75+ Short Inspiring Quotes for Strength, Hope, and Positivity


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Sometimes, all one needs is the power of a few words to regain hope and strength in times of difficulties. These short inspirational quotes will lift your spirits and remind you that tough times will pass.

Take it easy, one breath, one day at a time.

Take it easy, one breath, one day at a time.

You create your own fate, not your demons.

Progress speaks louder even in silence.

Dare to dream and work hard to achieve it.

There's solace in silence.

Life begins the moment you start trying.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

Seneca

I’m living proof that no dream is too high!

Buzz Aldrin

No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small.

Turbo

If people talk behind your back, it's because you're ahead of them.

Zayn Malik

Short Deep Quotes

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two steps forward, one step back is still one step forward.

Every setback teaches you a lesson.

The option that feels too easy is still an option.

Every successful product is a result of years of research and experimenting.

Your coffee cup survived fire to reach your table. You can survive this.

The present moment is a blessing.

Let go of all expectations.

Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.  Stephanie Bennett Henry

Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.

Stephanie Bennett Henry

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

William Shakespeare

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

C.S. Lewis

Self-awareness and self-love matter. Who we are is how we lead.

Brené Brown

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

Emily Dickinson

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Plato

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George Eliot

We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.

Ernest Hemingway

Small Life Quotes

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.

Robert Frost

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Dalai Lama

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

Aesop

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

Steve Jobs

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Helen Keller

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Maya Angelou

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Hans Christian Andersen

You are exactly where you should be.

These hurdles are preparing you for something great.

It's okay to hit pause but never quit.

Life happens when you least expect it.

One overnight miracle requires years of hard work

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Marilyn Monroe

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Albert Einstein

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.  Mae West

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

Vivian Greene

Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

Good Thoughts

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards.

E. E. Cummings

You can never run out of hope if you try.

This is your story, so make it worthwhile.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Walker

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

Voltaire

How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.

Mark Twain

Start your day with gratitude and silence.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

Kurt Vonnegut

If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.

Margaret Atwood

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Jack Kerouac

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.

Mark Twain

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

Aristotle

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Maya Angelou

Smiling is contagious and so is yawning - you choose.

A small act of kindness can change someone's day or life.

Your smile can save someone's life.

Being gentle despite every pain is a sign of immense power and strength.

Being gentle despite every pain is a sign of immense power and strength.

Each day is a new page, write it however you want to.

Beautiful Quotes

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.

Mary Anne Radmacher

Why fit in when you were born to stand out.

Dr. Seuss

Every moment is poetry for those who finds beauty in little things.

The softest yet the strongest form of rebellion is hope.

Love is the color of your eyes.

Feel it all, face it, grow through it.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Marcus Aurelius

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Paulo Coelho

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Healing is painful, it hurts, but it helps you become the best version of yourself.

Healing is painful, it hurts, but it helps you become the best version of yourself.

If you believe all doors are closing, it's because God is preparing a grand entrance for you.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Rumi

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