In life, we can’t deny that there are good days and there are bad days. There are also awesome days and awful days. When we experience both the positive and the negative, there is one thing we are sure of: we are alive.
105 Inspiration Quotes to Uplift You in Every Situation
If you ever find yourself feeling lost, find purpose. Read some of these inspiring quotes to motivate you in living your best life.
- “I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” - Doug Hutchison
- “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.” - Oprah Winfrey
- “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” - Katharine Hepburn
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” - Dennis P. Kimbro
- “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss
- “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” - Theodore Roosevelt
- “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
- “Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.” - Meg Cabot, Glitter Girls, and the Great Fake-Out
- “I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it’s not just divinely assigned.” - Michael J. Fox
- “There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.” - Josiah Gilbert Holland
- “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” - Colin Powell
- “Luck is the residue of design.” - John Milton
- “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” - Harvey Fierstein
- “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” - Charles Darwin
- “All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney
- “If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger―something that matters.” - Blake Mycoskie
- “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” -William James
- “Be willing to go all out, in pursuit of your dream. Ultimately it will pay off. You are more powerful than you think you are.” - Les Brown
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” - Albert Einstein
- “Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” - C.S. Lewis
- “If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Plant your garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” - Jose Luis Borges
- “The self is made, not given.” - Barbara Myerhoff
- “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” - Erma Bombeck
- “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” - Paulo Coelho
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk…. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” - Mark Zuckerberg
- “A man who flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.” - Sador, Children of Húrin
- “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” - William Blake
- “Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
- “Don’t worry what others are doing. Do you!” - Russell Simmons
- “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Life’s too mysterious to take too serious.” - Mary Engelbreit
- “All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.” - John Wooden
- “Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” - Jonathan Lockwood Hule
- “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” - Benjamin Disraeli
- “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
- “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” - Thomas J. Watson
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” - Jimmy Dean
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” - Emily Dickinson
- “Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each is to succeed.” - Corita Kent
- “Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.” - Bryant H. McGill
- “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” - Sydney Harris
- “Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.” - Brian Tracy
- “Don’t allow your past or present condition to control you. It’s just a process that you’re going through to get you to the next level.” - T.D. Jakes
- “You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it’s just a cage.” - Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
- “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” - Maya Angelou
- “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” - John Bunyan
- “People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.” - John C. Maxwell
- “Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” - Benjamin Disraeli
- “Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” - Henry Ford
- “You were born with the ability to change someone’s life-don’t ever waste it.” - Dale Partridge
- “There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.” - Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
- “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” -Stephen Hawking
- “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” - Bill Copeland
- “I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.” - Steven Pinker
- “The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.” - Zig Ziglar
- “Just remember: The people that say, ‘your dreams are impossible’ have already quit on theirs.” - Grant Cardone
- “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” - Mark Twain
- “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein
- “Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” - Aldous Huxley
- “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou
- “Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.” - Mahatma Gandhi
- “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” - Marcus Aurelius
- “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” - Oprah Winfrey
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle
- “Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” - Washington Irving
- “Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” - Ray Kroc
- “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill
- “The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.” - Joan Rivers
- “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” - William Shakespeare
- “No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.” - Denis Waitley
- “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” - Lao Tzu
- “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” - Gail Sheehy
- “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” - Voltaire
- “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” - Sarah Louise Delany
- “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” - Walt Whitman
- “When you stay on purpose and refuse to be discouraged by fear, you align with the infinite self, in which all possibilities exist.” - Wayne Dyer
- “You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.” - English Proverb
- “You choose the life you live. If you don’t like it, it’s on you to change it because no one else is going to do it for you.” - Kim Kiyosaki
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” - Booker T. Washington
- “Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C.S. Lewis
- “Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” - Vincent Van Gogh
- “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” - Theodore Roosevelt
- “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” - Eminem
- “Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.” - George Carlin
- “Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” - Winston Churchill
- “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill
- “Often what may appear as a detour in life is actually the most direct and empowering path to your destination.” - James Arthur Ray
- “The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.” - Dalai Lama
- “Knowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure-even the worst-beats the hell out of not trying.” - Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy
- “Live each day as if your life had just begun.” - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- “It’s not about how hard you can hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” - Rocky Balboa
- “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” - Oprah Winfrey
- “Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self-evident.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
- “I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.” - Maya Angelou
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle
- “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” - Jim Rohn
- “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Final Thoughts
There are many good reasons to never give up on life. You just have to find them. Be inspired by the wisdom of these people who had led their lives in the most inspired way. It doesn’t mean that didn’t go through the same thing you’re going through right now. In fact, I’m sure each one found themselves in a very similar place. It’s because they’ve gone through the same experience that they can share the wisdom that they gained from overcoming their situations.