➹ 한글 translations of inspirational quotes

미소는 만국 공통어입니다
Everyone smiles in the same language.
Source: KTO Facebook Page



I thought that statement was incredibly inspiring ~ and so amazingly beautiful in 한글. So I suddenly wanted to find more quotes in Korean. It was mildly surprising to discover that save for the multitude of English sites posting quotes from kdramas, there aren't a lot of other online search results for Korean quotes. There are a couple of those for proverbs and sayings and even some for slang phrases but none really for quotables. So then I realized that there aren't a lot of quotables in my own native tongue as well. Or if there are, they would sound old-fashioned, awkward or even downright corny. Could it be that in these recent years (or decades even) we've enriched the worlds' English quote reserve at the expense of extinguishing quotes of other languages? ^^ Just saying ~

So anyway, it was also mildly surprising that the best resource for getting 한글 quotes or 한글 translations of quotes is via social networks! This Twitter @aQuoteAday account for one is PURE GENIUS^^! So much thanks for sharing some wonderful Korean translations of a variety of quotes. Here are some of my favorites (I backtracked to quite a long while agooooooo):

성공과 행복은 확률의 문제가 아니라 선택의 문제이다
Success and happiness are not matters of chance but choice -Zig Ziglar

믿는이에겐 증거가 필요없고 안믿는이에겐 어떤증거도 소용없다
To those who believe no proof is necessary; to those who don't no proof is possible. -Stuart Chase

가볼만한 가치가 있는 모든 장소는 지름길이 없는 법이다.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills

의견은 생각의 결과물이 되어야지 생각의 대체물이 되어서는 안된다.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. - Jef Mallett

인생에서 노력없이 성취할 수 있는 것이 단하나 있는데 그건 실패라고 한다
The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure." -Anonymous-

정신병자가 되지 않으려면 때때로 미친짓을 한 번 씩 해줘야만 한다.
You must do a crazy thing once in a while to keep from going nuts.

And lastly, it doesn't exactly sound like a quote but it's worth remembering (and repeating to thyself)~

불가능은 없다. = Everything is possible.

And oh yeah, major kudos to King Sejong! ^^