top of page

Join 10,000+ others who are receiving insightful, thought-provoking mindfulness content every single month:

Thanks for subscribing!

Follow us for daily content!

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
Image by Fabrice Villard
Harmony Mindfulness

Transform Your Mindset: 80 Hard-Hitting Quotes to Ignite Personal Growth


As John Dewey once said, "We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience."


We have curated a collection of 80 hard-hitting quotes that will challenge your perspective on life. We hope that this collection will inspire you!



"You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails." - Unknown


"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down." - Toni Morrison


"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein


"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsley


"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." - Oprah Winfrey


"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there." - Unknown


“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou


“The path to a dream is rarely linear. You gotta zig-zag your way to happiness.” Karen Salmansohn


"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs


"The best revenge is massive success." - Frank Sinatra


"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt


"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky


"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Sir Edmund Hillary


"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison


"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer


"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela


"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs


"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost


"The only thing to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt


"The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits." - Brian Tracy


"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates


"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


"The only way to have a good life is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs


"The only way to have a great life is to make it happen." - Anthony Robbins


"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible." - Joel Brown


"The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and there is nothing wrong with you. There is no you to get rid of, no you to become.” - Eckhart Tolle


"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday." - Unknown


"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs


"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." - Charles R. Swindoll


"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill


"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt


"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt


"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein


"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost


"The best revenge is massive success." - Frank Sinatra


"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan


"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs


"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller


"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela


"The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis." - Brian Tracy


"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb


"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson


"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain


"It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln


"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt


"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela


"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts


"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates


"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes." - William James


"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are." - J.P. Morgan


"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt


"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela


"The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing you will make one." - Elbert Hubbard


"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates


"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts


"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny." -Albert Ellis


"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -Franklin D. Roosevelt


"The only way to have a good life is to handle it as an adventure." -W. Somerset Maugham


"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." -Alan Watts


"The only way to truly fail is to stop trying." -Unknown


"The only way to understand the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." -Arthur C. Clarke


"The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on." -Oprah Winfrey


"The only way to do great work is to be passionate about it." -Steve Jobs


"The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle." -Tara Brach


"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." -Alan Watts


"The only way to truly learn is by doing." -John Wooden


"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." -Charles Kingsleigh


"The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." -Steve Jobs


"The only way to be successful is to be passionate about what you do." -Richard Branson


"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius


"The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve." - Brian Tracy


"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." - Paul Valery


"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." - Oprah Winfrey

bottom of page