100+ Inspiring Happiness Quotes to Brighten Your Day

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

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

“To know that you do not understand is a virtue.” – Confucius

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix

“The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare

“Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Socrates

“It is not that I'm so smart, but that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” – Claude Lévi-Strauss

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.” – Bashō

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” – J.K. Rowling

“The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know.” – Aristotle

“True wisdom comes not from knowledge, but from understanding.” – Unknown

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

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

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

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

“I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

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

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar

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

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

“I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.” – Conan O’Brien

“The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Steven Wright

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

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

“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 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison (with a wink)

“My phone battery lasts longer than my relationships.” – Unknown

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

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

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

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

“Love makes a silent house noisy.” – Unknown

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

“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft

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

“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

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

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

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

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – J.K. Rowling

“Fear has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run, or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.” – Franklin P. Jones

“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

“Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” – Kofi Annan

“Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

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

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

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

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

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” – Pablo Picasso

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

“Dare to wear your imagination on your sleeve.” – Tom Ford

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

“There is no innovation and creativity without error.” – Deborah J. Rumsey

“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” – Laurence J. Peter

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

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” – Lalah Delia

“Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer

“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” – Unknown

“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown

“Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love others until you know how to love yourself.” – Unknown

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” – Sophia Bush

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley

“Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

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

“We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.” – Nathalie Merchant

“Change is the birthplace of possibility.” – Deepak Chopra

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” – Japanese Proverb

“Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you.” – Shannon L. Alder

“Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but transforming ourselves.” – Marianne Williamson

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

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

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

“What we think, we become.” – Buddha

“Life expands or contracts in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

“Be the energy you want to attract.” – Unknown

“She believed she could, so she did.” – R.S. Grey

“Dream big. Start small. Act now.” – Robin Sharma

“Progress over perfection.” – Unknown

“Keep going. You’re almost there.” – Unknown

“Small steps still move mountains.” – Unknown

“Make peace with your past.” – Unknown

“You are not behind.” – Unknown

“Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.” – Unknown

“This too shall pass.” – Persian Adage

“Rise up. Start fresh. See the bright side.” – Unknown

“You’ve got this.” – Unknown

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

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

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

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

“Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

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

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” – Napoleon Hill

“Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted.” – Joyce Meyer

“Failure is tuition paid for success.” – Walter Brunell

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou