150 Motivational Life Quotes

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1. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."– Confucius

2. "Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss

 3. “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” – Unknown

4. "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
- George S. Patton

5. "I love those who can smile in trouble" - Leonardo da Vinci

6. "Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet".
- Sarah Louise Delany

7. “I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” —Doug Hutchison

8. "You are a lot better than you probably think you are." 
-William Walter

9. "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."-Carol Burnett 

10. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."- Anthony Robbins

11. "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." -George Sand

12. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." – Walt Disney

13. "My life is my message."- Mahatma Gandhi

14. "Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."- George Bernard Shaw

15. "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."- Albert Einstein

16. "The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller

17. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius

18. "Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing."- Seneca

19. "Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground."- Theodore Roosevelt

20. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."- Oscar Wilde

21. "I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them." -Pablo Picasso

22. "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."- Soren Kierkegaard

23. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."- Mae West

24. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."
- Oscar Wilde

25. "Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold."- Bob Marley

26. "Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."- Mark Twain

27. "What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of
inside of you."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. "The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive." -Indira Gandhi

29. "Change your thoughts and you change your world."
- Norman Vincent Peale

30. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. -Dr. Seuss

31. "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."- Mother Teresa

32. "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live
as only you can."- Neil Gaiman

33. "Doing is a quantum leap from imagining."- Barbara Sher

34. "Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world."- Wayne Dyer

 35. "The most beautiful girls wear their hearts on their sleeves and their souls in their smiles" - Mark Anthony 

36. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

37. "Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one’s will."- Paul Gauguin

38. "If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t hange it, change the way you think about it." -Mary Engelbreit

39. "The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude." -William James

40. "I am thankful to all who said no to me. It is because of them that I’m doing it myself."- Albert Einstein        

41. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" – Franklin D. Roosevelt     

42.  "The giving of love is an education in itself." - Eleanor Roosevelt     

43. "I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth."- Doug Hutchison

44. "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone see its."- Confucius

45. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

46. "An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins." -Anthony Bourdain

47. "If you say you can or you can’t you are right either way."- Henry Ford

48. "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." Colin Powell

49. "Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans." -John Lennon

50. "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." -Marcus Aurelius

51. "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."- William Shakespeare

52. "Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."- Samuel Butler

53. "Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do."- David Wilkerson

54. "The dreamers are the saviors of the world."- James Allen

55. “For every reason It’s not possible, There are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.” – Jack Canfield 

56. "Something that we can't see, or don't see." -Adams

57. "I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."- Michael Jordan

58. "When you arise in the morning think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."- Marcus Aurelius

59. "Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."- Thich Nhat Hanh

60. "In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity."- Albert Einstein

61. "You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers 

along the way."- Walter Hagen

62. "It always seems impossible until it’s done."- Nelson Mandela

63. "We know what we are, but know not what we may be."- William Shakespeare

64. "In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."- Mother Teresa

65. "Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."- Lao Tzu

66. "Love is a better teacher than duty."- Albert Einstein

67. "Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure." -Napoleon Hill

68. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."- Omar Khayyam

69. "Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best."- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

70. "Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."- Zhuangzi

71. "Defeat is simply a signal to press onward."- Helen Keller

72. "Where there is love there is life"-. Mahatma Gandhi

73. "Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."- Dale Carnegie

74. "In every success story, you will find someone who has made a courageous decision."- Peter F. Drucker

75. "Life is to enjoyed, not endured."- Gordon Hinckley

76. "We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead."- Roy T. Bennett

77. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it."-Ferris Bueller

78. "When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it."- Christopher McCandless

79. "The purpose of our lives is to be happy."- Dalai Lama

80. "Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough."- Emily Dickinson

81. "Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine."- Mario Fernandez

82. "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."- Truman Capote

83. "Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!"-Dr. Seuss

84. "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."- Albert Einstein

85. "If you would be loved, love, and be loveable."- Benjamin Franklin

86. "The greatest pleasure of life is love."- Euripides

87. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."- Lucille Ball

88. "All generalizations are false, including this one."- Mark Twain

89. "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear."- Mark Twain

90. "Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."- William Goldman

91. "The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."- George Carlin

92. "Never trust people who smile constantly. They’re either selling something or not very bright."-

Laurell K. Hamilton

93."Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful or your life." -Mark Twain

94. "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."- 

Norman Cousins

95. "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."- Dr. Seuss

96. "It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to."- Annie Gottlier

97. "Life is a question and how we live it is our answer."- Gary Keller

98. "There are two great days in a person’s life ? the day we are born and the day we discover why."-William Barclay

99. "What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning."- Charlie Chaplin

100. "Life’s too mysterious to take too serious."- Mary Engelbreit

101. "Nothing you do is going to matter that much in the long run. Don’t take yourself so seriously."-Naval Ravikant

102. "The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything."- Frank Sinatra

103. "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently."- Maya Angelou

104. "The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions."- Alfred Adler

105. "We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking."- Santosh Kalwar

106. "Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create."-Roy T. Bennett

107. "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."- Alexander Pope

108. "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment."- Rita Mae Brown

109. "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities."- Dr. Seuss

110. "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."- Oprah Winfrey

111. "Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things."-Kenneth Branagh

112. "The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."- Helen Mirren

113. "Life is too important to be taken seriously."- Oscar Wilde

114. "If I know what love is, it is because of you."- Herman Hesse

115. "I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you."- Roy Croft

116. "A drop of love can bring an ocean of tears."- Jewish Proverb

117. "The art of love is largely the art of persistence." Albert Ellis

118. "When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before."- Blaise Pascal

119. "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." - Johann Wolfgand Von Goethe

120. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."- Lao Tzu

121. "The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love."-Henry Miller

122. “Smile. It instantly lifts the face, and it just lights up the room.” -Christie Brinkley

123. "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."- Henry David Thoreau

124. "The brain is wider than the sky". Emily Dickinson

125. "A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them." -Dyson

126. "In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on."- Robert Frost

127. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."- Helen Keller

128. "Happiness is not trying or finding, it's deciding." -Osiris

129. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs

130. "The mind is everything. What you think you become."- Buddha

131. "The unexamined life is not worth living."- Socrates

132. "I will go anywhere as long as it’s forward."- David Livingston

133. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."- Mohandas Gandhi

134. "The best way out is always through."- Robert Frost

135. "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."- Henry David Thoreau

136. "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."- Confucius

137. “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers 

along the way.” —Walter Hagen

138. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

139. "Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."- D. H. Lawrence

140. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein

141. "Fortune and love favor the brave."- Ovid

142. "Life is a long lesson in humility."- James M. Barrie

143. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” —Oprah Winfrey

144. "We are who we choose to be."- Green Goblin

145. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters. —Audrey Hepburn

146. “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” —Sarah Louise Delany

147. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” —Eminem

148. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."—Eleanor Roosevelt

149. "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."—African proverb

150. "Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." -Emily Dickinson

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear."- Unknown

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