This post is a collection of awesome and inspirational quotes that I have come across in my life so far. Many of them are a big source of personal motivation or something I turn to when I lose my direction or confidence for a bit. A simple pearl of wisdom or small push to keep going when things get tough.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde
COURAGE:
“I come to you with only empty hands, I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honour, should it be a matter of life and death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, my empty hands.”
“There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.” – Gandhi
FAILURE:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.” – George Soros
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
HAPPINESS:
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
- Gandhi“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau
“If the eyes had no tears, the soul would have no rainbow”
MEN & WOMEN:
“Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” – Voltaire
“The real man wants two things : danger and play. That’s why he wants the woman ; the most dangerous toy”
“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.” – Oscar Wilde”
“It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.” – Paul Geraldy (French Poet)
LIFE:
“Not only will you die, but the sun will eventually burn out, thus destroying any legacy that you left behind, and any “point” that there was to your life whatsoever. “
“The journey is the destination.”
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” – Henry Ford
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The mind is everything. What you think you become….” – Buddha
“The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.” – Voltaire
MONEY & SUCCESS:
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” – Will Smith
“I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.” – Warren Buffett
“Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.” – Irish Blessing
“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.” – Chinese Proverb
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