No matter where you are or what stage of your life you are in, there is always something that will come up that you need inspiration for. Starting a new job, moving into a new apartment, starting a new year in school, all can be extremely scary situations that you need some sort of motivation to get yourself through it. I have always been a lover of inspirational or motivational quotes because just reading them makes you feel so uplifted. Here are some of my favorite inspirational quotes; I hope you can use a few to help you through whatever situation you are going through.

1. "Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Everyone has been in a situation where they either have to forgive someone for their mistakes or decide to stay angry. I really love this quote because everyone deserves a second chance; you never know what will come because of it.

2. "To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal." - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

To obtain a goal you have, you cannot have things be standing in the way. If you want to get a 4.0 GPA in a semester, for example, you cannot say, "Oh, failing one test will be okay, I can still get my grade up." Staying focused and having the devotion to the goals you have will help you achieve them.

3. "Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe." - Oprah Winfrey

I am a firm believer in if you think good thoughts, good things will happen. If you are negative all the time, only negative energy will surround you. I believe that if you think highly of yourself, others will follow.

4. "Confidence comes from not always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong." - Peter McIntyre

Everyone struggles with confidence at some point in their life. What I have learned is that if you think you can do something, do it. Always believe in the good.

5. "Although the world is full of suffering, it's full also of overcoming it." - Helen Keller

Sometimes, life decides to knock us down; that's just how life is. It's our job to not stay down, but to learn and grow from the situation and learn how to rise above and overcome it.

6. "Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own." - Plato

I am one that always puts the feelings of others before my own, and sometimes that can be a blessing or a curse. But, finding happiness for someone else can help spark the same feeling in you.

7. "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

At the end of the day, it's about the memories that you make in life and the people that make life worth living. Make memories, live life to it's fullest.

These are just 7 quotes that I found that can be used as a pick me up, or as a conversation starter in any situation. I hope that reading these quotes has gotten you to think about situations in your own life, how you can move past them or learn to love them.