Powerful Inspiring Quotes to get through turbulent times!

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If you are going through a rough time, reading some uplifting quotes can help you remember that life isn't always bad. These seemingly long stretches of fear, disappointment, pain and heartache are just brief, insignificant of time that will pass.

You need inspiration to survive, thrive and live the life of passion and purpose you were meant to live. text-align: just so in the interest of giving you a source of “oxygen” whenever you have a moment where inspiration fails you. Do you feel as if you are putting in enough work toward achieving your hopes, goals and dreams? If your answer is no, there is absolutely no need to fret, cast your worries aside because, at any moment, you can make the choice to do better and maximize your potential.

Here are 100 Inspirational Quotes to give some extra motivation on your journey toward a life filled with achievement, and happiness.

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1. Don't depend too much on anyone in this world. Even your shadows leaves you when you're in darkness. ~Ibn Tamiyyah
2. If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. Flavia Weedn
3. Do not be embraced by your failures, learn from them and start again. ~ Richard Branson
4. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.  ~ Henry Ford
5. Don't be afraid to lose people. Be afraid of losing yourself by trying to please everyone around you.Unknown
6. Smooth sea never made a skillful sailor. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. A ship is always safe a shore but that is not what it's built for.     ~ Albert Einstein
8. A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. ~ Venon Howard
9. If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~ Mary Engelbreit
10.The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese Proverb
11. Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of a greater or equal benefit. ~ Napoleon Hill
12. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill
13. A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure untill he begins to blame somebody else. ~ John Burroughs
14. If you can't do anything about it, then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change. ~ Tony Gaskins
15. Don't wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.                  ~ George Herbert 
16. The Pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The Optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill
17. Everything is either an oppoetunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. ~ Wayne Dyer
19. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~ Dale Carneigi
20. You can conqueres almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. ~ Dale Carneigi
21. Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. ~ Jomie Paolinetti
22. When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. ~ Rumi
23. You can't live your life for other people. You've go to do what's right for you even if it hurts some people you love. ~ Nicholas Sparks 
24. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
 ~ Elenour Roosevelt
25. The Obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. ~ Ralph Blum
26. A Bird sitting on a Tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her Trust is not on the Branch but on it's own Wings. Always Believe In yourself. ~Charlie Wardle
27. When you can't change the direction of the wind. Adjust your sail. ~ H.Jackson Brown Jr.
28. It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. ~ Dale Carneigi
29. Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.~ Mary Kay Ash
30. Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. ~ Roy T. Bennett
31. It's only after you've stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.~ Roy T. Bennett
32. Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.~ Unknown
33. Accept yourself, love yourself and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs down. ~ Roy T. Bennet
34. Do not shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see Him. ~ C.S. Lewis
35. An Arrow can only be shot by pulling it back ward. When life is bragging you back with difficulties, just imagine that's going to launch you into something great.So just focus, and keep aiming.    ~ Unknown    
36. You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~ C.S. Lewis
37. A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.             ~ Lao Tzu 
38. If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished. ~ Rumi
39. Be not afraid of going slowly be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
40. Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient and the best things come to those who don't give up. ~ Unknown
41. Most of the problems in life are because of 1 OF 2 reasons. 1. We act without thinking. 2. We keep thinking Without Acting.             ~ Unknown 
42. Life is the most difficult exams. Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper. Be Yourself. ~ Unknown
43. Sometimes the smallest steps in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip Toe if you must,but take the step. ~ Naeem Callaway
44. Though nobody can go back and make a new begining....Anyone can start over and make a new ending.               ~ Chico Xavier
45. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. ~ Zig Zagler
46. Don't spend time beating on a wall hoping to transform it into a door. ~ Coco Channel
47. Everybody wants to be a Diamond, but very few are willing to get cut. ~ Eric Thomas
48.The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years! ~ Edward J. Stieglitz
49. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ~ Mark Twain
50. Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life. ~  Roy T. Bennet
51. Some People dream of success While others waked up and achieve.
52. Do not go where the path may leads, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
53. Keep your face always toward the sunshineand shadows will fall behind you.  Walt Whitman
54. Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you. ~ Eric Thomas
55. A River cuts through a Rock not because of its Power but its Persistence. ~James N. Watkins
56. The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think. ~ C. Joybell C
57. Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering. ~ Paulo Coelho
58. You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. ~ A.A. Milen
59. Work for a Cause not for Applause. Remember to live your life to Express. Not to Impress. Don't strive to make your Presence noticed just make your Absence felt~Grace Lichtenstein
60. You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re - reading the last one.
61. If It Doesn't Open, It's Not Your Door.~ Crystal Jackson
62. Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow. ~ Andy Hunt
63. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.~ Will Rogers
64. I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.            ~ Herbert Bayard Swope.
65. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~ Paulo Coelho
66. You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf.                        ~ John Kabat-Zinn
67. If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. ~ Dolly Parton
68. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. ~ Bill Keane
69. Don't spend your entire life building a ship, without ever tasting the salt of the ocean. ~ Alexander Den Heijer
70. Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ~ Neil Goiman
71. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. ~ Mark Twain
72. When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strength you.
73. Sometimes you face difficulties not because you are doing something wrong, but because you are doing something right. 
74. When God pushes you to the edge of difficulty...trust him fully. Because only two things can happen, either he'll catch you when you fall, or will teach you how to fly.
75. The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
76. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything .         ~ Mark Twain 
77. The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. ~Arthur C. Clarke
78. If you are always trying to be normal You will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou
79. Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you choose wisely.        ~ Roy T. Bennett                                        
80. The Future belongs to those who believes in the beauty of their Dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
81. The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.                        ~ Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
82. Never explain yourself to anyone. You don't need anyone's approval. Live your life and do what makes you happy. ~ Unknown
83. I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you'. ...There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.   Maya Angelou
84. I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. ~ Og Mandino
85. The first part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you!  ~ Bette Midler
86. What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?             Charles M. Schulz 
87. Never Announce your Moves Before you Make Them! Unknown
88. Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender. ~ Tupac Shakur
89. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ~ John Wooden
90. The Past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living. ~ Roy T. Bennett
91. A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
92. The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
93. The Greatest Prison People live in, is the Fear of what Other People Think! ~ David Icke
94. Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. ~ E.M. Forster
95. Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. ~ Moliere
96. A Mistake Repeated More than Once is a Decision.                          ~ Paulo Coelho 
97. You can never win an argument with a negative person. They only hear what suits them and listen only to respond.                           ~ Michael P. Watson
98. When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. ~ Alexander Den Heijer
99. It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction. ~ Diane Grant
100. You Define Your Own Life. Don't let People Write Your Script. ~ Oprah Winfrey


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