Look up the word “inspiration” in Oxford Dictionaries and you’ll learn that it means “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” While I would argue that inspiration is something that most entrepreneurs know fairly well, I also believe that there are times when we could all use a little help finding or refueling our inspiration, making it easier to achieve everything we’ve set out to do.
With that thought in mind, I’d like to share some of my favorite quotes that not only inspire me for the short-term, but also keep me going all year long, as there is one for every week. Some inspire hope, others inspire success, and still others inspire happiness, but they all inspire the best you that there is.
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- “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Bruce Lee
- “Do just once what others say you can’t do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.” James R. Cook
- “History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” Bertie Charles Forbes
- “Too many people are thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, when they ought to just water the grass they are standing on.” Amar Dave
- “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” Jean de la Bruyere
- “Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.” Unknown
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.” Walt Whitman
- “When the world says ‘Give up,’ hope whispers ‘Try it one more time.’” Unknown
- “From a small seed, a mighty trunk may grow.” Aeschylus
- “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine
- “Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” Richard L. Evans
- “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” Warren Buffet
- “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” Dale Carnegie
- “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” Swami Sivananda
- “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Nathaniel Hawhtorne
- “One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.” Unknown
- “Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.” Augustus Hare
- “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton
- “It is in moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” Tony Robbins
- “Don’t be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.” Andy Biersack
- “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” Arthur Ashe
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” Vince Lombardi
- “The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.” Marlee Matlin
- “I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” Albert Einstein
- “The only journey is the one within.” Rainer Maria Rilke
- “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” Muhammad Ali
- “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” Plutarch
- “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.” Unknown
- “Act like you expect to get into the end zone.” Christopher Morley
- “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Buddha
- “I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” Dudley Malone
- “Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” Farrah Gray
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” Milton Berle
- “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson
- “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas Edison
- “We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful, some are painless, but all are priceless.” Unknown
- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan
- “The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” Richard Bach
- “Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.” Unknown
- “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E. Cummings
- “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” Og Mandino
- “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” Kevin Ngo
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt
- “The start is what stops most people.” Don Shula
- “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai
- “Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” Jerry Rice
- “Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it.” David Guy Powers
- “Life is what we make it. Always has been. Always will be.” Grandma Moses
- “If you’re born poor, it’s not your mistake. But if you die poor, it’s your mistake.” Bill Gates
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Abraham Lincoln
- “In life you have two options: make changes or make excuses. So what’s it going to be?” Christina DeBusk
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