All of us from time to time it is difficult to remain positive, because life is not an easy thing. If you can not see the glass half full, reading inspirational quotes about life can pull you out of the depths of despondency. These 60 quotes in English will help you see the tremendous opportunities that life offers.
About success
1. “Success is the child of audacity”. (Benjamin Disraeli)
“Success is a child of boldness.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
2. “Success is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” (Thomas Edison)
Success is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent sweat.
Thomas Edison, the inventor
3. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” (Winston Churchill)
“Success is the ability to move from failure to failure, without losing enthusiasm.” (Winston Churchill)
4. “You miss 100% of the shots you do not take.” (Wayne Gretzky)
“You will miss 100 times out of 100 shots that you will not do.” (Wayne Gretzky)
Wayne Gretzky is an outstanding Canadian hockey player, one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century.
5. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” (Charles Darwin)
“Survival is not the strongest and not the smartest, but the one who adapts better to all changes.” (Charles Darwin)
6. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs”. (Farrah Gray)
Make your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to embody your own.
Farrah Gray, American businessman, philanthropist and writer
7. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential …” These are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. (Confucius)
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the desire to fully reveal their potential … these are the keys that will open the door to personal perfection.” (Confucius)
8. “Fall seven times and stand up eight”. (Japanese Proverb)
“Fall down seven times, rise eight”. (Japanese proverb)
9. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” (Helen Keller)
“There are no short cuts to a worthy goal.” (Helen Keller)
Helen Keller is an American writer, lecturer and political activist.
10. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. (Herman Cain)
“Success is not the key to happiness. This happiness is the key to success. ” (Herman Kane)
Herman Kane is an American businessman and a Republican politician.
About the person
1. “The mind is everything. What you think you become. ” Buddha
“The mind is everything. What you think, the you become. ” (Buddha)
2. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life. (Plato)
“You can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. A real tragedy of life – when adults are afraid of light. ” (Plato)
3. “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. ” (Abraham Lincoln)
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do badly, I feel bad. This is my religion. ” (Abraham Lincoln)
4. «Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride, that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. (Kurt Vonnegut)
“Be gentle. Do not let the world harden you. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let bitterness steal your sweetness. Be proud that, even if the world does not agree with you, you still consider it a great place. ” (Kurt Vonnegut)
5. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ” (Stephen Covey)
I am not the product of my circumstances. I am the product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey, American consultant on leadership and life management, teacher
6. “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
“Remember: no one can make you feel humiliated without your consent.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
7. “It’s not the years in your life that count.” It’s the life in your years. ” (Abraham Lincoln)
“It does not matter how many years you lived, but the quality of your life in those years.” (Abraham Lincoln)
8. “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Or write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about.” (Benjamin Franklin)
9. “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” (Coco Chanel)
“There are people who have money, and there are rich people.” (Coco Chanel)
10. “The most important kind of freedom is what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can not be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution on the individual level. It’s got to happen inside first. ” (Jim Morrison)
“The most important freedom is the freedom to be yourself. You exchange your reality for a role, you exchange common sense for a performance. You refuse to feel and wear a mask in return. No large-scale revolution is possible without a personal revolution, a revolution at the personal level. It must first happen inside. ” (Jim Morrison)
About life
1. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” (Mae West)
“We live once, but if you properly manage your life, then one time is enough.” (Mae West)
Mae West is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol, one of the most scandalous stars of her time.
2. “Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory.” (Ingrid Bergman)
“Happiness is good health and bad memory.” (Ingrid Bergman)
3. “Your time is limited, so do not waste it, living someone else’s life.” (Steve Jobs)
“Your time is limited, so do not lose it, living someone else’s life.” (Steve Jobs)
4. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born.” (Mark Twain)
The two most important days in your life: the day you were born, and the day you realized why.
Mark Twain, writer
5. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you do not have in life, you’ll never have enough. ” (Oprah Winfrey)
“If you look at what you already have in life, you will gain even more. If you look at what you do not have, you will always miss something. ” (Oprah Winfrey)
6. “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” (Charles Swindoll)
“Life is 10% of what happens to me, and 90% of how I react to it.” (Charles Swindall)
Charles Swindoll is a Christian pastor, radio preacher and writer.
7. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, I’m possible!” (Audrey Hepburn)
“Nothing is impossible. In this very word there is a possibility *! “(Audrey Hepburn)
* The English word impossible (“impossible”) can be written as I’m possible (literally “I’m possible”).
8. “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)
Always dream and strive to exceed the limit of your possibilities. Do not set out to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Strive to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner, writer
9. “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I did not understand the assignment, and I told them they did not understand life. (John Lennon)
“When I was five, my mother always said that happiness is the main thing in life. When I went to school, I was asked who I want to be when I grow up. I wrote: “A happy man.” Then they told me that I did not understand the question, and I answered that they do not understand life. ” (John Lennon)
10. “Do not cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” (Dr. Seuss)
“Do not cry, because it’s over, smile, because it was.” (Dr. Seuss)
Dr. Seuss is an American children’s writer and animator.
About love
1. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the whole universe, deserve your love and affection.” (Buddha)
“You yourself, no less than anyone else in the universe, deserve your love.” (Buddha)
2. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired”. (Robert Frost)
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” (Robert Frost)
3. “The very essence of romance is uncertainty”. (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays)
“The whole essence of romantic relations is in uncertainty.” (Oscar Wilde, “How important it is to be serious” and other plays “)
4. “It was love at first sight, at last sight. (Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita)
“It was love at first sight, from the last glance, from the eternal gaze.” (Vladimir Nabokov, “Lolita”)
5. “You know you’re in love with you.” (Dr. Seuss)
“You understand that you are in love when you can not fall asleep, because reality is finally more beautiful than your dreams.” (Dr. Seuss)
6. “True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life reality.” (Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle)
“True love is rare, and only it gives life a true meaning.” (Nicholas Sparks, “The Message in the Bottle”)
Nicholas Sparks is a famous American writer.
7. “When love is not madness it is not love.” (Pedro Calderón de la Barca)
If love is not insane, then it is not love.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca, a Spanish playwright and poet
8. “And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they were tall on the walls in the sight of many.” (J. R. R. Tolkien)
“And he embraced her and kissed him under the sun-drenched sky, and he did not care that they were standing high on the wall under the crowd’s gaze.” (JRR Tolkien)
9. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” (William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well)
“Love everyone, trust the elect and do no one any harm.” (William Shakespeare, “All is well that ends well”)
10. “Never compare your love story with those in the movies, because they are written by scriptwriters. Yours is written by God. ” (Unknown)
“Never compare your love story with movies. They were invented by writers, yours was written by God himself. ” (Author unknown)
About education and education
1. “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
“The boundaries of my language are the boundaries of my world.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Ludwig Wittgenstein is an Austrian philosopher and logician of the first half of the 20th century.
2. “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere”. (Chinese Proverb)
“Knowledge is a treasure that everywhere follows those who have it.” (Chinese proverb)
3. “You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.” (Geoffrey Willans)
“You will never understand one language until you understand at least two.” (Jeffery Villance)
Jeffrey Villance is an English writer and journalist.
4. “To have another language”. (Charlemagne)
To have a second language means to have a second soul.
Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
5. “Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts flow and from which they grow.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
6. Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
“Knowledge is power”. (Francis Bacon)
7. «Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher. ” (Maya Watson)
“Cognition is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher. ” (Maya Watson)
8. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” (Oscar Wilde)
“You can not be too well dressed or too well educated.” (Oscar Wilde)
9. “Never make fun of someone who is broken. It means they know another language “. (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.)
“Never laugh at a man who speaks broken English. This means that he knows another language. ” (H. Jackson Brown – Jr.)
H. Jackson Brown – Jr. is an American writer.
10. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ” (Mahatma Gandhi)
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and public figure
With humor
1. “Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it. ” (Salvador Dali)
“Do not be afraid of perfection; you will never reach it. ” (Salvador Dali)
2. “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” (Albert Einstein)
Two things are infinite – the universe and human stupidity, but I’m not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics
3. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” (Mark Twain)
“Have in life only ignorance and self-confidence, and success will not keep you waiting.” (Mark Twain)
4. (Jerry Seinfeld) “If a book about failures does not sell, is it a success?” (Jerry Seinfeld)
“If the book does not sell for failure, can it be considered a success?” (Jerry Seinfeld)
Jerry Seinfeld is an American actor, stand-comic and screenwriter.
5. “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. ” (Isaac Asimov)
“Life is pleasant. Death is serene. The whole problem is the transition from one to another. ” (Isaac Asimov)
6. «Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer ». (Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously … I’m Kidding“
“Accept yourself as you are. Only if you are not a serial killer. ” (Ellen Degeneres, “Seriously … I’m joking”)
Ellen Degeneres is an American actress, TV presenter and comedienne.
7. “A pessimist is a man who thinks everyone is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” (George Bernard Shaw)
“A pessimist is a person who considers everyone as unbearable as he is and hates them for it.” (George Bernard Shaw)
8. “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more ». (Oscar Wilde)
Always forgive your enemies – nothing irritates them more.
Oscar Wilde, English philosopher, writer and poet
9. “If you would like to know the value of money, try to borrow some.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Do you want to know the price of money? Try to borrow. ” (Benjamin Franklin)
10. “Life would be tragic if it were not funny.” (Stephen Hawking)
“Life would be tragic if it was not so funny.” (Stephen Hawking)
