Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
DaringInnovationOriginalityRebellion The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.
BeliefHopeImmortalityLifeLove If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.
AnxietyFreedomWorship Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.
DetachmentGentlemanSelf-Control A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
CreativityInnovationPerspectiveRelevanceRenewal There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.
Meaningful WorkMental Well-beingPurpose Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
CourageCritical ThinkingEmbracing UncertaintyKnowledgeTruth Realists do not fear the results of their study.
CommunicationConfusionEmotionMental HealthUnspoken Thoughts Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
CreativityTranquilityWriting A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.
FutureHabitLifePersonal Growth It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
DefensePrivacySarcasm Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
HappinessJourneyMeaningPurposeStruggle Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
ContentmentCounting BlessingsHappinessOptimismPerspective 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.
Human NatureInner ConflictSecretsSelf Reflection There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
ConflictGood vs EvilInner StruggleMystery Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
AuthenticityCharacterConnectionTrust One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
HappinessJoyMindsetPerspectiveTroubles Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
HypocrisyMartyrdomProphets Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
IntegrityOppressionResistanceSacrifice It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
GrowthHumilityHumorSelf-awarenessWisdom The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.