Spanish Inspirational Quotes

"A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando."

Praying to God, but hammering away.

— Anonymous

"A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda."

God helps those who rise early.

— Traditional Proverb

"Abre tus brazos a lo inesperado."

Open your arms to the unexpected.

— Popular Saying

"Al andar se hace el camino."

The path is made by walking.

— Antonio Machado

"Al mal paso, darle prisa."

When taking a bad step, hurry it up.

— Anonymous (Traditional Proverb)

"Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar."

Wanderer, there is no path, the path is made by walking.

— Antonio Machado

"Donde hay amor, hay vida."

Where there is love, there is life.

— Mahatma Gandhi

"Donde hay música no puede haber cosa mala."

Where there is music, there can be nothing bad.

— Miguel de Cervantes

"Donde no puedas amar, no te demores."

Where you cannot love, do not linger.

— Frida Kahlo

"El amor todo lo puede."

Love conquers all.

— Spanish Proverb

"El amor y la fe se prueban con las obras."

Love and faith are proven by deeds.

— Traditional Proverb

"El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho."

He who reads much and walks much, sees much and knows much.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"El tiempo es el mejor autor: siempre encuentra un final perfecto."

Time is the best author: it always finds a perfect ending.

— Charlie Chaplin

"El tiempo todo lo cura y todo lo madura."

Time cures all and matures all.

— Traditional Spanish Proverb

"Es mejor morir de pie que vivir toda una vida arrodillado."

It is better to die on your feet than to live a whole life on your knees.

— Emiliano Zapata

"Haz el bien sin mirar a quién."

Do good without looking at who benefits.

— Anonymous (Traditional Proverb)

"La esperanza es lo último que se pierde."

Hope is the last thing to be lost.

— Traditional Proverb

"La libertad es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos."

Liberty is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men.

— Miguel de Cervantes

"La pluma es la lengua del alma."

The pen is the tongue of the soul.

— Miguel de Cervantes

"La poesía es un arma cargada de futuro."

Poetry is a weapon loaded with future.

— Gabriel Celaya

"La realidad es mejor que los sueños."

Reality is better than dreams.

— Luis Buñuel

"La soledad es la patria de los fuertes."

Solitude is the homeland of the strong.

— Pío Baroja

"La única batalla perdida es la que se abandona."

The only lost battle is the one that is abandoned.

— Disputed/Proverbial

"La verdad adelgaza y no quiebra, y siempre anda sobre la mentira como el aceite sobre el agua."

Truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always rises above falsehood like oil on water.

— Miguel de Cervantes

"Ladran, Sancho, señal que cabalgamos."

They're barking, Sancho, a sign that we are on the move.

— Miguel de Cervantes (Attributed)

"Lo cortés no quita lo valiente."

Being polite doesn't diminish bravery.

— Traditional Proverb

"Los pueblos no se liberan si no es a costa de grandes sacrificios."

A people's freedom is only won through great sacrifice.

— José Martí

"Mañana será otro día."

Tomorrow will be another day.

— Anonymous

"Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo."

The devil knows more for being old than for being the devil.

— Anonymous (Traditional Proverb)

"Mucha gente pequeña, en lugares pequeños, haciendo cosas pequeñas, puede cambiar el mundo."

Many small people, in small places, doing small things, can change the world.

— Eduardo Galeano

"No hay medicina que cure lo que no cura la felicidad."

There is no medicine that cures what happiness cannot.

— Gabriel García Márquez (Attributed)

"Pies, ¿para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar?"

Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly?

— Frida Kahlo

"Uno no es lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que ha leído."

One is not who they are because of what they write, but because of what they have read.

— Jorge Luis Borges

"Yo sueño mi pintura y luego pinto mi sueño."

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

— Vincent van Gogh