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What are the Top Inspirational Quotes of All Time?

Topic: Inspirational QuotesFeaturing David RiklanPublished March 10, 2009
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I have always loved inspirational quotes. I would read them. I would learn them. I would memorize them and, in many cases, repeat them to myself over and over to gain strength and inspiration.

I would use them to inspire myself and my friends. I would share them with my coworkers. I would use them to entertain. I would use them in presentations. I would use them in my personal and professional writings. I would use them just for fun.

I love inspirational quotes so much that I was inspired to write an inspirational quote book.

Today, I want to share my top inspirational quotes with you. What are yours?

Here they are

  1. Just Do It! — Nike slogan
  2. Carpe diem. (Seize the day.) — Latin phrase
  3. It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today, and the realities of tomorrow.
  4. It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
  5. Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
  6. Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.
  7. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. — Napoleon Hill
  8. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. — Alexander Graham Bell
  9. He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever. — Tom Connelly
  10. Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? — Abraham Lincoln
  11. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
  12. Actions speak louder than words. — Proverb
  13. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. — Yoda, Jedi Knight trainer from Star Wars
  14. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. — Albert Camus
  15. You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. — Richard Bach
  16. It's kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney
  17. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Buddhist proverb
  18. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. — Serenity Prayer
  19. There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. — Indira Gandhi
  20. Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. — Henry Ford