Sometimes, in life, we just need a little help to lift us up when we are down – a kind word, or a word of encouragement. The right words at the right time, at the right place can change a person’s point of view, or in some cases, a person’s life. It is like a key opening the lock to a recess of the mind which we did not know existed. Here are some aphorisms, maxims and truisms – motivational and inspirational words to nudge you along life’s journey during your moments of doubt.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. - John Locke
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are i harmony with his ways. - Niccolo Machiavelli
The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most brutes have that. - Paul Gauguin
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. - George Orwell
Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say. - Andy Stanley
Law is a bunch of words written on paper by people who are generally considered to be liars and thieves. So let’s try to fugure out what’s right rather than what’s legal. - Joe Rogan
We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves. - Paul Gauguin
The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with. - Paulo Coelho
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. - Blaise Pascal
The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds. - Charles Horton Cooley
If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. - Blaise Pascal
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