200 Wise And Inspirational Quotes To Live By

Last Updated: 16 October 2018

Someone once said:

I observed all the oppression and sadness throughout the earth and I felt that the dead were better off than the living. But most fortunate of all are those who have never been born. – Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

Who knows, maybe that person is “right”, but that statement may be true only for certain people; those wishing for death due to circumstances.

But for those highly motivated to carry on and not willing to give up on life . . .

Here’s a collection of empowering, wise and inspirational quotes to live by.

May they inspire you to keep holding on and navigate through the waters of life and NEVER give up on your dreams.

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Wisdom Quotes To Live By

1. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me – Carol Burnett

2. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying – Roy T. Bennett

3. This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth – Marilyn Monroe

4. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened – Dr. Seuss

5. Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently – Maya Angelou

6. Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt

7. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it – Charles Swindoll

8. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive – Elbert Hubbard

9. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself – George Shaw

10. If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn’t make it so – Lev Grossman

11. Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful – Thich Hanh

12. The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you – Peter Shaffer

13. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life – Steve Jobs

14. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you – Roy T. Bennett

15. If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of – Bruce Lee

16. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking – Santosh Kalwar

17. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated – Confucius

18. People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren’t already complicated enough – Carlos Ruiz Zafón

19. Life is a long lesson in humility – James Barrie

20. We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead – Roy T. Bennett

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

22. Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes – Hugh Prather

23. Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create – Roy T. Bennett

24. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself – John Dewey

25. You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind – Joyce Meyer

26. Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands – Roy T. Bennett,

27. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving – Albert Einstein

28. Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act – Paulo Coelho

29. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live – J.K. Rowling

30. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple – Dr. Seuss

31. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw

32. Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations – Oliver Goldsmith

33. Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others – Roy T. Bennett

34. Life is either a great adventure or nothing – Helen Keller

35. Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention. – Roy T. Bennett

36. Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it – Karolina Kurkova

37. Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music – Ronald Reagan

38. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give – Winston Churchill

39. Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular – Roy T. Bennett

40. Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid – John Wayne

41. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

42. Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love – Mario Teguh

43. If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax – Christian Louboutin

44. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough – Mae West

45. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later – Og Mandino

46. Either you run the day or the day runs you – Jim Rohn