Nothing champions the power of positive thought like a few choice words of hope, inspiration and affirmation.
So if you are feeling down, facing a tricky situation or just lacking motivation, let these 101 inspirational quotes bring you back on track.
For your convenience, we have split these quotes into several sections.
This includes motivational quotes, as well as inspirational, positive, life, strength, and success quotes that have been attributed to everyone from famous writers and politicians to music stars and high-profile social figures.
These quotes made a difference in how they lived, or live, their life. So we hope at least one of these quotes resonates with you in a similar way.
Motivational Quotes
Need some Motivation? Then these awesome quotes should get you going!
Dream big and dare to fail. – Norman Vaughan
When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go – Carol Burnett
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh
There is nothing impossible to they who will try – Alexander the Great
The power of imagination makes us infinite – John Muir
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear – George Addair
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around – Henry David Thoreau
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream – Malala Yousafzai
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination – Earl Nightingale
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing – Aristotle
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take – Wayne Gretzky
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try – Beverly Sills
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why – Mark Twain
Believe you can and you’re halfway there – Theodore Roosevelt
You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script – Oprah Winfrey
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily – Zig Ziglar
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars – Latin Proverb
In a gentle way, you can shake the world – Mahatma Gandhi
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter – Martin Luther King Jr.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts – Winston Churchill
Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement – W. Clement Stone
Inspirational Quotes
Lacking inspiration? These inspirational quotes should get you back on track!
It is never too late to be what you might have been – George Eliot
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do – Leonardo da Vinci
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful –Joshua J. Marine
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run – Babe Ruth
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage – Anais Nin
I don’t walk away from things I think are unfinished – Arnold Schwarzenegger
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears – Les Brown
You become what you believe – Oprah Winfrey
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. – Jamie Paolinetti
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right – Henry Ford
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained – Marie Curie
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And
that is why I succeed – Michael Jordan
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new – Albert Einstein
This is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment in time – Libba Bray
I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong – Benjamin Franklin
The mind is everything. What you think you become – Buddha
Either you run the day, or the day runs you – Jim Rohn
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover – Mark Twain
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else – Booker T. Washington
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any – Alice Walker
Positive Quotes
Lift that chin up with these positive quotes!
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking – Steve Jobs
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see – Confucius
Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness – Marie Forleo
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavour – Eleanor Roosevelt
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now – Chinese Proverb
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light – Aristotle
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined – Henry David Thoreau
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there – Will Smith
Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment – Marianne Cantwell
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up – Thomas A. Edison
When it comes to luck, you make your own – Bruce Springsteen
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing – Seneca
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things – Albert Einstein
We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action – Dr. Henry Link
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity – Amelia Earhart
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough – Mae West
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 that has been opened for us – Helen Keller
To make something special you just have to believe it is special – Kung Fu Panda
Life Quotes
Looking for some meaning in your life? These quotes should get you thinking!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away – Maya Angelou
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame – Erica Jong
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life – Steve Jobs
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world –Anne Frank
The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything – Frank Sinatra
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can – Arthur Ashe
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him – Booker T. Washington
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it – Charles Swindoll
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light – Plato
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me – Erma Bombeck
Live a life that would make you jealous. It’ll be okay and you will be too – Dr Jeremy Goldberg
In order to write about life first you must live it – Ernest Hemingway
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart – Ancient Indian Proverb
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel – Maya Angelou
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions – Dalai Lama
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference – Robert Frost
An unexamined life is not worth living – Socrates
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be – Lao Tzu
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Success Quotes
Success is a mindset you can start to achieve with these fantastic quotes!
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile – Roger Staubach
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it – Henry Ford
I would rather die of passion than of boredom – Vincent van Gogh
We become what we think about – Earl Nightingale
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on – Sheryl Sandberg
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse – Florence Nightingale
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is – Vince Lombardi
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve – Napoleon Hill
Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know,” and thous shalt progress – Maimonides
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value – Albert Einstein
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions – Stephen Covey
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do – Bob Dylan
Strength Quotes
We all need to find strength sometimes to face a certain situation. So let these quotes help you!
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have – Maya Angelou
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm – Abraham Lincoln
Fall seven times and stand up eight – Japanese Proverb
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies – Mother Teresa
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts – Eleanor Roosevelt
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game – Babe Ruth
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it – Chinese Proverb
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you – Misty Copeland
The best revenge is massive success – Frank Sinatra
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles – Christopher Reeve