“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucius · Widely attributed to Confucius
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Inspiration Quotes
191 quotes on inspiration and encouragement — from the classics to the everyday.
“Do not go gentle into that good night.”
Dylan Thomas · Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, 1951
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein · attributed, widely documented
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Khalil Gibran · The Prophet, 1923
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
Louisa May Alcott · Little Women, 1868
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
Victor Hugo · Les Misérables, 1862
“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1854
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
Anne Frank · The Diary of a Young Girl, 1947
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
C.S. Lewis
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.”
J.B. Priestley
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
Meister Eckhart
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
Jack Kornfield
“The day asks nothing grand of you. It only asks that you show up honest and leave something a little better than you found it.”
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“Walk away from anything that requires you to pretend you feel fine.”
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“Stop asking permission to take up the space you were given.”
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“You are allowed to outgrow the story other people wrote about you.”
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