Really Good Quotes about Truth, Inspiration and Motivation

– ‘Mother’ article in the ‘Consciousness Snacks’ series

Are you hungry for really good quotes – small, delicious wisdom snacks with a pinch of fun – that you can enjoy during breaks, on the go, or in one big meal if that’s what you feel like? … Then you’ve come to the right place!

Here on these pages, we serve up plenty of delicate ‘consciousness snacks’ with which you can feed your higher consciousness. These consciousness snacks consist of wise, inspirational words and quotes about yourself, the world and life. These deep but short inspiring quotes are about everything from truth and reality, faith and beliefs, to love and fear, choices and intention, and much, much more.

Some of these wise words and good quotes are from people (often celebrities) who, with just a few words, truly hit the mark with a remarkable level of clear insight and deep understanding. Other quotes are just really clever and funny at the same time. And yet again, other consciousness snacks we’ve cooked up ourselves. 😊

We hope you will enjoy all of these delicacies. If you want to see the other pages in the consciousness snacks series, you can jump directly to them from here:

– Wonderful Inspirational Quotes & Sayings to Motivate and Empower You
– Cute Love Quotes & Sweet Romantic Sayings to Treasure and Inspire
– Funny Quotes and Hilarious Inspirational Sayings A Real Treasure
– Wonderful Spiritual Quotes & Inspiring Words of Wisdom
– Happy Birthday Quotes Your Guide to the Perfect Funny Sayings and Empowering Phrases about Age
– Famous Quotations to Entertain, Famous Sayings to Elicit Chuckles, and Famous Funny Quotes to Lift Your Spirits and Make you Smile
– Fantastic Famous Movie Quotes and Tv Quotations
– Powerful Inspirational Sports Quotes for Athletes and Others

… if you want to read the quotes on this page, just continue reading from here:

Truth, Inspiration, Motivation, Humor & Fun

As we see it, good quotes and sayings are characterized by …
• … Truth
• … Inspiration
• … Motivation
• … Humor & Fun
So that’s what you’re going to find here! If you so desire … jump to the list of links with more good quotes & sayings.

So yes, we love quotes and sayings! Good ones, that is.

A good quote or saying can not only entertain and brighten the day, it can do so real quick, because most quotes and sayings aren’t very long. It’s like a quick fix of something nice.

Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
~ William Hazlitt ~

Good quote by William Hazlitt: Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves. Photo of smiling woman in orange shirt looking at herself in a mirror

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.
~ Buckminster Fuller ~

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.
~ Richard Bach ~

Success comes in cans, not cant’s.
~ Inspirational saying ~

When I decide if a quote (or a saying) is ‘good’ or not there are a few things I check for …

Good Quotes Contain: Truth

The first and most important thing, I Soren, look for in good quotes, quotations, sayings, proverbs, mottos, etc. for is this:

– Does the quote in some way reflect what you might call a higher truth?

What that means is: Is this quote more in line with absolute reality than usual? If it is, I consider it positive and I may write it down for that reason alone.

You want to be someone, really be someone? Then be yourself.
~ Inspirational saying ~

Pretty picture quote about being yourself: You want to be someone? Really be someone? Then by youself.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
~ Bertrand Russell ~

Don’t find fault, find a remedy.
~ Henry Ford ~

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
~ Mark Twain ~

The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts.
~ Bertrand Russell ~

Good Quotes Contain: Inspiration/Motivation

Another thing I look for in good quotes is this:

– Does the quote inspire & motivate me, and make me feel good inside?

If it’s more in line with absolute reality than average then it probably will make me feel good inside. In any case inspirational quotes and inspirational sayings are among my favourites. That goes for motivational quotes and motivational phrases as well, though not quite to the same extent.

Good quotes about being positive and constructive: Stop cursing the darkness and start lighting candles. Image of a pair of eyes in the dark.

Stop cursing the darkness and start lighting candles.
~ Motivational saying ~

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
~ Henry Ford ~

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
~ Abraham Lincoln

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
~ Motivational saying ~

Good Quotes Contain: Humor & Fun

The third thing I look for in good quotes is this:

– Is the quote funny? Does it make me smile, chuckle or even laugh out loud?

If it does, then I like it. I love to smile. And chuckle and laugh. I want a large percentage of my time in this body to be spent doing just that! 🙂

I want to join The National Association of Procrastinators, but I never seem to get around to it.
~ Motivational saying~

Procrastination is the greatest labour saving invention of all time.
~ Motivational saying ~

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
~ Herm Albright ~

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
~ Mark Twain ~

I can resist everything except temptation.
~ Oscar Wilde ~

Clever, funny quote by Oscar Wilde: I can resist everything except temptation. Photo of a hand reaching for an apple held by another hand.

Quotes with Both Truth, Inspiration/Motivation & Humor/Fun

Some quotes, quotations, sayings, proverbs and mottos actually succeed in combining a bit of both truth, inspiration and fun:

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
~ Mark Twain ~

Good quote by Mark Twain on age: Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Photo of an elderly lady having fun, celebrating.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
~ Oscar Wilde ~

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
~ Bertrand Russell ~

All generalizations are false, including this one.
~ Mark Twain ~

Yes, I love good quotes. Consequently I have worked with quotes and sayings for more than a decade. Every week for years I wrote articles based on good quotes and sayings for a Danish newspaper.

A few decades ago I decided to create a website based on quotes, sayings and short funny stuff. This website has now merged with this one, goodconsciouslife.com, so here on this site, you will find a real treasure of wonderful quotes (just go to the bottom of this page, and choose the quote section you want to explore).

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.
~ Inspirational saying ~

Quotes by Me, Soren Lauritzen

Through my work as a coach/guide in consciousness, teacher and writer I’ve often come up with some good quotes myself. Here’s an example:

Life itself is a most powerful force. The less beliefs you hold, the more you experience this. When you ‘let go and let life’, things become so easy – like playing.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~

Inspirational life quote: In life you absolutely, positively cannot fail. You can only live - exist and experience. If you're drawing breath you are a huge success. Learning is fun, too, but optional. Image with quote inside frame with waves.

And here’s another example:

In life you absolutely, positively cannot fail. You can only live – exist and experience. If you’re drawing breath you’re a huge success. Learning is fun, too, but optional.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~

Here’s a third example:

Yes, your choices create your experiences. But if you don’t like your current experience, then just make a new and different choice. Since life and experience is a matter of trial-and-error, there’s no need to take choosing – or life itself – too seriously.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~

Powerful quote about life: Life itself is a powerful force. The less beliefs you hold, the more you experience this. When you 'let go and let life' things become so easy - like playing.

Yep, and here’s a fourth example:

Life is totally accepting of you; life accepts your every thought, feeling, need, belief, decision and action. No matter what, you are accepted by life. There is deep peace and great joy in this fact.
~ Soren Lauritzen ~

And, lastly, here’s fifth example:

Yes, life has a sense of humor – in fact life IS a sense of humor. The times when I playfully view myself, everyone else and life itself as a wonderful cosmic joke are absolutely the best times of my life. I consciously strive to maximize those times!
~ Soren Lauritzen ~

Unquotable Quotes

Sometimes, though, good quotes are ‘unquotable’.

In the movie ‘Life of Brian‘ from 1979 by Monty Python there’s a scene where the main character, Brian, is speaking to a crowd and saying “We’re all individuals!” The crowd remains silent … except for one person in the back who pipes up, saying: “I’m not!”

I have remembered this little gem ever since I saw the movie. It makes you laugh, it makes you think – twice, or even three times – and it’s short. In other words: It’s priceless.

But it has to be told rather than quoted. So good quotes can stand alone – they are self referring and self contained. Just like life itself … but that’s a story for another time (on this website, of course)

The best gift you can give is a hug: One size fits all and nobody minds if you return it.
~ Inspirational saying ~

Good quotes on love: Love makes everything lovely." Cute drawing of teddy bears with a rose and hearts.