100+ Embrace Quotes to Inspire Love, Life & Growth

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." – Steve Jobs

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

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." – Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

"It always seems impossible until it’s done." – Nelson Mandela

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

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." – Wayne Gretzky

"I’ve learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it." – Nelson Mandela

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

"Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear." – George Addair

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

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

"Dream big and dare to fail." – Norman Vaughan

"Great things never come from comfort zones." – Anonymous

"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done." – Anonymous

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

"Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you." – Anonymous

"Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction." – Anonymous

"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." – Anonymous

"Little progress each day adds up to big results." – Anonymous

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." – Zig Ziglar

"Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it." – Anonymous

"The world rewards those who take massive action." – Tony Robbins

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

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

"Where there is love, there is life." – Mahatma Gandhi

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

"Love makes a short absence longer than eternity." – Jean de La Bruyère

"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. It’s about how much you love each other every single day." – Unknown

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

"If I had to choose between breathing and loving you, I would use my last breath to say 'I love you'." – Unknown

"Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"We loved with a love that was true love." – Edgar Allan Poe

"Love is the bridge between two hearts." – Unknown

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." – Aristotle

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

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The wise man is not he who knows, but he who knows himself." – Thales

"Do more than others expect you to do and give more than others expect you to give." – Lewis H. Lapham

"The fool speaks, the wise man listens." – Arabian Proverb

"True wisdom comes not from knowledge, but understanding." – Anonymous

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." – Lao Tzu

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." – William James

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to." – Kahlil Gibran

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." – William James

"I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right." – Anonymous

"I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised." – Anonymous

"I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands." – Anonymous

"I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it." – Anonymous

"I’m not lazy, I’m in energy-saving mode." – Anonymous

"Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!" – Anonymous

"I asked God for a bike, but I know God works in mysterious ways. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness." – Anonymous

"I put my phone in airplane mode, but it won’t take off." – Anonymous

"I told my computer I needed a break… now it won’t stop sending me Kit-Kats." – Anonymous

"I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome." – Anonymous

"My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do." – Anonymous

"I don’t need therapy, I just need to vent to someone who’s legally required to care." – Anonymous

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." – Carl Jung

"Introspection is the key to evolution." – RVM

"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely." – Carl Jung

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." – Carl Jung

"Looking back, you see the pattern. Looking forward, you see only chaos." – Anonymous

"Self-awareness is the first step to self-improvement." – Anonymous

"The unexamined life is not worth living." – Socrates

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

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." – James A. Froude

"Know thyself." – Inscription at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." – Abraham Lincoln

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart." – Carl Jung

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

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

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

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." – Japanese Proverb

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

"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance." – Jodi Picoult

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

"Scars are proof that you survived." – Anonymous

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

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." – African Proverb

"Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." – Napoleon Hill

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." – Oprah Winfrey

"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

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

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

"Wherever you are, be there totally." – Eckhart Tolle

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." – Abraham Maslow

"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor." – Thich Nhat Hanh

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

"To live in the past is depression. To live in the future is anxiety. To live in the moment is peace." – Confucius (attributed)

"The past has no power over the present moment." – Eckhart Tolle

"Focus on the journey, not the destination." – Anonymous

"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." – Thich Nhat Hanh

"Growth begins when we accept our weaknesses." – Anonymous

"Change is the end result of all true learning." – Leo Buscaglia

"We grow without growing up." – Tom Stoppard

"Transformation does not start with fixing what’s broken. It starts with honoring what is." – Vironika Tugaleva

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." – Alan Watts

"Personal growth is not a destination, it’s a lifelong journey." – Anonymous

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

"Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong." – Mandy Hale

"We are not born weak—we are made weak by comfort. We are not born strong—we are made strong by suffering." – Friedrich Nietzsche

"Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you." – Leon Jaworski

"Transformation is not about becoming someone new. It’s about becoming who you’ve always been." – Anonymous

"The caterpillar does not know it will become a butterfly. Trust the process." – Anonymous

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

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." – Mark Twain

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." – Plato (attributed)

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you." – Princess Diana

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." – Amelia Earhart

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." – Anne Frank

"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals." – Pema Chödrön

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier." – Mother Teresa

"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows." – Robert Green Ingersoll

"We rise by lifting others." – Robert Ingersoll

"Always be a little kinder than necessary." – J.M. Barrie

"Kindness is giving hope to those who think they’re alone." – Anonymous