I compiled these inspirational quotes, mostly from writers, to give you something to think about as you start your new writing year. Feel free to print this post and place it somewhere you can see it to remind you to believe in yourself.
(1)
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. ~ Ronald Dahl
(2)
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. ~Aristotle
(3)
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try. ~ Jack Canfield
(4)
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself. ~ Albert Einstein
(5)
It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Eliot
(6)
Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it.
You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back. ~ Harvey Mackay
(7)
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten — happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another. ~ Brenda Ueland
(8)
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust
(9)
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. ~ Christina Baldwin
(10)
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Maya Angelou
(11)
If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~ Lord Byron
(12)
I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. ~ Joan Didion
(13)
Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~ Henry David Thoreau
(14)
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~ Chinese Proverb
(15)
The best way to predict the future is to create it. ~ Abraham Lincoln
(16)
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Love these thoughts, especially the one by George Eliot. She overcame much in her lifetime. Having to use a man’s name was, in my opinion, the most difficult. Hiding her gender to have a voice was not uncommon, but must have angered her.
I also love that quote. 🙂
Pingback: Five Links Friday 1/8/16 | Write Good Books
Every quote is precious!
A fantastic collection of gems is what you have here!
Thank you!