There is no shortage of the people who think that "the glass is half empty". Which is their personal opinion and no one is making them to change it as far as it is going great for them. However, there are some difficult times when a person has to lead his way from all the pitfalls and still hope for a "light at the end of the tunnel". Famous inspirational quotes and saying about life really inspire us deep down and prove to be a real bliss. Besides, motivation is a factor that needs some of the motivation to get motivated.
Inspirational Quotes About Life
"Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us." - Thomas L. Holdcroft
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - M K Gandhi
"Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies." - Ann Landers
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." - Buddha
"In the game of life, it is a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season." - Bill Baughan
"In the book of life, every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side and what it ordains is seldom our goal." - Nisami
"Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge at you because you are a vegetarian." - Shari R. Barr
"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever..." - Isak Dinesen
"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." - Steven Coallier
"In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed." - Sid Caesar
"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." - Kahlil Gibran
"Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destine." - William E. Gladstone
"Be not simply good; be good for something." - Henry David Thoreau
"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Inspirational Quotes from Movies
"I can't tell you any sure way to happiness. I only know that you've got to go out and find it for yourselves." - Carousel (Gene Lockhart as Dr. Seldon)
"Every man dies, but not every man really lives." - Braveheart (Mel Gibson as William Wallace)
"When you forgive, you love, and when you love, God's light shines on you" - Into the Wild (Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz)
"I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong." - Into the Wild (Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz)
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason then all possibility of life is destroyed." - Into the Wild (Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz)
"There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same - only love." - Don Juan DeMarco (Johnny Depp as Don Juan)
"You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it." - The Pursuit of Happiness (Will Smith as Chris Gardner)
"There is only one freedom of any importance, freedom of the mind." - Iris (Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch)
"Winners forget they're in a race, they just love to run." - With Honors (Joe Pesci as Simon Wilder)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - The Empire Strikes Back (Yoda)
"There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - The Matrix (Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus)
Funny Inspirational Quotes
"100% of the shots you don't take don't go in." - Wayne Gretzky
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive it isn't." - Richard Bach (Illusions)
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
"If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it." - Montaigne
"My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened." - Montaigne
"Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell
"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for." - Maureen Dowd
"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - M K Gandhi
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." - Erica Jong
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead
"Buy land. They've stopped making it." - Mark Twain
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." - Oscar Wilde
"He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke." - Author Unknown
"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing." - Jessica Alba
There are many other quotes to live by and cherish forever, that can be the greatest source of inspiration and motivation, just as the above mentioned inspirational quotes and sayings. Here I conclude this priceless collection about good inspirational quotes. I take your leave with one of my favorites from an unknown author...
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway!" Enjoy!