What is your favourite inspirational quote? Or do you have more than one? I’m somewhat of a ‘quote fiend‘. If I find a good quote, I save it and use then apply it in all walks of life.
When life is becoming too much of a battle, it helps to be able to look at a motivational or inspirational quote.
Pinterest is my go-to for anything ‘quote‘ related. I just can’t get enough of it! There are so many excellent boards and quotes to choose from!
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“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” Juliette Lewis.
I have a friend who has this tattooed on her left shoulder. Being the tattoo-lover that I am, I think I would have to opt to have this eternally pinned to my body in a place I can see.
It’s so brave to continue to live when all we want to do is die. When getting up in the morning is a struggle when lifting the kettle is a fight; through it all, we choose to live. And what a beautiful thing, in a dark and twisted way.
2. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Stephen Chbosky.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of my favourite novels. I have read this on numerous occasions from teenage to adulthood. There is any number of quotes I could have taken from this wonderful book, but chose the above because it resonates with me on a different level.
We accept what we think we ought to accept, and ignore any additional love or success that we received because we feel that we don’t deserve it.
I’ve done this, you’ve no doubt done this, and it’s such a damaging thing. To accept only what we think we deserve and to disregard all the rest.
3.”In three words I can sum up everything I have learnt in life; It goes on.” Robert Frost.
I’ve developed a odd coping skill as of late for when things get tough. I don’t necessarily mean ‘life’ things, but even something like struggling with plank pose in yoga.
You can stand anything for 10 seconds.
I count to ten in my head, then again and then again until whatever it is I am struggling with is over. I can survive it, and life goes on.
4. “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” Little Women; Louisa May Alcott.
Isn’t this exactly what we’re doing every time we enter therapy or every time we put a new coping skill into practice? We’re taking charge of our own ships over the rocky oceans we have come to know as life.
5. “I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.” The Catcher in the Rye; J.D. Salinger.
Throughout my whole life, I have felt like an outsider and a nobody. This thought terrified me. So I pushed myself to be somebody. I pushed myself in school and I got grades surpassing anyone’s expectations of me. I pushed myself in Uni and showed them further. I got my certification for my NEBOSH and, oh look, I’ve done it again.
I got the job, I got the partner, I got the house; I had it all.
Then I didn’t know how to stop pushing, and the pressure pulled me apart from the inside (literally) out. I put all this pressure on myself to be somebody to the point where I became just another broken person in the system.
Now, although hesitantly and with a lot of guilt, I am learning not to be afraid to be nobody. I am learning to embrace my sensitivity as a joyful thing, and I’m allowing my emotions to come to the surface again. I’m willing to take a step back so my mind and body can heal, and if that leaves me as a nobody (no job, no career), then so be it.
How far do we need to push ourselves to be something before we say enough is enough?
What are some of your favorite quotes? Do they inspire you in recovery?
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I just want to say I love all the quotes in this post. Both the catcher in the Rye and The Perks Of Being A Being A Wallflower changed my life when I read them. This post really hit home in many ways. I love how honest you are and how you display why these qoutes are so important to you. You have a beautiful soul. Keep going 💕
Thank you so much for stopping by and showing your support! The Perks is one of my all-time favourite books and is one I often go back to in times of stress.
Great selection here, I love the third one. So true! The 5th is definitely something to think about too x
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Those are some very motivating quotes. I also love the design of the images that go with them! Keep it up!
Thank you ! They are all my own designs with the help of Canva! 😀
The first quote truly resonated with me… I suffer from a chronic illness and this quote made me feel grateful towards myself that instead of choosing the easier path of giving up on life, here I am still living despite all 😊
You are fighting! You are learning to climb mountains and sail seas, all while keeping yourself afloat!
The Catcher In The Rye is one of my favourite books ever since I read it at school and reading that book really resonates with me as in some aspects I can see myself!
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It’s one of my favs too and I can’t wait to start reading it again this year 😀
I love that Robert Frost quote because it is true.
I love Robert Frost!
I love all of these, but particularly number 2 because The Perks of Being a Wallflower is my favourite book of all time 🙂 Really enjoyed this post and I liked that you explained why you chose each one.
It’s my fav too! I love it so, so much and have read it at least 3 times since I was 16. It’s always one book I go back to when times get hard, and I can see myself reading it soon again.
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I love the first quote because I personally have felt like I couldn’t keep going but then I’ve pushed through and have been so glad I held on there, thank you for sharing!
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I love all of these, but the Robert Frost quote is one of my personal favorites!
I am a big fan of Robert Frost. I just wish we had studied more of him in high school.
These are beautiful and you’re so well written. ❤️
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I love quotes- you picked some brilliant ones!
Thank you 🙂
This is an excellent collection of quotes. I really love them all! I can’t even pick a favorite. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love the first quote the most because lately I’ve been reflecting on my past and the first one perfectly fits my topic for my most recent blog post
Love this! I’m definitely drawn to the Robert Frost quote. It’s so short, but has such a powerful message
Robert Frost was a wonderful poet. I forgot how much I loved him until recently returning to the poetry world.
Aww I love these quotes! I read the books of Stephen C, LMA, JD Salinger, and one thing they have in common is that I love their protagonists. They speak to me and they are kind of a reflection of me <3
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I love all these quotes. My favorite one is “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” because I can resonate with it a lot. Great post! 🙂
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I love these quotes! Reading quotes is something I don’t do all that often but I think they can be really inspiring sometimes so thank you for sharing these with us! 🙂
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I love quotes and if it were up to me my whole house would be a shrine to my favourite ones. But it’s not and my partner is a party pooper!
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Oops ignore my previous comment, I accidentally clicked comment as I’m on mobile! I love all the quotes, particularly the Perks of Being A Wallflower one as I love that book too. I really like your graphics too!
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I love all these quotes – particularly about having the courage to be a nobody.
My favourite quote (and I have no idea where it comes from but it is inspiring to me) is “two steps forward and one step backwards is still one step ahead of where you started”
It helps stop me from spiralling further down when I falter or relapse, because even if I took a step back I’m still further ahead than if I hadn’t ever started.
Thank you lovely for stopping by! I find reading and relating to a nice quote helps me fight against my spirals. I know they are only words on a page or a screen but sometimes they describe exactly what I need. They say what I otherwise can’t.
Yes! so much this! I love it when other people put my feelings into words for me 🙂
Love the first one – very powerful. Thank you for compiling!
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You’ve got a good selection here! I really need yhis kind of reminders now. Thank you for this. ❤
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This is a great collection! The little women quote is one of my favourites as is Juliette Lewis’ purely because of how relatable it is and how much strength it shows. I too am a collector of quotes!
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Love this so much! Quote #4 really stands out to me. I’ve been dealing with a ton of anxiety and depression lately and learning how to sail my own ship during a storm sounds perfect right about now <3
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Great post! I love the quote about the accept the love we think we deserve and that’s so true. All of the quotes are very powerful and moving. I love your post. Great work.
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This such a good selection of quotes, I love the third one t is so true! No matter what we go through or how we feel life will go on.
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These are really great quotes. They all are so good. I love the first one because it is a hard move but I for one can say if I had given in to that desire I would not be here today knowing that life would take a turn for the better for me. There are days I whine about my hard times but it is nothing compared to where I used to be when I was at the worst point of my depression.
These are cracking quotes- Thank you! Very powerful and inspiring.
One of my favourites is:
“Life is too short to be small.” Benjamin Disraeli. Slightly in opposition to your 5th (which is awesomely profound)- I think I shall use both of them to maintain a balance.
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Wow, They are all great, but I totally feel connected to the first one, “the bravest thing I have ever did is live when all i wanted to do was die.” Thats a powerful quote right there.
That is such a hard-hitting one – it really resonates with me too!
Yes! I love Robert Frosts, it goes on, quote. I’ve used that a lot lately and it has been helping
Love this! The quote from Perks of Being a Wallflower is also one of my favorites, and I’m so glad you included it! Everybody deserves love in their life, and they shouldn’t compromise
I love Perks!! Honestly, I could have included 10000 of its quotes, but I held myself back lol.
These are all beautiful quotes, they are really motivating quotes. Great post !!
Thank you 😀 I am so glad I could be of some motivation!
Wow…these are all great quotes but the 5th one really resonated with me. I’ve been the same way all my life…pushing myself to be the first and the best. I’m not really sure where that’s gotten me in life and if it was worth all the stress. I’m figuring out how to be happy just being “me.” Thanks for posting!
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I love these quotes. Actually I have read all these five books , so it was like catching on all time favourite quotes of mine. Thank you for sharing.
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I LOVE that Juliette Lewis quote so much!!
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These quotes are amazing, very inspiring indeed. I love this one “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” It is great.
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Great quotes here! Little Women is one of my favorite books of all time. I feel like I have to conquer the little things before I worry about the big things!
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Thank you so much for sharing this inspiring quotes. I didn’t know them, but found them trully inpiring and encouraging.
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These are some very powerful quotes <3 It takes great courage to continue (we should imprint that thought in our mind always).
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“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” this sentence got me.I stop comparing my self to others and just wait for my time to bloom.
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” That one really spoke to me. Continue on my strong friend.
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This is such an inspiring post. The first quote really spoke to me, thank you!
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Awesome quotes! My favorite was “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” Little Women; Louisa May Alcott. Very inspiring!
I love Little Women and I can’t wait to read it again (I found a 1st edition in my grandmothers closet!)
Amazing quotes!!! Everything you said resonated with me immensely my favorite quote being from Robert Frost…Life does go on whether we do or not
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Pinterest does have some great quotes! I love the third one.
It certainly does!
Those are seriously inspiring quotes.. Sometimes loneliness can eat you, you’ll end up crying or depressed and reading quotes as inspiring like this really helps.
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.”In three words I can sum up everything I have learnt in life; It goes on.” My favourite.
Juliette Lewis’s quote is my favorite of the five. I have it on my mirror in the bathroom. I Have done that. I have survived. I can do it again. I tell myself ever day. I have thought about getting a tattoo of it as well but eeek! Needles!! Great post! Thank you!
I am so scared of needles two but yet I have 7 tattoos? I know, weird!
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Definitely needed this today!!! Thank you for posting and allowing us to start our day right
Thank you and I am glad I could be of some help.
This is something I need to remember every single day! I love that quote. these quotes. It shows how we are being formed in our daily living.
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I love these quotes! They give the positivity people need to get up and do something. Life definitely goes on, we need to move along with it. Life waits for no one. I can resonate with #4, you don’t know until you try! I know for me, I am scared of failing but need to do something or else I might be failing by doing nothing. Thanks for sharing these positive mantras!
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You are quoting a few of my all-time favorite books, so this post is just perfect for me. You got some powerful life lessons coming through these quotes, as always reading your posts I am left with a lot to think of and much inspiration.
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Good choice of quotes! My favourite is, “You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now” – Olivia Benson. This quote sums up my recovery ❤
Oh I love this one! Thank you for telling me about it – I’ll defo need to add it to the collection 🙂
“I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.” The Catcher in the Rye; J.D. Salinger. This one speaks to me the most. My favorite quote is “nothing is impossible, the word itself says i am possible
Thank you for sharing your fav quote with me 🙂
I love number 4. Yes it is true that obstacles with failures are the great teachers that will teach us in life.
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I needed this, mostly because I have the most difficult time waking up and going to work. I really like all of these quotes but the first one is especially interesting. It reminds me of a motivational speech I watched recently where the speaker said something along the lines of “You think successful people like to wake up early and get out of bed? We don’t. We hate waking up early but we do it anyway.”
Thank you so much for stopping by. The 1st one is one of my favourites!
I love a motivational quote! I particularly like your choices in this post because I think they’re quite low pressure. They’re not demanding that you be positive all the time, or focus on one thing, or ‘dream big’ – they give you something to think about instead. You can’t fail. They’re really reflective and I think depending on your state of mind you could use them in really different ways 🙂 I’m going to come back to these x
These are all great quotes! My favorite quote is be the change you want to seee in the world. Even though change is inevitable, only you are responsible for the change in yourself.
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Oh I love those quotes! Thank you for sharing and thank you for stopping by 🙂
I have always loved that Juliette Lewis quote because it captures the challenges of living with mental illness without brushing it off or glossing over it like society so often does. It truly does take bravery at many stages simply to keep going, and people need to recognize that they deserve credit for doing so!
Thank you Britt 🙂
These are definitely some sobering quotes!
It may be Friday but I really needed some of these!
I think i’ll use the 10 seconds one from now on when things get annoying at work!
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Such beautiful quotes! Love them!
The catcher in the rye is one of my all time favorites 🙂
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These are really great and encouraging quotes!! 💓I especially love the Robert Frost quote about life going on. Sometimes when you’re in a down period, it feels like you’ll never get out of it. But things get better eventually. I really love your blog, Nyxie! Excited to read more of your future posts! x
My favorite quote is the one from “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” That is also one of my favorite novels! It is so true. Until, we believe that we deserve all of the LOVE, we settle for things and people.
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Beautiful quotes! Robert Frost has always been a favourite of mine!
I love Robert Frost. Always loved studying him in Lit class.
Brilliant quotes, I love them all but the one that gets me time and time again is the Wallflower one. Trying so hard since having my daughter to demand more for myself, not just leftover crumbs of life as if they’re something magical.
Like, why when I always put others above myself, do I seem to think it’s fine to be consistently put the last in line with almost everybody else? Why let in toxic people instead of making connections with those who’re worth it? I’ve gone through these patterns all my life because I never felt good enough, but actually a lot of what I allow in my life is what’s not good enough, yet each time I glorify it.
I’m honestly not entirely sure if what I’ve just said is even making much sense to anyone but myself, it’s been one of those jumbled kinda days – but this is a fab post, thanks for sharing your favourite quotes with us! 🙂
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I love Wallflower. It’s a beautiful book and you’ve reminded me that I need to get it out of the attic! Thank you so much for reading and responding to this post, especially with such a heartfelt response. x
I’m not sure if I already own it and just haven’t read it yet! I should really look at sorting through my books soon and figure out what I do and don’t own, it’s a nightmare when buying new material!
Quality posts deserve quality responses my dear! 🙂
Inspirational quotes…or quotes in general are my favorite! Thank you for sharing them with us.
Great MotivationalMay qoutes thatvhave power to inspire. My personal favorite Is by Juliette Lewis. Thanks for sharing
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Definitely bookmarking this post for a rainy day! There’s nothing better than a good quote. Thanks for sharing! xx
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Such amazing quotes – thanks for sharing
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I love your quotes – they are certainly very inspiring and motivating. especially the one about In 3 words – it says so much- Life goes on and we have to deal with it one way or the other. Thanks for sharing your inspiration. Have a healthy, happy & blessed day.
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These are awesome quotes. I would love to make them into mini posters and sprinkle them throughout my house. They would make great reminders for me to think about daily.
Oh that would be so good! I plan on getting quote posters for my office in the new year 🙂
I love all of them. But this one really hit me The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” Juliette Lewis
Words have always had great power over me to inspire me, give me strength or simply give me new points of view.
Great inspiring and awesome quotes, love to share on FB
I always love finding inspiring quotes: these are some wonderful ones that I will be sure to keep in mind.
Love all those quotes. They are so inspiring. Especially the one about the storm. Words can be so powerful!
Certainly motivating quotes!! I personally am a self motivator, I just pop outta bed in the morning ready to go! 🙂
You quoted some of my absolute faves. I’ve also been meaning to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and now I think it’s time.
These are great. I think my favorite is “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my own ship.” Little Women; Louisa May Alcott.
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” I love this quote, and unfortunately, at least in my case it has turned out to be true a few times. 🙂
These are AMAZING, thank you so so much. Life Goes On…So true and fundamental.
Thanks for this at a much needed time. I am trying to stay inspired as the world around me is so shaky. I love all of these.
I post a quote of the week on the entrance to the girls locker room each week… I’m a PE teacher… they just love them! They can really motivate ya
Beautiful quotes and beautiful pictures. I love them all!
awesome quites and fantastic pictures! definitely very inspiring
That Robert Frost quote hits me hard. No matter what happens today and tomorrow, life still goes on. It’s really how you respond to the circusmtances that will dictate how you live your life. because even if it ends, everything still goes on…
Thank you so much for taking the time to read. I love Robert Frost and had actually forgotten all about this quote until recently.
I love these quotes, especially the one from Perks. I want to get it tattooed on me someday because I just think it’s so darn true.
I love Perks & would love to do the same. I’m itching for a new tattoo so maybe when this is all over.
Love this, especially it goes on. Sometimes it can be hard to “live in the moment” and keep moving forward.Love Robert Frost!
I love the quote by Robert Frost. Life really does go on. It is such an important message in this world of constant change.
When I’m going through a rough patch I think “this too shall pass” as its just a small phase in life.
At times when I am beyond hope, I tell myself, everything has a time limit. The bad time shall pass. Things will get better. I just need to strive to move forward…everything else will take care of itself
These are all fabulous quotes. I really love the first one and the third one. “Life goes on.” Ain’t that the truth. No matter how hard life gets, it does still go on. Great post. Thanks for sharing. I have a friend that is struggling and would appreciate this post. Thank you.
Thanks for the inspiration.
“You Don’t Have To Be Great To Start, But You Have To Start To Be Great.” – Zig Ziglar
That Chbosky quote is so sad and so true. We do accept the love we think we deserve unfortunately. I knew Juliette Lewis had a wild life. Never knew she had it that bad. But glad she has found the courage to keep living.
Great Quotes! The first one rings so true for me! I know there are plenty of times when i just wanted to give up and I thought that life wasnt worth living anymore. but it is. it is so worth it.. had i given in then I wouldnt have the life i do today. It gets better!