Small things can make a big difference. The same can be stated for the inspiring statements that follow.
We’ve accumulated quotes from a wide range of outstanding minds, including authors, athletes, TV personalities, and CEOs, at Everyday Power.
Each of the following quotations is brimming with originality, ingenuity, and knowledge.
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Here are my picks for the short 150 inspirational quotes.
Short Inspirational quotes – Happiness
1. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
2. “The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings
3. “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
4. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
5. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” – Hafez
6. “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore
7. “Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
8. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
9. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
Short Inspirational quotes – believing in yourself
10. “Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats
11. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
12. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
13. “No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle
14. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
15. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
16. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
17. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
18. “Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé
19. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs
20. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
21. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
22. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou
23. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” – André Gide
24. “You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
25. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
Short Motivational quotes
26. “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – William Shedd
27. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
28. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs
29. “A nation grows great when a man plants a tree: the shade of which he will never enjoy.” – Greek Proverb
30. “The sooner you step away from your comfort zone, the sooner you’ll realize that it wasn’t really all that comfortable.” – Eddie Harris
31. “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” – Cyril Connolly
32. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
33. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second-best time is right now.” – Chinese Proverb
34. “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” – Mahatma Gandhi
35. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the B.S. story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
36. “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
37. “Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John Wooden
38. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
39. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot
40. “The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
41. No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda
42. Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anaïs Nin
43. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
44. Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill
Short Inspirational quotes – Success
45. “The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” – Napoleon Hill
46. “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln
49. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
48.. “A man cannot build a reputation on what he is going to do.” – Henry Ford
50. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
51. “Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?” – Abraham Lincoln
52. “[It’s] curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
53. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
54. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
55. “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” – Earl Nightingal
56. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
57. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” –George Bernard Shaw
58. “There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo
59. “Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” – Unknown
60. “Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
61. “Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
62. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
63. “Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.” – Edwin Markham
64. “Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle
65. “Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.” – Uta Hagen
66. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Emerson
Short Inspirational quotes – life and dreams
67. “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Horace Lorimer
68. “When you make a choice, you change the future.”– Deepak Chopra
69. “If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” – Kendrick Lamar
70. “Determine your priorities and focus on them.” – Eileen McDargh
71. “All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
72. “Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Drake
73. “Words are your paintbrush, and your life is the canvas. You can paint whatever you want to paint.”― Miguel Ruiz
74. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi
75. “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”– Oprah Winfrey
76. “Always remember that you are unique – just like everybody else.” – Unknown
77. “This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts
78. “Never depend on single income. Make investments to create a second source” – Warren Buffett
79. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
80. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn
81. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss… The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – Theodore Roosevelt
82. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar
Short Inspirational quotes – uplift you
83. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
84. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe
85. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
86. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
87. “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
88. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
89. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou
90. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama918.
91. “Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” – Roy T. Bennett
92. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho
93. “Never give up hope. All things are working for your good. One day, you’ll look back on everything you’ve been through and thank God for it.” – Germany Kent
94. “Don’t worry about the challenges. Get excited about the rewards of crushing them.” – Hiral Nagda
95. “Keep going. Is not as difficult as you feel it is. Don’t give up.” – Brandon Sanderson
96. “When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
97. “The most important thing is to keep going. The second most important thing is to choose the right direction.” – Maxime Lagacé
98. “Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible to do.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
99. “Keep going like there’s a big rock rolling behind you. Never stop until you find ways to dodge it!” – I’m salmiah
100. “There are a thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them is sufficient.” – Marilynne Robinson
101. “I may stumble. I may fall. I may cry. But I’ll NEVER give up! Tomorrow, I rise again.” – Steve Maraboli
102. “If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
Short Positive quotes and sayings
103. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
104. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Breault
105. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
106. “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
107. “Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” – John Heywood
108. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
109. “We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.” – Michael Hudson
110. “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton
111. “Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.” – Urijah Faber
112. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
113. “The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.” – Elbert Hubbard
114. “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
115. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”— Confucius
116. “No great thing is created suddenly.” —Epictetus
117. “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.” – Soren Kierkegaard
118. “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” – Dorothy Bernard
119. “Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.”– Jonathan Lockwood Huie
120. “I’d rather be optimistic and a fool, than pessimistic and right.” – unknown
121. “Live your dreams.” – Les Brown
122. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
123. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
124. “You only look in your neighbor’s bowl to ensure he has enough.” – Louis C.K.
125. “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” – Dita Von Teese
126. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles F. Kettering
127. “Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” – Albert Camus
128. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
129. “Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
130. “There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.” – Tony Robbins
131. “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
132. “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” – Steven Furtick
133. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Ian Maclaren
134. “I know for sure that everything will work out. No matter how crazy or bleak the situation is, it will work out. Everything passes, good and bad.” – Xosha Roquemore
135. “A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.” –Mahatma Gandhi
136. “The true vocation of man is to find his way for himself.” – Hermann Hesse
137. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry Davis Thoreau
138. “No wind favors he who has no destined port.” —Montaigne
139. “A clever man commits no minor blunders.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
140. “To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus
141. “Men do less than they ought unless they do all they can.” – Thomas Carlyle
142. “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein
143. “People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anais Nin
144. “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb
145. “Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” – Anthony Bourdain
146. “When you finally learn your self–worth… you stop giving others discounts.” – Unknown
147. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
148. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
149. “You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
150. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
151. “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
152. “Whatever you do, do with all your might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Turn those lemons into freshly squeezed lemonade with these excellent short inspirational & motivational quotes as your motivation.
Once you read these short inspirational & motivational quotes, you’ll have the ability to move mountains and set your sights on anything you put your mind to!
We may feel bad that something did not go as planned, or we may be struggling with why something did’nt work. We may not understand why we were passed up for the promotion this time, or why people did not respond with enthusiasm to something we were sure they were going to love.
No matter the reason, sometimes all it takes are some quotes of encouragement to remind us that it is all going to be OK; that we will figure things out, and that everything really does happen for a purpose.
