This is volume 1 of the 101 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time Series.
- Volume 1 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Life, Purpose, Past/Present/Future, Dreams & Passion, Goals, Hard Work, Change, Truth & Honesty, Imagination & Creativity
- Volume 2 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Confidence & Personal Power, Courage & Fear, Obstacles, Failure & Success
- Volume 3 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Taking Action, Planning, Persistence, Time Management & Productivity, Wealth, Money & Finance, Happiness & Emotional Mastery, Love
- Volume 4 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Learning & Growth, Attitudes & Mindsets, Responsibility, Gratitude & Kindness, Friendship, Leadership, Helping Others, People & The World
“I am always doing things I can’t do. That is how I get to do them.” -Pablo Picasso
Inspirational Quotes on Gratitude & Kindness
- “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick (Day 14 of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program: A Day of Gratitude)
- “God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” — William A. Ward
- “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” – Seneca
- “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia
- “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato (Day 14 of Be a Better Me in 30 Days Program: Acts of Kindness)
- “The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others.” – Wayne Dyer
- “A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.”-Buddha
Inspirational Quotes on Friendship
- “A friend is a gift you give yourself.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
- “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Anonymous
- “You may be one person in this world, but to one person you may mean the world.” - Anonymous
- “I just do not hang around anybody that I don’t want to be with. Period. For me, that’s been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don’t mind saying sorry or thank you… and [are] having a fun time.” – John Assaraf
- “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ~ Unknown
- “When it hurts to look back, and you’re scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.” - Anonymous
Inspirational Quotes on Leadership & People Management
- “Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach” – Albert Einstein
- “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” - Unknown
- “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker
- “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” - Unknown
- “To move people toward excellence, begin to expect excellence and then communicate that.” - Ron Clark
- “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” -Wayne Dyer
- “Trust is the glue in relationships and organizations.” – Stephen Covey
- “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams
- “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ” – Mother Teresa
- “After you plant a seed in the ground, you don’t dig it up every week to see how it is doing” – William Coyne, 3M on limiting inferences to his team’s work
Inspirational Quotes on Helping Others
- “If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path.” ~Buddha
- “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.” ~ Buddha
- “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams
- “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ” – Mother Teresa
- “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Ann Landers
Inspirational Quotes on People and The World
- “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you” ~ Wayne Dyer
- “Never argue with ignorance. It only leads to frustration.” – Unknown
- “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” – Golden Rule
- Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Do not do to others as you would not have others do to you.” – Silver Rule
- “You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.” – Andrew Carnegie
- “Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored & destroy the object on which it is poured.”~Ann Landers
- “You are the average of the five people you spend most time with.” – Jim Rohn
- “Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.” – Rene Descartes
- “Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!” – Prophet Muhammad
- “The people who are the hardest to love are the ones who need it the most.” – Peaceful Warrior
- “Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.” – Robert Redford
- “If you find you are not valued and appreciated, then shift your attention to places where you will be valued and appreciated.” – Celestine Chua
- “To raise your consciousness, surround yourself with people of higher consciousness.” – Celestine Chua (15 Ways To Raise Your Consciousness – Exclusive article in Personal Excellence Book)
- “Don’t let the noise of others opinions drown out your inner voice.” – Steve Jobs
- “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” -J. Gitomer
- “Never waste a minute of your precious life thinking about people you don’t like.” – Celestine Chua
- “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” – Goethe
- So you have some enemies…good, that means you stood up for something!” – Winston Churchill
- “You cannot teach a man anything; You can only help him find it within himself” – Galileo Galilei
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Anonymous
- “What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.” – Anonymous
- “The world doesn’t owe you anything. It was here first.” ~ Mark Twain
- “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
