Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Happiness Expectation Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Edgar Allan Poe

Suspicion Expectation Perception We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Henry David Thoreau

Humility Expectation Importance Modesty I never expected to be anybody important.

Elvis Presley

Goodwill Misunderstanding Expectation Shallow Understanding Support vs Opposition Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Arrogance Narcissism Expectation Gratitude The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Social Media Friendship Quality Expectation True Friends Luck Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

Brene Brown

Innocence Expectation Perception Optimism The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Benjamin Disraeli

Novelty Talent Management Expectation Self-Discovery Growth 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.

Baltasar Gracian

Deception Reality Disillusionment Idealism Expectation Paris ain't much of a town.

Babe Ruth

Happiness Anticipation Enjoyment Expectation Time A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

Arthur Schopenhauer