The power of positivity is real and extremely useful for our mental health, which is why we have gathered all the best short positive quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for very short positive quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Positive Quotes
“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.” — Victor Hugo
“We may not have hit the peak yet, but we are on the journey up.” —Brian Nhira
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Let us literally live from moment to moment.”—Mahatma Gandhi
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.” – Maryam Hasnaa
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“After all, life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Karl Marx
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” —Aesop
“Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.” —Mandy Moore
“Stay positive in every situation and everything you do.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important.” – Kirsty Coventry
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” – Oscar Wilde
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Saturday makes my day complete.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Jump in with both feet and be brave.” —Sujit Choudhry
“Learn to love yourself enough to be happy in your own company.” – Samantha Camargo
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
“Make your life matter and have fun doing it.” —Aaron Hurst
“I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” —E. E. Cummings
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams.” – Israelmore Ayivor
“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei
“Life is short it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise
“‘No’ today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” —Yvonne Orji
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” —Maya Angelou
“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
“Simplicity makes me happy.” – Alicia Keys
“love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair.” —Jack Layton
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
“Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.” – J.R. Rim
“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
“If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries.” – Anna Taylor
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee
“Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.” – Haruki Murakami
“Self-love is necessary for a functional and successful life” – Angela C. Santomero
“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.” —Jameela Jamil
“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes
“Always let your conscience be your guide.” —Jiminy Cricket
“When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Make a determination that you will live your purpose today.” —Daniel Budzinski
“Monday is the day that opens up the week for many opportunities.” – R.K. Narayan
“Tell yourself how much you love yourself.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy.” – Paolo Coelho
“The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of.” —Bill Orender
“I think having more Saturdays sounds great.” – Michael Crews
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy
“Most people are nice when you finally see them.” —Harper Lee
“Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” —Joyce Meyer
“Love yourself more, you’ll never regret it.” – Ann Marie Molina
“I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.” – James Baldwin
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir
“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy
“The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi
“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” —Thomas S. Monson
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni
“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” —Bill Gates
“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.
“The healthiest response to life is joy.” — Deepak Chopra
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” —Lao Tzu
“Love is never wrong.” – Melissa Etheridge
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” —Robin Williams
“Every new day gives me ceaseless hope to reach out for my dreams.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman
“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“All you need is love.” – Paul McCartney
“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“Recognize what you have inside you.” —Eric Pulier
“We can truly love one another once we love who we are.” –Angela C. Santomero
“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump
“Today is a good day to try.” —Quasimodo
“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
“Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life.” – Byron Pulsifer
“When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha
“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul
“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” —Rabindranath Tagore
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” —Buckminster Fuller
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins
“A positive attitude awakens inner strength, energy, motivation, and initiative.” – Remez Sasson
“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’” —Amy Poehler
“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”—Roald Dahl
“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“Take the first step.” —Darius Fisher
“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball
“You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.” – Shawn Achor
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.” —Katherine Hepburn
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Surround yourself with positive people.” —Rod Rohrich
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Monday is for people with a mission.” – Christina Imre
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” – Susan Polis Schutz
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I want to reach my potential, impact my world, and leave a legacy.” —Seth Buechley
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel
“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” – Jenn Proske
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese
“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
“I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
“I dream things that never were and say why not.” —George Bernard Shaw
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” —William Shakespeare
“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” —Yiddish Proverb
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” —Chinese Proverb
“Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle
“Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you.” – Garima Yonzon
“We need not think alike to love alike.” – Francis David
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” —Tennessee Williams
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” —Florence Nightingale
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” – Sinclair Lewis
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss
“Sunday is a day to clear the mind of all that has transpired the week before.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” —Anne Frank
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West
“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” —S. C. Lourie
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.” —Robin Roberts
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot
“It can’t be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.” – George Weah
“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse
“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Hold onto your old friends. Kiss your mama. Admit what your dreams are.” —Maya Rudolph
“When you cease to dream you cease to live.” —Malcolm Forbes
“Life is short, and it is here to be lived.” —Kate Winslet
“Do good and good will come to you.” —Adam Lowy
“The next choice is the most important choice.” —George Wells
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” —Omar Khyyam
“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave.” – Harvey Mackay
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” — Ashton Kutcher
“Salvation lies within.” —Warden Samuel Norton
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” – Shelley Long
“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“Give yourself the love you’re willing to give to others.” – Mahin Ismail
“Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” —Mellody Hobson
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —Buddha
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi
“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.” —Irish Blessing
“Happiness [is] only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer
“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” —Rosa Parks
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.” – Roy T. Bennett
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” – Goldie Hawn
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
“When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective.” —Ryan O’Donnell
“We love the things we love for what they are.” – Robert Frost
“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer
“My best successes came on the heels of failure.” —Barbara Corcoran
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah
“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin
“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
“What we think, we become.” —Buddha
“Be yourself and people will like you.” —Jeff Kinney
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee
“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” —Confucius
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” —Frank Lloyd Wright
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Each day provides its own gifts.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” —Dr. Seuss
“Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Base your relationships on the right values.” —Dick Gephardt
“Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” —Dr. Suess
“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha
“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.” — Jennifer Aniston
“Love loves to love love.” – James Joyce
“Do what is true to your soul.” —Malini Saba
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” —Buddha
“The best weeks start on Monday.” – Nice Peter
“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols
“Find joy in everything you choose to do.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” —Dalai Lama
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra
“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo
“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” – Jake Owen
“We have to collectively work together to improve the world.” —Samuel Strauch
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” – Charles Dickens
“As you know, life is an echo; we get what we give.” — David DeNotaris
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens
“It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.” – Naval Ravikant
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln
“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar
“Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle
“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth
“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
So that is it for our list of Short Positive Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
For more great ideas, check out our other lists of Encouraging Quotes, Short Powerful Quotes and Inspirational Morning Quotes.
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About the Author
Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
The goal of Purely Lists is to provide a comprehensive and diverse set of lists to cover every situation from holidays and celebrations to uplifting quotes and general motivation. Whether you are looking for something deep and profound, funny and foolish or positive and encouraging, we strive to offer easy, fast and accessible options.