One of the earliest adult realizations we make is that nothing comes free—it either costs you time, money, or both.
However, things such as this don’t make sense until we chance upon them ourselves. That’s why we call experience the mother of wisdom.
The same goes for life-changing quotes. Powerful quotes that can change one’s perspective don’t mean much if you can’t relate to them. But when you do, the jumble of words that make up these words of wisdom forever alters how we view them.
Depending on what you are currently going through, particular quotes will strike a chord with you, while others will vacate your mind the moment you lift your eyes off the screen. What’s so interesting about life is that we will stumble upon the same things repeatedly, yet there will come a day when we encounter something for the God-knows-what-number time, and we will see it in a completely different light.
Quotes about being alone don’t hit home until you understand your solitude. Trust quotes are just empty words until your trust has been broken by someone you truly care about. And quotes about truth start to ring true once you’ve been lied to.
Inspirational short quotes from books, movies, famous speeches, or historical figures will ring a different tune for everyone. And while some will fail to identify the song, others will be able to recognize every note of it.
Below, we’ve compiled a list of quotes that will change your life and perception of things, perhaps not today, but someday.
If a particular life-changing quote strikes a chord with you while reviewing the list, give it an upvote. If you are looking for even more inspirational quotes to change your life, be sure to check out our article featuring more motivational quotes!
#1
“It’s easy to fool someone, it’s hard to convince them that they’ve been fooled.”
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23points
#2
“Before you speak let your words pass through 3 gates, is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?”
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23points
#3
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” — Sully Sullenberger
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20points
#4
“You might be the sweetest peach on the tree, but some people just don’t like peaches.”
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19points
#5
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life. Most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain
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19points
#7
“In order to empathize with someone’s experience you must be willing to believe them as they see it and not how you imagine their experience to be.” — Brené Brown
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#11
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” — C. S. Lewis
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17points
#12
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd
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16points
#13
“Holding onto a grudge is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot because you were not the one who put it there.”
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#14
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” — A. J. Heschel
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#15
“Most people will not remember what you say to them, but they will remember how you made them feel.”
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16points
#16
“We’re all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.” — Charles Bukowski
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#17
“Whatever you do today is very important: you are exchanging a day of your life for it.” ― Elizabeth George
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#19
“If you don’t heal what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you.”
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#20
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair
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