100+ Short Inspirational Quotes to Motivate Your Day

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Perseverance is not a long race; it’s many short races one after the other.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.

Great things take time; keep going.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. You can always go around or over them.

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face.

Be brave enough to live the life you’ve imagined.

Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

It’s okay to be scared. It’s not okay to let fear run your life.

Bravery isn’t having the strength to go on—it’s going on when you don’t have strength.

Sometimes the bravest thing is saying no to what no longer serves you.

True courage is facing danger when you are afraid.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If not, you’ll see obstacles.

Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.

Self-belief is the foundation of every great achievement.

The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Growth begins where comfort ends.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Knowledge is power.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how quickly you learn.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Feeling grateful and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Thankfulness is the beginning of happiness.

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions.

Say thank you as if your life depends on it. Because it does.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Where there is love, there is life.

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Love makes a short absence long, and a long presence brief.

A simple act of kindness can change someone’s day—or even their life.

Let your love be real, your kindness genuine, and your light undeniable.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t count the days, make the days count.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Purpose fuels passion. Passion drives action. Action creates impact.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t—you’re right.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Your attitude determines your direction.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

A positive mind finds opportunity in everything.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

You are in charge of your life. Choose joy.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Focus on the good, and the good grows.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

Positive vibes only. Negative energy not allowed.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Dream big, because dreams have the power to change the world.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.

Don’t dream your life, live your dream.

Dreams don’t work unless you do.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

Chase your dreams until they catch you.

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

Dreams inspire. Action achieves.