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Inspiration Quotes
191 quotes on inspiration and encouragement — from the classics to the everyday.
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.”
Yoko Ono
“First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.”
Ovid · "Ars Amatoria", c. 2 BC
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson · "Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson", 1870
“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to.”
Vincent van Gogh · Letter to Theo van Gogh, 1885
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus · Return to Tipasa, 1954
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.”
John Steinbeck · Travels with Charley, 1962
“You can't control what people think of you. You can only control your effort and your attitude.”
Jalen Brunson · NBA press conference, 2023
“Family means everything to me. Everything I do is for them.”
Jalen Brunson · NBA media day, 2022
“I'm not trying to be anybody else. I'm just trying to be the best version of myself.”
Jalen Brunson · NBA media availability, 2023
“The best thing I can do is lead by example. Show them what it looks like to put the work in.”
Jalen Brunson · Knicks media day, 2022
“I don't think about the outside noise. I know who I am and what I'm capable of.”
Jalen Brunson · ESPN interview, 2023
“The biggest risk is not taking a risk when the opportunity is right in front of you.”
Ashneer Grover · Doglapan, 2023
“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”
Barry Finlay · Kilimanjaro and Beyond, 2011
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
John F. Kennedy · Address to the National Prayer Breakfast, 1963
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt · widely attributed to Roosevelt
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela · widely attributed, various speeches post-1990
