The word that inspire

Words are powerful – they have the ability to inspire, motivate, uplift and spur action. If you’ve been feeling uninspired, then read through this inspirational words list, which includes over 100 single inspirational words that will inspire you.

These inspiring words can help to spark that inner flame – the one that inspires you to get up and move, create, and thrive.

• Abundance
• Accomplish
• Achieve
• Activate
• Adroit
• Affirm
• Align
• Amplify
• Balanced
• Becoming
• Begin
• Belong
• Best
• Bliss
• Blossom
• Bold
• Boundless
• Brilliant
• Bright
• Capable
• Celebrate
• Confident
• Connect
• Courageous
• Daring
• Declare
• Deserving
• Discover
• Dream
• Dynamic
• Effective
• Endurance
• Energetic
• Emerge
• Establish
• Flexible
• Flow
• Focus
• Fresh
• Fulfill
• Fortune
• Generous
• Genuine
• Glowing
• Graceful
• Grateful
• Growth
• Harmony
• Healing
• Honorable
• Hope
• Illuminate
• Impact
• Infinite
• Initiative
• Innovate
• Insightful
• Inspirational
• Joyful
• Kindness
• Knowledge
• Legacy
• Liberate
• Light
• Loyalty
• Luminous
• Opportunity
• Originality
• Overflowing
• Passion
• Peace
• Perseverance
• Persistance
• Possibility
• Power
• Prosperity
• Quest
• Queen
• Radiant
• Rapturous
• Respect
• Savvy
• Serendipity
• Shine
• Soul
• Sublime
• Subliminal
• Strong
• Succeed
• Tenacious
• Thankful
• Triumphant
• Unique
• Unlimited
• Uplifting
• Valiant
• Vast
• Victorious
• Vivacious
• Wealthy
• Worthy
• Wild
• X-Factor
• Yes
• Zeal
• Zen
• Zestful

How to Use This Inspirational Words List

When you’re reading through this list of inspiring words, take note of the words that jump out or spark something inside of you. It can be helpful to have a notebook with you to write them down.

You can choose one word to be your “word of the day/month/year.” Two more way to use this inspirational words list are to choose the words that resonate with you and write positive affirmations or as self-care journal prompts.

For example, a positive affirmation using four of the inspiring words listed above might be:

“I am a capable, courageous person and my life is overflowing with abundance.”

When you’re writing in your self-care journal, pick a word from the list above and journal about how you can make that word a reality in your life. For example:

“Passion – I am going to set aside two hours every week to pursue my passion, which is watercolor painting. This weekend, I am going to order a new set of watercolor paints and paintbrushes.”

Resources related to “Inspirational Words”

• 50 Self-Care Journal Prompts With Printable PDF

My name is Ash and I’m the founder of High Vibes Haven. I have been studying numerology, angels, and angel numbers for over 20 years. I am passionate about helping people recognize signs from their guardian angels, understand the hidden meanings of numbers in their life, and learn more about the secrets of the universe.

Words that can spark change

We’re entering a new year, and for many, this calendar change itself inspires a bit of joy and optimism. This feels like a good time to bask in the calm after the holidays, embrace our familiar routines, and tackle brand-new projects. Many of us are setting uplifting goals to power us through the new year.

Language can be a powerful way to spark feelings of joy, gratitude, dedication, and motivation. Many great people throughout history have employed motivational language to encourage people to strive, persevere, and stand up for things that matter to them, whether it’s John F. Kennedy saying, “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose or dedication,” or Martin Luther King Jr. saying, “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.”

We see similar words over and over again in these kinds of inspirational quotes: hope, change, effort, courage, purpose. There are certain words that intrinsically seem to awaken our desire to be and do more. Some people even pick a single word to act as a personal motto or motivator for change. If you’re looking for a little lift, or perhaps a few encouraging words to add to your inspiration mood board on Pinterest, here are some terms you may not know yet. They’re guaranteed to get you dreaming about your best life!

Many of you are desperate to expand your vocabulary and start using more sophisticated English words. So today let’s focus on some words that can inspire, inspire you and inspire the people around you.

In English, there are many ways to say the same thing. You know a lot of simple vocabulary already, which is awesome but if you want to earn the respect and the attention of people around you, using interesting, thoughtful and meaningful words is definitely something that you want to work on.

Words are powerful! And the words that you choose to use tell people a lot about the type of person that you are. Expanding your vocabulary and using inspiring words can make you more successful in business, in school, in life. Your words can make others want to be around you.They command respect. People are more likely to trust you or to follow your advice if you use powerful words. And the words that you use don’t just affect others, using powerful and positive and inspiring words will also have a positive impact on you.

Today Learn English Fun Way is going to give you six inspiring words that you should learn and start using as soon as possible. We are going to show you how to say them because really, if you can’t pronounce these words correctly, it’s difficult to deliver an inspiring message. We will tell you what they mean and I’ll show you how to use them correctly.

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1, Inspire

Alright let’s start with the word ‘inspire’. Yeah if you’re going to inspire people with your words, you’re going to have to know how to use them, right? If you inspire someone, you make them want to do something, you make them feel confident and excited to try something. Maybe something new or maybe something that they haven’t done in quite a while. Let’s start with pronunciation first.

• Inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(r)/

So, that middle syllable is the stressed one.

And in the past, it’s ‘inspired’. Now that final D is a soft D sound. So when it’s spoken, you hardly hear it. You should catch that sound ‘d’ before you release it.

• I feel inspired by her.

We often say “someone can inspire someone to do something”.

• A friend inspired me to run a marathon.
• The orchestra inspired her to study music.
• His brother inspired him to travel the world.

But you can also be inspired by something.

• She was inspired by her boss.
• I was inspired by the speech.

Who inspires you? Is there someone in your life who makes you excited to do something and makes you want to do something? Tell us about that person in the comments. Tell us who inspires you.

You can also say that they’re an inspiration or that they are inspiring.

So if you’re thinking of someone who inspires you, try to use all of these words, all of these words from the ‘inspire’ word family to talk about them.

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2, Motivation

When you’re feeling inspired, you may need some motivation to help you take action, right? Motivation is the reason why you want to do something. It’s all of the things and the feelings that make you keep working hard to reach your goals or to finish something.

You want to become a more confident English speaker for a purpose, right? It could be to get a better job, it could be to meet people from other countries, to study abroad, maybe you’d love to travel. These are all reasons or your motivation to learn the language.

So motivation is like a better, more sophisticated way of saying reason. You can ask people “What’s your motivation for learning English?”

There’s a lot of syllables in this word to pronounce here.

• Motivation /ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃn/

Words that end in -tion like this one are usually stressed on the syllable before last. And that last syllable is unstressed, the vowel sound reduces right down to the schwa so it’s short and low in pitch.

• My sister Jill works full-time and she studies medicine at night school. Her kid’s education is her motivation for studying at night school.

You’ve got the word ‘motivation’, now, let’s expand your vocabulary a little. We can use the verb ‘to motivate’, ‘to motivate someone to do something’, to also express these ideas.

• She needs people around her who motivate and inspire her to succeed.

There are also two adjective forms that you need to know, the -ed and the -ing forms, including ‘motivated’ and ‘motivating’.

• As soon as I lost a few kilos, I was motivated to lose more.
• His speech was really motivating.

There is another adjective, ‘motivational’, which is used to mention something or somebody that makes people want to do something, especially something that involves hard work and effort.

• He’s a motivational speaker.

What or who motivates you to keep going? Tell us about that person in the comments.

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3, Courage

Learning a new language, using big words, speaking out loud, all of this takes courage. Courage is the ability to do something even though it might be scary or dangerous or difficult at times. It relates to your emotional strength, to do something that you are scared to do, so it’s kind of similar to bravery.

There are quite a few different ways to pronounce the OU in English words.

• Courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/

In the word ‘courage’ we use /ʌ/ as in ‘up’ vowel sound. This is the strongest syllable so you need to make sure that you’re pronouncing it right. And the final consonant sound might be a little tricky too. The /dʒ/ sound. So to make it, you have to get you tongue behind your teeth and push up to the top of your mouth but the edges of your tongue must be pushed or pressed up to seal the sound in.

The verbs ‘have’ and ‘find’ are often used with the noun ‘courage’.

• He has the courage to do the right thing.
• She found the courage to stand up and speak at the rally.

It’s also definitely worth knowing the adjective ‘courageous’ as well. ‘Courageous’ means being ‘brave’.

• She’s a very courageous woman.

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4, Encourage

And if someone doesn’t have the courage, certainly you can ‘encourage’ them. Encourage sounds really similar to courage. The pronunciation is almost the same but the meaning is a little different. If you encourage someone, you give them hope and confidence and support to achieve something. You don’t just tell them that they can do it but you help them to believe that they can. By encouraging someone, you can help them to find courage that they need. And again, we ‘encourage someone to do something’.

• Their cheering encouraged me to finish the marathon, even though I was exhausted.
• Her parents encouraged her to study medicine.

Let’s expand a little. Something or someone can be ‘encouraging’.

• That was an encouraging sign. I think we’re on the right track.

You can also use the noun ‘encouragement’. And you can use it with verbs like ‘give’ and ‘need’.

• I think she needs a little encouragement.
• Her teacher should give her some encouragement.

It is an uncountable noun.  It’s really common to hear this word used with a quantifier like ‘some’ or ‘any’, ‘a little’ or ‘a lot’.

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5, Empower

To empower someone is to give them the strength and the confidence or the authority to do something.

• The Ladies’ Project empowers women to speak English with strangers.

Notice that the first vowel sound is actually a short sound and the second syllable is the stressed one. The final syllable is unstressed, it’s the schwa sound and you don’t hear people say that sound.

• Empower /ɪmˈpaʊə(r)/

To empower someone is to make them stronger and more confident to do something and it’s often used to talk about giving power or strength or control to someone who doesn’t have it.

But don’t be confused. If you are ‘empowered’, it doesn’t always mean that you are ‘powerful’. These two words have quite different meanings.

• The CEO wants to empower his management team to make strategic decisions for the company.
• What makes you feel empowered?
• Or have you ever empowered someone else in some way?

You’ll hear the -ed and the -ing adjective forms here. Someone can be ‘empowering’ and people can also feel ‘empowered’.

And it’s worth knowing the noun ’empowerment’ as well. ‘Empowerment’ means ‘the act of giving somebody the power or authority to do something’.

• Education is a tool for empowerment.

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6, Perseverance

These words and their word families are challenging, challenging to pronounce and challenging to use these different types of words correctly but if you’re still here you’re still working hard, then you’ve got perseverance.

So someone with perseverance keeps trying to succeed even when it’s difficult. Even when things are hard, they keep going. When they get stuck, they find a way around it. When they fail, they try again, they don’t give up. Therefore, perseverance isn’t really something that you can learn. You either have a really strong desire in you to achieve something or you don’t.

So do you have the perseverance to become fluent in English? Can you keep going even when it’s difficult? Since you’re here and you’re practising with Learn English Fun Way, we know that you don’t give up easily. You have perseverance or determination or tenacity. These are all synonyms of perseverance.

Let’s focus on the pronunciation for a second.

• Perseverance /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪərəns/

That third syllable is the stressed one.

It is also really common to hear the verb ‘persevere’ in difficult situations. “To persevere (in something/in doing something/ with something/ with somebody)” is ​to continue trying to do or achieve something despite difficulties.

• She chose a difficult career path but she persevered and she graduated with the degree that she wanted.
• Can you think of anything that you have persevered through?
• Anyone who’s failed their driver’s license several times before, they persevered as well.

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It is the end of the writing. We hope this lesson has inspired you to be a little more courageous with your English vocabulary and that you’re motivated to use these words again soon. If you’re feeling a little uncertain or a little unsure about how to use some of these words, then practise by writing some sentences in the comments below so that we can check them for you. In order to get further explanation and practice your listening skills also, watch the video below. Thank you for reading and see you in the next writing!

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If you’re feeling down, blue or numb, which we all do sometimes, inspiring words and motivational phrases may be just what you need in order to make through the day. 

And just perhaps, if you’re open to it, these inspirational life quotes and motivational words may do even more than that.

Because you see, the inspirational phrases on this page, are not only uplifting, happy and positive, they also contain deeply wise messages that may hit straight in your heart and which you could choose to live by … if you wanted to!

It’s all a matter of choosing!

Let’s start off this page about inspirational life quotes with a quick word on inspiration itself:

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The Best Inspiring Quotes Cut Through Time and Space

Many wise men and women throughout history have said many inspiring words to live by, and even though some of them are centuries old, they ring true to this day.

Time, norms and external circumstances change, but real the essence of human nature doesn’t!

This is what is so fascinating about the really good and powerful inspirational life quotes.

No matter where, at which time, in which culture the person who made the inspirational life quote came from, if it is really deep and wise, everybody everywhere who opens up and tunes in to it, can understand it and benefit from it.

That, my friend, is raw power!

Here are some inspirational quotes and sayings and motivational words:

At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you really want.
~ Lao Tzu ~

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

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Finding Deep Knowledge in Inspirational Quotes

Famous people throughout history have inspired thousands
with their motivational phrases.

You, too, can receive inspiration and joy through reading these inspirational life quotes.

Through their quotes and sayings successful and famous people throughout history reveal how they lived, chose and navigated lived their lives. This is invaluable knowledge.

Taking in these inspirational life quotes can be an easy, yet extremely powerful way to help you get insight into how to live your life.

A really good inspirational life quote is by Mahatma Ghandi where he mediates truth about the fact that real change that comes from within will almost always leave a positive print in world:

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

If you try to live by these inspiring words, you will find that life will truly be a better place. All change starts with yourself!

Here are some more motivational phrases that you can take to heart as you go about your day to day life:

Talent alone won’t make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: Are you ready?
~ Johnny Carson ~

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
~ Buddha

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate that which you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work gives you as much pleasure as your spare time.
~ Pablo Picasso ~

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do that which we think we cannot.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

Yes, fear is one of the greatest obstacles to living a full life and living out our inner potentials. Fear is often the reason why we follow norms, let systems dictate our actions or try to please people.

Looking fear in the face, feeling it and still not obeying it — that is true strength!

In the quote below Steve Jobs doesn’t mention fear as such but the essence of having the courage to not be caught up in fear and follow your own way is clear:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and your intuition. They somehow already know what you want to become. Everything else is secondary.
~ Steve Jobs ~

Here are some more inspiring words and motivational words:

There is a theory which states that if every anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something else even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory that states that this has already happened.
~ Funny Saying ~

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be touched or seen; they must be felt with the heart.
~ Inspiring Words to Live By ~

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Inspirational Life Quotes to Help You Through the Tough Times

There are many lessons that each of us has to learn in life, and not all of them are going to be fun.

The important thing to remember about life lessons is that they are exactly what we need at a certain time and place. Always!

Everyone has to go through a number of trials and tests in order to become the person that they were meant to be.

If you really want to get through life more easily and acceptingly, then you need to embrace each test as being good for you.

Life does actually only want the best for you even though it may not seem that way!

There are a number of excellent inspirational life quotes that can help you make it through the rough times that life may throw at you.

A personal favorite quote of mine is:

The truly important things in life — love, beauty, and one’s own uniqueness — are constantly being overlooked.
~ Pablo Casals ~

Every inspirational life quote that gives you the motivation to make it through another day is exactly what you need, and we hope you find some strength through reading the following inspiring words:

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin — real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. After that obstacle, then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
~ Alfred D. Souza ~

Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year, or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in the moment.
~ Inspirational Life Quotes ~

Yes, like both Alfred D. Souza and the directly above example of inspirational life quotes convey: it is so easy to get distracted from really living life.

And it’s really quite silly, because deep down we all want to be happy and doing what we love.

But the problem is that we have acquired the belief that it isn’t possible to do what we love. We believe there are too many consequences to living out our full potential so it’s much easier to remain in our numb comfort zone and reacting because of fear rather than facing life and acting as our own creator.

Life’s a funny one, hey!

Here are some more motivational phrases and inspirational quotes.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.
~ Inspirational Life Quotes ~

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
~ T. S. Eliot ~

If wrinkles be written on your brow, let them not be written on your heart. The spirit should not grow old.
~ James A. Garfield ~

A surprisingly profound quote comes from Dreamworks’ animated movie «Kung Fu Panda».

In «Kung Fu Panda», the wise old turtle tells the panda, Po, The past is history and the future is a mystery; that’s why it’s called the present.

Wonderful play of words, isn’t it!

Here are some more great motivational words and inspiring words:

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that, because what the world needs is people that are alive.
~ Howard Thurman ~

Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.
~ Inspirational Life Quotes ~

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 Quotes about Happiness

Many people around the world walk through life treating themselves as if they were meant to suffer.

Most often it’s not a conscious thing they do. It’s just a result of cultural imprints and dominating value and belief systems based on fear and transmitting the message that individual suffering is necessary for greater social good.

However, we here at Quotescoop.com are arrogant enough to believe that every single human being on the planet is entitled to one thing above all else: the right to be happy.

Life itself doesn’t want anybody to be unhappy. Life prefers its element to work. To do their best. To be well functioning. Because that is how life reaches harmony.

Happiness is the key to living life, something that Vernon Howard put so succinctly:

Happiness is a liberty from everything that makes us unhappy.
~ Vernon Howard ~

There really is no secret to happiness, other than giving happiness to those around you.
~ Andrew Peloquin ~

Read the following short inspirational quotes on happiness to get some motivation, and you will find that each of the inspirational quotes and sayings can give you a bit of wisdom that will make you realize the value of being happy:

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
~ Benjamin Franklin ~

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

Happiness is excitement that has found a place to settle down. But there is always a little corner that is flapping around.
~ E. L. Konigsburg ~

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.
~ Cynthia Nelms ~

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

This quote by Leo Tolstoy is simple that most people wouldn’t really pay attention to it or just pass over it as being banal.

Yet the message so powerful and very few people actually master it.

To be happy just be.

Don’t think. Don’t plan. Don’t indulge in memories.

Just Be.

Try it!

Because then you’ll know that when you just ARE without thoughts it is IMPOSSIBLE not to be happy.

Below in the quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne he more or less says the same just in more poetic terms:

Happiness is like a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit quietly, may alight upon you.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
~ Robertson Davies ~

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky ~

If you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round and will lead you back to your door.
~ Robert Brault ~

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Stop up Once in a While and Smell the Flowers

The world of business is always a fast paced one, and it can be hard to pull out of a busy life of commerce and business and take time to stop and smell the flowers.

The following inspirational business quotes can help to put things into perspective for you as you go about your busy day.

There are quotes and sayings on the secret to real success, a few inspirational business quotes on finding the right balance, and inspiring words from many successful entrepreneurs.

Just because you are a man of business doesn’t mean that you have to be a man of suffering.

Finding the time to enjoy life despite the pressures of your business life is important, which is one of the reasons that we have compiled the following inspirational business quotes for you:

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
~ Jack Welch ~

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct a strictly honest business.
~ Mohandas Gandhi ~

Our business in life is not get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by today.
~ Stewart B. Johnson ~

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.
~ Sam Walton ~

Whenever you see a successful business, someone made a courageous decision.
~ Peter Drucker ~

Yes, this is true and we don’t really realize. Those who have successful businesses more surely have had fear thrown in their more than once and didn’t act according to it.

They left their comfort zone, moved beyond their fear and eventually did what they before only dreamed of.

The important thing is to not be afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is not to try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. .
~ Debbie Fields ~

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow; not next week, but today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
~ Nolan Bushnell ~

Many people think that there is a secret ingredient to success that will make their business succeed, and that secret has been summed up nicely in one of the many inspiring words of Andrew Carnegie:

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
~ Andrew Carnegie ~

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.
~ Lee Iacocca ~

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on perseverance. In the real world, all rests on perserverance.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

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Quotes on Characterer

When it comes to being successful and the creator in our lives, there is nothing as important as our character.

A wise man once said, Reputation is what man thinks of us. Character is what God and the angels know us to really be.

That is a stark reminder of the importance of having integrity, honesty, and true character. Having a quality character is the only thing that will contribute to our success, and few men have ever been successful without character.

Our character is what we do when no one is watching. .
~ Andrew Peloquin ~

The reality of life is that the things that we do when no one is watching are the things that we will always do.

If we can take the following inspiration quotes on character to heart, we can start making the changes that will make us a man or woman of true integrity.

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he frequently uses in conversation.
~ Mark Twain ~

Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, but the tree is the real thing.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
~ Martin Luther King Jr. ~

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else’s traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man’s character is, the better it fits him.
~ Cicero ~

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he frequently uses in conversation.
~ Mark Twain ~

This insight by Mark Twain is so true, yet very few people realize it.

If someone looks upon the world with a non-judgmental eye and attribute good qualities to people, then most likely his or her own character is similar to those attributed qualities.

And vice versa, if someone looks at the world through a lens of condemnation and has only critical things to say about other people, then yes, most likely his or her character is probably burdened by the very same characteristics that are being criticized.

Ironic isn’t it!

What we see, is what we are!

Here are some more inspiring words and good quotes on character:

Character cannot be developed in ease and in quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
~ Helen Keller ~

I appreciate people that are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There’s a vanity to candor that isn’t really worth it. Be kind.
~ Richard Greenberg ~

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that everything agrees with reasons and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
~ Buddha ~

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Inspirational Life Quotes on Success

Success comes in many different forms, and how we handle it is a measure of who we are.

The power that comes from success may lead some people to want to control other people in order to get more power. In other words, they use their power to disempower other people.

Other people who are also successful use their power to set other people free. In other words, they use their power to empower other people.

Take a moment to reflect on this difference! It’s really so important!

A personal favorite of the inspiring words and quotes on success is:

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~

Success follows a different path for every person, and true success is all about making the most of the journey rather than focusing on the destination.

Without spending time looking at your road to success, you will never enjoy your destination.

Many of these people went through monumental failures before achieving success.

Take up one idea, and make it your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, the muscles, the nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is the way that great spiritual giants are produced. ced.
~ Swami Vivekananda ~

Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.
~ Mark Victor Hansen ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson defines what is success so beautifully below. Relax and take these inspiring words of wisdom:

Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciate of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. That is to have succeeded.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Try to discover
The road to success
And you’ll seek but never find
But blaze your own path
And the road to success
Will trail right behind.
~ Robert Brault ~

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
~ Ross Perot ~

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
~ Elbert Hubbard ~

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