50 Inspiring Quotes for UPSC Essay Writing and Preparation

100 Inspirational UPSC Quotes for UPSC Essay Writing

If you are an aspirant preparing for UPSC exams, then you know the importance of essay writing in the examination. Essay writing tests the aspirant's ability to analyze and express their thoughts in a coherent and logical manner. It also tests the aspirant's knowledge on various topics, including current affairs, social issues, and environmental concerns. 

To help you with your essay writing, we have compiled a list of 50 inspiring quotes from different fields of study. These quotes can be used as a starting point to structure your essay, add value, and impress the examiner. 

Essay Quotes for UPSC

1. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do" - Steve Jobs

2. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

3. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln

4. "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

5. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates

6. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Martin Luther King Jr.

7. "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

8. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

9. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain

10. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius

Motivational UPSC Quotes

11. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

12. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

13. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

14. "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson

15. "Chase your dreams but always know the road that will lead you home again." - Tim McGraw

16. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

17. "Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson

18. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

19. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

20. "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Powerful UPSC Quotes

21. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr.

22. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.

23. "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb

24. "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." - Plato

25. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

26. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." - Malcolm X

28. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.

29. "The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis." - Thurgood Marshall

30. "The power of imagination makes us infinite." - John Muir

Quotes for UPSC Essay

31. "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - Saint Augustine

32. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

33. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

34. "It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela

35. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss

36. "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama

37. "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." - Charles R. Swindoll

38. "The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt

39. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

40. "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." - Will Rogers

Sanskrit Quotes for UPSC

41. "Manā eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandha-mokṣayoḥ" - The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation of man.

42. "Satyam vada, dharmam chara." - Speak the truth, follow the right path.

43. "Asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtamgamaya." - Lead us from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality.

44. "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" - The world is one family.

45. "Yato dharmaḥ tato jayaḥ" - Where there is righteousness, there is victory.

Quotes on Climate Change for UPSC

46. "Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now." - Barack Obama

47. "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Native American Proverb

48. "Climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century." - World Health Organization

49. "The earth is what we all have in common." - Wendell Berry

50. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb

Topic-wise Quotes for UPSC

Science and Technology

51. "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." - Louis Pasteur

52. "The human spirit must prevail over technology." - Albert Einstein

Politics and Governance

53. "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you." - Max De Pree

54. "Good governance is less about structure and more about spirit." - Atal Bihari Vajpayee

History and Culture

55. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

56. "Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit." - Jawaharlal Nehru

Economics and Finance

57. "Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant." - P.T. Barnum

58. "Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance." - John F. Kennedy

Environment and Ecology

59. "The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share." - Lady Bird Johnson

60. "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Native American Proverb

Conclusion

In conclusion, quotes have the power to inspire, motivate, and convey complex ideas in a simple and concise manner. These 60 quotes on various topics can serve as a starting point for those preparing for the UPSC exam or those seeking inspiration in their daily lives. They cover a wide range of subjects, from politics and governance to economics and finance, and from environment and ecology to history and culture. These quotes are not just for memorization but also for reflection and understanding, as they provide insights into the human experience and our place in the world.