Amazing sayings that will open your mind.

These incredible quotes have been collected over years from famous people, stories, movies, music, books, and even video games. Enjoy.

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Inspirational

"Every failure is a step forwards, if we learn from the last."

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

"If I woke up tomorrow to discover that I had slept my entire life away, at least I could say that I'd had some good dreams."

"It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds."

"There are three kinds of service I offer: quality work, fast work, and cheap work. Combine any two."

"The last 10% of perfection takes 90% of the time."

"Living without mistakes is truly impossible."

"Every day is a chance to improve something."

"Courage is when you realise that there is something more important than your fear."

"Don't waste time trying to figure out who you are. Instead, decide who you want to be, then work towards that."

"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life."

"Pay attention. You might miss something."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Every day is a good day."

"Try to help others. If you can't help them, then at least do them no harm."

"In thirty years, what will you regret more; the things you did, or the things you didn't do?"

"Censor yourself, never others."

"It's not about needing more; it's about appreciating what you have."

"Never give up. Be the best."

"If that's the way it has to be, then that's the way it is."

"There is no such thing as 'I cant', only 'I wont'."

"The world is what you make of it."

"We live our lives like a shadow of a ghost leaning on the leaves of plants and blades of grass."

"Effort alone can defeat the most gifted master."

"Try again, fail again, but, fail better."

"Whether you think you can, or whether you think you can't; you're right."

"What's it like to be a character in a dream?"

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Dark

"Throughout this life we should be grateful for each breath we take, as we can never be truly certain that we will live long enough to take another."

"...and then it all goes back in the box."

"Eckhart saw Hell too. He said the only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you he said, they're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But, if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."

"The horror movies of the future will be of our society today..."

"The trouble with wanting something is the fear of losing it, or never getting it."

"Sanity is a madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled."

"Those who know do not need to be told, and those who do not know seldom listen."

"If you're faced with certain death, die laughing."

"If you laugh, the whole world laughs with you, but if you weep, you weep alone."

"You there, Ephialtes [--horrifically deformed traitor], may you live forever..."

"Well, it's like this; either fire me, or get out of my chair."

"Fire doesn't cleanse, it blackens."

"Some people are more comfortable in hell."

"I have dreamed a dream, but now that dream is gone from me."

"Morality exists only before and after the fight, not during it."

"Then it comes to be, that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel is just a freight train coming your way."

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Enlightening

"The worst evil is created when two strongly opposing notions of good collide."

"Expectation is a precursor of disappointment."

"Should your mind wander away, do not follow it."

"If you chase two rabbits you will not catch either one."

"Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day."

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

"The only thing that is constant, is change."

"The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters."

"Even our memories are transient."

"Ceci n'est pas une pipe [French] [Written underneath a painting of a pipe]."

"The more unconscious we are of our discomfort and our efforts to escape, the more mayhem is created."

"The movie never changes -- it can't change -- but every time you see it, it seems to be different because you're different -- you notice different things."

"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."

"A fault-finder will come to be punished by others."

"Minä olen sinä [Finnish]."

"The possession of anything begins in the mind."

"Water seeks its own level."

"A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully."

"Contemplate this: what if 90% of the problems you encountered in your life were mere illusions and only existed in your mind? [...] It's all about choices."

"It is better to have a clever enemy, than a stupid friend."

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, and the lesson afterwards."

"Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last."