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Famous Inspiring Quotes

Rise From the Dust With These Famous Inspiring Quotes

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When defeat enshrouds you and no light of aspiration reaches you, let these famous inspiring quotes rid you of your reclusive attitude. Life is too precious to be spent in the recrimination of past deeds. Everyday a new sun welcomes you. Feel the change. Embrace the novelty.
  • Abraham Lincoln
    That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

  • Bernadette Devlin
    Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

  • Alfred North Whitehead
    We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

  • Annie Dillard
    How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

  • Maya Angelou
    All great achievements require time.

  • David Ogilvy
    Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

  • Alice Walker
    Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

  • Tennessee Williams
    To be free is to have achieved your life.

  • Benjamin Disraeli
    The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

  • Dalai Lama
    What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

  • Publilius Syrus
    Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

  • Samuel Butler
    The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

  • Karen Horney
    Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.

  • Ernest Hemingway
    Never mistake motion for action.

  • Alexander Pope
    Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

  • George Bernard Shaw
    A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.

  • Margaret Mead
    Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

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