Advice Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg

Only love can touch the heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom. — Bill Moyers

May we love, support and help one another. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting. — John Lubbock

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today. — James Dean

Relationships are not additive, but multiplicative because you connect with his/her childhood experiences, past relationships, thoughts on money and more. — Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

What prevents you from fully expressing yourself? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Holding a grudge is a fatal flaw. — Rick Riordan

Poems arrive. They hide in feelings and images, in weeds and delivery vans, daring us to notice and give them form with our words. They take us to an invisible world where light and dark, inside and outside meet. — Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

Don't you think you ought to at least think about getting yourself to your ultimate? Because, trust me, nobody else is going to get you there. — Claudia Gray

I'd rather be a hopeless romantic than a skeptic, because while the hopeless romantic may get burned many times, the skeptic will never really experience love. — Kealohilani

What is your vision of ideal world? — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can't put your heart into everything; you've just got to show up. And if your heart is worn all over you, then so be it, but you can't pull it out of you and put it in places, or put it in people's hands. Because you are like this wild and quiet and laughing thing and people are like things that stand there and don't understand what's going on; so when you put your heart into things like that, you're going to feel either stupid, or very hurt, or both. And it's not people's faults that they are just standing there. I mean, you're the different one; they're not different; they're all the same. — C. JoyBell C.

If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those who dwell on the rocks carrying nets will try to reel you into their catch. The last thing they want is for you to thrive in your habitat because they stand in their atmosphere where they beg and gasp for some air. — C. JoyBell C.

Audiences will admire your character's strength but connect with them through their weakness. — Don Roff

Try to pause each day and take a walk to view nature. — Lailah Gifty Akita

E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard. — Anne Lamott

There are many more books to read, when will I finish reading? — Lailah Gifty Akita

A writer seizes every opportunity to wonder. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Believe in yourself and start achieving your dream. It waits for you on the other side of the publish button. — Dan Alatorre

I know from the bottom of my heart and with all of it, that it doesn't matter if at the end of your life you can say that you shared the best of yourself with the rest of the world and it doesn't matter if everyone in the world remembers you as wonderful; but what matters is if at the end of your life you can say that you shared the best of yourself with the handful of people who are around you, that you gave the wonderful in you, to the people you love and who love you. Happiness never has and never will come from fame. — C. JoyBell C.

It's so easy and convenient to buy our children gifts, but I encourage and challenge you to give them gifts that TRULY matter! The gift of unconditional love. The gift of encouragement. The gift of support. The gift of friendship. The gift of communication, understanding, and patience. The gift of guidance and support. The gift of quality time. And the gift of loving them for who THEY are. Material things are nice, but NOTHING compares to genuine love! Parenting should be taking seriously. — Stephanie Lahart

Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The great writers have to fight for their words. They have to choose to write, choose words over distractions, and their characters over their friends. Great writers can be lonely, exhausted souls. But through our characters, we live. — Alessandra Torre

May we love another, for love is of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Two steps forward ... one step back ... I've always hated that old cliche too ... I believe that we should all be able to dance through life and only change the tempo now and then. — Isabelle Rowan

Be Practical. That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Ask advice of him who governs himself well. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The only reason you continue to love someone who treats you poorly is because you don't value yourself enough. — Rob Liano

The minute I stopped trying to find the right girl, and started trying to become the right guy ... the girl came. — Jonathan Antin

You don't always have to follow the rules. You have to stand for what you believe. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Creativity begins with a walk with nature. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Listen to the advice of your own Destiny! All is a given! — Sorin Cerin

If you ever want to love someone, love yourself unconditionally first. — Debasish Mridha

Three great actions; explore, experiment and experience. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We must be able to look under the surface rather than over-analyze it and delude ourselves into thinking we're seeing beneath it. — Brianna Wiest

I surround myself with inspirational quotations. This easy-to-follow piece of advice has played a huge role in my being able to get past my own fears and insecurities throughout my entrepreneurial career. — Blake Mycoskie

Love is the beginning of understanding. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You don't need to be perfect; just be yourself. — Debasish Mridha

When you make things too easy on someone, you're giving them a discount on your worth; and this causes them to regard you as inferior. — K.M.Docherty

We live by the power of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a diamond. Otherwise, you can burn it to keep warm. — A.J. Dalton

Life turns out to be best for those who tried their best. — Debasish Mridha

Marriage couple represent one heavenly being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships, second thoughts should be promoted. — Deb Caletti

Build your novel one word at a time. Remember that minutes = novels. — Mercedes M. Yardley

But thinking about it didn't do a thing. Thinking about it was a long dive into a bucket of shit that didn't have a bottom. — Cheryl Strayed

Love is a flame of fire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is more to life than living to earn money. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Once you have walked down the grief path, what you have gained on your journey may turn into invaluable advice for someone else. — Elizabeth Berrien

Love forgives and keeps no records of wrongs . — Lailah Gifty Akita

The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell. — David Nicholls

Never trust or take advice from someone who abandoned their childhood dream. — Chris Wheels

Read a ton, write every day if you can, and don't mimic another writer's style. Find your own voice. — James Patterson

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need. — Craig Mercier

Whatever you do, stay in love. — Debasish Mridha

The minute you stop caring about your business, is the same minute your business stops caring about you. — Steven Ivy Attorney Entrepreneur

Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their consequences transcend a lifetime. — MJ DeMarco

Sometimes we get discouraged and turn to inspirational writing, like stuff from Vince Lombardi: "Quitters never win and winners never quit." Bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time. Most people quit. They just don't quit successfully. — Anonymous

We ought to love one another — Lailah Gifty Akita

Make Hard Work Your Best Friend. Hard Work becomes Smart Work; Smart Work becomes Easy Work. — Vid Lamonte' Buggs Jr.

There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where is peace? — Jeff Buckley

I don't think anybody should read anything except for fun because you won't learn anything unless you enjoy it. — Alasdair Gray

Why do I write? Because I like telling stories and I don't like repeating myself (insert chuckle here). — Najeev Raj Nadarajah

Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. — Christopher Paolini

Live life, love life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Once you realize that your relationship is more important than your individual point of view. That's where the true definition of "union" lives. — Lauren Handel Zander

Just be you. That's the best advice I can give. There are seven billion people in this world and there is no one like you. — Ed Sheeran

No one can be your sun, moon, or stars until you have your own world. — K.M.Docherty

It is a joy to share good advice. It takes a grateful ear to listen wisely. It's always up for us to take the right action and fulfilling path that can truly serve for what is the best. — Angelica Hopes

Entrust your dreams and goals to people who will cheer you on and inspire you, who will tell you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear so you can move forward and fast track. — Rachael Bermingham

Motivation always sparks a fire within us. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Failure is when you give up. A real winner is someone that doesn't give up, even when it feels like they are losing. — Joshua Hartzell

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice - keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world. — Noah Porter

The strength of love is beyond measure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be what you are. — Henry P. Mahone

The strongest words can be said in the softest voices and still be resonant. — Erin Finnegan

May our hearts be filled with great love for one another. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Embrace all souls from every nation with love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Value yourself and those who are in your company will reflect the same image. — Steven Cuoco

God is the Creator of all things. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only kindness and love, which can change the human heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Until you begin to write, then you will see the beauty of writing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. — John Lubbock

Fight for your life, it's the only one you've go — T.A.Z

Love is a blazing fire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer. — Lee Jampolsky

If we are not growing together, then we should not stay together. — Nyki Edwinna

So many things people say may seem so good and right; you only have to think twice to know what is so good and right! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

No mountain is too high, but so many people can't climb even a hill. There is always a way to the top, but so many people can't even get the mid and many miss the way. Life is real and the journey of life comes with rules. Mind the real and distinctive rules that lead to success and you shall get to the very peak of the mountain of success surmounting all barriers, challenges and puzzles along the journey to success with a great degree of ease! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If you don't choose what you want, someone make the choice for you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Take care of the elderly people. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you. — R.M. Donaldson

It feels good read but greater to write. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart. — Adrian Tan

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. — John Wooden

People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is. — Chris Hankin

Money cannot buy life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm often asked how I take the criticism directed my way. I have three answers: First, if you choose to be in public life, remember Eleanor Roosevelt's advice and grow skin as thick as a rhinoceros. Second, learn to take criticism seriously but not personally. Your critics can actually teach you lessons your friends can't or won't. I try to sort out the motivation for criticism, whether partisan, ideological, commercial, or sexist, analyze it to see what I might learn from it, and discard the rest. Third, there is a persistent double standard applied to women in politics - regarding clothes, body types, and of course hairstyles - that you can't let derail you. Smile and keep going. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes to houses. — Peter Lynch