250 Short Positive Quotes To Inspire You Really Fast

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Words are powerful and a small dose of inspirational positive quotes is a great way to start your day on a motivational note. Good thoughts during the day can help encourage you from a depressed or low state of mood.

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In this fast paced world, every person is stressed and coping with some kind of struggle. But few words of encouragement can be very helpful for work, life, students, office, employees to perform better on a daily basis.

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This list of quotes is a mix of funny, positive, inspirational, motivational, wise, uplifting, and powerful for a great start to the day!

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Top 10 Short Positive Quotes

1. “Be a warrior, not a worrier.”

   
2. “And still, I rise.” – Maya Angelou
3. “Strive for progress not perfection.”
4. “Aspire to inspire before we expire.”

   

5. “Strive for greatness.” – Lebron James
6. “What we think, we become.” – Buddha
7. “It hurt because it mattered.” – John Green

   

8. “Whatever you do, do it well.” – Walt Disney
9. “Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations.”
10. “What consumes your mind controls your life.”

    

Short Positive Quotes To Brighten Your Day

1. “Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.” – Tupac
   “When words fail, music speaks.” – Shakespeare
   “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S Eliot
   “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

   

2. “Yesterday you said tomorrow. Just do it.” – Nike
3. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin

   

4. “Being happy never goes out of style.” Lilly Pulitzer
5. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

   

6. “I will remember and recover, not forgive and forget.”
7. “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
8. “Change the world by being yourself.” – Amy Poehler
9. “To live will be an awfully big adventure.” – Peter Pan
10. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” ― Japanese Proverb
11. “Love For All, Hatred For None.” – Khalifatul Masih III
12. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ― Abraham Lincoln
13. “Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.” ― Rumi
14. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

    

15. “Success is a journey not a destination.” ― Ben Sweetland
16. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi 

    

17. “I have nothing to lose but something to gain.” – Eminem
18. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou

    

19. “A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.” – Atticus
20. “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins
21. “All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
22. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain
23. “You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.”

    

24. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
25. “I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it.” – Lil Wayne
26. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
27. “Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Drake

    

28. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ― Suzy Kassem
29. “Change the game, don’t let the game change you.” – Macklemore
30. “Determine your priorities and focus on them.” – Eileen McDargh
31. “Oh, the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind.” – Dr. Seuss

    

Positive Short Quotes 

1. “Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
2. “Nothing lasts forever but at least we got these memories.” – J. Cole
3. “Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing?” – Kendrick Lamar
4. “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” – Kurt Cobain
6. “Hate comes from intimidation, love comes from appreciation.” – Tyga
7. “I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.” – Harvey Specter
8. “Lay plans for something big by starting with it when small.” ― Lao Tzu
9. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schuller
10. “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
11. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela
12. “White is not always light and black is not always dark.” – Habeeb Akande
13. “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
14. “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” ― Dolly Parton
15. “Let your unique awesomeness and positive energy inspire confidence in others.”
16. “If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” – Kendrick Lamar
17. “Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” – Jessica N. S. Yourko
18. “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” ― Robert Collier
19. “Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.” ― Albert Schweitzer
20. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ― Vince Lombardi
21. “If the world was blind how many people would you impress?” – Boonaa Mohammed
22. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault
23. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” ― Tony Robbins
24. “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ― Mark Twain
25. “It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb.” ― Roman proverb
26. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” ― Dolly Parton
27. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” ― Marcus Aurelius
28. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” ― Robert Tew
29. “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” ― Zig Ziglar
30. “Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day.” ― Alice Morse Earle
31. “If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.” ― Guy Finley
32. “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow.” – Vincent van Gogh
33. “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” ― Carl Rogers
34. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ― Oprah Winfrey
35. “One day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.” – Johnny Depp
36. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ― A.A. Mine
37. “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” ― Anthony J. D’Angelo
38. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
39. “When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.” ― Todd Kashdan
40. “When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” ― Paulo Coelho
41. “The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.”
42. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” ― Charles Dickens
43. “Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.” ― Tim Howard
44. “Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” ― Lou Holtz
45. “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.” ― Bonnie Blair
46. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ― Francesca Reigler

Short Positive Inspirational Quotes

1. “It’s the will, not the skill.”
2. “Turn the pain into power.”
3. “What is yours will find you.”
4. “There is beauty in simplicity.”
5. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
6. “When nothing goes right, go left.”
7. “No guts, no story.” ― Chris Brady
8. “Grow through what you go through.”
9. “Hope is a waking dream.” ― Aristotle
10. “Focus on your goals not on obstacles.”
11. “Your best teacher is your last mistake.”

    

12. “You were crafted to do magical things.”
13. “The grass is greener where you water it.”
14. “Don’t regret the past. Just learn from it.”
15. “You get what you give.” ― Jennifer Lopez
16. “Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.”

    

17. “My life is my message.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
18. “Whatever life plants you, bloom with grace.”
19. “The best view comes after the hardest climb.”

    

20. “Think positive, and positive things will happen.”

    

21. “Spread love everywhere you go.” ―Mother Teresa
22. “When you focus on the good, the good gets better.”
23. “You are enough just as you are.” ― Meghan Markle
24. “You have to be odd to be number one.” ― Dr. Seuss
25. “Positive always wins… Always.” ― Gary Vaynerchuk
26. “Do not give your past the power to define your future.”
27. “You never fail until you stop trying.” ― Albert Einstein
28. “Good things happen to those who hustle.” ― Anaïs Nin
29. “Limit your “always” and your “nevers.”” ― Amy Poehler​​
30. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” ― Jim Rohn
31. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” ― Malcolm Forbes

    

32. “Every noble work is at first impossible.” ― Thomas Carlyle
33. “Light tomorrow with today!” ― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
34. “Worry less. Smile more. Be yourself. Be grateful. Be happy.”
35. “Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year.”
36. “The rain will pass. Keep your head up. Look for the rainbow.”
37. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain
38. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” ― Will Rogers
39. “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” ― Maya Angelou
40. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
41. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
42. “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” ― Henry Ford
43. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
44. “Little by little, day by day, what is meant for you will find its way.”
45. “Judging a person not define who they are, it defines who you are.”
46. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ― Hafez
47. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William Jame
48. “Life isn’t about falling its about getting back up every time you fall.”
49. “It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” ― Joyce Meyers
50. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot
51. “The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” ― E. E. Cummings
52. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
53. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
54. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” ― Camilla Eyring Kimball
55. “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” ― Buddha
56. “It really doesn’t matter how slow you are going as long as you do not stop.”
57. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” ― Maya Angelou
58. “The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.” ― Nadine Gordimer
59. “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream meaning.” ― Oprah Winfrey
60. “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” ― Helen Keller
61. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ― Rumi
62. “The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney
63. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” ― Helen Keller
64. “Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” ― Lindsey Vonn
65. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.”
66. “Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” ― Paramahansa Yogananda
67. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!”” ― Audrey Hepburn
68. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” ― Carol Burnett
69. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” ― Les Brown
70. “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” ― Dr. Henry Link
71. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis
72. “Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” ― Robert H. Schuller
73. “Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.” ― Karen Salmansohn
74. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ― Michael Altshuler
75. “Sometimes we’re tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.”
76. “It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” ― Ella Fitzgerald
77. “Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.” ― Augustine of Hippo
78. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ― Charles R. Swindoll
79. “Love yourself, it is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.”
80. “Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” ― Rosa Parks
81. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ― Jimmy Johnson
82. “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
83. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ― Robin Williams
84. “The knowledge of happiness brings the knowledge of unhappiness.” ― Swami Vivekananda
85. “The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” ― James Crook
86. “The fastest road to meaning and success: choose one thing and go all-in.” ― Maxime Lagacé
87. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein
88. “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” ― John Barrymore
89. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” ― Demi Lovato
90. “Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” ― Hazrat Inayat Khan
91. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” ― Helen Keller
92. “Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.”
93. “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” ― Dr. Seuss
94. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” ― Malala Yousafzai
95. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
96. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill
97. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ― Edith Wharton
98. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ― Rob Siltanen
99. “You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” ― Dr. Seuss
100. “To succeed in life, you need three things: A wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” ― Reba Mcentire
101. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett
102. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ― Willie Nelson
103. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ― Jimmy Dean
104. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” ― Zig Ziglar
105. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell
106. “Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” ― Deep Roy
107. “We either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” ― Carlos Castaneda
108. “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.” ― Mandy Hale
109. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” ― Mary Lou Retton
110. “In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” ― Les Brown
111. “For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.” ― Jack Canfield
112. “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” ― William James
113. “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” ― Mae Jemison
114. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ― Ella Fitzgerald
115. “Life isn’t meant to be easy, it’s meant to be lived… Sometimes happy, other times rough. But with every up and down you learn lessons that make you strong.”

Small Positive Life Quotes

1. “Don’t Quit.”

   

2. “You Matter.”
3. “Stay Strong.”
4. “Shine Bright.”
5. “Stay Hopeful.”

   

6. “Think Positive.”
7. “I can and I will.”
8. “You are amazing.”
9. “One day at a time.”
10. “Live. Laugh. Love.”
11. “This too shall pass.”
12. “Never ever give up.”
13. “Prove them wrong.”

    

14. “Positivity is power.”
15. “Today I choose joy.”
16. “Choose to be happy.”
17. “Never stop dreaming.”

    

18. “Mindset is everything.”
19. “Dream. Plan. Execute.”
20. “You can totally do this.”
21. “God has never left you.”
22. “Be a voice. Not an echo.”
23. “Dream it. Wish it. Do it.”

    

24. “The obstacle is the path.”
25. “Be you. Do you. For you.”
26. “Dream bigger. Do bigger.”
27. “Broken crayons still color.”
28. “Happiness is an inside job.”
29. “Say yes to new adventures.”
30. “Little things make big days.”

    

31. “Life is short. Make it sweet.”
32. “Be scared and do it anyway.”
33. “Remember why you started.”
34. “Trust the timing of your life.”

    

35. “Your only limit is your mind.”
36. “There’s bravery in being soft.”
37. “It’s ok to be not ok right now.”
38. “Kindness always comes back.”
39. “Judge me when you are perfect.”
40. “Take the risk or lose the chance.”

    

41. “Die with memories, not dreams.”
42. “He who is brave is free.” ― Seneca
43. “Everything that you are is enough.”
44. “Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.”
45. “Taking care of yourself is productive.”
46. “A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.”
47. “Seek the seeker.” ― Ramana Maharshi
48. “Leave no stone unturned.” ― Euripides
49. “Screw it, let’s do it.” ― Richard Branson
50. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” ― Steve Jobs
51. “Dream without fear. Love without limits.”

    

52. “A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.”
53. “Keep going. Be all in.” ― Bryan Hutchinson
54. “Positive Mind. Positive Vibes. Positive Life.”

    

55. “Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.”
56. “Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.”
57. “Great things never come from comfort zones.”
58. “Don’t feel guilty for doing what’s best for you.”
59. “No pressure, no diamonds.” ― Thomas Carlyle
60. “Every wall is a door.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
61. “Imperfection is a form of freedom.” ― Anh Ngo
62. “You can if you think you can.” ― George Reeves
63. “Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.”

    

64. “We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” ― Plato
65. “Character like a photograph, develops in darkness.”
66. “Each day provides its own gifts.” ― Marcus Aurelius
67. “Positivity is, to find goodness even in bad condition.”
68. “The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.”
69. “The past does not equal the future.” ― Tony Robbins
70. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.”
71. “Don’t tell people your plans. Show them your results.”
72. “Success is the child of audacity.” ― Benjamin Disraeli
73. “It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.”
74. “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.”
75. “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” ― Bob Marley
76. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ― Milton Berle
77. “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.”
78. “Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.”
79. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
80. “You are your own soulmate.” ― Rupi Kaur, Milk And Honey
81. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” ― Nelson Mandela
82. “You always pass failure on the way to success.” ― Mickey Rooney
83. “Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.” ― Matt Cameron
84. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ― Christopher Reeve
85. “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” ― George Santayana
86. “Whatever you do, do with all your might.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
87. “Let him that would move the world first move himself.” ― Socrates
88. “The true success is the person who invented himself.” ― Al Goldstein
89. “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” ― Elbert Hubbard
90. “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” ― Wolfgang Riebe
91. “Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.”
92. “A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.”
93. “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett
94. “Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” ― Helena Rubinstein
95. “It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

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