Does anyone know some famous inspirational quotes?

Answer 1

"It's the first day of the rest of your life"
-John Lennon

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
- Adam Savage

"It's not like we're going to remember this moment forever"
- Me (I know it's not exactly famous, but whatever).

Answer 2

Well I go for funny - every time...

Douglas Adams: A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

John Capozzi: A free lunch is only found in mousetraps.

Lord Samuel: A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.

Robert Frost: A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body; the wishbone.

Conan O'Brien: A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just have one thing to say to the authors of that study: Duh.

Herbert Hoover: About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Dave Barry: Although Golf was originally restricted to wealthy Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.

Mark Twain: Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Unknown Author: Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Answer 3

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
- Vincent Van Gogh

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-Abigail Van Buren

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt


The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
-Anonymous






There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.
- Richard Nelson


Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to the king. Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship. Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business. Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.
-Rumi, "Masnavi"



Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
–Anaïs Nin

Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who
Restrain the five senses in one life, will find safe shelter for seven.
-Tirukkural 13: 126

It’s important the people should know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what you won’t stand for.
-Mary H. Waldrip

Answer 4

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."-Aesop
"Be more concerned with your character rather than your reputation... Your character is who you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
"To fight when others fold, pursue while others retreat, conquer while others quit, and make right when all else is wrong."
'The fundamentals of a person are not in substance, but in spirits.'
"The depth of a soul is not measured by what appears on the surface."
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small compared to what lies within us."
"The most courageous people aren't always the ones who win... But the ones who never give up."
"I am grateful for you. In all the world the thing I am most grateful for is you."- from the movie America's Sweethearts
"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."-Ghandi, others dispute the source

Answer 5

There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can.

By my Favorite Author: (Edgar Allan Poe)
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried ones or prisoners that they hide. But sometimes, and oftenest at midnight, those dark receptacles are flung wide open.

Answer 6

Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour opon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (Shakespear)
Are you inspired yet?

How about this one
I was partially to blame for my divorce, I tended to place my wife under a pedistal (Woody Alen)

Answer 7

"An unjust peace is not worth the blood, sweat, and tears that were spared to keep it. That peace is the shackles that make us slaves to the whims of others. True peace, being not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice and liberty, is not granted by the mercy of one's enemies. It is borne of the sacrifices made by those willing to fight and die for it. This peace is the only cause worthy of so arduous an effort, and is the only reward worth so high a price." -- Me

Answer 8

Pride and Discipline-Two Words That Will Change and Save your Life… Jack LaLane

Answer 9

I don't know the author, but here it is:

When you are faced with a decision, make that decision as wisely as possible, and then forget about it, because the moment of absolute certainty never arrives.

Answer 10

I don't know if this is inspirational, but my favorite is by Emile Zoila.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Answer 11

my favorite ones:

a)the bad thing when u are old,is not that u are old;the bad thing is that u still feel young...
b)Bad poems are made by people who live the poetry that they cant write,good poems are made by people who write the poetry that they cant live...
c)there is no moral worth about experience...Experince is the name we give to our mistakes...
d)When we are happy we are always nice,but when we are nice we are not always happy..
e)there are sins which are more charming when u think them than doing them..
f)there is only one thing that is worse than peple talk about u all the time;not to talk u about...
g)Only fools dont judge from what they see..The real mystery of the universe is what we see,not what we are not...