
Last Updated: 20 October 2018
Life is tough.
Therefore, a little life wisdom is always more than welcome.
Here’s a collection of powerful, inspirational and wise quotes to live by.


It’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
– Oscar Wilde
Self-care isn’t just drinking water and going to sleep early. Self-care is taking a break when things become overwhelming; saying no to things you do not want to do; allowing yourself to cry; asking for help from those around you; doing things that make you happy.
– Unknown


Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you have a dream, you have an idea, you have a vision, we have to take the responsibility to prove our worth before we expect anyone to value our talent. It’s when I decided to take the responsibility for sharing what I was passionate about with the world and not waiting for something external to validate me, to give me permission or allow me to do that, that’s what made the difference.
– Jay Shetty


The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
– Ernest Hemingway
If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.
– Mel Robbins


Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
– Thomas A. Edison
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
– Albert Einstein


Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
– Winston S. Churchill
When you’re no longer willing to tolerate something, that’s when your life changes.
– Tony Robbins


I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
– Maya Angelou
If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.
– Napoleon Hill
Refuse to listen to the negative voices in your head. Refuse to listen to other’s people perception of you.
– Lisa NIchols
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
– Mother Theresa
The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
– Bill Phillips
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
– Buddha
Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I.
– Osho
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one; each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
– Paul Coelho
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
– Lao Tzu
Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.
– Steve Maraboli
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
– Jim Rohn
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
– Maya Angelou
When it rains, look for the rainbow. When its dark look for the stars.
– Unknown
Give yourself a 1000 second chances and when you hit 999, hit reset.
– Lisa NIchols
Fall in love with your life, you only have one so it is time to make it the best life possible.
– Unknown
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
– Swami Sivananda
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
– Thomas A. Edison
When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don’t know it and the rest don’t care.
– Medgar Evers
True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.
– Oprah Winfrey
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
What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
– Maya Angelou
You only got one life. Ride it ‘till the wheels fall off.
– Lisa NIchols
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
– Aristotle