25 of the Most Powerful Quotes to Live By

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These words of wisdom truly are words to live by! Throughout history the musings of inspiring people have been captured for benefit of future generations. These 25 quotes are powerful reminders of love, success, failure, power, perseverance, triumph and so much more.

25 Powerful Quotes to Live By

1. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” —Suzy Kassem

2. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” — Mary Engelbreit

3. “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time — help someone else.” — Chinese proverb

4. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen Covey

5. “Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.”— B.B. King

6. “I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” — Anne Frank

7. “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” — Che Guevara 

8. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”—  Malala Yousafzai

9. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

10. “A tiger doesn’t lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.”— Shahir Zag

11. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

12. “Be like the flower that gives fragrance even to the hand that crushes it.” – Ali Ibn Abi Talib

13. “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

14. “I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”–Herbert Bayard Swope

15. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”–Albert Einstein

16. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”–Pablo Picasso

17. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”–Babe Ruth

18. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”–Harriet Tubman

19. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”–Ram Dass

20. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson

21. “Either you run the day or the day runs you”–Jim Rohn

22. “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain

23. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” — Audrey Hepburn

24. “We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” –  Confucius

25. “Listen to many, speak to few.” – William Shakespeare

These quotes about success and quotes about life truly are powerful- if you have a favorite powerful quote I’d love to see it! 

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