We have inspiring life quotes because they ring true somehow, but people rarely think about their true meaning. It’s not until you’ve been in a life-altering experience that you say, “Oh, now I get it.” You don’t have to wait around for one of these life-altering moments. You can begin to change your life today by intentionally thinking on these quotes and making changes.
Whether life quotes are inspirational or not, you can stand to learn something about them and make changes to your life so that you too serve as inspiration to someone else.
Let’s explore some famous inspiring life quotes.
“Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained”Â
This is one of the most popular life quotes from Benjamin Franklin. You can’t live life constantly being afraid. Let go of your fear about what people think of you. Don’t be afraid to try something new. Explore new places. Tell someone you love them without the fear of what they’ll say in return. Take a risk, and do something you’ve long wanted to do. Keep reaching.
“To Thine Own Self Be True”Â
Shakespeare knew it does very little good to try to be fake to yourself or to others. Many people try to act like an alternate version of themselves, but this causes many issues. For starters, it detaches them from their true selves, which makes relating and sharing an interacting with people impossible. People never really get to know the real them. When they discover who they really are since it will invariably come out, they feel hurt and betrayed because they’ve been lied to. Be your wonderful self and nothing less.
“Gain the World and Lose Your Soul”Â
Whether you attribute this quote to the Bible or George Harrison, you don’t want to live a life where you compromise your principles. Even if you’re the only one holding to fighting an injustice, keep at it. It won’t profit you anything to turn against what you value and hold dear. You’ll sleep better at night knowing you held true to what you believe in.
“Life Is (…) Simple, but We Insist on Making It Complicated”Â
Confucius and many others got this right. Life is not meant to be hard, but we muck it up trying to please people and live by impossible standards. If you study successful people for a while, you’ll find that they have cut out distractions, negativity and fruitless pursuits to do what they truly love. You have to be willing to do the same to live a quality life.
“No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent”Â
Eleanor Roosevelt was a smart lady. You need to always consider your source when people say something to you. An unhealthy person will not see you correctly. If they’ve been lied to all their life, they’ll probably think you’re a liar when you speak. If you know you’re not a liar, it’s time to stop seeing yourself through their eyes. It’s time you stop getting upset when someone insults you, too. You don’t “have to” get upset. If you know yourself better than anyone else knows you, you’re not going to get upset if they say something untrue about you.
“Be the Change You Want to See in the World”Â
This is a bit of a misquote. The real quote by Gandhi was expressing that if we change ourselves, we naturally end up changing the world. Don’t look outward to make change. However, we know that Gandhi also promoted noncooperation. In whichever way you want to look at it, look to yourself to make change. You can’t change other people, anyway. The only power you really have is to change yourself. With persuasion, you might be able to talk others into changing themselves too. Bit by bit, the world will change when we all change ourselves.
“I Once Was Sad Because I Had No Shoes Until I Met a Man Who Had No Feet”Â
It is unclear where this life quote came from, but whoever said it was saying that someone always has it worse than you. It’s also saying to look on the bright side. You can always be grateful for what you have. Life isn’t as bad as some people make it. There is an old story of a teacher who held a paper with a dot on it and told his class to tell him what they saw. The class answered, “We see a dot.” He replied, “You were so busy looking at the dot, you didn’t see all the space around it.” People tend to look at one little problem, rather than looking at all the other good things in their life.
Search for more life quotes to live by, and make some of your own life quotes because “if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” That’s another one to live by. Whether you live your life by life quotes or not, you can always make change.
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