Top Inspirational Quotes In 2021 (With Images)

Need some inspirational messages to uplift your spirit?

We have collected some of the best positive inspirational quotes with images that will help you deal with any negative thoughts when you are struggling or feel like giving up.

The word “inspired” derives from “in” and “spirit”.

Inspired = In-Spirit.

Meaning that when you are “inspired”, you are coming from your “spirit self”.

This is very powerful because what is happening when you read these words is that it is helping you align with your “authentic spirit self”.

When we are stressed out, anxious, nervous, and being negative, we are literally being disconnected from our authentic spirit self and coming from a place of fear.

These inspirational phrases and sayings help “remind” us of who we really are so that we can shift our negative mindset to a positive one and live our life with strength and courage.

The powerful inspiration quotes on this page will give you some simple advice on becoming your best self and cover such topics as:

Greatness
Never giving up
Achieving your goals
Living your purpose
Hard work and success
Reaching your potential
Living a meaningful life
Being passionate and driven
Creating more happiness and joy
Staying motivated during hard times

+ more!

If you are tired of giving into self doubt and negativity, read these words every day and you will see that they will keep you on a path that leads you towards a life filled with abundance, joy, and inner peace.

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Most Famous Inspirational Quotes of All Time

Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E.E. Cummings

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. – Henry David Thoreau

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

Whatever you are, be a good one. – Abraham Lincoln

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. – Estee Lauder

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. – Suzy Kassem

When you find your why, you find a way to make it happen. – Eric Thomas

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. – Mark Twain

The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Peter Drucker

You can find a better you inside of you. Why don’t you search for that? – Munia Khan

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. – J.M. Barrie

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. – Zig Ziglar

You don’t want to look back and know you could have done better. – Unknown

Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale

Don’t let your fear decide your future. – Shalane Flanagan

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ― Robert F. Kennedy

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. — Aristotle Onassis

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi

The true success is the person who invented himself. – Al Goldstein

Give up on being perfect and start working on becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ― Paulo Coelho

Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality. Upgrade your conviction to match your destiny. – John Assaraf

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs

Whatever you do, do with all your might. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

You were put on this Earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously. – Steve Maraboli

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement Stone

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

You don’t manifest dreams without taking chances. – Stephen Richards

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. ― Roy T. Bennett

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser

Don’t let your fear decide your future. – Shalane Flanagan

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction. – Germany Kent

I’m not telling you it is going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. – Art Williams

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. – Christopher Reeve

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anaïs Nin

You cannot fail at being yourself. – Wayne Dyer

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P. T. Barnum

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston S. Churchill

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. – Virat Kohli

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi

Beautiful Inspirational Quotes

You matter. – Unknown

Be a voice not an echo. – Unknown

You are the only one who can limit your greatness. – Unknown

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the best of yourself. – Unknown

Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you. – Unknown

Do something today that your future self will thank you for. – Unknown

Create a vision that makes you wanna jump out of bed in the morning. – Unknown

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. – Unknown

Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday. – Unknown

Excuses will always be there for you. Opportunity won’t. – Unknown

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou

Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen. – Coco Chanel

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. – Joshua Graham

If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. – Unknown

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power. – John Maxwell

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. – Anne Wilson Schaef

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. – Michaelangelo

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi

A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. – Colin Powell

If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles. – Wayne Dyer

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. – Les Brown

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers

Don’t be afraid to start over. It’s a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want. – Unknown

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – Socrates

No matter how hard times may get, always hold your head up and be strong; show them you’re not as weak as they think you are. – Unknown

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. – Jamie Paolinetti

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Don’t think about what might go wrong. Think about what might go right. – Unknown

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve. ― Norman Vincent Peale

The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. – Unknown

Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it. – Unknown

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. – Chantal Sutherland

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ― Roy T. Bennett

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life. – Joel Osteen

If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily. – Jack Canfield

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 Carnegie

Until you’re broken, you don’t know what you’re made of. It gives you the ability to build yourself all over again, but stronger than ever. – Unknown

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. – Denis Waitley

Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can. – Unknown

We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Barbara De Angelis

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – Nelson Mandela

Strength is the product of struggle. You must do what others don’t to achieve what others wont. – Henry Rollins

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. ― Roy T. Bennett

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