Need help getting up in the morning? Here are some quotes that might just inspire you to do something with your life. From authors such as Wolfgang von Goethe and Maya Angelou, you are sure to find something worth your while.

"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true." - William Ralph Inge

"If you don't like how things are, CHANGE IT! You're not a tree." - Jim Rohn

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." - Thomas Jefferson

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." - Wayne Dyer

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." - Ronald Reagan

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." -Harvey Fierstein

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness." - Zhnangzi

"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." - Lee Iacocca

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourslef to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself." - Lourell K. Hamilton

"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." - Saadi

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for evry opinion now accepted was once eccentric." -Bertrand Russell