Nothing beats powering your day with inspiration to infuse hope and courage in you. Reassuring oneself with the scriptures and profound words from leaders from all works of life oils your wheel of wisdom. Find below our list of short and powerful inspirational quotes to keep you going.
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations – Zig Ziglar
You can never plan the future by the past – Edmund Burke
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission – Eleanor Roosevelt
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years – Abraham Lincoln
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all – Aristotle
Pay no mind to those who talk behind your back, it simply means you are two steps ahead of them. – Nannas Green
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” – Dr. Seuss
Keep your words soft and tender in case you have to eat them later – Andy Rooney
Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best – Henry Van Dyke
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it – John Maxwell
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why – Mark Twain
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people – Eleanor Roosevelt
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world – Nelson Mandela
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else – Les Brown

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me – Brian Tracy
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can – Arthur Ashe
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right – Napoleon Hill
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible – Audrey Hepburn Read
It is never too late to be what you might have been – George Eliot
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
Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them – Madam C. J. Walker
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye – Helen Kellar
Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale
If you can dream it, you can achieve it – Zig Ziglar
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years – Abraham Lincoln
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination – Jimmy Dean
We will fail when we fail to try – Rosa Parks
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life – Steve Jobs
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing – Walt Disney
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs – Farrah Gray
Lizzie DeGanga writes on motivational and inspirational topics.