40 Rare & Obscure Motivational Quotes

Sometimes thinking outside of the box has the power to open a window of opportunity you may never have realized.

Our latest collection of powerful and rare inspirational quotes on the Everyday Power Blog will help to open your eyes and mind on your journey towards success!

Tired of the same old inspirational quotes about life?

So are we! Here is a collection of rare inspirational quotes that are just as powerful, but…you’ve probably never heard them before! Enjoy!

For more inspiration, be sure to also read our selection of meaningful quotes and sayings.

Rare Inspirational Quotes That You Probably Never Heard Of

1. “Love is a rare gem that needs to be polished, praised and pampered, every day!” – Unknown

2. “There is no opposite of love because love is everything. There is only an absence of love, which is fear.” – Unknown

3. “Some of the biggest achievements of your life will come from helping others achieve.” – Unknown

4. “The best way to ensure success is to never lose energy because things aren’t going as fast as you want them to.” – Unknown

5. “You can’t go anywhere standing still, laying down or on your knees.” – Unknown

6. “Try to lose as large as possible and discover sides of you that will help you win like you’ve never won before.” – Unknown

7. “The key to success is to learn, and then do things on your own terms. The definition of success is to do things on your own terms. You get what you want, by being it and not chasing it!” – Unknown

8. “A miracle isn’t winning the lotto, it’s believing in yourself when you didn’t before.” – Unknown

9. “Dreams happen when you’re asleep. Hope happens when you dream while you’re awake.” – Unknown

10. “Choose your thoughts how you choose your clothes. Make sure they are the best fit for the time, place and location.” – Unknown

Rare inspirational quotes to make you strong

11. “Don’t just say what you say, live what you say!” – Unknown

12. “One of the fastest ways to improve your life is to simply do what you said you were going to do.” – Unknown

13. “The more we criticize and judge, the less time we have to love and take care of.” – Unknown

14. “Let’s be clear, we live every day. We only DIE once! Live and die for something!” – Unknown

15. “Say YES more often and life will return the favor.” – Unknown

16. “The soul is stronger than its surroundings.” – William James

17. “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney

18. “If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do” – George Bernard Shaw

19. “Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

20. “Think outside of the box, create your own path in life. “You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh because you are all the same.” – Daniel Knode
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21. “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” – John Wooden

22. “Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

23. “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

24. “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Unknown

25. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot

26. “We meet no ordinary people in our lives.” – C.S. Lewis

27. “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” – James Oppenheim

28. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus

29. “Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”- Ramana Maharshi

30. “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”- Carl Jung

Other rare inspirational quotes

31. “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.” – Elbert Hubbard

32. “Sometimes we all need a unicorn to believe in. Sometimes we need a unicorn to believe in us.”― Claudia Bakker

33. “What makes you unique is what makes you attractive.”― Amit Kalantri

34. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln

35. “Like water, every moment is precious.”― Michael Bassey Johnson

36. “A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” – Serena Williams

37. “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.” – Fernando Sabino

38. “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.” – Rick Riordan

39. “Courage of the heart is very rare. Let it guide you.”― Sarah J. Maas

40. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson