Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Life StagesChallengeRegret Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Benjamin Disraeli

AgingPurposeLife StagesSignificance A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.

Carl Jung

Self-AwarenessLife StagesResponsibility For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

Carl Jung

Youthful AmbitionCreative VisionRealismLife Stages The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

Henry David Thoreau

AgingSelf-DiscoveryPhilosophyLife StagesHuman Nature At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Baltasar Gracian