Sometimes life can be tough and it helps to hear something positive and uplifting, which is why we have gathered all the best short uplifting quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for very short uplifting quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
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Short Uplifting Quotes
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” —Dr. Seuss
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” —Buckminster Fuller
“Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” —William Shakespeare
“Monday is for people with a mission.” – Christina Imre
“It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.” – Naval Ravikant
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” —Thomas S. Monson
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” —Dalai Lama
“All things seem possible in May.” — Edwin Way Teale
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” — L.M. Montgomery
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
“Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson
“Though, February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises.” – Charmaine J. Forde
“Let us literally live from moment to moment.”—Mahatma Gandhi
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams.” – Israelmore Ayivor
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries.” – Anna Taylor
“As you know, life is an echo; we get what we give.” — David DeNotaris
“Give yourself the love you’re willing to give to others.” – Mahin Ismail
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring!” — Edwin Way Teale
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer.” — Gertrude Jekyll
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Sometimes, when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.”
“One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John
“I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides
“When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective.” —Ryan O’Donnell
“Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you.” – Garima Yonzon
“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
“Sunday is a day to clear the mind of all that has transpired the week before.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot
“Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” —Dr. Suess
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” —Omar Khyyam
“love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair.” —Jack Layton
“Make your life matter and have fun doing it.” —Aaron Hurst
“Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Make a determination that you will live your purpose today.” —Daniel Budzinski
“Salvation lies within.” —Warden Samuel Norton
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese
“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” —Anne Frank
“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
“Most people are nice when you finally see them.” —Harper Lee
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” – James M. Barrie
“Stay positive. Better days are on their way.”
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
“Love loves to love love.” – James Joyce
“Do what is true to your soul.” —Malini Saba
“A positive attitude awakens inner strength, energy, motivation, and initiative.” – Remez Sasson
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“We have to collectively work together to improve the world.” —Samuel Strauch
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” — Hal Borland
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
“Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen
“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” —S. C. Lourie
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” — William Blake
“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” – Susan Polis Schutz
“Love is never wrong.” – Melissa Etheridge
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Winston Churchill
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” – Oscar Wilde
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“January is the month for dreaming.” – Jean Hersey.
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
“February is the border between winter and spring.” – Terri Guillemets
“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.
“Saturday makes my day complete.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank
“A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” —Joyce Meyer
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy
“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.” — Jennifer Aniston
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh
“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” – Jenn Proske
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” – Shelley Long
“Recognize what you have inside you.” —Eric Pulier
“When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha
“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”—Roald Dahl
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —Buddha
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis
“I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.” – James Baldwin
“We can truly love one another once we love who we are.” –Angela C. Santomero
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” —Rosa Parks
“March brings breezes loud and shrill, stirs the dancing daffodil.” ― Sara Coleridge
“Life is short it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise
“Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.” – Anita Krizzan
“Simplicity makes me happy.” – Alicia Keys
“You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.” – Shawn Achor
“Life is short, and it is here to be lived.” —Kate Winslet
“Always let your conscience be your guide.” —Jiminy Cricket
“I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens
“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.” – Patience Strong
“Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.” – J.R. Rim
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave.” – Harvey Mackay
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” —Frank Lloyd Wright
“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Self-love is necessary for a functional and successful life” – Angela C. Santomero
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” – Sara Baume
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball
“Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
“Monday is the day that opens up the week for many opportunities.” – R.K. Narayan
“Surround yourself with positive people.” —Rod Rohrich
“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” —Confucius
“Take the first step.” —Darius Fisher
“Do good and good will come to you.” —Adam Lowy
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” —Bill Gates
“The best weeks start on Monday.” – Nice Peter
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” —Tennessee Williams
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus
“I think having more Saturdays sounds great.” – Michael Crews
“We love the things we love for what they are.” – Robert Frost
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.” —Irish Blessing
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman
“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney
“Love yourself more, you’ll never regret it.” – Ann Marie Molina
“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves
“I dream things that never were and say why not.” —George Bernard Shaw
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” —Maya Angelou
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” —Robin Williams
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee
“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” —Buddha
“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” — Ashton Kutcher
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I love beginnings. If I were in charge of calendars, every day would be January 1.” – Jerry Spinelli
“We may not have hit the peak yet, but we are on the journey up.” —Brian Nhira
“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar
“Tell yourself how much you love yourself.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks
“Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life.” – Byron Pulsifer
“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
“I want to reach my potential, impact my world, and leave a legacy.” —Seth Buechley
“Train your mind to see the good in every situation.”
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” —Lao Tzu
“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates
“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” —Yiddish Proverb
“If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse
“Stay positive in every situation and everything you do.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
“Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.” – Haruki Murakami
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” – Charles Dickens
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” – Goldie Hawn
“The next choice is the most important choice.” —George Wells
“It is never over, though we are in December.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols
“If you can stay positive in a negative situation, you win.”
“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” – Jake Owen
“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin
“Happiness [is] only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer
“After all, life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Karl Marx
“When you cease to dream you cease to live.” —Malcolm Forbes
“I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.” – Roger Federer
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” – Sinclair Lewis
“One day or day one. It’s your choice.”
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman
“July is hot afternoons and sultry nights and mornings when its joy just to be alive.” — Hal Borland
“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” —E. E. Cummings
“What we think, we become.” —Buddha
“April is a promise that May is bound to keep.” – Hal Borland
“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important.” – Kirsty Coventry
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” —Chinese Proverb
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” —Aesop
“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” —Rabindranath Tagore
“Find joy in everything you choose to do.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.” —Katherine Hepburn
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” —Florence Nightingale
“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.” — Victor Hugo
“The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of.” —Bill Orender
“Base your relationships on the right values.” —Dick Gephardt
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King
“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy.” – Paolo Coelho
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
“Today is a good day to try.” —Quasimodo
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey
“The healthiest response to life is joy.” — Deepak Chopra
“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni
“All you need is love.” – Paul McCartney
“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey
“It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others.” – Robin Sharma
“Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.” – Maryam Hasnaa
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle
“Learn to love yourself enough to be happy in your own company.” – Samantha Camargo
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“Be yourself and people will like you.” —Jeff Kinney
“It can’t be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.” – George Weah
“Jump in with both feet and be brave.” —Sujit Choudhry
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Each day provides its own gifts.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures…” — Henry David Thoreau
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi
“Every new day gives me ceaseless hope to reach out for my dreams.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“We need not think alike to love alike.” – Francis David
So that is it for our list of Short Uplifting Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
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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.
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