Inspirational Quotes and Sayings

Famous Inspirational Sayings

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.  Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.” - Helen Adams Keller

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” -  Aristotle

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” -  unknown

“Allow yourself to be inspired.  Allow yourself to succeed.  Dare to excel.” - Vince Dente

“First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.” - Amos Bronson Alcott

“The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty.  They struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.” - Samuel Smiles

More Inspirational Sayings

Inspirational sayings have the amazing quality of giving hope and inspiration even during the darkest days and hours.  Inspirational sayings help individuals realize their full potential and to continue following their goals and journey in life.  Nothing in life is ever easy, but with the help of inspiring sayings and proverbs the journey becomes easier.  Reading inspirational sayings will give you a higher sense of meaning and purpose in life.  Explore this collection of inspirational sayings and quotations and find passages that speak to you and inspire your own mind.

“Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal; equals revolt in order that they may be superior.” -  Aristotle

“Inspiration:  There is no man upon the earth, no foolish man or wise,       No man of high or humble birth but somewhere in the skies       Can find a star to lead him on if he will lift his eyes.” -  unknown

“It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.” -  Aristotle

“It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results.  The wish to preserve the past rather than the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young.” - Bertrand Arthur William Russell

“It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.” -  Aristotle

“It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.” -  Aristotle

“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.” -  Aristotle

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.  There is none such.   It is the bog in our brains and bowels, the primitive vigor of Nature in us, that inspires that dream.   I shall never find in the wilds of Labrador a greater wildness than in some recess of Concord.” - Henry David Thoreau

“It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.” -  Aristotle

“It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.” -  Aristotle

“It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.” -  Aristotle

“Let us consider the nature of true greatness in men.  The people who can catch hold of men’s minds and feelings and inspire them to do things bigger than themselves are the people who are remembered in history. . . . those who stir feelings and imagination and make men struggle toward perfection.” - Henry Eyring

“Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.” -  Aristotle

“Man matures through work  Which inspires him to difficult good.” - Pope John Paul II

“Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.” -  Aristotle

“Many managers know how to get things done through people, to turn people into tools, but not how to direct them, inspire them or motivate them.  Leadership provides a scenario to the people they're leading.  People are willing to work their butts off if you give them an objective, show them how to reach it, and prove that you mean it through action and consistency.” - John Music

“Memory is the scribe of the soul.” -  Aristotle

“Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil - and if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.” -  Aristotle

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” -  Aristotle

“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.” - Gwendolyn Brooks

“Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me.  It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union         together.   Some people even forget that today.  What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the President of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality.  He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.” - George Herbert Walker Bush

“Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill.   I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, “It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ.”  Winston then to my amazement started to quote long excerpts from Bourke Cockran’s speeches of 60 years before. “He was my model,” Churchill said. “I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall.”” - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

“Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill.   I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, “It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ.”  Winston then to my amazement started to quote long excerpts from Bourke Cockran’s speeches of 60 years before. “He was my model,” Churchill said. “I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall.”” - William Bourke Cockran