24 Inspiring Quotes to Kick Off 2024
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
I like to look at the new year as a clean slate for building new habits, starting new ventures, or simply trying new things.
So every year, I revisit old Profile Dossiers to get inspiration for the year ahead. Below are some quotes that have made an impression on me, and I hope you find value in them too.
“Breaking rules isn’t interesting. It’s making up new ones that keeps things exciting.” — Christopher Nolan
"You can never leave footprints that last if you're always walking on your tiptoes." — Leymah Gbowee
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.” — James Cameron
“Great ones are willing to get burned time and again as they sharpen their swords in the fire.” — Josh Waitzkin
"Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you.” — Oprah
“Fashion goes in only one direction — forward — and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.” — Anna Wintour
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King
“Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” — Sara Blakely
“As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.” — Hans Zimmer
"The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them. If you hear them out, if you're brave enough to really listen to their story, you can see that more often than not you might've made some of the same choices if you'd lived their life instead of yours.” — Amaryllis Fox
"Life isn’t about finding the answers, it’s about asking the questions.” — Brian Grazer
“I choose to live in peace and witness war—to experience the worst in people but to remember the beauty.” — Lynsey Addario
“The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.” — Hugh Jackman
“Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.” — Laird Hamilton
“Persistence is omnipotence. If you don’t give up, you won’t fail.” — Martine Rothblatt
“Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.” — Cristiano Ronaldo
“Perfectionism is the belief that something is broken — you. So you dress up your brokenness with degrees, achievements, accolades, pieces of paper, none of which can fix what you think you are fixing.” — Edith Eva Eger
“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” — Ernest Hemingway
“When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get, it’s who you become.” — Diana Nyad
"I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism." — Sylvester Stallone
"If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel." — Keanu Reeves
“Your beginning never dictates your destination.” — Tyler Perry
"Never underestimate somebody who has hope.” — Francis Ngannou
"People like to think the creative process is romantic. The artist drifts to sleep at night, to be awakened by the subliminal echoes of his or her next brilliant idea. The truth, for me at least, is that creativity is primarily the result of hard work and study." — Grant Achatz
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