History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. — B. C. Forbes
The inspiration of a noble cause enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before — Joshua Chamberlain
When people are inspired, they achieve more than they ever thought possible. — Michael Abrashoff
The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. — Comer Cotrell
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. — Mahatma Gandhi
You make history when you have a cause that inspires you to wake up every morning a little early and keeps you awake a little late and fills every minute in between with the depths of passion. — Mahatria Ra
We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. — James Redfield
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances. — Rachel Corrie
History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won. — William H. Hastie
A small group of determined and like-minded people can change the course of history. — Mahatma Gandhi
One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration — Jim Rohn
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. — Robert Kennedy
Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you’ve been searching for. — Lindsey Stirling
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. — Carter G. Woodson
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Short Inspirational History Quotes
Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future. — Francois FeNelon
The people are the true heroes, for it is they who create history. — Xi Jinping
During challenging times and when impassioned to act, human beings can be capable of miracles. — Fabien Cousteau
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. — Winston Churchill
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family... The family is placed at the center of the great struggle between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that is opposed to love. — Pope John Paul II
What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy. — Leonard Sweet
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good. — Stephen Colbert
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better. — Chuck Palahniuk
Life is not at all what you might think it to be
A simple tale where each thing has its history
It's much more than its scuffle and anything goes
Both evil and good, subject to the same laws. — John Ashbery
But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies. — George Lucas
I am inspired by music, travel, great architecture, and good, healthy food. I look for opportunities to learn about history, art, and cooking. When I learn, I grow. — Tim Matheson
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Women's History Inspirational Quotes
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. — Mae Jemison
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. — Malala Yousafzai
I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me. — Kerry Washington
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit. — Dianne Feinstein
The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. — Louise Otto-Peters
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just — Thomas Jefferson
History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries - are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses. — John Eliot
I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget. — George W. Bush
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor
It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might. — Abraham Lincoln
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion. — Benjamin Rush
What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century. — Bertrand Piccard
All things are moral. That soul, which within us is a sentiment, outside of us is a law. We feel its inspiration; out there in history we can see its fatal strength. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not speech or tool making that distinguishes us from other animals, it is imagination....Of what use are speech sounds and tools without an inspiration toward perfectibility, without a sense that we can create or construct a history. — Louise J. Kaplan
Black History Inspirational Quotes
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James A. Baldwin
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. — Thurgood Marshall
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution — Frederick Douglass
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you. — Paul Robeson
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. — Marian Wright Edelman
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun
We are the ones we've been waiting for. — June Jordan
we are the ones we have been waiting for — Alice Walker
Black History Month Inspirational Quotes
I am the dream and the hope of the slave — Maya Angelou
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. — Rosa Parks
For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. — Mary Mcleod Bethune
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. — Harriet Tubman
I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year... Him being one of those artists that I have really sampled so much and just been so inspired by... You know, he is the original ‘soul man.’ — Big K.R.I.T.
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. — Maya Angelou
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. — Frederick Douglass
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. — Booker T. Washington
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. — Arthur Ashe
Inspiring Stories Quotes
Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success. — Abdul Kalam
The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host. — Fulton J. Sheen
We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. — Axl Rose
The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it. — Tony Robbins
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. — Rumi
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. — Mason Cooley
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. — Robert McKee
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does not mean the filmmaker has to suffer in order to show the suffering. Stories should have the suffering, not the people. — David Lynch
Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there. — Priyanka Chopra
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. — Octavia Butler
Inspirational Success Quotes
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better. — Steffi Graf
Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person. — Abdul Kalam
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts
Inspirational Career Quotes
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. — Michelle Obama
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way. — Howard Gardner
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. — John Glenn
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having. — Frank Lloyd Wright
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. — Voltaire
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile. — Mark Twain
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. — Jane Goodall
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie
Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. — George S. Patton
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Of the people, by the people, for the people. — Sun Yat-sen
That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history. — William McKinley
The best protection any woman can have... is courage. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian. — Lee Strobel
In today's America He (Jesus) has moved from the central figure of world history to source material for late-night comics and pundits who would not dare treat other religious leaders with such disrespect. — David Jeremiah
To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland. — Kim Il-sung
Studio Ghosts: When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics... and one by one if you're really painting, they walk out. And if you're really painting YOU walk out. — Philip Guston
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. — James Earl Jones
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin
To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering. — Clive Cussler
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