100+ Powerful Quote Copywriting Examples for Social Media Success

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” – Heraclitus

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant (attributed to Aristotle)

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Opportunities don't happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.” – Unknown

“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

“If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.” – Steven Wright

“I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.” – Unknown

“I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.” – Unknown

“Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.” – Unknown

“I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.” – Unknown

“I'm not short, I'm concentrated awesome.” – Unknown

“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?” – Robin Williams

“I put my phone in airplane mode, but it won’t take off.” – Unknown

“I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.” – Emo Philips

“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Love makes a short absence longer than eternity.” – Victor Hugo

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” – Maya Angelou

“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers

“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” – Zig Ziglar

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.” – Khalil Gibran

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward

“Scars are tattoos with better stories.” – Unknown

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” – Seth Godin

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” – John C. Maxwell

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasow

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

“An insecure leader demands control. A secure leader empowers others.” – Craig Groeschel

“Leadership is the ability to get someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“True leadership stems from personal integrity.” – Margaret Thatcher

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

“The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.” – Buddha

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.” – Unknown

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.” – Marcus Aurelius

“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day — unless you're too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” – Mark Twain

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.” – Pema Chödrön

“Let today be the day you forgive yourself, let go of fear, and take a leap towards peace.” – Steve Maraboli

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

“The creative adult is the child who survived.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.” – Neil Gaiman

“To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.” – Georgia O'Keeffe

“Art challenges technology; technology inspires the art.” – John Lasseter

“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso

“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” – Dr. Seuss

“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.” – William Blake

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Growth begins when we accept our shortcomings.” – Jerry Corsten

“Self-improvement is a never-ending journey.” – Brian Tracy

“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make.” – Warren Buffett

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

“The biggest challenge in life is being yourself… in a world which is trying to make you like everyone else.” – Unknown

“Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development.” – Brian Tracy

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

“You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” – Unknown

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up somewhere else.” – Yogi Berra

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung

“Purpose is the reason we strive, not just survive.” – Simon Sinek

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Use the brakes. Precisely. Show off your monkey tail. Be notorious.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

“Find your purpose. Live it fully. Leave a legacy.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift

“When your purpose is clear, your passion is ignited, and your impact is inevitable.” – Tony Robbins

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs