By Elizabeth Dubos
Inspirational quotes are beneficial because they offer motivation, boost your confidence, and can help you during a rough time in your time. You can print them out and place them around your house or apartment. Or you can save it as a background on your smartphone or tablets, making it easier to see wherever you go.
Inspirational quotes help me during a creative block. Right before I start a big graphic design project, I get nervous and doubt my abilities, therefore thrusting myself into a creative block. It feels like my brain is overloading because projects have deadlines. Inspirational quotes have helped boost my confidence and remind me that I have great creative ideas. I printed out inspirational quotes and hung them around my office and kitchen; the two places I spend most of my time. Also, during my creative blocks I spend time on my iPad and phone to escape my computer. I ended up putting inspirational quotes as background on these devices because it helps motivate me to overcome my creative block. Here are some inspirational quotes that will hopefully help you too.
1. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou
2. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
3. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be to the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
4. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
5. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
6. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
7. “All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
8. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
9. “Hardships often find ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
10. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
11. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
12. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
13. “No matter how hard times may get, always hold your head up and be strong; show them you’re not as weak as they think you are.” – Unknown
14. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
15. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
16. “Free yourself from past mistakes, by forgiving yourself for what you have done or went through. Every day is another chance to start unknown.” – Unknown
17. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” Eleanor Roosevelt
18. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” ― Lao Tzu
19. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
20. “Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” ― William Faulkner
Edited by: Corinne DiOrio