50 Inspirational Quotes Every EMS Professional Should Live By

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Next to creating a life, the finest thing a man can do is save one."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

- Thomas A. Edison

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

- Leo Buscaglia

"EMTs are privileged to play in life’s great game. Too many unlucky people watch the action thunder by, stuck at a desk, or watching it on television at home."

- Kelly Grayson

"If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For passion will lead you right into your purpose."

- Bishop T.D. Jakes

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

- Christopher Reeve

"I didn’t become an EMT to get a front-row seat to other people’s tragedies. I did it because I knew the world was bleeding and so was I, and somewhere inside I knew the only way to stop my own bleeding was to learn how to stop someone else’s."

- Daniel José Older

"There is no higher honor than to be given the responsibility to care for another human being."

- Richard K. Schachern

"Police officers, firefighters, EMTs—they are all out there every single day—literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them."

- Doreen Cronin

"Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light."

- Norman B. Rice

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

- Albert Pike

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

"When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

- Warren Buffett

"Do your best. One day, you will be someone’s hero."