We all need a bit of positivity and optimism from time to time, so we have put together a list of all the best short encouraging quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short encouraging quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
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Short Encouraging Quotes
“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill
“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel
“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
“No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” —Simone Biles
“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“Whatever you do, always give 100%—unless you’re donating blood.” – Bill Murray
“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” —Dr. Harriet Braiker
“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” — Proverb
“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” – Unknown
“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.“ – Helen Keller
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs
“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer
“Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” – Anthony Bourdain
“Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.” — Rita Schiano.
“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah
“What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.” – Ralph Sockman
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” — Joseph Addison
“When you finally learn your self–worth… you stop giving others discounts.” – Unknown
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”– Tony Robbins
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – Joe Girard
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” -Michelle Obama
“And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.” — Rudyard Kipling
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato
“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols
“Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.” – Ben Zobrist
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas
“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
“Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schiuller
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves
“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb
“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” —Malala Yousafzai
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling
“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu
“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton
“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce
“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo
“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen
“The true vocation of man is to find his way for himself.” – Hermann Hesse
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
“Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on new enthusiasm.” — Byron Pulsifer
“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han
“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé
“Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing?” – Kendrick Lamar
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosser
“There is always something new to learn and feel each Sunday.” — Bishop Gerald Causse
“People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anais Nin
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.”― Rachel Joyce
“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”- Elbert Hubbard
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” —Serena Williams
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle
“My best successes came on the heels of failure.” —Barbara Corcoran
“As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.”― Criss Jami
“There can be glory in failure and despair in success.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Stay committed and consistent and you will achieve your goals. Never give up.” —Kelly Rowland
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” – Isaac Asimov
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau.
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin
“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin,
“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.” —Michelle Obama
“Every day is a new beginning, because you can’t turn the clock back.” — Mel Gibson
“Determine your priorities and focus on them.” – Eileen McDargh
“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth
“Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.”– Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Let your compassion fuel your passion.” — Achea Redd, founder of Real Girls F.A.R.T.
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” —Mellody Hobson
“No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady
“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Emerson
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’” —Amy Poehler
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” — Richard Branson
“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” — Jimmy Johnson
“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
“When people don’t want the best for you, they are not the best for you.” —Gayle King
“Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” – Jessica N. S. Yourko
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”—Confucius
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James
“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” —Martha Stewart
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montgomery
“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.” — Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni
“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anaïs Nin
“You can’t know, you can only believe – or not.” – C.S. Lewis
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in.” —Hillary Clinton
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn
“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you.” —Jameela Jamil
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein
“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.” —Robin Roberts
“Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Drake
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens
“No great thing is created suddenly.” —Epictetus
“Men do less than they ought unless they do all they can.” – Thomas Carlyle
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou
“I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.” — Penelope Cruz
“There are a thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them is sufficient.” – Marilynne Robinson
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
“Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” — Lauren Oliver
“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” — William Ernest Henley
“If it matters to you, you’ll find a way.” – Charlie Gilkey
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.“ – Eleanor Roosevelt
“I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin
“I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.” —Maya Angelou
“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”— Norman Vincent Peale
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” —Gina Carey
“I may stumble. I may fall. I may cry. But I’ll NEVER give up! Tomorrow, I rise again.” – Steve Maraboli
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore
“Every day that you open your eyes is a new day and another day to get it right.” – Jean Renee Porter
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho
“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.” – Soren Kierkegaard
“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.” – Walt Whitman
“Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.” – Tom Hopkins
“Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.” —Mandy Moore
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” – Albert Einstein
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey
“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo
“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” – Tim Cook
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” – George Santanaya
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“Hold onto your old friends. Kiss your mama. Admit what your dreams are.” —Maya Rudolph
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde
“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
“Whatever you do, do with all your might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“I’d rather be optimistic and a fool, than pessimistic and right.” –Author unknown
“The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins
“‘No’ today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” —Yvonne Orji
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” —Audrey Hepburn
“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!” — Kate Summers
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.” –Mahatma Gandhi
“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”— Oprah Winfrey
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.” – Mark Twain
“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan
“Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson
“Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.” — Melissa Etheridge
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” –George Bernard Shaw
“No wind favors he who has no destined port.” —Montaigne
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
I don’t know a woman alive who isn’t courageous. ― Reese Witherspoon
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker
Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
So that is it for our list of Short Encouraging Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
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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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