Inspirational Quotes

Inspiration is personal — what lights a fire in one person barely registers with another. This collection casts a wide net, gathering words that have moved people to action, to tears, to changed minds, and occasionally to changed lives.

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

— Thomas Jefferson

More Inspirational Quotes

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

— Tony Robbins

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

— Muhammad Ali

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

— Audre Lorde

“I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.”

— Lynda Barry

“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.”

— James Allen

“I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.”

— Pope John XXIII

“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”

— Ben Okri

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”

— Michael Jackson

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.”

— Victor Hugo

“I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”

— Sylvester Stallone

“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”

— Joseph Wood Krutch

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