105 Inspirational Quotes to Brighten Your Day
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1) Queen Elizabeth II
It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
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2) Nelson Mandela
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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3) Amanda Gorman
There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.
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4) Booker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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5) Cicely Tyson
I have learned not to allow rejection to move me.
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6) André Leon Talley
I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine.
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7) A.A. Milne
You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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8) Madeleine Albright
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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9) Lupita Nyong'o
You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you.
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10) Winston Churchill
Attitude is the 'little' thing that makes a big difference.
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11) Rosa Parks
We will fail when we fail to try.
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12) Walt Disney
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them.
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13) Olivia Newton-John
Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.
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14) Loretta Lynn
I don’t go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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15) Thomas Edison
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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16) Madam C.J Walker
Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
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17) Steve Jobs
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
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18) Esteé Lauder
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
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19) Billie Jean King
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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20) Naomi Judd
A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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21) Albert Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
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22) Mark Cuban
If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.
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23) Anne Heche
We do not fall in love with the package of the person; we fall in love with the inside of a person.
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24) Ronald Reagan
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
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25) Mikhail Gorbachev
If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
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26) James Caan
My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
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27) Gabrielle Union
Don't save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential to every take, and be on top of your job, or they will replace you.
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28) Michelle Obama
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.
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29) Simone Biles
Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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30) The Dalai Lama
Happiness is not something readymade; it comes from your own actions.
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31) Shinzo Abe
Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.
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32) Taraji P. Henson
I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.
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33) Viola Davis
All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.
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34) Robert H. Schuller
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
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35) Elaine Welteroth
When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.
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36) Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
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37) William James
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
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38) Alexander the Great
There is nothing impossible to they who will try.
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39) Queen Elizabeth II
It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
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40) Charles Dickens
The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
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41) Winston Churchill
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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42) Amelia Earhart
The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.
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43) Helen Keller
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
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44) Zig Ziglar
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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45) Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
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46) Theodore Roosevelt
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
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47) Aristotle
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
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48) Willie Nelson
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
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49) Loretta Lynn
In the long run, you make your own luck — good, bad, or indifferent.
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50) Marie Curie
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
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51) Carol Burnett
When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
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52) Jimmy Dean
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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53) Demi Lovato
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
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54) Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
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55) William James
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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56) Albert Einstein
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
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57) Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.
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58) Ella Fitzgerald
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
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59) Frank Sinatra
The best revenge is massive success.
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60) Grace Kelly
For one to have complete satisfaction from flowers, you must have time to spend with them.
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61) Truman Capote
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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62) Henry Ford
Remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
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63) Naomi Judd
You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain; you have the right to have your pain treated.
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64) Herman Melville
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
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65) Amy Poehler
Limit your "always" and your "nevers."
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66) Audrey Hepburn
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says "I'm possible!"
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67) C.S. Lewis
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
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68) Maya Angelou
Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.
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69) Bob Dylan
What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
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70) Norman Vincent Peale
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
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71) Lily Tomlin
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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72) Camilla Eyring Kimball
You do not find the happy life. You make it.
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73) Deep Roy
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
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74) Dr. Seuss
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
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75) Malala Yousafzai
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
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76) E. E. Cummings
The most wasted of days is one without laughter.
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77) Eleanor Roosevelt
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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78) Ella Fitzgerald
It isn't where you came from. It's where you're going that counts.
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79) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box.
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80) George Eliot
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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81) Hafez
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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82) Walt Whitman
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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83) Mary Lou Retton
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.
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84) Jennifer Lopez
You get what you give.
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85) Hazrat Inayat Khan
Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.
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86) John Barrymore
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
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87) Joseph Campbell
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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88) Jim Rohn
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
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89) Mother Teresa
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
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90) Lindsey Vonn
Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.
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91) Helen Keller
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
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92) Muhammad Ali
If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.
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93) Mae Jemison
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
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94) Naomi Osaka
Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal.
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95) Mahatma Gandhi
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
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96) Nicole Kidman
Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.
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97) Malala Yousafzai
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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98) Mandy Hale
You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.
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99) Oprah Winfrey
You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.
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100) Martin Luther King Jr.
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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101) Maya Angelou
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.
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102) Meghan Markle
You are enough just as you are.
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103) Oprah Winfrey
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
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104) Michael Altshuler
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
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105) Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
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