“The expert in anything was once a beginner.”
Helen Hayes · widely attributed
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Inspiration Quotes
182 quotes on inspiration and encouragement — from the classics to the everyday.
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela · widely attributed
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs · Stanford commencement, 2005
“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
Albert Camus
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”
Harry S. Truman
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
George Washington · Letter, 1788
“I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice.”
Jimi Hendrix
“Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.”
Jimi Hendrix
“Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”
Jimi Hendrix · Purple Haze, 1967
“You have to give people something to dream on.”
Jimi Hendrix
“We are here. We are waiting.”
Optimus Prime · Transformers, 2007 film
“You may lose your faith in us, but never in yourselves.”
Optimus Prime · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2009
“Autobots, transform and roll out!”
Optimus Prime · The Transformers, 1984 cartoon
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Don't let nobody tell you what you can't do.”
Rod Wave
“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
