A little inspiration to start a new moth with fervor hasn’t harmed anyone. Has it? January marks the beginning of a new year. So if you were thinking that 2020 hasn’t treated you well, gear up and be inspired to have a fantastic new year.
Inspiring Quotes…
- “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” — Thomas Alva Edison
- “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting.” — Buddha
- “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” — Henry Ford
- “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” — Albert Einstein
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein
- “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” — Rumi
- “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy
- “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. “ — Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Necessity is the mother of taking chances.” — Mark Twain
- “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” — Patanjali
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney
- “The strongest single factor in acquiring abundance is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it.” — Jerry Gillies
- “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.” — Steve Jobs
- “The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.” — Albert Einstein
- “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu
- “Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
- “There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.” — Franz Kafka
- “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle
- “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” —Mother Teresa
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas Alva Edison
- “Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed by our creator!” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
- “The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.” — Pema Chodron
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” — Albert Einstein
- “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” — Mark Twain
- “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” — Albert Einstein
- “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can — there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” — Sarah Cardwell
- “You have to create boundaries of space and then you have to create boundaries of time.” — John Cleese
- “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” — Peter F. Drucker
- “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” — Steve Jobs
- “For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.” — Stuart Chase
- “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” — Dr. Seuss
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
- “Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else.” — Tracy Kidder
- “Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” — Thaddeus Golas
- “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” — Albert Einstein
- “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” — Albert Einstein
- “I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers. There aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.” — W. Clement Stone
- “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain
- “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain
- “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” — Pablo Picasso
- “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” — Tricia
- “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Albert Schweitzer
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” — Maria Robinson
- “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King
- “You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self.” — Karen Salmansohn
- “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” — Albert Einstein
- “The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” — William James
- “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” — Oprah Winfrey
- “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” — George Bernard Shaw
- “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” — Sylvia Plath
- “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman
- “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.” — Steve Jobs
- “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill
- “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein
- “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.” — Napoleon Hill
- “I never think of the future—it comes soon enough.” — Albert Einstein
- “It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” — Lucille Ball
- “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” — Jim Rohn
- “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” — Zig Ziglar
- “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 other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” — Steve Jobs
Stay inspired and embrace July with all the enthusiasm you can. Do share with the quote that has created an impact on you as it might just inspire others too.
Stay Inspired! 🙂
First Published: July 2013; Last Updated: Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
