I love quotes that inspire someone to reach for the stars and sometimes I just come across a quote that makes me smile or laugh when I hear or read it. Here you will find quotes from historical figures, movies, & books. Some are funny while others make you stop and ponder what they mean to you personally.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly” –Robert F. Kennedy
“It is never too late to become what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” ~ Amelia Earhart
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” ~Amelia Earhart
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” ~ Shunryu Suzuki
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” ~ Amelia Earhart
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream..” ~ C S Lewis
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~Mark Twain
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. ~Samuel Beckett
Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head. ~Meryl Streep
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ E. M. Forster
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” ~Ray Bradbury
Movies:
“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!” ~ Aunt Frances Owen/ Practical Magic
“You must unlearn what you have learned.” ~Yoda (Star Wars V:Empire Strikes Back 1980)
“No. Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try.” ~Yoda (Star Wars V:Empire Strikes Back 1980)
“I can’t fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago.” Rob (High Fidelity 2000)
Lewis: I don’t even know what I’m doing.
Wilbur: Keep moving forward.
Lewis: I mean, this stuff is way too advanced for me.
Wilbur: Keep moving forward.
Lewis: And what if I can’t fix this, what are we going to do?
Wilbur: Keep moving forward.
Lewis: Why do you keep saying that? And don’t just say keep moving forward!
Wilbur: It’s my dad’s motto.
Lewis: Why would his motto be keep moving forward?
Wilbur: It’s what he does.
~Meet the Robinsons