Words have a powerful impact on our lives. They can inspire, motivate, comfort, and challenge us like nothing else. Here are 100 heart-penetrating quotes that will move you to your core.
"Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels." - Greg Evans
"Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear." - E.E. Cummings
"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." - Nicholas Sparks
"You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." - Oscar Wilde
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"The pursuit of happiness is not a destination, it's a journey." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama
"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them." - Steve Maraboli
"Happiness is a warm puppy." - Charles M. Schulz
"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." - William Saroyan
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision." - Winston Churchill
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." - Oprah Winfrey
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." - Dalai Lama
"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." - Charles R. Swindoll
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." - Helen Keller
"Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever." - Peter Hagerty
"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." - Plato
"The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." - Vincent Van Gogh
"To change oneself is a greater task than changing the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." - Walter Elliot
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" - Mary Anne Radmacher
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." - Steve Jobs
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
"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
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
"The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships." - Tony Robbins
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The only way to have a friend is to be one." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!'" - C.S. Lewis
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive." - Dalai Lama
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
"Be curious, not judgmental." - Walt Whitman
These quotes represent just a small sample of the wisdom and insight that can be found in the world's literature. They speak to the human condition and offer hope, courage, and inspiration to all who seek it.