The Best Inspirational Quotes to Live By

Here you will find the very best of the best inspirational quotes to live by, hand-chosen by a word connoisseur to uplift, entertain, inspire, empower, provide hope, transform, encourage, and help you live your best life.


A refuge to temporarily escape the negative dialogue that often surrounds us in day to day life. To nurture yourself physically, emotionally, and spiritually.


Take a break from your daily hassles, stress, worries, burdens, hustle, and bustle. Breathe deep and fill your mind with inspiring and elevating words, thoughts, and quotations.


Collect, share, ponder, and reflect, on these insightful words of wisdom, enlightenment, and inspiration.

I'm your host Cynthia Perkins. As a writer by profession, I have a natural and passionate love of words. Words matter not only in our literature but in our day to day lives. Depending on the words chosen, they can either hurt, tear down, and invoke fear, or lift us up, inspire, transform, and move us towards action. 


By association, I also love quotes which combine words in an elegant and powerful manner, and I have been collecting them for decades. Finding a new quote that resonates for me is like unearthing a nugget of gold. My goal on this site is to share my gems with you in hopes that I can help you live a happier, deeper, richer, more peaceful and meaningful life. 


 I hope you enjoy what I believe to be the best inspirational quotes to live by on the planet! 

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Like beauty,  the words that one finds to be inspirational lies in the eyes of the beholder. But, here are ten of my all-time favorites that never fail to lift me up and remind me of some of life's most important lessons.

Top Ten Inspirational Quotes to Live By

" Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down."

 - Kobi Yamada

"Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain. " 

- Vivian Greene

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

"When it is time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived. " 

- Henry David Thoreau

"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath." 

- Hillary Cooper

"The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before." 

- Albert Einstein

"Whatever the struggle, continue the climb, it may be only one more step to the summit." - Diane Westlake

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. " 

- Helen Keller

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." 

- Desmond Tutu

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