Looking for a little inspiration? Sometimes it’s helpful to read (or re-read) words of wisdom from those who have had meaningful and amazing lives.
People like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and even Chris Rock.
We’ve dug up some of their most inspirational and timely quotes on wealth, dreams & goals, life experience, and finance.
On Wealth:
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." -- Epictetus
"Wealth is not about having a lot of possessions. It’s about having a lot of options." -- Chris Rock
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." -- Plato
"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like." -- Will Smith
"To get rich you have to be making money while you’re asleep." -- David Bailey
On Dreams & Goals:
"If your dreams don’t scare you, then they’re not big enough." -- Anonymous
"Build your own dreams, or someone will hire you to build theirs." -- Farrah Gray
"You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream." -- C.S. Lewis
"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." -- Oprah Winfrey
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
On Life Experience:
"Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have big TVs and small libraries." -- Zig Ziglar
"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." -- Henry David Thoreau
"And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." -- Benjamin Franklin
"If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians." -- Warren Buffett
On Finances:
"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship." -- Benjamin Franklin
"A man in debt is so far a slave." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Saving a small amount soon builds up to a large amount." -- Scottish proverb
"Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source." -- Warren Buffett
"Don’t put all your eggs in one basket." -- Unknown
I hope...
I hope these inspirational words have given you some motivation to seek out your dreams, no matter how lofty they might be.
To quote one more amazing person, General George A. Custer: "It's not how many times you get knocked down that count, it's how many times you get back up."
So get up, get out there, and go after what you want in life!
lema lydia
wow,it was such an amazing motivation..it has made me alive again and ready to get up and dream again…i must archieve my goals..great work ,thanks for your great words en keep on changing the lives of others ..amazing.