230 Short Quotes to Uplift Your Soul
Life is a rollercoaster, but sometimes all it takes is a few powerful words to lift your spirits. Explore these Short Quotes which offer profound insights and a refreshing perspective.
Short Quotes and saying seem just a bunch of words but they carry deep meaning and force you to ponder. Discover the power of brevity with our collection of Short Quotes about Life. These quotes have made an insightful positive impact in my life and I’m sure they will make a difference in yours as well. These compact bursts of wisdom offer profound insights and a refreshing perspective, perfect for brightening your day and inspiring a positive outlook. Dive in and let these tiny treasures transform your mindset and energize your spirit!
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Short Quotes
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” ~ Will Rogers
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~ Winston Churchill
- “Every man dies. Not every man lives.” ~ William Wallace
- “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin
- “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” ~ Audrey Hepburn
- “We need much less than we think we need.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” ~ Roger Babson
- “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~ Confucius
- “There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Meaningful Short Quotes
- “Don’t copy. Create.”
- “I am doing this for me.”
- “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
- “Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
- “Turn your pain into power.”
- “The best is yet to come.”
- “The shortest answer is doing.”
- “No pressure, no diamonds.”
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
- “Nothing will work unless you do.”
- “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
- “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
- “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~ Steve Martin
- “Don’t copy. Create.” ~ Joe Calloway
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~ William James
- “I never lose. I either win or learn.” ~ Nelson Mandela
- “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
- “Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.” ~ Amy Poehler
- “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” ~ Mark Twain
Short Inspirational Quotes
- “There is no substitute for hard work.” ~ Thomas Edison
- “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” ~ Aristotle
- “Time moves in one direction, memory in another.” ~ William Gibson
- “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ~ Brian Littrell
- “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” ~ T.S Eliot
- “Never regret anything that made you smile.” ~ Mark Twain
- “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” ~ James Dean
- “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” ~ Robert H. Schiuller
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
- “What we think, we become.” ~ Buddha
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot
- “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” ~ Helen Keller
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~ Michael Altshuler
- “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” ~ Dalai Lama
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into place.” ~ Lucille Ball
Very Short Quotes
- “The best is yet to come.”
- “One day at a time.”
- “Search for soul in everything.”
- “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay.”
- “Make it Happen.”
- “Be afraid and do it anyway.”
- “Be wild for a while.”
- “Mindset is everything.”
- “No rain, no flowers.”
- “Get lost in what you love.”
- “Good things take time.”
- “You are stronger than you think.”
- “What’s stopping you?”
- “Turn your pain into power.”
- “Kindness always returns back.”
- “Know your worth.”
- “Be your own hero.”
- “Escape the ordinary.”
- “Eventually, everything connects.”
- “Follow your heart.”
- “This will make perfect sense one day.”
- “When things change inside you, things change around you.”
- “Things will always work out.”
- “I am doing this for me.”
- “What is coming is better than what is gone.”
- “Do good and good will come to you.”
- “You only limit in your mind.”
- “Collecting smiles.”
- “Imperfection is a form of freedom.”
- “Trust the timing of your life.”
Inspirational Short Quotes
- “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” ~ Napoleon Hillf
- “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ~ Robin Williams
- “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ~ Charles R. Swindoll
- “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Failures are foundation stones of the Success Forts” ~ Invajy
- “You become what you believe.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ~ Seneca
- “The road to success is always under construction.” ~ Lily Tomlin
- “Worry causes stress, but care causes concern.” ~ Chris Vail
- “Achievements of today are the stepping stones for the future ones.” ~ Invajy
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ~ Walt Disney
- “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” ~ Mario Fernández
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle
- “It hurt because it mattered.” ~ John Green
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Best Short Quotes
- “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ~ Suzy Kassem
- “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” ~ Lily Pulitzer
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ~ Nelson Mandela
- “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” ~ George Addair
- “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” ~ Charles Bukowski
- “Never, never, never give up.” ~ Winston Churchill
- “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “The shortest answer is doing.” ~ Lord Herbert
- “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
- “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss
- “In life you need either inspiration or desperation.” ~ Tony Robbins
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Forget about style; worry about results.” ~ Bobby Orr
Quotes
- “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” ~ Chinese Proverb
- “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ~ John F. Kennedy
- “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” ~ Lao Tzu
- “Die with good memories, not with unfulfilled dreams.” ~ Invajy
- “I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it.” ~ Lil Wayne
- “Good things happen to those who hustle.” ~ Anais Nin
- “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” ~ Aristotle
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” ~ Mark Twain
- “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” ~ Walt Disney
- “A place for everything, everything in its place.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
- “Aspire to inspire before you expire.” ~ Anonymous
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ~ Lao Tzu
- “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” ~ Tony Robbins
- “Energy and initiative count as much as talent and luck.” ~ Will Peters
- “Goals help you channel your energy into action.” ~ Les Brown
- “The key to life is not accumulation. It’s contribution.” ~ Stephen Covey
- “The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” ~E.E. Cummings
- “Impossible is for the unwilling.” ~ John Keats
Deep Short Quotes
- “No pressure, no diamonds.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” ~ Norman Vaughan
- “Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” ~ Ronald Reagan
- “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford
- “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ~ Wayne Gretzky
- “We will either find a way, or make one.” ~ Hannibal
- “Addiction quitting is to stop feeding your addiction.” ~ Invajy
- “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~ Herman Melville
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
- “I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
- “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” ~ Francis Bacon
- “There can be glory in failure and despair in success.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
- “Belief creates the actual fact.” ~ William James
- “Spread love everywhere you go.” ~ Mother Teresa
- “It’s not all over, till you have the courage to comeback.” ~ Invajy
- “Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” ~ Gloria Steinem
Short Quotes about Life
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
- “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ~ James M. Barrie
- “Best things in life aren’t things.” ~ Mike Ness
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ~ Helen Keller
- “Failing to attempt is biggest failure of life.” ~ Invajy
- “An unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
- “Today, you have 100% of your life left.” ~ Tom Landry
- “There are no regrets in life, just lessons.” ~ Jennifer Aniston
- “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
- “You can’t live an exceptional life by being “normal.”” ~ Nick Maley
- “Whenever life hammers you, bounce back with a smile.” ~ Invajy
- “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” ~ Les Brown
- “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” ~ Helen Keller
- “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
- “Be happy for this moment. This moment in your life.” ~ Omar Khayyam
- “Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” ~ Lindsey Vonn
- “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” ~ Camilla Eyring Kimball
- “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” ~ R. Brault
- “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~ Confucius
- “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” ~ Vince Lombardi
Motivational Short Quotes
- “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” ~ W. Clement Stone
- “There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” ~ Roger Staubach
- “Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~ Horace
- “A queen is not afraid to fail” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “Hard times always lead to something great.” ~ Betsey Johnson
- “The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” ~ Wilma Rudolph
- “Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Spend time with yourself to discover your inner beauty.” ~ Invajy
- “Nothing happens unless we first dream.” ~ Carl Sandburg
- “Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself.” ~ Sophocles
- “The present moment is all you ever have.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
- “A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.” ~ Confucius
- “I am the captain of my soul.” ~ Nelson Mandela
- “What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible.” ~ Mike Horn
- “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” ~ J. K. Rowling
- “Fear of failure leads to failure.” ~ Paulo Coelho
- “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” ~ Oscar Wilde
- “You have not failed until you quit trying.” ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Short Quotes for Daily Motivation
- “We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.” ~ Lady Gaga
- “A dead end is just a good place to turn around.” ~ Naomi Judd
- “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
- “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
- “It is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude.” ~ Zig Ziglar
- “Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Failure is success if we learn from it.” ~ Malcolm Forbes
- “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” ~ Steve Jobs
- “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~ Frederick Douglass
- “One today is worth two tomorrows.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
- “To scale, do things that do not scale.” ~ Reid Hoffman
- “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” ~ Margaret Fuller
- “If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.” ~ Cate Blanchett
- “Man is free at the instant he wants to be.” ~ Voltaire
- “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” ~ Kurt Cobain
- “I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.” ~ Eddie Vedder
- “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” ~ Sun Tzu
- “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” ~ Alan Kay
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Positive Short Quotes
- “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” ~ Jean de la Bruyere
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ~ Frederick Douglass
- “Good is the enemy of great.” ~ Jim Collins
- “It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.” ~ Byron Katie
- “Don’t be afraid to do something big.” ~ Daphne Koller
- “Someday is not a day of the week.” ~ Janet Dailey
- “Who sows virtue reaps honor.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
- “If you see a bandwagon, it’s too late.” ~ James Goldsmith
- “Every noble work is at first impossible.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
- “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “I have a dream.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ~ Dalai Lama
- “Get busy living or get busy dying.” ~ Stephen King
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~ Arthur Ashe
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” ~ Estee Lauder
- “Talk to yourself like someone you love.” ~ Brene Brown
- “If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” ~ Carlos Santana
- “A dead end street is a good place to turn around.” ~ Naomi Judd
- “When nothing goes right, go left.” ~ Anonymous
- “He who is brave is free.” ~ Seneca
- “You can totally do this.” ~ Anonymous
- “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~ Samuel Beckett
- “No guts, no story.” ~ Chris Brady
- “Boldness be my friend.” ~ William Shakespeare
- “Keep going. Be all in.” ~ Bryan Hutchinson
- “Leave no stone unturned.” ~ Euripides
- “Broken crayons still color.” ~ Anonymous
- “The past does not equal the future.” ~ Tony Robbins
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The journey of thousand miles begin with one step.
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
~ Roger Staubach
“Every moment is a fresh beginning”. T. S Eliot
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
The secret of happiness is less expectation !!
Happiness is always a choice
Life is a game play it in your style
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Take that first step towards your goals today.”
This one is my own creation. How and why it came to mind was probably due to caring for a sick spouse after losing my first wife to cancer, I’ve shared it with the medical and religious communities who loved it. The saying is “worry causes stress, but care causes concern.” As there is no copywrite, feel free to spread it around if you like it.
That’s good one from you Chris.
We have included this quote in our List of “Short Quotes” with giving credit to you.
Cheers!!!
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it. I like this
A queen is not afraid to fail” ~
super quotes.
Very very nice. Powerful quotes
Thank you so much
Very inspirational quotes.
I liked them.
Thanks
“There is no substitute for hard work.” ~ Thomas Edison
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. that’s my favorite
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication this is my best💕
All quotes are suuuuuuuuper 👍
my favorite is yesterday is past tommorow is futer and today is a gift that is why it is called present. that one thank you i just loved it. oh and i am indian who else is indian i am nine years old
Hello Avni,
Thanks for sharing your favorite short quote. I too believe is whatever we have is today… the present moment. Every moment you are alive is a gift to you from Supreme Energy. One must be grateful for surviving COVID Pandemic and seeing the present moment while you reading this comment. Living is present moment or current moment (mindfulness) is an art.
I feel you are the youngest (nine years old) Invajy Reader. Nice to see you in a positivity vibes at such a young age. I wish you all the success in life. God Bless You.
Invajy
Many of these short quotes meant a great deal to me but on in particular was “The key to life is not accumulation. It’s contribution.”
Sometimes I believe we pile up our problems and figure out how we are going to solve them all daily instead of focusing on solving other problems that could use our immediate help that we know we can accomplish
“If things go wrong, don’t go with them” is my favourate
No pressure, no Diamond
My favorite quote is “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~ Confucius
We are all beautiful in our own way!
Thanks a lot Annette for visiting our blog and appreciating it. This quote is in my favourite list also.
This is more practical information than I’ve found so far.