As individuals, we’re constantly searching for inspiration in all aspects of our lives. Whether it be through music, exercise or family, there’s something out there for everyone that keeps them motivated and happy. In my own experience I have always found a driving passion in the powerful words within quotes. Reading the thoughts and ideas of people all around the world, from culture to culture across generations has broadened many of my own perspectives and taught me to appreciate life in all its forms. I wanted to share with everyone a few of my favorite quotations and hope they give you as much inspiration as they did for me.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.”
- Mark Twain
“Be a good person, but don’t waste time proving it.”
- Unknown
“The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for.”
- Tucker Max
“Accept who you are; and revel in it.”
- Mitch Alborn
“Sometimes you have to play the fool, to fool the fool, who thinks they’re fooling you.”
- Unknown
“Lived until 75, died at 30”. Let that not be written on your tombstone. Keep the child in you alive, behave like a kid, smile at people, talk to them and sing a song. There are many ways to keep ourselves from falling into this trap which society calls growing up.”
- Sereno Sky
“Make yourself a priority. At the end of the day, you’re your longest commitment.”
- Unknown
“Life is not a problem to be solved, nor a question to be answered. Life is a mystery to be experienced.”
- Alan Watts
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
- Robert Brault
“I would rather own little and see the world, than own the world and see little of it.”
- Alexander Sattler
“If you don’t like how things are going, then change them. If you can’t change them, change the way you think about them.”
- Unknown
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
“An interesting thing will always leave an aftertaste in your soul.”
- Jenn Satsune
“You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you not have first become ashes?”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
“To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.”
- Elvis Presley
“Some people are born with tornados in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls lost at sea.”
- Nikita Gill
“My goal is to create a life that I don’t need a vacation from.”
- Rob Hill Sr.
“I’d say go to hell, but I never want to see you again.”
- Sylvia Plath
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
- William A. Ward
“Don’t take advice from someone you wouldn’t trade places with.”
- Unknown
“If you run from the rain it will follow you; if you run through the rain it will pass.”
- William Chapman
“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.”
- Albert Camus
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
