36 Quotes to keep you inspired

Need some inspiration?  Quotes are good place to start.

We love quotes because they're like little pieces of wisdom that get straight to the point. They make us feel seen and understood by putting big feelings or complicated situations into simple words. It's comforting to know others have felt the same way and have maybe even figured out a thing or two about how to deal with it.

Quotes are quick to read but can make us think big or feel better right away. They're like a pep talk or a pat on the back in just a sentence or two. They can light up a lightbulb in our heads, making us see things differently or encouraging us to keep pushing forward.

Think of quotes as both mirrors and windows. As mirrors, they show us our own thoughts and feelings, making us feel less alone. As windows, they give us a peek into other people's experiences and wisdom, helping us learn and feel connected to a bigger world. That's why quotes can be so powerful—they help us understand life a bit better and encourage us to keep going, all in just a few words.

Here's 36 to get you going:

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." – Steve Jobs

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston Churchill

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." – Wayne Gretzky

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." – Michael Jordan

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." – Henry Ford

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." – Jimmy Dean

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." – Chinese Proverb

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." – George Addair

"Dream big and dare to fail." – Norman Vaughan

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." – Theodore Roosevelt

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." – Mark Twain

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." – Vince Lombardi

"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." – Steve Jobs

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." – Robert Louis Stevenson

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." – Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Everything you can imagine is real." – Pablo Picasso

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." – Dalai Lama

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." – Zig Ziglar

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." – Charles R. Swindoll

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." – Joseph Chilton Pearce

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." – Booker T. Washington

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear." – Rosa Parks

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." – C.S. Lewis

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"The mind is everything. What you think you become." – Buddha

"An unexamined life is not worth living." – Socrates

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." – Buddha

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." – Oprah Winfrey

"The best revenge is massive success." – Frank Sinatra

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

"Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it," - Chinese Proverb