Deep Meaningful Quotes: Those that cause my thoughts to wander off on a different path. Or provoke me to think a little bit further (or sometimes a lot). Therefore, in this post, I’d like to share some of the best and most thought-provoking quotes that I’ve discovered over the course of the past ten years or more. In order to make this long post more manageable and accessible, I have separated it into several distinct sections on topics such as life, love (for both yourself and others), and motivation.
Deep Meaningful Quotes
1. “The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.” — Epictetus
2. “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3. “No reason to stay is a good reason to go.”
4. “Just because my path is different doesn’t mean I’m lost.”
5. “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
6. “I walk in the darkness so that others may see the light!”
7. “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Marthe Troly-Curtin
8. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou
9. “A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” — Henrik Ibsen
10. “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
11. “Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.” — Unknown
12. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want.” – Oprah Winfrey
13. “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
14. “On the other side of fear lies freedom.”
15. “There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.” — Seneca
16. “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” — Albert Einstein
17. “If you love someone tell them. Because hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.”
18. “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
19. “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” — Roy Croft
20. “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
