Reading great books about personal or self-development and books about success stories, blogs and quotes are my sources of inspiration when I feel stuck or need encouragement to do something I’m scared of. Here are some of my favorite quotes on life change, finding courage and having faith that things will work out.
“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” -Anonymous
“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” -Deepak Chopra
“Even if you stumble, you’re still moving forward.”
“May the bridges I burn light the way.” -Dylan McKay
“If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” –Jim Rohn
“Lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at you.” -David Brinkley
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” -Tony Robbins
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” -Bob Proctor
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe
“If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.” -Mark Twain
“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” –Walt Disney
“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” -Warren Buffett
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” –Life’s Little Instruction Book
“Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you… yet, someone survived… You can do anything you choose to do.” –Maya Angelou
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
“Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.”
“Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” -Henry van Dyke
“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” -Walter Anderson
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -George Bernard Shaw
You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
“By changing nothing, nothing changes.” -Tony Robbins
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” -Anonymous
“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” -Deepak Chopra
“Even if you stumble, you’re still moving forward.”
“May the bridges I burn light the way.” -Dylan McKay
“If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” –Jim Rohn
“Lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at you.” -David Brinkley
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” -Tony Robbins
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” -Bob Proctor
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe
“If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.” -Mark Twain
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” -Leo Tolstoy
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
“Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth.”
“To create more positive results in your life, replace ‘if only’ with ‘next time.'”
“If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” –Barack Obama
“As soon as anyone starts telling you to be “realistic,” cross that person off your invitation list.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” –Michael Jordan
“To create more positive results in your life, replace ‘if only’ with ‘next time.'”
“If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” –Barack Obama
“As soon as anyone starts telling you to be “realistic,” cross that person off your invitation list.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” –Michael Jordan
“The best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt
“Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.” -Viktor Frankl
“Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.” -Viktor Frankl
“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” -Warren Buffett
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” –Life’s Little Instruction Book
“Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you… yet, someone survived… You can do anything you choose to do.” –Maya Angelou
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
“Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.”
“Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” -Henry van Dyke
“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” -Walter Anderson
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -George Bernard Shaw
“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“Never, never, never, never give up.” –Winston Churchill
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”
Stop saying "I Wish" ... Start saying "I Will"
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Every second is a chance to change your life.
Every new day is another chance to change your life.
Change your mindset. Believe in yourself. Be positive. Enjoy life.
Dream and Do! One positive thought at morning can change your whole day.
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“Never, never, never, never give up.” –Winston Churchill
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”
Stop saying "I Wish" ... Start saying "I Will"
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Every second is a chance to change your life.
Every new day is another chance to change your life.
Change your mindset. Believe in yourself. Be positive. Enjoy life.
You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.