Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Intentions Consequence Deception Self-Reflection Morality Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.

Aldous Huxley

Sacrifice Consequence Irony The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

Florence Nightingale

Indifference Inhumanity Moral Failure Emotional Detachment Consequence The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

Truth Prediction Consequence Suffering Certainty The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

Aldous Huxley

Addiction Idealism Consequence Control Dangers Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Carl Jung

Appearances Consequence Silence vs Noise Integrity The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Plato

Consequence Neglect Resilience Destruction Perseverance By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Edmund Burke

Inaction Responsibility Consequence Growth Universal Truth What you don't do can be a destructive force.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Curiosity Caution Observation Social Dynamics Consequence A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

Alexander Pope

Liberty Slavery Extremes Consequence Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Plato