58 Mexican Inspirational Quotes in Spanish to Ignite Your Spirit

"Aquel que no espera vencer, ya está vencido"

- Benito Juárez

"Escoge una persona que te mire como si quizás fueras magia"

- Frida Kahlo

"Si no escalas las montañas jamás podrás disfrutar el paisaje"

- Pablo Neruda

"Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz"

- Benito Juárez

"Podrán cortar todas las flores pero no podrán detener la primavera"

- Pablo Neruda

"Donde haya un árbol que plantar, plántalo tú. Donde haya un error que enmendar, enmiéndalo tú. Donde haya un esfuerzo que todos esquivan, hazlo tú. Sé tú el que aparta la piedra del camino."

- Gabriela Mistral

"No estudio para saber más, sino para ignorar menos"

- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

"Te espero sin plazo ni tiempo"

- Gabriela Mistral

"La educación es, tal vez, la forma más alta de buscar a Dios"

- Gabriela Mistral

"Amo el canto del cenzontle pájaro de 400 voces, amo el color del jade, y el enervante perfume de las flores, pero amo más a mi hermano, el hombre"

- Nezahualcóyotl

"Todo acto de creación, es un acto de amor"

- José Revueltas

"Hay que imponer nuestra voluntad a nuestras debilidades"

- Carlos Slim

"El amor no se piensa, se siente o no se siente"

- Laura Esquivel

"Un verdadero amigo es quien te toma de la mano y te toca el corazón"

- Gabriel García Márquez

"Amamos a un ser mortal como si fuese inmortal"

- Octavio Paz

"Amar es desnudarse de los nombres"

- Octavio Paz

"Hay momentos para recitar poesías y hay momentos para boxear"

- Roberto Bolaño

"Todo es hoy. Todo está presente. Todo está, todo es aquí. Pero también todo está en otra parte y en otro tiempo. Fuera de sí y pleno de sí…"

- Octavio Paz

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

- Cesar Chavez

"At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can."

- Frida Kahlo

"They are afraid of us because we are not afraid of them."

- Berta Cáceres

"One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self-image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you."

- Jaime Escalante

"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world."

- Dolores Huerta

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace."

- Carlos Santana

"If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth."

- Roberto Clemente

"Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it. It's yours to have."

- Gloria Estefan

"The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever"

- Sonia Sotomayor

"You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you."

- Antonio Tijerino

"People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood."

- Zoe Saldaña

"When opportunity presents itself, grab it. Hold on tight and don't let go."

- Celia Cruz

"Your great strength is knowing who you are."

- Oscar de la Renta

"I am the one thing in life I can control. I am inimitable – I am an original."

- Lin-Manuel Miranda

"It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people."

- Rita Moreno

"Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Action is the antidote to despair."

- Joan Baez

"Don't let fear stop you from achieving what you want."

- Elizabeth Colón

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

- Paulo Coelho

"We have to be visible. We are not ashamed of who we are."

- Sylvia Rivera