26 Of The Most Powerful Inspirational Lines In Literature

“Not all who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

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1. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan

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3. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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4. “All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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6. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

– Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

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7. “If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”

– Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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19. “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

– Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

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10. “if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want.”

– Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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12. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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13. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

– Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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15. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

– George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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16. “We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.”

– John Green, Looking For Alaska

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18. “Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

– Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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19. “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

– Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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21. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”

– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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22. “I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.”

– Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Burns

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24. “Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”

– Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections

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25. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

– Albert Camus. Return to Tipasa

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26 Of The Most Powerful Inspirational Lines In Literature