Inspiring Quotes by Great Authors

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

“Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached.” – Swami Vivekananda

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” – Swami Vivekananda

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

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

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” – Albert Einstein

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” – William Shakespeare

“To thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – Jane Austen

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Jane Austen

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela