Highly Inspirational Viktor Frankl Quotes

Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist and author. He is famous for his best-selling book Man’s Search for Meaning, which illustrates his time as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp.

Viktor Frankl created the concept of Logotherapy, which the author describes as “the primary motivational source of an individual is to find meaning in life.” Frankl also taught at the University of Vienna and at a number of American universities. The Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna was founded in 1992 to further his work.

I hope that you enjoy this collection of Viktor Frankl quotes.

1. Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’. ― Viktor Frankl

2. When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. ― Viktor Frankl

3. To choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ― Viktor Frankl

4. Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. ― Viktor Frankl

5. Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. ― Viktor Frankl

6. I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones. ― Viktor Frankl

7. No one has the right to do wrong, even if wrong has been done to them. ― Viktor Frankl

8. Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. ― Viktor Frankl

9. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance. ― Viktor Frankl

10. Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. ― Viktor Frankl

11. The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing. ― Viktor Frankl

12. Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts! ― Viktor Frankl

13. I do not forget any good deed done to me and I do not carry a grudge for a bad one. ― Viktor Frankl

14. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life. ― Viktor Frankl

15. Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal. ― Viktor Frankl

16. The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. ― Viktor Frankl

17. Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life. ― Viktor Frankl

18. Don’t aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. ― Viktor Frankl

19. The meaning of life is to help others find the meaning of theirs. ― Viktor Frankl

20. The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us. ― Viktor Frankl