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What are the Top Inspirational Quotes of All Time?
Topic: Inspirational QuotesFeaturing David RiklanPublished March 10, 2009
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
- Just Do It! — Nike slogan
- Carpe diem. (Seize the day.) — Latin phrase
- It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today, and the realities of tomorrow.
- It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
- Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
- Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.
- Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. — Napoleon Hill
- 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
- 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
- Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? — Abraham Lincoln
- Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Actions speak louder than words. — Proverb
- Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. — Yoda, Jedi Knight trainer from Star Wars
- 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
- 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
- It's kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney
- When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Buddhist proverb
- 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
- 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
- Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. — Henry Ford