22 Inspirational Quotes About Life

22 Inspirational Quotes About Life

These quotes about life will motivate you, inspire you, and might make you tear up a bit, too.

Sometimes, life can be a bit daunting. Between big life decisions, heartbreaks, tragedies, and even simple bad days when nothing seems to go right, it's easy to get down on your outlook on life. That's where these moving life quotes come in. When you (or a friend or family member) need a pick-me-up, these quotes about life will turn your day around. From some of our favorite famous authors, musicians, and public figures, these life quotes are beyond motivating.

01. Rosa Parks

"I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom." — Rosa Parks

02. Lilly Pulitzer

"Being happy never goes out of style." — Lilly Pulitzer

03. Helen Keller

"Life is either a great adventure or nothing." — Helen Keller

04. Dr. Seuss

"You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut." — Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut

05. Eudora Welty

"The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy." — Eudora Welty

06. William Faulkner

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." — William Faulkner

07. Truman Capote

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." — Truman Capote

08. Mark Twain

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." — Mark Twain

09. Ralph Ellison

"Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat." — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

10. Rosa Parks

"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground." — Rosa Parks

11. Maya Angelou

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back." — Maya Angelou

12. William Faulkner

"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." — William Faulkner

13. Jimmy Carter

"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon." — Jimmy Carter

14. Barbara Bush

"Never lose sight of the face that the most important yard stick to your success is how you treat other people." — Barbara Bush

15. Johnny Cash

"All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love." — Johnny Cash

16. Princess Diana

"I don't go by the rule book…I lead from the heart, not the head." — Princess Diana

17. Eudora Welty

"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation." — Eudora Welty

18. Martin Luther King Jr.

"The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King Jr.

19. Audrey Hepburn

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn

20. Jackie Robinson

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life." — Jackie Robinson

21. Dolly Parton

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." — Dolly Parton

22. Lilly Pulitzer

"Despite the forecast, live like it's spring." — Lilly Pulitzer

If you're feeling lost or blue (or need to encourage a friend who might be), these inspirational quotes about life will pep you right up. And if you're feeling just fine today, bookmark these quotes for a time when you or a friend might need to hear them.

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