100+ Thoughtful Quotes on Overcoming Despair and Finding Hope

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

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

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

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

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

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

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

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

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

Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.

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

I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right.

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

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.

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

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

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

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

I’m not short. I’m concentrated awesome.

I don’t need therapy, I just need to rant to someone who won’t judge me.

I’m not procrastinating—I’m doing background research.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

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

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.

Where there is love, there is life.

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

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.

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

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

Love makes our souls grow wings.

Every moment with you is a moment I treasure.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

A woman is like a tea bag—you can’t tell how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

Here’s to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

She believed she could, so she did.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.

I am my own muse, the subject I know best.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.

A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.

Doubt is a woman’s enemy. Believe in your power.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

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

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.

It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about having the right mindset.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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.

Scars are tattoos with better stories.

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

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

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

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

Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

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.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

True leadership stems from personal integrity.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

An effective leader is a servant first.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants smarter than they are.

To lead people, walk beside them. To lead nations, walk ahead of them.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Less talk, more action.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Dream big. Start small. Act now.

Do it scared.

Make it happen.

Keep going.

Rise and grind.

No excuses.

Create your own sunshine.

Progress over perfection.

Be relentless.

Living my truth, one post at a time.

Good vibes only.

Creating a life I don’t need to escape from.

Self-care isn’t selfish. It’s survival.

Confidence level: selfie with no filter.

Doing it for the plot twist.

Not everyone likes ice cream, but I don’t trust those people.

I’m not weird, I’m limited edition.

Just winging it… and occasionally crashing.

I’m not late. Everyone else is just early.

Smiling through the chaos since [birth year].

Plotting world domination between naps.