What are some good motivational/life quotes?

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. James Dean

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. John A. Shedd

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

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan

If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart.Then in living - I have made my mark.Thomas L. Odem Jr

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow. Mary Anne Radmacher

Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light. Norman B. Rice

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. Les Brown

Bad is never good until worse happens. Danish Proverb

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington

When you’re feeling your worst, that’s when you get to know yourself the best. Leslie Grossman

Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped. African Proverb

He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. Moroccan Proverb

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm. Sidney J. Phillips

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Attributed to both Vidal Sassoon and Donald Kendall

The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst. Henry Fosdick

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Improvement begins with I. Arnold Glasow

God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. John Aughey

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling. Lucretius

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. Buddha

Put your future in good hands - your own. Author Unknown

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

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. Wendy Wasserstein

More:

http://www.quotegarden.com/be-great.html
http://www.quotegarden.com/helping.html
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/inspiration/
http://www.best-quotes-poems.com/Inspirational-Quotes.html

Have a nice day!

not sure if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but i thought these were some good ones:

"Some of the greater things in life are unseen, that’s why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry or dream."

"If you can’t except me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe

"If you live one hundred years, I want to live one hundred years minus one day so I never have to live without you."
-Winnie the Pooh (:

“When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life."

Life’s Journey Is Not To Arrive At The Grave Safely In A Well Preserved Body, But Rather To Skid In Sideways, Totally Worn Out, Shouting "HOLY SH*T…WHAT A RIDE!"