Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

CunningMimicryWisdom Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
EducationKnowledgeLearningMindMotivation Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
DarknessDualityOppositionResilienceStruggle There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
ChangeConsequenceExcessModeration Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Courage Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Human Nature Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.
GrowthInfluenceRelationship People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
AppearancesConsequenceIntegritySilence vs Noise The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
BeautyDisciplineEducationLoveOrder To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
ChildrenEducationStoriesVirtue We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
CitizenshipCity DevelopmentCommunityIdentity This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
CompulsionFreedomLearningMemory No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
ExistenceLife and DeathMortalityReflection Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
AcceptanceAnger ManagementControlDecision MakingSelf Reflection There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
JourneyLife It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
DemocracyDictatorshipExtremismLibertyTyranny Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
EfficiencyPerfectionProgressQualitySuccess Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
CourageFearGood vs EvilGrowthTruth We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
InfluenceLeadershipRhetoric Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
AppearanceDeceptionIllusionMagnetismPerception Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
HolinessJusticeSpiritualityWisdom We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
CapabilityMathematicsReasoning I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
ExistenceSearch for Meaning Man - a being in search of meaning.
EfficiencyFocusSpecializationTalent All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
LawsMoralityResponsibility Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
FearLeadershipManipulationPowerWar When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
ConsequenceHypocrisyInjusticeReputationSelf Reflection The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
JusticeNon-InterferencePersonal Responsibility Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
InjusticeJusticeTaxation When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
EvilKnowledgeMoralityPurposeVirtue Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.