83 Inspirational Senior Quotes for Success and Happiness
Inspirational Senior Quotes for Success and Happiness
From Walt Disney’s courage to Mahatma Gandhi’s call to be the change, these quotes can help you get back on track when you’re feeling stuck. So, read on and get inspired to seize the day, make your life extraordinary, and never give up on your dreams.
1. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
3. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
4. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
5. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
6. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
7. “Chase your dreams, but always know the road that will lead you home again.” – Tim McGraw
8. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
9. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller
10. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
11. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
12. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. “You’ve got to 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
14. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
15. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
16. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
17. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
18. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
19. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb
20. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” – Joseph Campbell
21. “Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.” – Donovan Bailey
22. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
23. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Till your good is better and your better is best.” – St. Jerome
24. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
25. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
26. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
27. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
28. “I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
29. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
30. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
31. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
32. “If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” – J.M. Power
33. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
34. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
35. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
36. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
37. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
38. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
39. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
40. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
41. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
42. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
43. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
44. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
45. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
46. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
47. “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde
48. “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses
49. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
50. “Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.” – Immanuel Kant
51. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
52. “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” – Bob Marley
53. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
54. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
55. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
56. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
57. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
58. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
59. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
60. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
61. “The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.” – John Holt
62. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
63. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
64. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
65. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” – Dr. Seuss
66. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
67. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
68. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Dr. Seuss
69. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
70. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
71. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
72. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
73. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
74. “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
75. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
76. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
77. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
78. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
79. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
80. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
81. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
82. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
83. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
In conclusion, these quotes offer a wide range of wisdom and inspiration for anyone seeking to improve their lives, pursue their dreams, and overcome challenges. They remind us that success requires hard work, determination, and a willingness to learn from our mistakes. They encourage us to be courageous, take risks, and never give up on our goals.
By reflecting on these quotes and taking their messages to heart, we can find the motivation and guidance to live a fulfilling and meaningful life.
