Short Encouraging Quotes for a Positive Boost

It is always nice to hear something positive to lift you up, which is why we have gathered all the best short encouraging quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short encouraging quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.

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Short Encouraging Quotes

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“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.”― Rachel Joyce

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” – George Santanaya

“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves

“Every day is a new beginning, because you can’t turn the clock back.” — Mel Gibson

“If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” – Kendrick Lamar

“I’d rather be optimistic and a fool, than pessimistic and right.” –Author unknown

“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde

“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.” —Michelle Obama

“Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on new enthusiasm.” — Byron Pulsifer

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” —Martha Stewart

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

“I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.” — Penelope Cruz

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart

“Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.” —Mandy Moore

“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen

“There are a thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them is sufficient.” – Marilynne Robinson

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosser

“Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson

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

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle

“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo

“Whatever you do, always give 100%—unless you’re donating blood.” – Bill Murray

“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” —Gina Carey

“I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.” —Maya Angelou

“No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle

“There can be glory in failure and despair in success.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” – Jessica N. S. Yourko

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”– Tony Robbins

“Determine your priorities and focus on them.” – Eileen McDargh

“As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.”― Criss Jami

“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” – Tim Cook

“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus

“Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.” — Rita Schiano.

“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in.” —Hillary Clinton

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” —Audrey Hepburn

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“No wind favors he who has no destined port.” —Montaigne

“When you finally learn your self–worth… you stop giving others discounts.” – Unknown

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha

“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo

“Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.” – Tom Hopkins

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee

“Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing?” – Kendrick Lamar

“Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel

“Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anaïs Nin

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker

“A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.” –Mahatma Gandhi

“Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.” — Melissa Etheridge

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin,

“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.“ – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain

“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.” —Robin Roberts

“My best successes came on the heels of failure.” —Barbara Corcoran

“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” — Proverb

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato

“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” — William Ernest Henley

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” —Dr. Harriet Braiker

“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah

“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas

“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse

“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” —Simone Biles

“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata

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

“The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn

“What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.” – Ralph Sockman

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” – Isaac Asimov

“Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.” – Ben Zobrist

“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” – Unknown

“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” — Lauren Oliver

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.” – Soren Kierkegaard

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”- Elbert Hubbard

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein

“You can’t know, you can only believe – or not.” – C.S. Lewis

“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” -Michelle Obama

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“The true vocation of man is to find his way for himself.” – Hermann Hesse

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” —Mellody Hobson

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball

“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you.” —Jameela Jamil

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.“ – Helen Keller

“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”—Confucius

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

“I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.” – Mark Twain

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Emerson

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”— Oprah Winfrey

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou

“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.” – Walt Whitman

“No great thing is created suddenly.” —Epictetus

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau.

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan

“If it matters to you, you’ll find a way.” – Charlie Gilkey

“Hold onto your old friends. Kiss your mama. Admit what your dreams are.” —Maya Rudolph

“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” —Malala Yousafzai

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” – Albert Einstein

“No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne

“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” — Joseph Addison

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” –George Bernard Shaw

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill

“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni

“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”— Norman Vincent Peale

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” — Richard Branson

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

I don’t know a woman alive who isn’t courageous. ― Reese Witherspoon

Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“I may stumble. I may fall. I may cry. But I’ll NEVER give up! Tomorrow, I rise again.” – Steve Maraboli

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon

“Every day that you open your eyes is a new day and another day to get it right.” – Jean Renee Porter

“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes

“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’” —Amy Poehler

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth

“Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Drake

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” —Serena Williams

“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” – Paramahansa Yogananda

“Men do less than they ought unless they do all they can.” – Thomas Carlyle

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – Joe Girard

“And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.” — Rudyard Kipling

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montgomery

“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!” — Kate Summers

“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce

“People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anais Nin

“Whatever you do, do with all your might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates

“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb

“There is always something new to learn and feel each Sunday.” — Bishop Gerald Causse

“Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schiuller

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin

“Stay committed and consistent and you will achieve your goals. Never give up.” —Kelly Rowland

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

“When people don’t want the best for you, they are not the best for you.” —Gayle King

“Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” – Anthony Bourdain

“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.” — Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” — Jimmy Johnson

“Let your compassion fuel your passion.” — Achea Redd, founder of Real Girls F.A.R.T.

“Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.”– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

So that is it for our list of Short Encouraging Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!

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