Some of my favorite inspiring quotes, I add to this list whenever I see something that moves me.

I have some of these printed out and hanging on a wall in my studio.

Their sources are philosophers, filmmakers, teachers, movies, & books, etc.


“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

“No mater how long you live, die young.”

“Put a dent in the universe, don’t lose sight of the big vision.”

“The education of a person ends only when they die.”

“Do what you love, passion is everything.”

“Dream bigger, believe in your vision, and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas.”

“The artwork produced by a culture has always been the tangible evidence for measuring its degree on sophistication as a civilization.”

“Be grateful.”

“Work smart.”

“Stay away from negativity.”

“Fail successfully.”

“Let go of what you can’t control.”

“Logic will get you from A to B. imagination will get you everywhere else.”

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea.”

“The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will out last it.”

“One man with courage makes a majority.”

“Every man dies, not every man really lives.”

“Six feet of earth make all men equal.”

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”

“The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.”

“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”

“Trust yourself, break the rules, don’t be afraid to fail, don’t listen to the naysayers, work your butt off, give something back.”

“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. keep believing, keep pretending.”

“Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. “ah, so you shall be misunderstood.” is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo  and Newton, and every wise spirit that ever took flesh. to be great is to be misunderstood”

“Keep moving forward.”