These 100 inspirational life quotes are thought provoking words of wisdom, love and guidance.
All of the quotes are from the life quotes and sayings pages on this site, but as there are so many entries on these pages (and always increasing) I have taken what I believe to be the most inspirational to form this page. The quotes are listed in order of the author’s surname, with all unknown source at the end.
This collection (and others) are available to downloaad and print as a boxed set of small cards from my Spiritual Quotes To Live By Etsy Shop.
A 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
The purpose of your life is joy.
Abraham-Hicks
Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale.
Hans Christian Anderson 1805 – 1875
Every instant of time.. Is a pinprick of eternity.
Marcus Aurelius 121 – 180
B 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished.. If you’re alive, it isn’t.
Richard Bach 1936
Your heart is your paintbrush.
The entire Universe is your canvas.
Your life is your art.
Kute Blackson
Each morning we are born again.
What we do today is what matters most.
Buddha 624BC – 543BC
Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
Robert Burns 1759 – 1796
Don’t go through life..
Grow through life.
Eric Butterworth 1916 – 2003
Life doesn’t happen to you, you receive everything in your life based on what you’ve given.
Rhonda Byrne 1951
C 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
Eileen Caddy 1917 – 2006
Life is the sum of all your choices.
Albert Camus 1913 – 1960
Life can change in a moment…
so we must appreciate every single day we are given.
Kristine Carlson
Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.
Deepak Chopra 1946
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Stephen Covey 1932 – 2012
Variety’s the spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavours.
William Cowper 1731 – 1800
D100 Inspirational Life Quotes
I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it.
Johnny Depp 1963
Forever is composed of nows.
Emily Dickinson 1830 – 1886
E 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is a preparation for the future, and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.
Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955
Life is like riding a bicycle..
To keep balance you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955
F 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is a ticket to the greatest show on Earth.
Martin Henry Fischer 1879 – 1962
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be lame and monotonous.. So would life.
B.C. Forbes 1880 – 1954
G 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Nothing is worth more than.. This day.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 – 1832
H 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
I breathe in the fullness and richness of life.
Louise L. Hay 1926
You never know when it is going to happen, when you will experience a moment that dramatically transforms your life. When you look back, often years later, you may see how a brief conversation or an insight you read somewhere, changed the entire course of your life.
Gay Hendricks 1945
NOW is.. The most abundant moment of your life.
Robert Holden 1964
If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and every day you have the opportunity to write a new page.
Mark Houlahan
Do not take life too seriously..
You will never get out of it alive!
Elbert Hubbard 1856 – 1915
J 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.
Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
K 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is a great big canvas..
And you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye 1911 – 1987
If we experienced life through the eyes of a child, everything would be magical and extraordinary. Let our curiosity, adventure and wonder of life never end.
Akiane Kramarik 1994
L 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Live one day at a time.. And make it a masterpiece.
Dalai Lama 1935
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
Dorothea Lange 1895 – 1965
What are days for?
Days are where we live.
Philip Larkin 1922 – 1985
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
Bruce Lee 1940 – 1973
Your life is your message to the world..
Make it inspiring.
Lorrin L. Lee
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes..
but, when you look back everything is different.
C. S. Lewis 1898 – 1963
M 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it.
Harvey MacKay 1932
Time is free, but it’s priceless.
You can’t own it, but you can use it.
You can’t keep it, but you can spend it.
Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.
Harvey MacKay 1932
The aim of life is to live… and to live means to be aware; joyously, serenely, divinely Aware.
Henry Miller 1891 – 1980
Start living now.
Stop saving the good china for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
Mary Manin Morrissey 1949
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
Grandma Moses 1860 – 1961
What we do in life, echoes in eternity.
Movie – Gladiator
I consider every moment of my life precious, Divine and wonderful.
Robert Muller 1923 – 2010
I want my life to be a hymn to the Creator.
Robert Muller 1923 – 2010
N 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Native American
O 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
I wish to live a life that causes my Soul to dance inside my body.
Dele Olanubi
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
And today?
Today is a gift, that’s why we call it the present.
Babatunde Olatunji 1927 – 2003
P 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.
Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973
R 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is not logic.
Life is not philosophy.
Life is a dance, a song, a celebration.
It is more like love and less like logic.
Osho Rajneesh 1931 – 1990
Live with passion.
Anthony Robbins 1960
The stories we love best, live in us forever.
J. K. Rowling 1965
Let silence take you to the core of life.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
S 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Death is more universal than life.
Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.
Alan Sachs
Life is lived on the edge.
Will Smith 1968
Get out of your head.. And into your life.
Susan Somerset-Webb
I want to feel my life while I’m in it.
Meryl Streep 1949
May you live every day of your life.
Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
T 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
We are each a thread in the tapestry of life; an instrument in the Divine orchestra; a colour of the rainbow and the entire spectrum, unique and yet part of the same whole. I am you. And you are me. We are One.
Anna Taylor
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfil it.
Life is sorrow, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Mother Teresa 1910 – 1997
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.
Eckhart Tolle 1948
Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
Leo Tolstoy 1828 – 1910
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
Lao Tzu 600BC
W 100 Inspirational Life Quotes
Life is..
The movie you see through your own unique eyes.
It makes no difference what’s happening.
It’s how you take it that counts.
Denis Waitley 1933
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not an idle one.
How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.
Neale Donald Walsch 1943
Today is a most unusual day because we have never lived it before, we will never live it again, it is the only day we have.
William Arthur Ward 1921 – 1994
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Thornton Wilder 1897 – 1975
Life is a dance.. Enjoy every step.
Anthony Douglas Williams
Life is the best teacher.
Anthony Douglas Williams
The miracle of life is enough for me to believe in miracles.
Anthony Douglas Williams
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey 1954
Each person in the world is different and has their own beautiful sound in the symphony of life.
Joseph B. Wirthlin 1917 – 2008
Unknown Source
Create a life that feels good on the inside,
not one that just looks good on the outside.
Every day may not be good,
but, there’s something good in every day.
Every moment is unique… never before, never again.
Enjoy your life.
Every new day is another chance to change your life.
For one minute..
Walk outside, stand there in the silence,
look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.
God is glorified in the fruitage of our lives.
How to stop time… kiss.
How to travel in time… read.
How to escape time… music.
How to feel time… write.
How to release time… breathe.
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
Laugh your heart out.
Dance in the rain.
Cherish the moment.
Ignore the pain.
Live – Laugh – Love
Forgive and Forget.
Life is a precious gift..
Live it.
Life is a roller coaster.
You can either scream every time you hit a bump,
or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy the ride.
Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles..
Notice them.
Life is like a camera..
Focus on what’s important,
capture the good times
and develop from the negative.
Life is like a wild tiger.
You can either lie down and let it lay it’s paw on your head..
Or, sit on it’s back and ride it.
Life is not so much what each individual makes of it,
but what we make of it for each other.
Life isn’t about finding yourself..
It’s about creating yourself.
Life isn’t aweful..
It’s Awe Full.
You’ve just got to look at it right.
Life isn’t happening to you..
Life is responding to you.
Our values are the guides by which we navigate ourselves through life.
The future is not something we enter..
The future is something we create.
The greatest service is to share the joys of living.
The magnitude of your life is directly proportional to
the magnitude of your thoughts.
The pages of yesterday cannot be revised,
but the pages of tomorrow are blank and you hold the pen.
Make it an inspiring story.
The patterns of our beliefs are revealed in what shows up in our lives.
There are many things in life that will catch your eye,
but only a few will catch your heart..
Pursue those.
There is no future in the past.
Time is like a river,
you cannot touch the same water twice
because the flow that has passed will never pass again.
Enjoy every moment of life.
When the past calls..
Let it go to voicemail, it has nothing new to say.
When things aren’t adding up in your life..
Start subtracting.
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