Get inspired by these encouraging words and share them to inspire others. The right words lift us. Mostly, they help us lift ourselves. They can kindle your fire or fan your flames. Here are 79 Inspirational Quotes That Will Change You (Forever) Words have power — and these inspiring quotes are guaranteed to challenge the way you think and perhaps even change the way you live.
1. Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde
2. Not how long, but how well you have lived in the main thing. Annaeus Seneca
3. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James
4. Time means a lot to me because you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. Bruce Lee
5. Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh
7. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde
8. love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin
9. Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler
10. In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
11. You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. William W. Purkey
12. I love those who can smile in trouble… Leonardo da Vinci
13. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard
14. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. Susan Sontag
15. The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet. Gustave Flaubert
16. I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane. Zsa Zsa Gabor