inspirational Life Quotes

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." — Albert Schweitzer
As quoted in No Limits (2010) pg. 72 Add Category or Author

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." — Buddha
As quoted in The Problem Behind All Problems (2009) pg. 103 Add Category or Author

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." — Helen Keller
The Open Door (1957) Add Category or Author

"The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." — Author Unknown
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"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." — Jim Rohn
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"Be present, it is the only moment that matters." — Author Unknown
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"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old." — James Garfield
Letter to Colonel A. F. Rockwell (13 August 1866) Garfield was a man who later became a president, but he wrote this quote in a letter while he was the representative of the 19th Ohio Congressional District. Add Category or Author

"In the beginning you will fall into the gaps in between thoughts, after practicing for years, you become the gap." — Author Unknown
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"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." — Thomas A. Edison
As quoted in Civilization's quotations: life's ideal (2002) pg. 218 This quotation is frequently used in an entrepreneurial sense. Add Category or Author

"Live a life as a monument to your soul." — Ayn Rand
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"Service is what life is all about." — Marian Edelman
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"The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others." — Albert Schweitzer
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"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." — Teilhard Chardin
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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." — Thomas A. Edison
As quoted in Motivating Humans : Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs (1992) pg. 17 Add Category or Author

"The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today." — Author Unknown
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"Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things" — Author Unknown
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"You don’t get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you are going to live. Now." — Joan Baez
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"Life is like the ocean currents; if you know not how to navigate, you're as good as lost." — Greg Evans
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"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens." — Khalil Gibran
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"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters." — Audrey Hepburn
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"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love" — William Wordsworth
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