Inspirational quotes from books

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday. – Matty Mullins

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want. – Ken Poirot

The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Peter Drucker

If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. The world needs more of that. – Claire Wineland

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day. – Alice Morse Earle

Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure. – Aisha Tyler

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. – Albert Einstein

Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward. – Roy T. Bennett

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb

It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you. – Zig Ziglar

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. – Anonymous

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Paul Graham

The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama

The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. – Aristotle Onassis

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. – Abraham Lincoln

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett

The more you strive and search for happiness, the more you overlook the possibility of finding it in the present moment. – Eckhart Tolle

Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody. – Kid President

The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure. – Stephen Richards

Success is not in what you have, but who you are. – Bo Bennett

The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow. – Roy T. Bennett

The harder I work, the luckier I get. – Samuel Goldwyn

Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this. – Chantal Sutherland

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. – Nido Qubein

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Herman Cain

The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. – Vincent van Gogh

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi