Sometimes a short sentence or phrase can really stop and make you think or inspire and motivate you.

Here are 5 quotes to inspire you. I’ve deliberately chosen ones that are perhaps a little less well known.

1.) “There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self” – Aldous Huxley, English writer and philosopher

2.) “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men” – Seneca the Younger, Roman Philosopher and poet

3.) “Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.” – Typhoon (1902) – Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer

4.) “Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.” – Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of the UK, politician, historian

5.) “The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” – John Ruskin, English art critic