Uninspiring Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old uninspiring quotes, uninspiring sayings, and uninspiring proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

When you can't change the direction of the wind - adjust your sails. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always. Oprah Winfrey
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Og Mandino
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Wayne Dyer
There is no passion to be found playing small-in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. Amelia Earhart
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
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising up every time we fall. Confucius
It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop. Confucius
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison
Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. Vivian Komori
Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson
Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. Les Brown
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. Dale Carnegie
Breath .. you're going to be ok, you've been here before.. you've been this scared, uncomfortable and anxious and know you can survive this too..I know it all feels unbearable right now, just breath, keep breathing..this too shall pass I promise. unknown
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems. Sun Tzu
Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power. Joyce Meyer
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later. Bob Goff
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James