Inspirational Quotes

Hopefully, these inspirational quotes will inspire you and those around you to achieve to the highest degree. Many of them provide an excellent basis for graduation and other speeches.

1. "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~Thomas Edison
2. "Hitch your wagon to a star." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. "If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius." ~Michelangelo
4. "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." ~Mother Teresa
5. "If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves." ~Thomas Edison
6. "All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them." ~Walt Disney
7. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
8. "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts." ~Winston Churchill
9. "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." ~Henry David Thoreau
10. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
11. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." ~Goethe
12. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
13. "Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." ~Eddie Rickenbacker
14. "Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there." ~David Zucker
15. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein