Messages of Inspiration, Success Through Motivation

Motivational & Inspirational Quotes

Popular Inspirational Quotes

Samuel Johnson on Narrowness

"What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known."

— Samuel Johnson

Gandhi on Strength

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Chesterton on Masterpiece

"By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece."

— G. K. Chesterton

Aristotle on Success

"It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way."

— Aristotle

Cooper on Dreams

"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone."

— Tommy Cooper

Hill on Quitting

"Before success in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do."

— Napoleon Hill

Rung Of a Ladder

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."

— Thomas Henry Huxley

Keyes on Being Upset

"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."

— Ken S. Keyes

Seeing Possibilities

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there."

— Norman Vincent Peale

Courage to Change

"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me."

— Author unknown