Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Baltasar Gracian Quotes
FriendshipBlessingFortune True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
EaseTimePrioritiesSimplicity To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
Careful SpeechPrudenceCommunication Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
CourtesyJusticeDiscernment It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
OpportunityTimingPatience One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
AspirationHappinessBalance Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
IngratitudeFulfillmentChanging Priorities He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
ActionMotivationProgress Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
SkillLuckGuidancePatience It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
HonourIntegritySelf-respectCharacter A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
AdviceHumorCommunicationTeaching Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
AngerDecision-MakingSelf-ControlImpulsivity Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
ArgumentCritical ThinkingConformityRationalityJudgment Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
PatienceSelf-ReflectionInner ConflictSelf-AcceptanceEndurance Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
TeachingExcellenceGrowthKnowledge SharingHuman Potential There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
ProactivityForethoughtDecision-MakingAvoidance of RegretMindful Action It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
FameLegacyFortuneImpactTimelessness Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
WordsTimingPerseveranceAccountabilityCommunication There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Self-ControlPatienceReflectionMindfulnessDecision Making Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
ConfidenceCourageMindsetDeterminationResilience Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
IntegrityHumilitySelf-WorthAuthenticityReputation Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
Resisting TemptationAvoiding EvilConsequenceWisdom Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
TrendsHypocrisyTimingAdaptabilityApplication Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
NoveltyTalent ManagementExpectationSelf-DiscoveryGrowth Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
DeceptionPerceptionJudgment Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
BehaviorJusticeTruthBeautyAging A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
ChangeFrustrationEnvyMysteryConcealment It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
HopeJudgmentGuidanceSelf-ReflectionReality Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
FortuneTransienceChange Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
SecretsVulnerabilityLoss of ControlSlavery He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.