140 Encouraging Quotes and Words of Encouragement

Everyone gets motivated with the words of encouragement. Here is the collection of best encouraging quotes and words of encouragement.

Encouraging Quotes

1. “It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.”~ Confucius

2. “A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.” ~ Albert Einstein

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

4. “The best revenge is massive success.” ~ Frank Sinatra

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

6. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy

7. “Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”~ George Bernard Shaw
8. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
9. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~ Kenji Miyazawa
10. “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

Words of Encouragement

11. “The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost
12. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
13. “Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”~ Jacques Prevert
14. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” ~ Les Brown
15. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” ~ Napoleon Hill

16. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” ~ Mary Dunbar
17. “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” ~ Rosa Parks
18. “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
19. “If I persist long enough I will win.” ~ Og Mandino
20. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ~ Lao Tzu

Encouragement Quotes

21. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” ~ David Brinkley
22. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” ~ Greg Anderson
23. “When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.” ~ Byron Katie
24. “Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” ~ Democritus
25. “Don’t wait for others to bring the change. Be the change and bring the change.” ~ Invajy

26. “Be thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
27. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.“ ~ Frederick Douglass
28. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” ~ Tony Robbins
29. “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ~ Mark Twain
30. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ~ Victor Kiam

Best Encouraging Quotes

31. “Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” ~ Bruce Barton
32. “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” ~ Aristotle
33. ”Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.” ~Albert Einstein
34. “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” ~ Napoleon Hill
35. “Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” ~ Ralph Marston
36. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” ~ M. Montgomery
37. “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” ~ Mario Fernandez
38. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” ~ John Lennon
39. “Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.” ~ Alice Walker
40. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ~ Will Rogers

Daily Encouragement Quotes

41. “With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.” ~ Max Ehrmann
42. “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
43. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” ~ Mark Caine
44. “A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that’s what separates a life story that can influence other people.“ ~ Mitch Albom
45. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ~ Nelson Mandela
46. “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” ~ Buckminster Fuller
47. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” ~ Wayne Dyer
48. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny.” ~ S. Lewis
49. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” ~ Steve Martin
50. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” ~ Malala Yousafzai

Encouraging Quotes

51. “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” ~ Joel Osteen
52. “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”~ William James
53. “Never complain and never explain.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
54. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” ~ Buddha
55. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~ Alice Walker
56. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
57. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” ~ Amelia Earhart
58. “Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself.” ~ Betsey Johnson
59. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” ~ Dalai Lama
60. ”Either you run the day or the day runs you.” ~  Jim Rohn

Motivating and Encouraging Quotes

61. “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” ~ William Arthur Ward
62. “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” ~ Albert Einstein
63. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
64. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” ~ Og Mandino
65. “It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
66. “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” ~ Joseph Campbell
67. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ~ Thomas Paine
68. “The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” ~ Bono
69. “Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
70. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” ~  E. Cummings

Popular Encouragement Quotes

71. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ~ John Wooden
72. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~ Stephen King
73. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” ~ Sara Blakely
74. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
75. “When you notice that you’re having negative thoughts about how all of this is going to pan out, you need to remind yourself that you are not a very good fortune teller.” ~ Donna W. Hill
76. “Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
77. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
78. “I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.” ~ Gustave Flaubert
79. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve
80. “Something good comes out of every crisis.” ~ Dave Pelzer

Quotes of Encouragement

81. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~ Harvey Fierstein
82. “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein
83. “I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.” ~ Yaya DaCosta
84. “In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein
85. “The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.” ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
86. “Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” ~ Helen Keller
87. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ~ Jimmy Dean
88. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~ Helen Keller
89. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”~ Thomas A. Edison
90. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank

Encouraging Short Quotes

91. “Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” ~ Dale Carnegie
92. “Don’t think, just do.” ~ Horace
93. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” ~ Babe Ruth
94. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” ~ Truman Capote
95. “Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~ Samuel Beckett
96. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~ Arthur Ashe
97. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
98. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
99. “The first step is you have to say that you can.” ~ Will Smith
100. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”~ Earl Nightingale

Encouraging Inspirational Quotes

101. “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” ~ Albert Einstein
102. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
103. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it.” ~ Charles R. Swindoll
104. “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” ~ Joseph Campbell
105. “How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
106. “Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure.” ~ Napoleon Hill
107. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
108. “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor.”~ Aristotle
109. “True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents.” ~John W. Gardner
110. “I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” ~ George Burns

Quotes for Encouraging you

111. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”~ Hans Christian Andersen
112. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” ~ Bertrand Russell
113. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” ~ Earl Nightingale
114. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” ~ Dalai Lama
115. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. Life goes on.”~ Robert Frost

116. “The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” ~Thomas Jefferson
117. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.”~ Robert Collier
118. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” ~Maya Angelou
119. “A big part of being a well-adjusted person is accepting that you can’t be good at everything.”~ Kelly Williams Brown
120. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” ~ Amelia Barr

Motivational and Encouraging Quotes

121. “It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” ~ Vince Lombardi
122. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” ~ Wilma Rudolph
123. “I dwell in possibility.” ~ Emily Dickinson
124. “Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.” ~ Ryan Reynolds
125. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”~ Frank Ocean
126. “Close scrutiny will show that most ‘crisis situations’ are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.” ~ Maxwell Maltz
127. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”~ Thomas Jefferson
128. “Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.” ~ Jawaharlal Nehru
129. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” ~ Judy Garland
130. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” ~ Anne Frank

Encourage Quotes

131. “I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.” ~ Jessie J
132. “You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we’re all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it’s going to be over, and you better make this count.” ~ Nancy Reagan
133. “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.”~ Anne Frank
134. “Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to our eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.” ~ Brooke Foss Westcott
135. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”~ Walter Bagehot
136. ”We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~ Maya Angelou
137. “When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.” ~ Banksy
138. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ~ Helen Keller
139. “Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.” ~ Jon Acuff
140. “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill

Thank you for reading this. Which Encouraging Quote did you like in the above list? Please let us know your favorite encouragement quotes in the comments section.

If you liked this article on Encouraging Quotes , please share at your favorite social media portals with your friends and relatives.