The power of a single sentence is tremendous.A single sentence can either make your day or in the same time ruin somebody’s day. It can change your mood. Just a few words put together, yet they make such big impact. But there are few sentences that can inspire us to change our life for the better.
10 Sentences That Can Change Your Life
#1 “People aren’t against you; they are for themselves.”
#2 “Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.”
#3 “You learn more from failure than from success; don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.”
#4 “The most dangerous risk of all – The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.”
#5 “Go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated.”
#6 “The person that you will spend the most time with in your life is yourself, so you better try to make yourself as interesting as possible.”
#7 “If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.”
#8 “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing.. that’s why we recommend it daily.”
#9 “Everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.”
#10 “Comfort is the enemy of achievement.”
Related: 50 Inspirational Quotes to Live By
Related: 15 Quotes By Paulo Coelho to Change The Way You Think
Your turn now…
What is the one sentence that you have heard or read and has made great impact on your life? For example mine was an advice my father gave me when I was young – “If you are unemployed and you are not looking for a job 8 hours per day, you don’t want to work.”
Please share your suggestions in the comments below. Also if you enjoyed the article please don’t forget to share it with your friends and family.
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Shari
January 29, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Wonderful and so true! I love quotes and find them very inspiring. Thanks for sharing this!
Cary
April 19, 2014 at 5:06 pm
From Teddy:
Far better it is to dare mighty things… to win glorious triumphs
even though checkered with failure;
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither suffer much or enjoy much
because the live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt circa 1910
Love Quotes
April 20, 2014 at 5:37 pm
very beautiful sharing because every quote are very heart touching.
Jennifer Clay
January 29, 2014 at 5:14 pm
I am loving these quotes! Thanks for sharing!
Tony Koker
January 29, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Great set of quotes.
One that I live by: “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Motivation has to be done not only daily, but all day long.
pallavi
January 29, 2014 at 7:06 pm
what you are doing is earning you tonnes of blessings, keep working for this noble cause.
Jeanne Melanson
January 29, 2014 at 11:19 pm
This one speaks to me today: “The person that you will spend the most time with in your life is yourself, so you better try to make yourself as interesting as possible.” I have been having a difficult time emotionally these days, and that may be something I should work toward. Thank you, Hristiqn. Peace
Ray
March 5, 2014 at 12:38 am
In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took… but how many moments took your breath away.
Anne
March 6, 2014 at 8:36 am
Really love that quote Ray
Esha
January 30, 2014 at 10:36 am
awesome compilation!! The 9th one brought a smile and I love the 2nd one!
Any
January 31, 2014 at 7:59 pm
you ARE just PHENOMENAL, I love you ! 🙂
Krystal
February 1, 2014 at 2:33 am
Some really great quotes here.
A bollywood GIRL
February 2, 2014 at 1:27 am
Really Inspiring Quotes 🙂 Love you Cris 🙂
Jude
February 2, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Thank you.
I just read “a genius is merely one who has a great idea, but the common sense to keep quiet about his other thousand insane thoughts.”
You are a and spreading genius by challenging us to ponder great ideals.
Hristiqn Nikolov
February 2, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Thank you for the kind words.
Nell
February 4, 2014 at 11:15 am
How amazing and inspiring !
A must share bookmark. 🙂
Andrew Keir
February 4, 2014 at 11:42 am
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”
Lyssa Winograd
February 5, 2014 at 6:15 am
I just stumbled upon this and absolutely love each and every one of these quotes. I’m currently reading The Last Lecture and this reminded me of a quote from the book: “The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”
It’s great to stumble upon motivational inspiration, never know who might need it. =)
Deldara
April 28, 2014 at 3:36 pm
Me 2~
Juan Pablo
February 5, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Live life with passion!!
Ernest
February 5, 2014 at 2:34 pm
Good resource! Thank you for writing.
Hunter
February 5, 2014 at 7:58 pm
That last one, “Comfort is the enemy of achievement?” Yeah, that one can go die in a fire.
If it is true, then achievement is overrated.
Hristiqn Nikolov
February 5, 2014 at 8:36 pm
Hey Hunter,
Actually what the meaning behind the quote is that you have to go out of your comfort zone if you want to achieve something. Like you have to work harder, or risk more or sleep less. Like you can’t expect to achieve anything while doing nothing.
Robert Bickford
February 6, 2014 at 2:46 am
“Little by little, an egg will walk.”
Spence
February 6, 2014 at 9:48 am
I just stumbled upon this and absolutely love each and every one of these quotes. I’m currently reading The Last Lecture and this reminded me of a quote from the book: “The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”
Thank you for the kind words.
Sam
February 6, 2014 at 4:57 pm
My father used to tell me “Can’t never did anything.” I think about that daily.
Hristiqn Nikolov
February 6, 2014 at 6:11 pm
Hello Sam,
Great quote, thanks for sharing. Keep visiting 🙂
darrell gee
February 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm
a yaqui indian sorcerer has told me.
“you have everything you need to take the extravagant trip that is your life.”
Hristiqn Nikolov
February 6, 2014 at 10:14 pm
I like that one. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Lancelot
February 6, 2014 at 11:12 pm
Ummm….anyone care that two of the entries are multiple sentences? The title should actually be “14 Sentences that you’ve probably already read a million times and therefore have ceased to mean anything.” But the thought behind it is nice.
Hristiqn Nikolov
February 7, 2014 at 1:39 am
Hey,
I don’t think just because something was seen many times that means it loses it’s value.
Best
Cassandra
February 7, 2014 at 7:02 am
Everything happens for a reason
Cassandra
February 7, 2014 at 7:02 am
It is what it is..
doug shasko
February 7, 2014 at 7:40 am
You’re absolutely right about the power of some of these quotes.
One that has served me well over the years, though I can’t remember
where I first heard it, is “What other people think of me is none of my business.”
Carmen Bilodeau
January 31, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Hello Doug, I’m wondering if you are the Doug Shasko I met in 1986 at your sister’s wedding in Vancouver? Remember me… the french canadian party girl 🙂
doug shasko
November 27, 2015 at 3:00 am
oui, oui, mon petit chou.
how far around the world did you get?
please tell me you made it back here.
would love to see you. gmail deshasko.
Diane
May 27, 2015 at 5:54 pm
Hello Doug, I was wondering if you are my brother, Doug, from Coquitlam, BC and where have you been all these year. Have been looking for you. If you are, please try and get in touch. You know where we are.
Diane
Jim
September 1, 2015 at 8:16 am
Hi Diane – just wondering if you had any luck?
doug shasko
November 27, 2015 at 3:08 am
Yes I am, Mrs. Haeber. Maple Ridge.
(see Carmen’s thread for contact).
Diane
March 4, 2016 at 8:17 pm
I will email you. Looking forward to catching up:)
Diane
April 5, 2016 at 5:58 pm
Tried to email you, maybe had the wrong email. deshasko@gmail.com. Is this the one
doug shasko
November 27, 2015 at 3:15 am
Hi Jim, Ruttan has my number.
Ishita
February 7, 2014 at 12:18 pm
Nice quotes :)))))
Jim c
February 7, 2014 at 4:24 pm
I’ve always liked:
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre.
Ebullient
April 26, 2014 at 1:12 am
Learn to occupy yourself. If you’re bored, you’re boring.
Jim c
February 7, 2014 at 4:31 pm
“And those who were seen dancing were though to be insane by those who could not here the music” – Nietzsche
“The bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go.”
– Galileo (when questioned about the relationship between science and religion)
Paul Griffiths
February 8, 2014 at 12:07 am
Life is the process of destoying any illusions that you may have once had about it!
David
February 8, 2014 at 6:30 pm
“If you don’t ask, the answer is automatically ‘No'”.
David
February 8, 2014 at 6:34 pm
“Life is not fair, but God is good.”
“God, help me to accept the unacceptable.”
Dave
February 8, 2014 at 7:18 pm
“I’d rather have 1% of 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own. ”
– J. Paul Getty
“If you understood residual income, you’d walk through a brick wall to get it.”
“If you just help enough people get what they want, you’ll eventually have everything that you want.”
– Zig Ziglar
Jim
February 8, 2014 at 8:56 pm
“Pissing into the wind is like voting for Obama” Jim P
Adil.Erore
February 8, 2014 at 9:12 pm
#3 “You learn more from failure than from success; don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.”
Truee story cause it’s happen to me all the times
Leigh
February 9, 2014 at 12:53 am
“Pray for potatoes, but bring a hoe.”
“Act, don’t react.”
Tom Haanen
February 9, 2014 at 6:31 pm
A quote I live toward is, “Say, O bretheren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.” Baha’u’llah
Hamad
February 10, 2014 at 10:41 am
Life is achieved by parachuting over the trails of your ego, and loving the footprints left in its wake.
Majlinda
February 10, 2014 at 11:14 am
Ups, agree
Life is hard by definiton
Majlinda
February 12, 2014 at 8:16 am
Sunrise – a time when all truths are still clean and enviable.
My eyes are catching the sunrise.
Alexis
February 10, 2014 at 6:29 pm
“It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years”
david naik
February 11, 2014 at 10:46 am
There is nothing which is impossible
If you mean it you dream of it and make it
Majlinda
February 11, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Be positive, patient and persistent.Skip the negative thoughts.The best is yet to come.
Brigitte
February 12, 2014 at 2:06 pm
Impossible is nothing when you reaaally want or neeed something!!!! Amen
laura adams
February 13, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Live until you die !!!
Snail
February 15, 2014 at 7:35 am
what screws up up most in life is the picture in our head of how its supposed to be.
Lynne
April 1, 2014 at 2:54 am
Isn’t that the truth?!
enko
February 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm
The best speeches are not filmed by camera 😀
ziad k abdelnour
February 17, 2014 at 10:58 am
nice collection
“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.”
Thank you
Rin
February 18, 2014 at 1:00 am
Here’s my sentence, or to be precise, the command that has changed my life: Let go or be dragged.
liezl joy delmundo romero
February 18, 2014 at 8:09 am
No need of motivation if you love what you’re doing.
An individual could be motivated, but never be force to love.
Derek Phelps
February 18, 2014 at 9:14 am
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression
Kevin
February 18, 2014 at 10:39 am
thank you for this
Axel Yberg
February 18, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Super Inspiring! Thanks so much!
Here’s one of my favorites:
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do it. What the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman
Shikha
February 18, 2014 at 4:04 pm
One of my fav quote
Nothing is impossible only impossible takes a little longer time…
Karma Wagner
February 18, 2014 at 8:07 pm
My early elementary school (1st/2nd grades) had the motto “Be Your Best Self”. I have always remembered that and tried to live by it throughout my life.
Jim Harroun
February 19, 2014 at 2:35 pm
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you have.
Marie Mercurius
February 19, 2014 at 4:47 pm
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.
Carole McAbee
February 19, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Happiness is a choice.
Can’t make chicken salad with chicken #$%^.
Sure life is hard(painful or unfair) but it is better than the alternative.
Saeed
February 19, 2014 at 9:11 pm
Help me Help you !
i like the 1st and the 2nd sentences the most.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Ian Read
February 19, 2014 at 9:19 pm
Great comments, I would like to add another :: Never judge a person until you have walked a mile in his shoes.
Erica
February 19, 2014 at 9:39 pm
One that has always stuck with me is “A flexible person never gets bent out of shape.”
Alan Dunlop
February 19, 2014 at 9:43 pm
My favourite quote-If you don’t change anything, nothing will change.
Jeff
February 19, 2014 at 10:07 pm
“Don’t let grass grow on the path of friendship”
“There’s no problem so big that it can’t be made worse by my own bad attitude.”
Canyon
February 19, 2014 at 11:30 pm
“In the anxiety of what isn’t, remember the joy of what is.”
cindy collins
Bryan D
February 20, 2014 at 1:28 am
Nothing is impossible, just improbable.
MelB
February 20, 2014 at 1:58 am
I actually keep a list of sayings that I’ve written over the years (and some that I just co-oped and adapted). A couple that guide my life are:
“Grant yourself 5 minutes to weep, moan and wail; then shut up and get on with it.”
“If you can’t stand on your own two feet, then you’ll just have to stay there on the floor.”
“If you don’t learn to laugh at Life, you’re just going to end up shooting somebody.”
If the hyper link on my name works, you can see the rest of the ones I’ve published so far (fair warning, contains foul language). I revisit it every so often to add new gems that occur to me.
Michael Atkinson
February 20, 2014 at 2:37 am
Favorite Quote –
Simplicity is just complexity, done well.
Whitney
February 20, 2014 at 4:25 am
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
Jeff Gaus
February 20, 2014 at 6:44 am
My inspirational quote is: “Decide on what YOU think is right, and stick to it.”
chokki
February 20, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for sharing ….The one that I like in recent times is ..”End of man is action and not thought.though it be of the noblest”…Bruce Lee
Ebullient
April 26, 2014 at 1:19 am
Another favorite of mine attributed to Bruce Lee:
“Do not fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the problem.
In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”
Kev Campbell
February 20, 2014 at 6:16 pm
words I remember from college…from visiting prof Larry Halpern “have fun, make money, be ethical”
Suresh
February 21, 2014 at 3:28 am
The one I want to share is ” Strength is life, weakness is death “
kusum
February 24, 2014 at 5:51 am
Never Look Back:
If Cinderella had gone back for her shoe
She would never have become a princess.
Barbara Dol
February 24, 2014 at 10:01 am
Be the change you would like to see in the world – Ghandi
Sagar
February 28, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Nice and wonderful quotes
“A single sentence can either make your day or in the same time ruin somebody’s day.” I fully agree with this statement.Quotes really can cheer up people .
My personal favorite is “If you accept your limitations ou go beyond them”
Thank you for sharing.
Rico
March 7, 2014 at 6:42 am
“if you hang around a cripple, you start to limp”
Jeremy Drinkard
March 19, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Love the quote – and so true. We all journey through this life sharing a common experience but have our own perspective as well. To suddenly capture and hold ones life and work with others for achievement is one of the greatest gifts that can be given.
Handan
March 21, 2014 at 1:13 am
Successful people do the things, that unsuccessful people are not willing to do
e.n.
March 21, 2014 at 2:21 am
My quote is:
Everything is connected, the strings are there if you want to see them.
rajeshwari jani
March 22, 2014 at 4:38 am
Great sentences
Kat
March 22, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Great quotes. Very inspiring.
Wayne Gretzky once said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” How can you achieve if you don’t even try!
jacquesbg
March 23, 2014 at 2:13 pm
Excellent quotes. My favorites are from Oscar Wilde or Churchill!
Donna
March 25, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Don’t look back, you’re not going that way!
Giwa A Innocent
March 28, 2014 at 10:34 pm
It is not hard work that wear men out, but it is wrong work that wear them out.
Lynne
April 1, 2014 at 2:51 am
“What are you doing to justify your existence?”- Annette Beauregard
Julie
April 1, 2014 at 6:52 pm
What others think of you is none of your business
parveen
April 1, 2014 at 8:16 pm
excelent great quotes
Chris
April 2, 2014 at 2:47 pm
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is all you need”
Cris Nikolov
April 2, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Hey, I just needed 1 last quote from my new article and I think I will use this one. Thank you!
Quimn
April 5, 2014 at 7:33 am
Optimism, it’s the difference between falling and flying
Mark
April 6, 2014 at 7:02 pm
“Luck favors the prepared”
shruti
April 7, 2014 at 11:00 am
Don’t let success go to your head and failure go to your Heart 🙂
Jimi
April 8, 2014 at 12:07 am
“Life is what happens when your plans go wrong”
Cris Nikolov
April 8, 2014 at 2:50 pm
I love that one Jimi.
Kevin Martin
April 9, 2014 at 10:06 am
Comfort is the enemy of achievement. That sentence really spoke to my soul. I’ve done some pretty awesome things when life has had me cornered and under intense pressure to act and produce favorable results.
Alireza
April 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Great great post. THanks
Claire Summers
April 10, 2014 at 2:37 pm
My favorite quote is….Don’t allow the sorrow of yesterday spoil the happiness of today!
I love quotes also, like most females!
Rejjia Camphor
April 12, 2014 at 1:12 am
I learned from the book The Perks of Being A Wallflower that “Things change, and friends leave, and life doesn’t stop for anybody.” I also learned that it was okay to feel things because It was my life I was living, not just watching happen.
Anne Kemp
April 14, 2014 at 10:27 am
Have loved this quote for years:
This above all, to thine own self be true.
Only came across this one yesterday:
There are 7 billion people in this world. Don’t let one person ruin your day.
Rendi
April 14, 2014 at 11:58 am
I just realize the truth in #1. I think it’s totally right, and I’m sure most people don’t know the fact is
vikas sharma
April 14, 2014 at 2:40 pm
Shruti’s thinking is to good.lage raho india
Beth
April 16, 2014 at 11:22 pm
I love this. One of my favorite quote is simply, “she believed she could, so she did.” 🙂
I love quotes just as much as I love affirmations. Both have the power to lift you higher
Beth
Turenne
April 18, 2014 at 7:09 pm
Great inspirations! The 2nd one touched me most: “Climb mountains not so the world can see you but so you can see the world”
The following one in regards to our thoughts have sticked with me deeply for the longest time: “Be careful what you wish for”
Thanks for those wonderful words of deep wisdom!
Jo
April 20, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Thanks for a great list! Mine: “You can only captain your own ship.”
Mike
April 21, 2014 at 3:10 pm
Such motivating sentences. I love collecting some nice quotes and emotive language in my mind so when I face a situation where I feel stuck or at a loss I have something to turn to. When I do push-ups I always remember the quote about “I only start counting when it starts hurting” (I cannot remember if it was from Muhammad Ali or Bruce lee :S)
For the same reason I like motivational videos.
David Wendkos
April 29, 2014 at 6:46 am
LOVE that one! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
WestCoast8
April 22, 2014 at 8:44 am
‘The opportunity of a lifetime, must be taken in the lifetime of the opportunity!’
Katherine Wilder
April 22, 2014 at 6:45 pm
Thanks for sharing!! Here’s mine: If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.
–Mario Andretti
Asim
April 24, 2014 at 10:51 am
Great Chris!
This is such a Nice list of Quotes .. I am saving all these because I will share them with my friends on Fb and Google Plus..
I also have so many fav quotes and once of them is : Those who complete their sleep, can’t chase their dreams..
aphrodi
April 25, 2014 at 9:47 am
lovely .,these are really inspirational …
sampath
April 26, 2014 at 6:57 am
Great article, Comfort is the really the enemy of achievement sometimes!
Deldara
April 28, 2014 at 3:48 pm
“My thoughts are stars I can’t fathom into constellations”
David Wendkos
April 29, 2014 at 7:38 am
The question isn’t who’s going to let me. The question is who’s going to stop me.
– Howard Roarke, The Fountainhead
Life itself is a race, marked by a start, and a finish. It is what we learn during this race, and how we apply it, that determines whether our participation has had particular value. If we learn from each success, and each failure, and improve ourselves through this process, then in the end, we will have fulfilled our potential and performed well.
– Professor Porsche
Most people think failure is the opposite of success, but it’s not. Failure is a required ingredient in the creation of success.
– David Wendkos
Pradeep Saini
April 29, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Great thoughts … I like it.
Gowiblog
May 1, 2014 at 2:10 am
Wherever fear is, go there. Beyond it lies dreams personified.
ashish
May 28, 2014 at 9:16 am
nice post Comfort is the really the enemy of achievement sometimes
sandy
June 9, 2014 at 11:03 am
wow,Amazing quotes.Thanks for sharing.I like it.
Tanya
June 11, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Nice Grate Quotes, Thanks For Sharing.
Rus
June 14, 2014 at 9:24 am
“PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE AND PERSPIRATION MAKE UN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION FOR SUCCESS” Napoleon Hill
Vision Shine
July 25, 2014 at 6:48 pm
awesome quotes ..very motivating indeed..i would like to add one:
“do the things you fear and the death of feat is certain”
Sophia
July 31, 2014 at 5:06 am
Awesome All These Sentences And Thanks For Sharing This
Sneha
July 31, 2014 at 5:14 am
Good Thinking For This And I Like This
Matt
July 31, 2014 at 7:28 am
“Attitude and Effort are Everything!” — Larry Gelwix
Aahna
August 17, 2014 at 9:23 am
Excellent.. nice quotes i love this
john
September 24, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Thanks for these beautiful quotes….they save all people from bad life to have a better life….l really love them..
niroomand
January 3, 2015 at 6:05 pm
thank u very much , i like your website it is so useful , can help someboby like me…
David
February 9, 2015 at 9:42 am
Wow..its nice collection
alia bhatt
June 22, 2015 at 6:08 am
Great post and lots of collection…
Sarah Mazar
June 24, 2015 at 4:58 pm
really mind blowing post written by you thanks for posting
Ajit Kumar
June 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm
awesome post thanks a lot
sarah mazar
August 11, 2015 at 8:14 pm
awesome thoughts i like this post and waiting next post thanks for sharing
Glenn Letourneau
January 24, 2016 at 10:31 pm
A lot of great wisdom here. I especially like the one about motivation being necessary daily, like bathing.
A few that have always stuck with me are
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
~Winston Churchill
“Chance favors only the prepared mind”
~ Louis Pastor
And
“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”
~Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower
Cris Nikolov
January 25, 2016 at 11:25 am
Thank you for the quotes Glenn! Glad you liked the collection.
aditi roy
October 17, 2016 at 4:44 pm
Very inspiring sentences! Mind blowing, thanks for sharing.
axa
January 21, 2017 at 4:13 pm
This is very true, some people have overlooked