like they don´t like me and not treat em like a human.
#8
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”
-Steven Wright
#9
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
-JRR Tolkien
#10
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde
#11
And another one: “It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.” Diogenes of Sinope
#12
Each great journey begins with one small step. Lao Tzu
#13
“Nothing matters but everything counts ! ” by a wise human I know.
#14
Let it go or be dragged (by it).
– A Zen proverb-
shared with me by a social worker
#15
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.
~ Maya Angelou
#16
“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
-Jim Butcher
#17
“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being so, except that they are so.” -William R. Inge
#18
If you think you’re too small to make an impact, spend the night with a mosquito. -Dali Llama
If cauliflower can be pizza, you can be anything – Random sarcastic sticker quote
Haters will see you walk on water and say it’s because you can’t swim – no clue found on internet.
Not my Monkeys, Not my Circus – P.T. Barnum I think
Que Sera Sera – old song, older quote, my partial life motto. It means ‘What will be will be’ and it’s a great way to put things in context. Once you’ve done everything you can Que Sera Sera the rest.
Do not Meddle
In the affairs of Dragons
For you are Crunchy
And taste good with Ketchup – no clue the origin but this shall never die.
#19
Everyone is brave until they find out which cockroach flies. (Brasilian adage)
#20
If people doubt how far you can go, go so far you can’t hear them anymore
-Michele Ruiz
#21
“The more I learn, the less I realise I know” – Socrates
#22
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
-Master Oogway
#23
It’s me! My own personal favorites:
“Glory is not in never falling, but in the way we rise when we do fall.”
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”
“If you’re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change.”
#24
“You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.” – Bruce Lee
#25
not exactly inspirational, but wise nonetheless.
“better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
Image source: Khaled%20Hosseini
#26
“When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”
#27
“People that gossip to you will gossip about you”
#28
“Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.”
– Lettie Cowman
#29
I don’t know if this counts as inspirational per se, but I still love it.
” Let’s be extra gentle, soft, and kind to ourselves and others today.”
– Camila Cabello
#30
My favourite quote is by Jimmi Hendrix.
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
#31
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” used to be what I’ve often reminded myself to do, until I now when I researched the phrase and learnt about what precedes this phrase. Now I am confused.
#32
“Do or do not. There is no try.”-Yoda, 3 ABY, 1980
#33
everything will be okay in the end if its not okay, its not the end- John Lennon
#34
“Don’t give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.”
#35
My favourite is from Les Brown, who I got to meet in person in 2011. “If you do what’s easy, your life will be hard. However, if you do what’s hard, your life will be easy”
#36
“Nothing to excess”
#37
“Everyone 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.”- Albert Einstein. (yall can correct me if he never actually said this)
#38
Well no, but actually yes.
“Fame is a bee. It has a song- It has a sting- Ah, too, it has a wing.”
-Emily Dickinson
#39
“Only those with their feet on rock can build castles in the air.”
—Terry Pratchett—
#40
‘If You Want To Be The Rainbow, You Have To Put Up With The Rain’ – Anonymous
#41
It’s not a bad life it’s just a bad day- louis tomlinson
#42
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
#43
Do not fear Death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity…
– Laughing Bull, Cowboy Bebop
#44
“Good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who get off their a**es and do it.”
-Anonymous
#45
Quitters never win, and Winners never quit
—Vince Lombardi
#46
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
-Albus Dumbledore
#47
What fire does not destroy, it hardens –Oscar Wilde
#48
A ship in harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for
#49
It’s not about the progress you make outside in the world, but about the progress you make inside yourself.
#50
No matter how hard you try, how many times you get back up, how many times you have done something that makes your soul soar.
There is always some bugger who will kick you in the balls.
(original quote from me)
#51
“If your eyes could speak, what would they say?” -Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
#52
Experience is what you get after you need it.
#53
MINE IS SCIENTIFICALLY CORRECT (if you ignore the figure of speech)
Shoot for the stars, and if you miss then you will still be on the moon.
#54
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Shirley Chisolm
#55
Do No Harm, But Take No Shit
– On a bangle I own
#56
Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.
– Maya Angelou
#57
Growing old is mandatory…… Growing up is optional.
Bob Monkhouse.
#58
The same Fire that melts Butter, makes Steel..
#59
When I was at school our Civics teacher asked us to come up with a quote. This was mine.
Never bring anyone any pain or sorrows
In what you do and in what you say
Because you will soon find that even a thousand tomorrows
Will not buy you back one yesterday.
#60
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams
#61
“I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.”
-“Invictus” by Henley
#62
From my local YMCA wall. I feel it pertains to many things beyond profanity.
“The absence of profanity offends no one.”
#63
Easy. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
#64
“Be yourself and real friends will love the real you”. Also, “Real friends are like stars there always there just sometimes you can’t see them.” I used to get bullied a lot and these quotes helped!
#65
When you’re up to your ears in bullsh!t, don’t open your mouth.
Not sure where I heard it.
#66
“It wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.“ -Ian McEwan
Not a happy quote but it’s from my favorite novel “Atonement” and sure got me thinking.
#67
“Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.”
― Paulo Coelho
#68
“I am here to live out loud.” -Emile Zola
#69
“I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” Mewtwo
#70
Dunno if somebody else said it first, but I heard it on Babylon 5. One of the more memorable lines from Marcus, the exact line goes “I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be much worse if life *were* fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’ So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
#71
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen
#72
Be the change you want to see.
#73
I have two.
From Buddhism : your work, is to discover your work, and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
This one is anonymous. I read it about 50 years ago.
A man who works with his hands is a laborer.
A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.
But a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
#74
Pedras no caminho? Eu guardo todas. Um dia vou construir um castelo.
Nemo Nox
Stones along the way? I keep them all. Someday I’ll build a castle.
#75
Fold your worries into paper planes and turn them into flying fucks.
#76
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final.” – Rilke
I only learnt of this quote since I watched Jojo Rabbit at the beginning of the year, (it appears on screen at the very end of the film.) I feel it was weirdly apt since a few weeks after I watched it we were suddenly in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Got me through some tough times as a healthcare worker the last 6 months or so too.
#77
“Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.” – Les Brown
#78
Impossible standards just make life difficult.
#79
Sometimes, I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going, I just hope I find it along the way. -Michael Scott
#80
“There are no mistakes in life only lessons”
…E F. Churchfield
#81
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
#82
“Step follows step,
Hope follows Courage,
Set your face towards danger,
Set your heart on victory.”
Gail Carson Levine, The Two Princesses of Bamarre
#83
Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Try not to say it mean….
But poop happens..
#84
When life’s tough remember you are tougher
#85
“if you’re not mad or sad, you wont know when you’re happy” -jeon jungkook
#86
“we can’t all do great things, but we can do small things with great love” (Mother Theresa). I live by this quote on a daily basis. xox
#87
Night is darkerst just before dawn…..
#88
the next day is even worse than the current so enjoy it
#89
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Shirley Chisolm
#90
If you shake my hand then i will shake yours.
If not, then keep walking.
Quote by Billy the kid
#91
I realised that I was never going to fit in, so I decided to stand out.
– Cam, modern family
#92
Okay so I have a tie between “You know what? I’m an artist. I’m an artist and I’m gonna make art, arty art art!” (Andy Biersack) or “Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.” (Ashley Purdy)
#93
Live life to the fullest cause you never know what is going to happen tomorrow
#94
Life is short ride it for all it’s worth
#95
“Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods, and defend himself against his enemies, and win in the contest.”
Plato
#96
Things that don’t kill you can make you stronger.
Basically if you can learn and grow from a shitty event then thats a positive
#97
The opposite of depression is expresion.
-Edith Eva Eger
#98
The main two I live by:
“Three things cannot be long hidden; the sun, the moon, and the truth” -Buddha
“Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted” -John Lennon
#99
“They asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said “Happy” They said I didn’t understand the question, I said that they didn’t understand life.“
#100
I have two.
“The grass is greener where you water it”-Neil Barringham
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words”-C.S Lewis
#101
Linguists love variety. “Quien riendola hace, llorando la paga. (Ley de Vida) (Law of Life). One pays the consequences for what one does.
Image source: A%20Spanish%20magazine.%20He%20olvidado%20ya.
#102
My favorite quote is more of my favorite mantra. “As above, so below” As you view the world, so it shall be. All about manifestation. Never speak negative into the universe, or that’s all you’ll receive. Speak positives? Watch the universe reward you!!
#103
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.” – David Hume
#104
“Love one another.”
#105
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
Image source: bible.com
#106
Fold your worries into paper planes and turn them into flying fucks!
#107
There are three, proven in everydays experience:
1.) Take people as they are, there are no other.
2.) You won’t get away with any good deed.
3.) You are not kindred scot-free.
I hope there will be someone to translate them better.
#108
Another One!
“If you’re sad, look at cat pics. If you are happy, look at cat pics. ALWAYS look at cat pics.”
-Me OwO
#109
i dont really have one but i do now some advice, When everything feels dark and that your life has no meaning, search at the positive side of everything is the best you can do
#110
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” – Thumper (Bambi)
#111
When it s***s, it’s a diarrhea. (Meaning, sometimes bad things happen in clusters; one thing after another…)
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