Feeling a little de-motivated, lost & low? Looking for something inspiring? Read this article to find some of the most inspirational quotes/ quotations from great men and start afresh.

Inspirational Quotes

Each of us wants to be successful and move forward in life, but some unexpected moments that can leave us badly traumatized and feeling low. These moments are very difficult to get over and make us feel absolutely hopeless, with no possible way to come out of it. The negative cloud built because of these unavoidable situations needs to be removed, so that the sunshine of positive thoughts comes to us. There is no point blaming the situations, as what has happened, has happened. You cannot change the past, but the future is in your hands. You need to light a flame of passion and inspiration, which keeps you moving to achieve the goals you have set. You have to remember that time waits for no one and no matter what happens, you have to move forward. Go through the inspirational quotes given below and try to make yourself move over the testing times.
 
Famous Inspiring Quotations 
  • Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. (Eddie Rickenbacker)
  • What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
  • Arrow goes forward only after pulling it backward, bullet goes forward only after pressing the trigger backward, every human being will get happy only after facing the difficulties in their life path; so don’t be afraid to face your difficulties, they will push you forward. (Author Unknown)
  • If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. (Henry David Thoreau)
  • The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. (Dr. Joyce Brothers)
  • Love never fails; Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true. (Pete Maravich)
  • Fall seven times, stand up eight! (Japanese Proverb)
  • Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. (Napoleon Hill)
  • Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. (Micheal Jordan)
  • If life gives you rocks, don’t sit back and blame life for that. At every turn of our life, it gives us choices which we fail to recognize. So, when life gives you rocks, it’s still your choice whether to build a wall or a bridge.
  • The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. (Chinese Proverb)
  • Without passion, you don’t have energy; without energy, you have nothing. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. (Donald Trump)
  • If you want success as bad as air, you will definitely get it. (Author Unknown)
  • Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. (Saint Francis de Sales)
  • Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
  • You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. (Lou Holtz )
  • People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in; their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. (Elizabeth Kubler Ross)
  • Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. (John Quincy Adams)
  • Mistakes are the portals of discovery. (James Joyce)
  • You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. (Author Unknown)

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