Great Inspirational Life Quotes

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Inspirational life quotes are a wonderful source to perk you up on a daily basis. Inspiring, thoughtful, and often very enlightening, reading a motivating quote once a day can soon change your outlook on many things.

Life can often take us on a wild roller-coaster ride... without our consent! Don't get me wrong. I love roller coasters, but I'm not overly found of double-loops and corkscrews!

Don't you just want to jump off sometimes just to catch your breath?

When you find your life moving too fast and flying out of control, or if that roller-coaster of yours derails along the line, use these inspirational life quotes to bolster your spirit and to help get yourself back on track again.

I like to think of each one of these as my own enlightening "inspirational quotes of hope." I hope you do too!

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." ~ Forrest Gump (1994)

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

~Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
Prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian.

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."

~James Dean (1931 - 1955)
An American film actor who most celebrated film was Rebel Without a Cause.

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

~Robert Byrne (1928 - )
Leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author.

"Growth is the only evidence of life."

~John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890)
An English convert to Roman Catholicism. He eventually became a cardinal, and in 1991 was proclaimed 'Venerable'.

"True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness."

~Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)
A German-born theoretical physicist and one of the most famous scientists of the twentieth century. Read more of Einstein's quotes.

"The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn."

~David Russell (1953 - )
World-renowned classical guitarist from Scotland.

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

"Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism."

~Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
Sixteenth President of the United States.

"Live a life as a monument to your soul."

~Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
Russian-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter.

"The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man."

~Euripides (480 BC–406 BC)
The last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.

"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it."

~Danny Kaye (1913 - 1987 )
David Daniel Kaminsky was a Golden Globe-winning American actor, singer and comedian.

"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."

~William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
A major English romantic poet who helped launch and influence the Romantic Age in English literature.

"Education is the best provision for the journey to old age."

~Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)
Among the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers, along with Plato and Socrates. He was actually a student of Plato, and became a teacher of Alexander the Great.

"Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways."

~Akhenaton (Reigned: 1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC–1334 BC)
Akhenaton means "Effective spirit of Aten". He was first known as Amenhotep IV and was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti.

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

~Aesop - Aesop Fables

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life."

~Muhammad Ali (1942 - )
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. he is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and the winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal at 1960 Olympics held in Rome.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."

~Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Thoreau Was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher. This was a busy man!

"To be able to look back upon one's life in satisfaction is to live twice."

~Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
An American artist, poet and writer who was born in Lebanon, but spent most of his life in the United States.

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."

~Sir James Mathew Barrie (1860 - 1937)
More commonly referred to as J. M. Barrie, this gentleman was a Scottish novelist and dramatist who is best remembered for creating the infamous story of Peter Pan.

"One thing life taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."

~Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
Married to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was the First Lady from 1933 to 1945.

If you've enjoyed reading these inspirational life quotes, then be sure to check out inspiring thoughts, a collection of enlightening quotations which are perfect for introspection and meditation.

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