Looking for deep and meaningful quotes? We have rounded up the best collection of meaningful quotes, sayings, proverbs, phrases, captions, poetry, and messages, (including DP, images, wallpapers, and pictures) which are thought-provoking.
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These collection of quotes will help to give you an even greater perspective of the meaning of life. Everybody has a different definition of life. Some people see the positive side while some see the struggles.
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These quotes are meaningful in all aspects be it, life, relationship, friendship, family, love and more, to inspire you to think deeply about the purpose and value of life.
Meaningful Quotes
- “People go, but how they left always stays.”
- “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
- “On the other side of fear lies freedom.”
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
- “Sleep doesn’t help if it’s your soul that’s tired.”
- “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.”
- “No reason to stay is a good reason to go.”
- “Keep the ones who heard you when you never said a word.”
- “Just because my path is different doesn’t mean I’m lost.”
- Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.”
- “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
- “A meaningful silence is always better than a meaningless words.”
- “I walk in the darkness so that others may see the light!”
- “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.” – Plato
- “When it hurts – observe. Life is trying to teach you something.”
- “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha
- “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress.”
- They say: before you start a war you better know what you’re fighting for.”
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
- “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.”
- “You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.”
- “Some things scratch the surface while others strike at your soul.” – Gianna Carini
- “I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.” – Michelle Willams
- “Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.”
- “You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.” – Eckhart Tolle
- “The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.”
- “Pain changes people, it makes them trust less, overthink more, and shut people out.”
- “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain
- “Silence is as deep as eternity, speech as shallow as time.” – Thomas Carlyle
- “The biggest mistake you could ever make is being too afraid to make one.”
- “When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”
- “If it won’t matter in 5 years, don’t spend more than 5 minutes getting angry about it.”
- “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
- “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” – Socrates
- “A true test of character isn’t how you are on your best days but how you act on your worst days.”
- “The secret to happiness is to never expect anything from anyone, then you will never be disappointed.”
- “It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.” – Bryant H. McGill
- “I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.” – Ann Hood
- “The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change.” – William Arthur Ward
- “If you love someone tell them. Because hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.”
- “What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful.” – Joshua Foer
- The longer I go about living, I see it’s the relationship that is most meaningful.” – William Shatner
- “You must listen to your heart and follow it or it will find a million ways to remind you that there is something missing.”
- “Hurting someone can be as easy as throwing a stone in the sea. But do you have any idea how deep that stone can go?”
- “Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua Marine
- “Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” – Anne Frank
- “Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” – Taraji Henson
- “Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.” – Bryant H. McGill
- “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” – Stephanie Perkins
- “When you find no solution to a problem, it’s probably not a problem to be solved, but rather a truth to be accepted.”
- “Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be bold but don’t bully. Be humble but not timid. Be confident but not arrogant.”
- “You have to let people go. Everyone who is in your life are meant to be in your journey but not all of them are meant to stay till the end.”
- “Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.” – Martin Yan
- “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
- “You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.” – Annie Lennox
- “Someone once asked me, “Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?” I replied, “Why do you assume I see two roads?”
- “You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.”
- “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.” – Barbara Kingsolver
- “Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness. But as you go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys also make music.”
- “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.”
- “The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.”
- “I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.” – Brian McKnight
- “Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.” – Bell Hooks
- “Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” – Taraji P. Henson
- “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland
- “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama
- “When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.” – Mandy Hale
- “Once someone’s hurt you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you from wanting them.” – Holly Black
- “Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that’s it. You’re going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that’s deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.” – Andrew Shue
- “Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” – Vaclav Havel
- “There will be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Always pick being respected. That love without respect was always fleeting. But that respect could grow into real, lasting love.”
- “Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful and purposeful and rewarding, doing the activities that you love and spending time with the people that you love – I think that’s the meaning of this human experience.” – Steve Gleason
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