300+ Short Inspirational Quotes about life and love. Many of these short lines of wisdom will make your day. Enjoy and share.
Begin Anywhere. John Cage
We are what we think. Buddha
No guts, no story. Chris Brady
Screw it, let’s do it. Richard Branson
Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare
Keep going. Be all in. Bryan Hutchinson
My life is my argument. Albert Schweitzer
Leave no stone unturned. Euripides
Fight till the last gasp. William Shakespeare
Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Steve Jobs
Impossible is for the unwilling. John Keats
You can if you think you can. George Reeves
Broken crayons still color. Unknown
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santanaya
The past does not equal the future. Tony Robbins
Good things happen to those who hustle. Anaïs Nin
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney
Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso
Every moment is a fresh beginning. T.S. Eliot
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. George Addair
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
The day is what you make it! So why not make it a great one? Steve Schulte
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
Tough times never last, but tough people do. Dr. Robert Schuller
To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst. Wilson Kanadi
At the end of hardship comes happiness. Unknown
If it matters to you, you’ll find a way. Charlie Gilkey
Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr
Whatever you do, do with all your might. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every noble work is at first impossible. Thomas Carlyle
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. André Gide
Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable. Paramahansa Yogananda
What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink. John Lennon
Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. Bil Keane
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? Rumi
Try a little harder to be a little better. Gordon B. Hinckley
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Haruki Murakami
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. Charles Kettering
Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Gandhi
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean
Don’t regret the past, just learn from it. Ben Ipock
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. Oprah Winfrey
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb
Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours. Tom Hopkins
Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. Jim Elliot
Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow. Helen Keller
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Napoleon Hill
Dream big and dare to fail. Norman Vaughan
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. Edwin Markham
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Goethe
Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary Uta Hagen
Have faith in yourself and in the future. Ted Kennedy
Try with all your might. Self-made or never made. Orison Swett Marden
Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them. Orison Swett Marden
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. Dolly Parton
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Make yourself proud. Peter W. Smith
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman
The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. Orison Sweet Marden
The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day. Amy Gatliff
Compassion is language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always. Oprah Winfrey
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. Ben Spock
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Thomas A. Edison
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’! Audrey Hepburn
You never fail until you stop trying. Albert Einstein
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston S. Churchill
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.. John Milton
Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win. Mahatma Gandhi
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. Helen Keller
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle. Francis of Assisi
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. William G.T. Shedd
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Dr. Seuss
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker
Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? L.M. Montgomery
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow
May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. Dalai Lama XIV
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Euripides
The true success is the person who invented himself. Al Goldstein
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking. Augustine of Hippo
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb. Roman proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb
Do crabs think we walk sideways? Bill Murray
I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. Oscar Wilde
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. Steven Wright
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. Steve Martin
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. Friedrich Nietzsche
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Mark Twain
Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy. Groucho Marx
Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. Robert C. Gallagher
I bet giraffes don’t even know what farts smell like. Bill Murray
The risk I took was calculated, but man, I am bad at math. Unknown
I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. Steven Wright
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. Oscar Wilde
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library? Lily Tomlin
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. Douglas Adams
I never feel more alone than when I’m trying to put sunscreen on my back. Jimmy Kimmel
Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others. Groucho Marx
The key to eating healthy is not eating any food that has a TV commercial. Mike Birbiglia
I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t. Steve Martin
Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Greg Anderson
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. Christopher Reeve
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. W. C. Fields
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington
Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. Oscar Wilde
Seek the seeker. Ramana Maharshi
No pressure, no diamonds. Thomas Carlyle
Every wall is a door. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only truth is music. Jack Kerouac
Stay foolish to stay sane. Maxime Lagacé
If youth knew; if age could. Sigmund Freud
Time is the soul of this world. Pythagoras
Stars can’t shine without darkness. Unknown
He not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan
It takes a long time to become young. Pablo Picasso
Be who you needed when you were young. Unknown
Innocence is courage and clarity both. Osho
Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La Fontaine
I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind.
If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. Tom Peters
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. Will Rogers
Forgiveness is giving up hope for a better past.
Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most. Unknown
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. William Blake
Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. Gary Keller
God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails. Augustine of Hippo
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso
Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the ocean.
The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer
The quickest way to get someone’s attention is to no longer want it.
Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau
I don’t have time to worry about who doesn’t like me. I’m too busy loving people who love me.
Above all things, reverence yourself. Pythagoras
Self-respect knows no considerations. Mohandas Gandhi
No one is laughable who laughs at himself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Dr. Seuss
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington
You are not designed for everyone to like you. Unknown
We must be our own before we can be another’s. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer. Ellen DeGeneres
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. Coco Chanel
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. Kurt Cobain
Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.
If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company. Jean-Paul Sartre
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. Rita Mae Brown
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. André Gide
I found that there is only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: to know how to love yourself. Louise Hay
Boredom: the desire for desires. Leo Tolstoy
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle
The less I needed, the better I felt. Charles Bukowski
Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Mother Teresa
Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell
Man is the artificer of his own happiness. Henry David Thoreau
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. Marcus Aurelius
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell
A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world. Atticus
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. Thich Nhat Hanh
Never expect anything. You’ll never be disappointed.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. Buddha
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach
If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment. Carlos Santana
Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want. Alan Cohen
To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek. Alan Cohen
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. Ovid
Whatever it is, find something to be excited about for tomorrow.
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. Frank Tyger
The key to happiness is doing something you like every single day. Victor Pride
We don’t laugh because we’re happy. We’re happy because we laugh. William James
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck
Once you choose hope, anything is possible. Christopher Reeve
Creativity is contagious, pass it on. Albert Einstein
Sometimes it takes a good fall to know where you really stand. Hayley Williams
Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Thomas Edison
Never regret anything that made you smile. Mark Twain
There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. Dalai Lama
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford
A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint Exupery
Hope is the dream of a man awake. – French Proverb
Talk doesn’t cook rice. – Chinese Proverb
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
There’s a four-letter word you must use when you get rejected… next. Jack Canfield
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus on the light. Aristotle Onassis
If you are interested, you’ll do what’s convenient. If you’re committed, you’ll do whatever it takes. John Assaraf
It’s never too late to start creating the life you desire. Dawn Clark
In the middle of every difficulty, lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. Steve Jobs
Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. Mary Morrissey
Short Inspirational Quotes About Life
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. – Karen Kaiser Clark
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves! Chanakya
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. Bruce Lee
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard Baruch
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry Thoreau
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Voltaire
My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t dream your life, live your dream. Unknown
In life you need either inspiration or desperation. Tony Robbins
Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got. Tim Cook
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and they day you find out why. Mark Twain
Life is too short to learn German. Oscar Wilde
Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it. George Carlin
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down. Vanessa Paradis
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden
You’ve gotta know what death is to know life. Jack Kevorkian
Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. Gary Keller
This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.
Life is a game and true love is a trophy. Rufus Wainwright
Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. Victor Hugo
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. Emily Dickinson
The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves. Bob Proctor
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Swami Sivananda
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London
Short Inspirational Quotes About Love
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. – Bessie Stanley
Romance is the glamor which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. Amanda Cross
For those who love; time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke
Dream without fear. Love without limits. Unknown
Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story. Daphne du Maurier
Find what you love and let it kill you. Charles Bukowski
To love is to act. Victor Hugo
All you need is love. John Lennon
Do all things with love. Og Mandino
Every lover is a soldier. Ovid
Who, being loved, is poor? Oscar Wilde
Speak low, if you speak love. William Shakespeare
Love is the absence of judgment. Dalai Lama
If you wished to be loved, love. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Love the sinner and hate the sin. Augustine of Hippo
If a thing loves, it is infinite. William Blake
In true love, you attain freedom. Thich Nhat Hanh
Economized love is never real love. Honore De Balzac
Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The more you judge, the less you love. Honore de Balzac
Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love. Terence
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven. Karen Sunde
Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow. John Lennon
If love appears, boundaries will disappear. Osho
Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Mother Teresa
They do not love that do not show their love. William Shakespeare
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. Benjamin Franklin
The more you love, the more you become lovable. Osho
You cannot save people, you can just love them. Anaïs Nin
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears. Ovid
It is love alone that gives worth to all things. Teresa of Avila
Life in abundance comes only through great love. Elbert Hubbard
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Rabindranath Tagore
The art of love is largely the art of persistence. Albert Ellis
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa
Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. Oscar Wilde
You give me the kind of feeling people write novels about. Unknown
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. John Gay
Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it. Nicholas Sparks
Stay away from people who make you feel like you’re hard to love.
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. George Orwell
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa
Love needs great courage. It needs great courage because it needs the sacrifice of the ego. Osho
Do not seek the because – in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions. Anaïs Nin
Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. Sigmund Freud
Personal love is concentrated universal love. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde
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