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.

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