Empowering Words: Inspirational Quotes for Men in Jail

"Every moment is a fresh beginning."

- T.S. Eliot

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!"

- Audrey Hepburn

"In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- St. Francis of Assisi

"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

- Napoleon Hill

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

- Stephen R. Covey

"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Once you choose hope, anything is possible."

- Christopher Reeve

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

- Gandhi

"Outcome is not in your control. What’s in your control is your effort and your intentions."

- Amit Sood

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me."

- Erma Bombeck

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

- Aristotle

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life."

- John Lennon

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

- Jackson Brown Jr.

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Sun Tzu

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."

- Helen Keller

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

- Shakespeare

"Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being."

- Kevin Kruse

"It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings."

- Ann Landers

"We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone."

- Ronald Reagan

"Faith is one thing that can help us get through the darkest times."

"People change. Circumstances change. Understand that nothing is permanent, not even the troubles that scar you."

"Everything will be okay in the end. No matter how hard it is, no matter how hard it gets, I will make it."

"Life is too short to spend another day at war with yourself. Make peace with your circumstances, and tomorrow will bring something better."

"This is probably one of the darkest times in your life, but believe me, there is light at the end of the tunnel."

"The future is better than what happened in the past. God will restore what has been taken away from you."

"If you can’t control what’s happening to you, control how you respond. That’s where your power is."

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable and remove yourself from the unacceptable."

"Time will make things easier. Just focus on what keeps you moving every day."

"Jail does not have the power to dim your lights. Better days are coming."

"You have one life, and as long as you are alive, you have a second chance at life."