47 Inspiring and Meaningful Quotes

There are many ways to add meaning to your life and reap the benefits of such. Here are some great inspiring and meaningful quotes to keep you motivated.

“All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.”

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”

“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.”

“Do what you love, and do it well – that’s much more meaningful than any metric.”

“Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.”

“Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.”

“Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.”

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”

“I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.”

“If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.”

“It does not matter how much we donate; it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.”

“It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.”

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”

“It’s always inspiring to me to meet people who feel that they can make a difference in the world. That’s their motive, that’s their passion… I think that’s what makes your life meaningful, that’s what fills your own heart and that’s what gives you purpose.”

“It’s so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it’s really found within and through meaningful connections with other people.”

“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

“Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

“Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.”

“My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.”

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.”

“Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.”

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”

“Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.”

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

“Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.”

“The longer I go about living, I see it’s the relationship that is most meaningful.”

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”

“The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.”

“The simple act of saying ‘thank you’ is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.”

“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.”

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

“Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change.”

“We become what we think about.”

“Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.”

“What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful.”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.”

“When people do things for you, it’s because they want to – because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.”

“You experience your soul each time you sense yourself as more than a mind and body, your life as meaningful, or you feel that you have gifts to give and you long to give them.”

“You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

Finding your potential in life helps you to maintain a positive outlook.