80 Quotes for Breast Cancer Awareness Month That Inspire and Educate

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes That Inspire SOE Faculty And Staff

Dr. Larrell Wilkinson, Assistant Professor: This quote is my favorite because it discusses the purpose and implications of education. It speaks to the need for education and character.

"We've got some difficult days ahead," Martin Luther King, Jr., told an overflowing crowd in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 April 1968, where the city's sanitation workers were striking. "But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop … I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land."

Dr. Tondra Loder-Jackson, Full Professor: It is both haunting and hopeful. Haunting because he preached this sermon the night before his assassination. Hopeful because he prophesied brighter days ahead for race relations in America.

Dr. Steven L. Turner, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Curriculum and Instruction Department: This quote gets down to an essential element of life, you can hate, and you can rage, but when you approach a difficult situation with love and empathy, you transcend an argument and distill what is troubling you down to an essential truth of life. 

Sonja Nicole Hill, Director of the UAB Regional Inservice Center: It's my favorite quote because it aligns with my personal philosophy of education regarding what I believe is my role and responsibility as an educator.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Dr. Mary Ann Bodine Al-Sharif, Assistant Professor: This quote is my favorite because I put my life and other lives at risk when I become silent about things that matter. Life is a precious commodity. This quote reminds me that I often have the privilege to speak, have a voice, and have a seat at the table. I cannot take these things for granted. When I do, I further silence other voices. I become the oppressor when I do, which is NOT my end goal.

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

Dr. Josephine Prado: This quote is my favorite because it reminds me that our commonalities are more important than our differences.

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

Ouida Moore-Cain: It's not my favorite because I enjoy many others. However, I like this one because it's not often quoted but quite prevalent for such a time as now.

"The time is always right to do what is right." 

Chelsea Eytel, Director of Communications: Whenever I read this quote, I think about how important it is to do the right thing when times are tough and situations are frustrating. It doesn't matter what the problem is or how trying the times may be in the moment. We have the power to change the world by simply doing the right thing, all the time, no matter what. 

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." 

Tina Phillips, Director of Administrative and Fiscal Affairs: This quote reminds me to be consistent with my faith. I believe love is the most important thing in the world and should be a part of everyone's purpose for existing. There are times in life when it may look like evil is winning, but it is only temporary. The truth is stronger and everlasting.

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

Dr. Jeremiah Clabough, Associate Professor: I like this Dr. King quote above because it shows that certain public issues connected to race and diversity are not easily resolved, but can be addressed by democratic citizens being active in their local, state, and national government. In some cases, people must work years and generations to accomplish their goals because the nature of some issues may change over time. For example, it took civil rights activists almost a century to end the Jim Crow segregation laws that emerged after the U.S. Civil War. Regardless of the struggle, these goals can be and usually are accomplished by democratic citizens taking civic action to address issues in their local community, state, nation, and world.

"A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."

Dr. Cora Causey, Assistant Professor: Part of my personal responsibility is an ongoing deep dive to investigate how we fix unequal opportunities due to the various systems developed and perpetuated throughout history. It can feel overwhelming. However, I continue to ask the question, what is my role? And look for collaborators along the way.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

Dr. Jennifer Summerlin, Assistant Professor: Dr. King so eloquently frames the reality of dismissing injustice outside of our own lives and world—a frequent practice by all of us in some shape, form, or fashion. When we idly stand by or sadly turn a blind eye, dismissing what we know is unacceptable, we are not considering that this injustice could happen to us too. This thought is the essence of this quote for me, "injustice anywhere" IS A THREAT to JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. On a final note, the quote's ultimate power comes from its context, written by Dr. King while confined in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell. Dr. King's letter, a response to local clergymen, questioning his motives as an "outsider" in the state of Alabama and urging him to mind his own business—an unfortunate yet common response given to truth speakers. Phrases like: "It's not that bad," "We have come a long way," "Nothing is perfect" "It is much better than so-and-so's experience," or worst of all, "Look at how much our group/institution/clergy/neighborhood is doing," are ways we placate ourselves into believing that we are not willing players in this treacherous game. And unless we as a community, city, state, and nation are willing to own the fact, opening our eyes wide to the prejudice continuing to dominate our political, justice, and economic systems, the light of change will remain dimly lit, flickering amidst a sea of good intentions. Let me conclude by sharing Dr. King's closing statement in this "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" as my heartfelt wish for this New Year. Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not so distant tomorrow, the radiant star of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all its scintillating beauty.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

Tashara Walker, Office of Student Services Director: This quote emphasizes the fact that true leadership requires courage.

"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are." 

Dr. Stephanie Corcoran, Assistant Professor: I love this quote because it is so empowering and emphasizes that attitude matters the most.

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

Dr. Michele Jean Sims, Associate Professor: Unselfish service to others has been my ethos for as long as I can remember. I believe that I am my best self when doing for others in the hopes of uplifting and paying it forward.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Dr. Lori Edmonds: This quote is my favorite MLK quote at this time because we are in a very dark period filled with deepening divisions. By lovingly sharing the truth, I believe that there is hope that we can drive out the darkness.

Dr. Teaira McMurtry, Assistant Professor: I couldn't choose one quote because I study Black language, so it is the dynamic way he articulates the quote(s). His rhythmic sound patterns, cadence, and intonational contouring reflect the traditional Black Church and underscores almost half a century of scholarship on Black language. If you want to learn more about Black language, here is a 5min video of linguist Walt Wolfran describing the essence of Black language.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life In Pictures

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement.

The protests he organized, the marches he led and the speeches he delivered continue to resonate today. They were also key in bringing about landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

For his efforts to fight racial inequality, King became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. And years after his death, his birthday became a national holiday. Many schools, streets and buildings are named after King, and in 2011 he became the first African-American to receive a monument on the National Mall in Washington.

As we pause to remember King's legacy, here's a look back at his defining years in pictures.

On January 27, 1956, King outlines strategies for the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. In the front row is Rosa Parks, a seamstress who sparked the yearlong boycott when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

King sits for a police mugshot in February 1956 after he was arrested for directing the Montgomery bus boycott. Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

King relaxes at home with his wife, Coretta, and his daughter Yolanda in May 1956. The Kings had four children in all. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The US Supreme Court ruled in November 1956 that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional. Here, King rides a Montgomery bus in December 1956, a day after the boycott ended. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

King speaks near the Reflecting Pool in Washington as part of the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in May 1957. It was the first time King addressed a national audience, and his "Give Us the Ballot" speech called for equal voting rights. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

A man applies a little powder on King's brow before King appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" television show in August 1957. Henry Burroughs/AP

Police officers push King across a desk in Montgomery, Alabama, as he is booked for loitering near a courtroom on September 3, 1958. King was trying to enter the hearing of a man who was accused of attacking one of King's colleagues, Ralph Abernathy. Charles Moore/Getty Images

King is photographed at Harlem Hospital in New York after he was stabbed in the chest on September 20, 1958. The near-fatal incident occurred when he was autographing copies of his book "Stride Toward Freedom" at a Harlem bookstore. The attacker was Izola Curry, a mentally ill black woman who was later committed to a hospital herself. Pat Candido/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images

With his son Martin Luther III standing next to him, King pulls up a cross that had been burned on the front lawn of his home in April 1960. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

King delivers a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in September 1960. He became the co-pastor there with his father after moving his family from Montgomery. King was born in Atlanta, and he attended Morehouse College there in the 1940s. Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

King talks with a group of college students in September 1960. The students were organizing sit-ins to protest Atlanta's lunch-counter segregation. Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

King debates segregation with newspaper editor James J. Kilpatrick in November 1960. Moderating the nationally televised debate was NBC's John McCaffery, left. Bob Ganley/NBC/Getty Images

King joins a group of Freedom Riders in May 1961. The Freedom Ride movement involved interstate buses driving into the Deep South to challenge segregation that had persisted despite recent Supreme Court rulings. In some cities, the activists were arrested and beaten. Paul Schutzer/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

King and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy are taken by a police officer after they led a line of demonstrators into the business section of Birmingham, Alabama, in April 1963. While in solitary confinement, King wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which said people have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. AP

King addresses a crowd during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. It was here, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, that he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' " CNP/Getty Images

King, third from right, attends a funeral service for the victims of a Birmingham church bombing in September 1963. A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killed four African-American girls. "These children — unoffending, innocent and beautiful — were the victims of one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity," King said in his eulogy. "And yet they died nobly. They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity." Burton Mcneely/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

US President Lyndon B. Johnson talks with King and other civil rights leaders at the White House in January 1964. On July 2, 1964, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Presidential Library

King shakes hands with Malcolm X, another civil rights icon, in March 1964. The two had different approaches, but scholars said they were becoming more like each other in the last years of their lives. Henry Griffin/AP

King looks at a bullet hole in the glass door of his rented beach cottage in St. Augustine, Florida, on June 5, 1964. No one was in the house at the time of the shooting. Jim Kerlin/AP

King pats a youngster on the back as he pickets in St. Augustine on June 10, 1964. AP

King watches President Johnson sign the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964. The legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Photo12/UIG/Getty Images

King is greeted in Baltimore in October 1964, after he received the Nobel Peace Prize. At the time, he was the youngest person ever to receive the award. Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos

King and his wife lead the final stretch of a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery on March 25, 1965. About 25,000 people had marched to protest discriminatory practices, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, that prevented many black people from voting in the South. It was the last of three marches that month. The first ended in clashes with police and is now known as "Bloody Sunday." AP

King speaks to protesters at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march. It was here that he famously said "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." A few months later, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which ensured that everyone's right to vote would be protected and enforced. Stephen Somerstein/Getty Images

Mississippi patrolmen shove King during the "March Against Fear" from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, in June 1966. AP

King speaks at a church in Washington in February 1968. Matthew Lewis/The Washington Post/Getty Images

King joins a Vietnam War protest at Arlington National Cemetery in February 1968. Charles Del Vecchio/The Washington Post/Getty Images

In March 1968, King displays a poster to be used for an upcoming Poor People's Campaign. The campaign was set to begin on April 22, 1968. Horace Cort/AP

King and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead a march on behalf of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 28, 1968. Two sanitation workers in the city had been killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck, and King came to Memphis to support the strike. Sam Melhorn/The Commercial Appeal/AP

This photo, taken during a rally in Memphis on April 3, 1968, is one of the last pictures ever taken of King. Here, he delivered his final speech, which is now known as the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. "We've got some difficult days ahead," he said. "But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land." Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

On April 4, 1968, King was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Here, people stand over King's fallen body as they point in the direction that the gunshots came from. James Earl Ray was arrested in London in June 1968, and the next year he confessed to the crime and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Joseph Louw/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

Coretta King and her children gather around her husband's open coffin in Atlanta in 1968. He was 39 years old. Constantine Manos/Magnum Photos

Produced by Brett Roegiers and Kyle Almond

The Best Inspirational Quotes To Motivate And Uplift You Out Of A Slump

125 Short Inspirational Quotes to Motivate YouAnastasiia Shavshyna - Getty Images

Falling into a slump at work or struggling to find that spark of ambition in life? You've come to the right place. We've compiled a list of over 100 short inspirational quotes that'll help motivate and excite you in your daily life. Feel more inspired and determined after reading these positive quotes to brighten your day and powerful quotes from famous people, such as Oprah Winfrey, Helen Keller, and Oscar Wilde. Whatever you're looking for, there's sure to be a mix from our list of motivational quotes designed to lift your spirits.

These short sayings are great to send to friends and family too via an "I'm thinking of you" card, thoughtful text message, or post on social media. Because let's be honest, who couldn't use a bit of inspiration? These quotes are particularly great for recent high school and college graduates and students who may be feeling overwhelmed or unsure of their next steps in life, as they offer guidance and motivation to chase after your dreams. And for anyone struggling with their mental health, these quotes may serve as a great daily reminder to seek strength and healing.

For more inspirational and funny quotes, be sure to check out our lists of good morning quotes to start your day off right, happy quotes to brighten up your life, and Monday motivation quotes next.

Short Inspirational Quotes

"Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind." — Dodinsky, In the Garden of Thoughts: Be Your Best Self

"You are your best thing." — Toni Morrison, Beloved

"Be happy for this moment. This moment in your life." — Omar Khayyam

"If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment." — Carlos Santana

"If you can dream it, you can do it." — Walt Disney

"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." — Albert Schweitzer

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." — Maya Angelou

"Give light, and people will find the way." — Ella Baker

"Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see a shadow." — Helen Keller

"A person without regrets is a nincompoop." — Mia Farrow

"Life is short, and it is here to be lived." — Kate Winslet

"If you risk nothing, then you risk everything." — Geena Davis

"Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream." — Oprah Winfrey

"Everything you can imagine is real." — Pablo Picasso

"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes." — Maggie Kuhn

"It is better to travel well than to arrive." — Buddha

RELATED: Inspiring Buddha Quotes to Bring You Peace, Love, and Positivity in Life

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Powerful Motivational Quotes

"The sky isn't the limit — the sky has no limit." — Sarah Barker

"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself." — Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." — Japanese Proverb

"You do not find the happy life. You make it." — Camilla Eyring Kimball

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." — George Lorimer

"If you are working on something that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you." — Steve Jobs

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." — W. Clement Stone"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon Hill

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." — Milton Berle

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it." — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." — Theodore RooseveltRELATED: Monday Motivation Quotes to Start Your Week off Right

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Famous Inspirational Quotes

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." — Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving, & Learning

"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." — Henri J.M. Nouwen

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." — Oscar Wilde

"Never regret anything that made you smile." — Mark Twain

"Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive." — Hafez

"Don't count the days, make the days count." — Muhammad Ali

"In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." — Robert Frost

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia." — Charles M. Schulz

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present." — Bil Keane

"It always seems impossible until it's done." — Nelson Mandela

"The best way out is always through." — Robert Frost

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspiring Quotes from Celebrities

"Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore." — Lady Gaga

"No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." — Taylor Swift

"Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window — or break down a door." — Brooke Shields

"The only way to have a life is to commit it to like crazy." — Angelina Jolie

"Believe in yourself. Stay in your own lane. There's only one you." — Queen Latifah

"Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is, and you'll see them all around you." — Jon Bon Jovi

"I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it." — Simone Biles

"I have standards I don't plan on lowering for anybody, including myself." — Zendaya

"If you are working on something that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you." — Steve Jobs

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." — Judy Garland

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, 'I'm possible!'" — Audrey Hepburn

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." — Albert Einstein

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspirational Quotes About Life

"I realized that I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up, and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life." — Kerry Washington

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." — Audre Lorde

"If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them." — Bell Hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

"Sometimes, your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes, your smile can be the source of your joy." — Thich Nhat Hanh

"True friendship is like a rose. We don't realize its beauty until it fades." — Evelyn Loeb

"Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend." — Bill Watterson

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." — Confucius

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again." — Bonnie Prudden

"Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine." — Mario Fernández

"You don't always need a plan. Sometimes, you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens." — Mandy Hale

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." — Mahatma Gandhi

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspirational Quotes About Success

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll

"Change your thoughts, and you change your world."— Norman Vincent Peale

"Success is not a destination, it's a journey." — Zig Ziglar

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." — Maya Angelou

"Success only comes to those who dare to attempt." — Mallika Tripathi

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it." — Estée Lauder

"You learn more from failure than from success. Don't let it stop you. Failure builds character." — Unknown

"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you." — Steven Wright

"It's a whole lot more satisfying to reach for the stars, even if you end up landing only on the moon." — Kermit the Frog

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." — Colin R. Davis

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness." — Oprah Winfrey

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." — Zig Ziglar

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." — C.S. Lewis

"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the errors that counts." — Nikki Giovanni

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." — Suzy Kassem

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspirational Love Quotes

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Franklin P. Jones

"When you put love out in the world, it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected." — Laverne Cox

"Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." — Mother Teresa

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

"You've got to learn to leave the table when love's no longer being served." — Nina Simone, "You've Got to Learn"

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into place." — Lucille Ball

"There is only one happiness in this life: to love and be loved." — George Sand

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that." — Martin Luther King Jr.

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." — Brené Brown

"Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are." — Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-EmpowerRELATED: Best Quotes About Love That Your Sweetheart Will Adore

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspirational Quotes About Change

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." — Winston Churchill

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude." — Oprah Winfrey

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." — Leo Tolstoy

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." — George Bernard Shaw

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." — Helen Keller

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." — George Eliot

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Ghandi

"Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday." — Ellen DeGeneres

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." — Andy WarholRELATED: Best Quotes About Change to Help Inspire Your Next Move

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspirational Quotes for Courage

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." — Rabindranath Tagore

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." — Anaïs Nin

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes, courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'." — Mary Anne Radmacher

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." — Neil Gaiman

"What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill

"It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest." — Walter Anderson

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." — Nora Ephron

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." — E.E. Cummings

"The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it." — Trivia Cunningham

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best." — Duke Ellington

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." — Harper Lee

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." — Albert Einstein

Woman's Day/Getty Images

Inspiring Quotes About Being Yourself

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." — Oscar Wilde

"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." — Janis Joplin

"Follow your heart. Listen to your inner voice. Stop caring about what others think."— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"A girl should be two things: who and what she wants." — Coco Chanel

"You can't be hesitant about who you are." — Viola Davis

"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth." — William W. Purkey

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." — Marilyn Monroe

"Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention, or influence." — Gary Zukav

"By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before." — Edwin Elliot

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." — J.M. Barrie

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now, I realize I should have been more specific." — Lily Tomlin

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." — Herman Melville

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

RELATED: Positive Quotes for Life to Improve Your Mindset

Woman's Day/Getty Images

You Might Also Like

---