A quote can uplift you, inspire you, motivate you, educate you, support you, or even provoke you.

Quotes are the remains of sentences, paragraphs, chapters, essays, books and conversations, the rest may have been forgotten or overlooked but there is a reason these quotes (and many, many others) have stayed in the forefront.

Their value does not diminish with age, on the contrary, their worth grows with every person they inspire or teach. You can walk past a thousand of them and then… there it is… the one you needed to hear right when you needed to hear it.

One line, a sentence, that's all a quote is yet they can be so powerful that we can use them a guide to live our life by. Which quote do your live your life by?

Below are 101 of my favourite quotes, let me know in the comments your favourite quote 😊

1.      True self care is not bath salts and chocolate cake, it's making the choice to build a life you don't need to regularly escape from. - Brianna Weist

2.      Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. - Coco Chanel

3.      Some succeed because they are destined to. Most succeed because they are determined to. - Anatole France

4.      What a wonderful thought that some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet. - Anne Frank

5.      While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside of us. - Benjamin Franklin

6.      If you want to, you can. If you're determined to, you will. – Lisa Edwards

7.      Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. – Charles Dickens

8.      Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

9.      Surround yourself with people who see the beauty in you when you can't see it yourself. – Unknown

10. Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it. - C. Assaad

11. Figure out who you are and do it on purpose. – Dolly Parton

12. Don’t get confused between what people say you are and who you know you are. – Oprah Winfrey

13. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you into something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate. - Carl Jung

15. Growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you've got to get around people who are going in the same direction you want to be going, and you will catch the success. - Dr. Henry Cloud

16. If you want things in your life to change, you have to change things in your life. - Kevin Trudeau

17. It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change. - Queen Elizabeth II

18. It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. - Ann Landers

19. Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans n the earth, for what they believe is what they will become. - Brooke Hampton

20. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke

21. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard

22. He who doesn't want to face his challenges shall always face challenges. - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

23. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.  - Henry Ford

24. The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are. - J. P. Morgan

25. The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. - Jim Hightower

26. The death rate of people playing it safe and people who live boldly is the same. - Patti Digh

27. Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker

28. 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

29. Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.- Winston Churchill

30. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not live at all, in which case you have failed by default. - J. K. Rowling

31. When things get harder. Think of them as upgrades. You'll get better and stronger. – Unknown

32. When you make a choice, you change your future. - Deepak Chopra

33. Fix your habits. You can't grow without change. – Unknown

34. If it doesn't make you feel fabulous: Don't do it, don't buy it, don't wear it, don't eat it, don't keep it. – Unknown

35. If you want to improve your life immediately, clean out your closet. Often what we hold on to holds us back. - Cheryl Richardson

36. Clutter is not just physical stuff, it's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. - Eleanor Brownn

37. If you’re not using the stuff in your home, get rid of it. You’re not going to start using it more by shoving it in a closet somewhere. - Joshua Becker

38. Clutter is stuck energy. The word 'clutter' derives from the Middle English word 'clotter' which means to clot, coagulate - and that’s about as stuck as you can get. - Karen Kingston

39. True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united. - Alexander von Humboldt

40. Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states. - Carol Welch

41. Every workout counts, even if it's only for 15 minutes. Just do it. - Unknown

42. Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. - Edward Stanley

43. The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise. – Thomas Edison

44. Exercise not only changes your body. It changes your mind, your attitude and your mood. - Unknown

45. I think being in love with life is the key to eternal youth. - Doug Hutchinson

46. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life. – Mark Twain

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

48. Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more and all good things will be yours. - Swedish Proverb

49. Woman and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women ca accomplish. – Michelle Obama

50. The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

51. Life becomes easier and more beautiful when you see the good in other people. – Roy T. Bennett

52. I forgive people. It doesn't mean I accept their behaviour or trust them again. It means I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life. – Unknown

53. If you're not in the arena also getting your butt kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback. – Brene Brown

54. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.  - Gerard Way

55. Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake - collect hope. – Bryant McGill

56. When we hate our enemies, we are giving them our power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. – Dale Carnegie

57. There is a big difference between giving up and letting go… Giving up reduces your life. Letting go expands it. - Danielle Koepke

58. I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. - Lewis Carroll

59. Never regret being a good person to the wrong people. Your behaviour says everything about you, and their behaviour says enough about them. - Marc & Angel

60. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. - Mark Twain

61. A year from now, you may wish you had started today. - Karen Lamb

62. If the size of your dreams and ambitions are freaking you out, then you are on the right path. Fear not your greatness, for power is given to those with a purpose. -  Brendon Burchard

63. It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. – Brian Tracy

64. The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will be the far greater value than what you get. – Jim Rohn

65. Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

66. If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down you do not have a goal you have a wish. - Steve Maraboli

67. Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It's the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. - Amy Collette

68. Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective. – Germany Kent

69. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - Gilbert K. Chesterton

70. Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. - William Arthur Ward

71. A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they are so busy chasing a happy life. - Abraham Hicks

72. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

73. To find happiness, quit focusing on what’s wrong with you and start focusing on what’s right with you. – Joel Osteen

74. 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

75. Often when you think you are at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. – Fred Rogers

76. Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. - Napoleon Hill

77. Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. - Harold S. Kushner

78. A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well and the body. - Benjamin Franklin

79. Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it. – Buddha

80. There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes foolish until he has stopped asking questions. - Charles Proteus Steinmetz

81. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde

82. There is nothing more noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway

83. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. – Aristotle

84. Call me crazy, but I love to see people happy and succeeding. Life is a journey not a competition. – Unknown

85. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

86. Don't promise when you're happy. Don't reply when you're angry. Don't decide when you're sad. – Unknown

87. Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant. – Unknown

88. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - J. M. Barrie

89. People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

90. Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.  – Dale Carnegie

91. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret or disappointment. – Jim Rohn

92. Act on your dreams! It is not enough to just want it. Don't throw away another day. Take action and watch them come alive. – Steve Maraboli

93. When you find an idea that you just can't stop thinking about, that's probably a good one to pursue. - Josh James

94. When you follow your bliss… doors will open for you where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else. - Joseph Campbell

95. It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to has power over you. – Leon Brown

96. Anytime you start a sentence with "I am" you are creating what you are and what you want to be. – Unknown

97. You should sit in meditation for 10 minutes a day. Unless you are too busy then you should sit for one hour. - Old Zen Adage

98. The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.  – William Morris

99. Sometimes we get so caught up chasing the extraordinary moments that we miss the ordinary moments. – Brene Brown

100. I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore. - Randy Pausch

101. The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Which one do you relate to the most, is there a different quote that you live your life by? let me know in the comments :)

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