“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”John F. Kennedy
Inspirational Quotes

200 FAMOUS QUOTES · INSPIRATIONAL
Inspirational Quotes
Read 200 of the best inspirational quotes from Helen Keller, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Rabindranath Tagore, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and more to uplift your heart.
GratitudeAction
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”John F. Kennedy
ServicePatriotism
“With malice toward none, with charity for all.”Abraham Lincoln
CompassionUnity
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
Theodore Roosevelt
CaringLeadership
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”Booker T. Washington
Helping OthersKindness
“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.”
Albert Schweitzer
GratitudeConnection
“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
Albert Schweitzer
PurposeCompassion
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
KindnessCaring
“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”
William Arthur Ward
KindnessGrowth
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward
AttitudeAdaptability
“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
HopeLight
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
PreparationEffort
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
Martin Luther
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Warren Buffett
LegacyPatience
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
Amelia Earhart
AdventureCourage
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall
Making A DifferenceResponsibility
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
Malala Yousafzai
CourageVoice
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
Princess Diana
KindnessGenerosity
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
Sam Levenson
Helping OthersGrowing Up
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
ChangeTeamwork
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
Fred Rogers
HopeHelping Others
“Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.”
Fred Rogers
HeroesChildren
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
HeroesPerseverance
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Viktor Frankl
ChangeGrowth
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.”
Viktor Frankl