20 Inspirational Quotes That Everyone Gets Wrong

Great minds think alike -- but so do idiots (is how the whole saying goes).
20 Inspirational Quotes That Everyone Gets Wrong

There's nothing like a good inspirational quote to get you motivated on a Monday morning. But sometimes, even the most motivational and inspiring quotes can be hard to get right. Here are some of the most popular inspirational quotes that everyone gets wrong – perfect for your next coffee break!

As if enduring a constant onslaught of inspiring clichés wasn't bad enough, most of the time, such quotes aren’t even recited correctly. And when you learn where they were uttered, who said them, and what they meant, you'll discover that they don't even mean what most people believe.

There are plenty of inspirational quotes out there that are meant to motivate and make you think, but not all of them are accurate. In fact, a lot of them get the message wrong. Here are some of the most popular quotes that people get wrong and the real meanings behind them.

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Forrest Gump

My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. Forrest Gump People don't realize that this is a sweetened version of a more negative quote

Hellen Keller

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. For us, this quote implies that e
CRACKED.COM ILLIGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM is a phrase taken to mean Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down. It's really fake Latin from thE twentieth ce
The phrase Now is the winter of our discontent is from Shakespeare's play Richard II and is used to imply that the speaker is unhappy. The actual ph
The line from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Discretion is the better part of valor, implies the wisdom of being cautious and avoiding unnecessary risks; b
Many people find comfort in Exodus 14:14, in which Moses tells the Israelites: The Lord shall fight for YOU, and ye shall hold your peace. But most

An Unnamed U.S. Senator

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. attributed to Bill Gates The original quote, from a 1
GOD WILL NEVER GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE. The text It misquotes is actually about temptation: if you're tempted beyond what you can bear, God

Machiavelli

Machiavelli's famous quote: The ends justifies the means, is nowhere what he near actually wrote: When there is no impartial arbiter, one must cons
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -EDMUND BURKE His actual words: When bad men combine, the good must

Gandhi

Be the change you wish to see in the world. That's not the original quote by Gandhi. It was lf we could change ourselves, the _tendencies in the worl
The phrase 'The proof is in the pudding' is used to mean that the end result is the testament of your abilities. However, the original phrase 'The pro
CRACKEDCON The quote WINNING IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, stops being SO motivational when you know the ending: IT'S THE ONLY THING.
It always seems impossible until it's done. attributed to Nelson Mandela This old saying is meant as a reminder to ignore naysayers, but it used to
Rome wasn't built in a day, GET TIDISCOURAGED HEY DON'T SUCCEED YOU DON'T WHEN AWAY! RIGHT ...but it burned in one. HEY! YOUR HAPPINESS SUCCESS AR
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops by Henry Adams is widely used as a slogan in classrooms and lecture halls. H
The expression When one door closes another door opens is incomplete. The part that's left out turns this inspirational saying into a criticism of pes

Yeah, man, money's just money

The expression 'Money is the root of all evil, is actually For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. So, it's not the money that made you bad, it's your lust for it you greedy bastard.
CRACKED COM BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. Is interpreted quite differently in an early Arab version of the proverb. BROTHERS IN THE COVENANT OF BLOO
The phrase My country right or wrong, is actually a trimmed down version of My country, right or wrong: if right, to be kept right; and if Wrong, t
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