25 Inspiring Quotes to fuel your reinvention
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When you're in the midst of a sticky, growth-fueled reinvention, it almost doesn't matter what you're reinventing. Personal revolution of even the quietest kind impacts your whole life. That ripple effect? It's real.
Sometimes we need a little inspiration to move forward when we’re navigating change. With that in mind, here are 25 inspirational quotes to fuel you when you’re making significant life, career or business changes.
I like to think of harvesting wisdom from wide-ranging sources as standing on the shoulders of giants. It makes you tall. Here are some personal favorites of mine and of past clients.
“Become aware what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it and give birth to it.” ~ Meister Eckhart
“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
“There are many trails up the mountain, but in time, they all reach the top.” ~ Anya Seton
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” - James Stephens
“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” ― H. Jackson Browne
“Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones of genius.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
“When we arrive at the question, the answer is already near.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You know George, I think we are doing something important… that’s what we are doing in our shabby little office.” ~ Peter Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” ~ M. Scott Peck
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon
“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”~ Ivan Turgenev
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~ Goethe
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams
“At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future… If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.” ~ Matthieu Ricard
“If life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and let people wonder how you did it.” – Kigichi Ishiritari
“The way we live our days is the way we live our lives.” ~ Annie Dillard
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
“What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.” ~ Theodore Roethke
“It’s not the absence of fear; it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast though and have faith.” ~ Emma Watson
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one precious life?” ~ Mary Oliver
“Look forward. Turn what has been done into a better path.” ~ Wilma Mankiller
“I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” ~ Tracee Ellis Ross
“You don’t know it yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself endlessly. That’s your beauty.” ~ Lidia Yuknavitch
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker
“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” ~ Abraham Maslow
