Positive Inspiring Quotes to Motivate Your Day

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

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

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the hero within us is revealed.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in.

Strength doesn't come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.

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

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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

I am not concerned that I am not understood; I am concerned that I may not understand others.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

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

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

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

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

Where there is love, there is life.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.

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

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

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

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Wear kindness like a crown and it will lift you higher than any throne ever could.

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

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

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.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

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

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire.

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

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

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

Success isn't owned; it's leased, and rent is due every day.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Growth begins when we accept our shortcomings.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

The moment you commit to something, the universe conspires to make it happen.

People change, and that’s okay. Growth is messy, but it’s worth it.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you.

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but doing what you're afraid to do.

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

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

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Fortune favors the bold.

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

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is ask for help.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Feeling gratitude 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.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.

Say thank you. It will mean more than you know.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns complaints into thanks, and chaos into clarity.

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

A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Every day brings new choices. Choose hope.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

Hope is the spark that keeps the heart beating.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Without hope, nothing is possible.

Hope is not the belief that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing even if it doesn't.

Where there is hope, there is life.