{"id":2911,"date":"2020-07-10T22:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifegram.org\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2022-07-25T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:03:08","slug":"literary-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/literary-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Most Inspiring Literary Quotes Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you scroll through GoodReads<\/a>, you’ll surely come across a bunch of inspirational literary quotes from some of the best books in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of focusing on the world’s problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education, and peace.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2015 Rhonda Byrne, The Secret<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Every time I pick up a book and read through it, there are things that I get to know about the world & about myself, get closer to emotions that I fail to express at times, walk down the trails that otherwise seem so hard to be traversed, and in between all of these, time flows.<\/span><\/p>\n

They say it right when they say, a book is a man’s best friend. Well, I completely agree with that thought and being an avid reader, I always cherish flipping through the pages & often end up marking my favorite lines which impact me deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I thought to compile some of my favorites and here’s a list of motivational quotes that I keep re-reading. I’m sure that you’re gonna love these quotes from famous books<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most inspiring literary quotes:<\/span><\/h2>\n

1. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn\u2019t do than by the ones you did do.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 H.Jackson Brown Jr, P.S. I Love You<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Andr\u00e9 Gide, Autumn Leaves<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Travel far enough, you meet yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Most people are nice when you finally see them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. All endings are also beginnings. We just don\u2019t know it at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. When someone leaves, it\u2019s because someone else is about to arrive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Paulo Coelho, The Zahir<\/span><\/p>\n

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7. It\u2019s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Lewis Carroll, Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/span><\/p>\n

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8. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six<\/span><\/p>\n

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9. It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. Not all those who wander are lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring<\/span><\/p>\n

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12. If I got rid of my demons, I\u2019d lose my angels.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tennessee Williams, Conversations with Tennessee Williams<\/span><\/p>\n

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13. If you\u2019re making mistakes it means you\u2019re out there doing something.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art<\/span><\/p>\n

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14. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Paulo Coelho, Brida<\/span><\/p>\n

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15. If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief<\/span><\/p>\n

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16. Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Dan Brown, Digital Fortress<\/span><\/p>\n

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17. When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist<\/span><\/p>\n

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18. The best antidote for fear is knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/span><\/p>\n

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19. Don\u2019t cling to things because everything is impermanent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Mitch Albom\u2019s, Tuesdays with Morrie<\/span><\/p>\n

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20. Society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/span><\/p>\n

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21. Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn\u2019t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life<\/span><\/p>\n

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22. In school, we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad<\/span><\/p>\n

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23. Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich<\/span><\/p>\n

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24. A dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.<\/span>
\n\u2015 A P J Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire<\/span><\/p>\n

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25. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have<\/span>
\n\u2015 Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now<\/span><\/p>\n

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26. Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/span><\/p>\n

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27. If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<\/span><\/p>\n

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28. \u201cIt’s not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don’t think we are worth the effort to find the place of light.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person<\/span><\/p>\n

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29. \u201cI read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong… to measure yourself at least once.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild<\/span><\/p>\n

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30. \u201cHow you love yourself is<\/span>
\nHow you teach others to love you\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Rupi Kaur, Milk, and Honey<\/span><\/p>\n

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31. \u201cStill, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary, as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies<\/span><\/p>\n

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32. \u201cAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Green, The Fault In Our Stars<\/span><\/p>\n

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33. \u201cMy advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2014 Charles Dickens, David Copperfield<\/span><\/p>\n

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34. \u201cEverything that is beautiful doesn’t always start beautifully.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon<\/span><\/p>\n

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35. The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking<\/span><\/p>\n

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36. Instead of focusing on the world’s problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education, and peace. \ud83d\ude42<\/span>
\n\u2015 Rhonda Byrne, The Secret<\/span><\/p>\n

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37. Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot.<\/span>
\n\u2015 David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big<\/span><\/p>\n

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38. If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass<\/span><\/p>\n

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39. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within<\/span><\/p>\n

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40. If you\u2019re stuck on a problem, don\u2019t sit there and think about it; just start working on it. Even if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck<\/span><\/p>\n

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41. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World<\/span><\/p>\n

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42. \u201cI learned a lesson I\u2019d never forget. The lesson was that, when you have setbacks and failures, you can\u2019t overreact to them.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u2015 Angela Duckworth, Grit<\/span><\/p>\n

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43. \u201cYou can\u2019t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule<\/span><\/p>\n

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44. Typically, people who exercise, start eating better, and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. Exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit<\/span><\/p>\n

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45. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.<\/span>
\n\u2015 Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you know any motivational quotes from the book you have read? Let us know in the comment section.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Related:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

51 Mindfulness Quotes To Live Mindfully Everyday <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

90 Best Motivational Life Quotes To Encourage Your Success<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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