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21 Quotes That Remind You To Live

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21 Quotes That Remind You To Live
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If you're anything like me, then you love quotes. Quotes have the power to reinvigorate a person and remind them that all is not lost. They have the ability to motivate a person to start living life like there's no tomorrow or completely change their life. Here are 21 quotes that have stuck with me over the years and reminded me to live.

1. "I want to live in a world where the word 'normal' is an insult." ~ Misha Collins

2. "I raise my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard." ~ Malala Yousafzai

3. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~ Robert Frost

4. "Oh the places you'll go, today is your day! Your mountain is waiting! So...get on your way!" ~ Dr. Seuss

5. "Have courage and be kind." ~ Cinderella

6. "The biggest risk is taking no risk." ~ Mark Zuckerberg

7. "A reader lives a thousand lives, but the man who never reads lives only one." ~ George R.R. Martin I wrote an entire article based upon this quote and it is one of my favorite quotes as a reader.

8. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

9. "It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our abilities." ~ J.K. Rowling

10. "Those who to fail miserably, can achieve greatly." ~ John F. Kennedy

11. "Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan." ~ John F. Kennedy

12. "In this life we cannot do great things. We can do only small things with great love." ~ Mother Teresa

13. "Are you an Ameri-can or an Ameri-can't?" ~ my mom

14. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. ~ Mary Englebreit

15. "The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." ~ Vince Lombardi

16. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all." ~ Oscar Wilde

17. "Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas Edison

18. "If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." ~ Milton Berle

19. "The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude." Oprah Winfrey

20. "The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one." ~ John C. Maxwell

21. "One act of kindness may not change the world, but it may change one person's world." ~ Misha Collins

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