Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Possession Carnal Desire Loss of Self Control Inner Conflict He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

Mahatma Gandhi

Human Nature Innate Instincts Self-awareness Inner Conflict Moral Duality The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Henry David Thoreau

Good and Evil Inner Conflict Morality Human Nature The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Inner Conflict Human Nature Self-Reflection Emotional Control We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

Albert Camus

Instincts Inner Conflict Self-Control Discernment Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

C. S. Lewis

Chastity Temptation Inner Conflict Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Saint Augustine

Self-Discovery Inner Conflict Unconscious Mind Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Carl Jung

Self-Perception Public Image Inner Conflict Identity Expression It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

Frank Ocean

Emotion Self-Reflection Destruction Inner Conflict Growth Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Mark Twain

Writing Endurance Timelessness Inner Conflict Writers have to put up with this editor thing; it is ageless and eternal and wrong.

Charles Bukowski