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25 Inspirational Quotes for People Who Hate Inspirational Quotes
I’ll admit it. These words have been helping me lately.
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3 min readApr 9, 2020
I’ve never really gotten much out of the inspirational quotes you can find all over Pinterest or Instagram. To me, these quotes are like candy — they might give you a quick boost, but they’re mostly empty calories. Reminders to live, laugh, and love won’t do much to actually change your life.
Still, I do have a practice of collecting words from those I admire and turning to them in challenging times. These days, I’ve been doing that more often than usual. All of these quotes give me perspective and remind me of what’s important. I hope some of them resonate with you, too.
On fighting the urge to follow the herd:
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
- “What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.” — Seneca
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball
On finding the beauty in chaos:
- “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” — Eleanor…
