Inspiration Quotes Quotes

“You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.”
― Germany Kent

“A lot can be changed in a span of a year. A thousand lives can be moulded, a lot many lessons can be learnt and life can show its unpredictability. Even so, one year is enough to prove to yourself that you are worth the struggle that you undertake just to reap a momentary fruit of that labour. If fighting a new fight keeps us motivated each year, so be it. Here is wishing every fighter, struggling to make a break and succeed in life a memorable New Year. Do what you do best and don't trade your passion for fame but rather earn the fame through your passion. May your fight be fruitful this year and your name engraved in hearts of horde in the form of your work.

A Happy New Year to all my well wishers, peers, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and readers. May your year be blessed with good fortune and health with added wealth.

My message this New Year is that in a world full of possibilities never limit yourself to the sky for what is sky when there is endless darkness beyond to lighten up. Take care.”
― Adhish Mazumder

“Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sometimes we take leaps of faith, and sometimes we take tiny steps. Even the tiniest step can require a lot of courage. Like climbing out of denial and admitting my real need for help. Like trusting someone who said I wouldn’t die from eating a bowl of pasta, and taking another bite. Like reaching for a pen or a yoga mat when what I really wanted to do was reach for a cookie. Like searching for a smile in my heart when my mind was busy screaming about how sad and serious I should be.”
― Shannon Kopp, Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life

“Because the truth is, while bulimia is a devastating illness I would wish upon no one, it has taught me about the fragility of life and the vital need for compassion. Today, I’m quick to love and throw my arms around any girl who has ever stared at a puddle of her own vomit and questioned the point of her life. Or who has ever let a Photoshopped image on a glossy magazine preach to her about her own self-worth, her own beauty. Or who has ever been afraid to face the pain and suffering, within and outside of herself.

Today, I’m quick to love.”
― Shannon Kopp, Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life

“Motivating others leads to success whereas inspiring others leads to greatness.”
― Ken Poirot

“I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When I was around Sunny, there was no time to dream about some easier, prettier, more comprehensible, less fucked-up existence. Now was all we had: Sunny lifting her eyes to meet mine. Cupping water in my own hands to rinse the blood off her head. Sunny’s tongue on my nose, her tail thudding on my leg. The reach of my hand across her spine. The words of comfort and rage and fear and sadness and hope that I spoke only in her presence.”
― Shannon Kopp, Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life

“So many nights, I stared out at the inky black ocean, believing that if I could only learn how to eat again and keep my hands out of my throat, that would be enough. I prayed hard and desperately to God and the sun and the moon and the ocean and the universe and every shelter dog I’d ever met, as if they were all genies, that I wouldn’t ask for anything more.

But perhaps God isn’t a collection of genies, and perhaps it’s okay to hope for more than relief. To hope big. To hope for Sunny’s limitless capacity to love.”
― Shannon Kopp, Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life

“Greatness is inspiring others to be their best.”
― Ken Poirot

“The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Rest as if you’ll live forever; work as if you’ll die today.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Great goals always come from inspiration.”
― Hina Hashmi, Your Life A Practical Guide to Happiness Peace and Fulfilment

“It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from stars; when dark times try to dull your sparkle, shine.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you were to love, love not for the lust that you yearn but the rather the pain that you earn with it. Remember though that the ones who brave the pain are eternally bound in Cupid's chain. It is these chains that many of us fear. The fear of losing the freedom of choosing for self. The fear of placing the needs of our better halves before our own. The fear is understandable for history has taught us to despise and the society has given us the chance to entice. However, if you were to pause and think ever about - love - then do remember that the chain which upon acceptance binds you in amour is the same which upon rejection arrests us to an ague called lonesome depression. Few survive in love, but fewer without it.”
― Adhish Mazumder

“Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”
Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anyone who crawls up from the gutter and makes something of themselves, despite the odds and despite others who tried to keep them down, must always be very proud of their achievements. They must never forget the struggles they went through, because they are a living example to those who wander in darkness, a staunch reminder that light is within reach if they can find the strength and determination to keep going.”
― Sarah Brownlee

“I help people achieve their dreams.”
― Ken Poirot

“A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“Persecution inspires men who otherwise would have remained dormant. As pain whips the painter, his brush whips the canvas.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I envied many for being happy, successful and content. I wondered how a sick friend managed to look resplendent in her profile picture?
How someone with a dark past post hilarious Facebook status? Until one day... I realised that while they all were making a conscious effort to grow in life, I simply sat and worshipped the grave of my sufferings.

I sat at one place and did nothing but moan. So, I stopped. I don't dig graves anymore as I am too busy building my empire.”
― Saru Singhal

“No holy book is more inspired than the other. They are all inspired according to their gods.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Change your mind, change your future”
― Anthony L. Williamms

“It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo