Top Quotes – Best Inspirational Quotes of all Time

Top Quotes – This article will present you some of the best inspirational quotes of all time, separated into the categories famous inspiration quotes, inspirational sayings and inspirational sports quotes. Definition of inspiration: Inspiration is a sudden intuition of the mind, which provides guidance in a certain situation or the solution for a question or problem. Inspiration is a mixture of creative thinking and intuition with the sudden arousal of an idea.

Top Quotes – Best Inspirational Quotes of all Time:

In the following, you will find some of the best inspirational quotes of all Time from famous sportsmen and other very successful and intelligent people.

Famous inspiration quotes:

“When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.” ~ Confucius

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” ~ Betty Smith

“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” ~ Dalai Lama

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford

“In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long.” ~ Nikita Ivanovich Panin

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” ~ Mahummad Ali

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” ~ Epictetus

“If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you dream it, you can become it.” ~ William Arthur Ward

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ~ Groucho Marx

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” ~ John F. Kennedy

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ Unknown

“Don’t follow your dreams; chase them.” ~ Richard Dumb

“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” ~ Ralph Blum

“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” ~ Leon J. Suenes

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ~ Cicero

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.” ~ Barbara Bush

“Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.” ~ Victoria Holt

“The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.” ~ Horace Bushnell

“If you want to be happy, be.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

Inspirational sport quotes

“Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.” ~ Unknown

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club wont be worth a dime.” ~ Babe ruth
“I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.” ~ Walter Payton

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ~  John Wooden

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” ~ Joe Paterno

“Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.” ~ Venus Williams

“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” ~ Muhammad Ali

“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.” ~ Vince Lombardi

“Don’t give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the second half.” ~ Paul “Bear” Bryant

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.“ ~ Lance Armstrong

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ~ John Wooden

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” ~ George Halas

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” ~ Tommy Lasorda

“It’s not the disability that defines you, it’s how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability.” ~ Jim Abbott

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.” ~ Lou Holtz

“I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you’re a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you’ll win–if you don’t, you won’t.” ~ Bruce Jenner

“The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, thats the day you start to the top.” ~ O.J. Simpson

“If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. “ ~ Dick Vermeil

Inspirational sayings

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” ~ William Feather

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” ~ Buddha

“You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.” ~ Shira Tehrani

“Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring.” ~ Lorrin Lee

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”~ Karen Kaiser Clark

“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.” ~ Joseph Epstein

“As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.” ~ Paul Shane Spear

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” ~ Buddha

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ~ Joshua Marine

“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” ~ Napoleon Hill

Inspirational sayings

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