Inspirational Quotations | Famous Sayings and Proverbs of Inspiration

“All that we do is done with an eye to something else.” -  Aristotle

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

“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

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

“Fill ev'ryglass, for wine inspires us,  And fires us  With courage, love and joy.  Women and wine should life employ.  Is there ought else on earth desirous?” - John Gay

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Inspirational quotations push human beings to reach their full potential by inspiring positive thoughts and motivational incentives.  The very act of reading inspirational quotations has a positive effect on human performance and mental well-being.  Why not improve your life today by finding that special inspirational quote that speaks to you and framing it on your wall.  Browse these passages of inspiring quotations:

“All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer.” - Cole Porter

“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” -  Aristotle

“America experiences a new birth of freedom in her sons and daughters; she incarnates the spirit of her martyred chief.  Their loyalty is repledged; their devotion renewed to the work He left unfinished.  My heart throbs anew in the hope that inspired by the example of Lincoln, imbued with the spirit of Christ, they will cast down the last barrier to perfect freedom.  And I with my brother of blackest hue possessing at last my rightful heritage and holding my head erect, may stand beside the Saxon — a Negro — and yet a man!” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.” -  Aristotle

“And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.” -  Aristotle

“ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.” - Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

“Art not only imitates nature, but also completes it deficiencies.” -  Aristotle

“Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.” - Charles Lamb

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” -  Aristotle

“Bad men are full of repentance.” -  Aristotle

“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.” -  Aristotle

“Between friends there is no need of justice.” -  Aristotle

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body, but knowledge acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” -  Aristotle

“Books are for nothing but to inspire.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst.  What is the right use?  What is the one end, which all means go to effect?  They are for nothing but to inspire.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Books never pall on me.  They discourse with us, they take counsel with us, and are united to us by a certain living chatty familiarity.  And not only does each book inspire the sense that it belongs to its readers, but it also suggests the name of others, and one begets the desire of the other.” - Francesco Petrarca Petrarch

“Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.” -  Aristotle

“CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.” - Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

“Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.” -  Aristotle

“Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.” -  Aristotle

“Do not kick against the pricks.” -  Aeschylus

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” -  Aristotle

“Enthusiasm reflects confidence, spreads good cheers, raises morale, inspires associates, arouses loyalty, and laughs at adversity . . . it is beyond price.” - Allan Cox

“Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.” -  Aristotle

“Every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.” -  Aristotle

“Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on.  It is this philosophy by which we measure out our days, and by which we advertise to all about us the man, or woman, that we are. . . .   It takes but a brief time to scent the life philosophy of anyone.  It is defined in the conversation, in the look of the eye, and in the general mien of the person.  It has no hiding place.  It's like the perfume of the flower — unseen, but known almost instantly.  It is the possession of the successful, and the happy.  And it can be greatly embellished by the absorption of ideas and experiences of the useful of this earth.” - George Matthew Adams

“Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.” -  Aristotle

“Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had a long and illustrious pedigree, as Columbus himself was well aware. . . .  "The second reason that inspired the Admiral [Columbus] to launch his enterprise and helped justify his giving the name 'Indies' to the lands which he discovered was the authority of many learned men who said that one could sail westward from the western end of Africa and Spain to the eastern end of India, and that no great sea lay between."” - Ferdinand Columbus

“Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.” - Edwin Hubbel Chapin