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Short motivational quotes can be extremely powerful.
They have the ability to transform your day.
By reading a series of motivational quotes every day you are setting yourself up for success.
They will help to embed the right mindset and inspire you to achieve great things.
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Let’s jump in and take a look at this collection of short motivational quotes.
323 Short Motivational Quotes
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. Napoleon Hill
Changing your mindset may change the situation. Lisa Rusczyk
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.
Seneca
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. Eleanor Roosevelt
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. Benjamin Spock
Love For All, Hatred For None. Khalifatul Masih III
When words fail, music speaks. Shakespeare
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi
My life is my argument. Albert Schweitzer

With out thoughts we make the world. Buddhist Proverb
What’s more encouraging than achieving the success you desire? Ray Divine
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Napoleon Hill
It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to. W. C. Fields
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
Isaac Asimov
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well. English Proverb
The only joy in the world is to begin. Cesare Pavese
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence. Drake
If you can’t outplay them, outwork them. Ben Hogan

It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream. Edgar Allan Poe
A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss
A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world. Atticus
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
Anne Frank
Without selfdiscipline, success is impossible, period. Lou Holtz
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
Ninetynine percent of success is built on failure. Charles Kettering
Live a day at a time and remember that tomorrow is another today. Wilferd Peterson
Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all. Ernest Hemingway
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson
I have nothing to lose but something to gain. Eminem
Low selfesteem is like driving through life with your handbreak on. Maxwell Maltz

Love is a friendship set to music. Joseph Campbell
Chase your passion, not your pension. Denis Waitley
A word fitly spoken can change a person’s life. Louis Howard
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
The value of achievement lies in the achieving. Albert Einstein
You can give without loving, but you can’t love without giving. Amy Carmichael
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. Washington
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. Robert H. Schiuller
Happiness is a state of activity. Aristotle
He who starts well is half way done. Italian Proverb
We are always the same age inside. Gertrude Stein
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. Lance Armstrong
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

We accept the love we think we deserve. Stephen Chbosky
Live your life and forget your age. Norman Vincent Peale
Make love your weapon to overcome any evil. Michael Jackson
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Voltaire
He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. Hindu Proverb
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson
Hate comes from intimidation, love comes from appreciation. Tyga
Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. James Dean
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. Heraclitus
God uses different mediums to advance His work on earth. Daniel Affi
You can choose to not let little things upset you. Joel Osteen
God . . . wants us to do ordinary things extraordinarily well. Bishop Gore
Every road has two directions. Russian Proverb
Minuscule changes can lead to an array of new accomplishments. Denzel J. Wellington

It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. Rick Riordan
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb. Roman proverb
Be flexible so you can change with change. Bruce Lee
Never use a long word where a short one will do. George Orwell
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Haruki Murakami
People fail forward to success. Mary Kay Ash
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? Rumi
Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
The more one judges, the less one loves. Honore de Balzac
I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong. Harvey Specter
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon
Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. Malcolm S. Forbes
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller

Yesterday you said tomorrow. Just do it. Nike
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Bernard Berenson
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. Harry F. Banks
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking. Augustine of Hippo
Every moment is a fresh beginning. T. S Eliot
No man can become rich without himself enriching others. Andrew Carnegie
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
William G. T. Shedd
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Ghandi
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Audrey Hepburn
The best proof of love is trust. Joyce Brothers
Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. Dr. Robert Anthony
If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain
There can be glory in failure and despair in success. Abraham Lincoln
Change the world by being yourself. Amy Poehler
Age…Is a matter of feeling, not of years. George W. Curtis
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Euripides
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. Tim Notke
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. Fr. Jerome Cummings
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got. R. Brault
We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Oprah Winfrey
Laughter is America’s most important export. Walt Disney
Life is all about love. Love is the only true meaning of life. Iyanla Vanzant
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
It’s fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney
There is no growth in comfort. Geoff Thompson
Live well. Learn plenty. Laugh often. Love Much. Ralph Waldo Emerson
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. Helen Keller
Adventure is not outside man; it is within. George Eliot
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain
In life you need either inspiration or desperation. Tony Robbins
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle
Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet. Chinese Proverb
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. Robert Quillen
Success is a wellmanaged failure. Darren Jacklin
To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst. Wilson Kanadi
God lives. God loves. His love endures forever. C. P. Fagan
What we think, we become.
Buddha
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Buddha
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul. Josh Billings
Real love is patient with the irritable people in your life. Rick Warren
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
Do something worth remembering. Elvis Presley
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. Jim Morrison
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? L. M. Montgomery L. M. Montgomery”
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. Nelson Mandela

The key to life is not accumulation. It’s contribution. Stephen Covey
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse. Thomas Szasz
Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing? Kendrick Lamar
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. Henry Ford
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Confucius
I enjoy every day, because I choose to. Tony Clark
Die with memories, not dreams. Unknown
Screw it, let’s do it.
Richard Branson
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful! Charles Barkley
Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Joel Osteen
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. Richard Nixon
Love turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. Author Unknown
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
Energy and initiative count as much as talent and luck. Will Peters
Determine your priorities and focus on them. Eileen McDargh
God longs for your happiness and He has plans for your life. Janet Fuller

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude. Confucius
No greater gift there is, than a generous heart. Yoda
It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball
The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. Joel Osteen
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney
The road to success is always under construction. Lily Tomlin
Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it. Albert Camus
Love grows as we choose to act in love towards others.
Gregory Brown
We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato
Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity. Katrina Mayer
The future depends on what you do today. Gandhi
Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of. Markus Zusak
Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. Lord Byron

Show appreciation for all God has given you. Max Lucado
In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail. Vince Lombardi
Halfway Through – Keep Going
All limitations are selfimposed. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Forget the failures. Keep the lessons. Dalai Lama
You never fail until you stop trying. Albert Einstein
A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.
Jack Dempsey
Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. Bil Keane
Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. Chris Grosser
Keep going. Be all in. Bryan Hutchinson
Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow. Vincent van Gogh
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Greg Anderson
Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard

To live will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan
Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got. Tim Cook
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. Nelson Mandela
Whatever you do, do it well. Walt Disney
Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
Strive for greatness. Lebron James
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Robert H. Schiuller
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot
May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift
I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Margaret Mead
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi
None but ourselves can free our minds. Bob Marley
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Dalai Lama XIV
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. African Proverb

No wise man ever wished to be younger. Jonathan Swift
People can and do change. Earl Nightingale
It hurt because it mattered. John Green
All wounds heal with time. Tahiri Veila , Star War Quotes
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius
Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Adriana Lima
To love another person is to see the face of God. Les Miserables
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. André Gide
Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible. ’ Audrey Hepburn
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George Halas
And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. Elbert Hubbard
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
Bruce Lee
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
Giving up complacency is part of the price of success. W. Clement Stone
Try a little harder to be a little better. Gordon B. Hinckley
Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. Leo Buscaglia
You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. Spanish Proverb
The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso
Change the game, don’t let the game change you. Macklemore
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. John Ruskin
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. Dalai Lama
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Herman Hesse
Do or do not there is no try. Yoda
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. Lloyd Alexander
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. Rick Riordan
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. Dalai Lama XIV
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. Kurt Cobain
The doors of wisdom are never shut. Benjamin Franklin
And still, I rise. Maya Angelou
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santanaya

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Rohn
A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world. Kahlil Gibran
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. Aesop
There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas Edison
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. George Addair
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
Roald Dahl, Matilda
Share! Give! and given to you more will be. Yoda
Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable. Paramahansa Yogananda
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Elliot
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Buddha

If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit. Michael Jordan
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. W. C. Fields
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristole
Goals help you channel your energy into action. Les Brown
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
Florence Nightingale
There never was a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin
Always pass on what you have learned. Yoda
The stronger the WHY, the easier the HOW becomes. Jim Rohn
I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. Kurt Cobain
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
Better to wear out than rust out. French Proverb
Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso

Each day provides its own gifts. Marcus Aurelius
I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it. Lil Wayne
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli
Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe. Mark Twain
If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.
Charles Bukowski
Change your life today. Nelson Mandella
You can if you think you can. George Reeves
Love is a better teacher than duty. Albert Einstein
The past has no power over the present moment. Eckhart Tolle
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness. Deborah Day
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. Albert Camus
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Confucius

Really happy are those who share their happiness with others. M. K. Soni
Man doesn’t know what he is capable of until he is asked. Kofi Annan
What’s the good of living if you don’t try a few things? Charles M. Schulz
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Reality is wrong, dreams are for real. Tupac
Be positive! Negativity doesn’t get you anywhere.
Peter W. Murphy
Beauty begins the moment you decided to be yourself. Coco Chanel
All human beings react positively to praise. Jacquie McTaggart
The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory. Les Brown
Oh, the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind. Dr. Seuss
The true success is the person who invented himself. Al Goldstein
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight. Epictetus
I will remember and recover, not forgive and forget. Unknown
To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. Robert Morley
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Marthe Troly Curtin
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions. Albert Einstein
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. Karl Barth
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. Robert Hand
Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness. Ram Dass
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. Benjamin Franklin
I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back. Abraham Lincoln
Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon. Winnie the Pooh
The giving of love is an education in itself. Eleanor Roosevelt
Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Ray Kroc
Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa
Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. Maya Angelou
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. Japanese Proverb
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results. Dennis Waitley
Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move. Anthony Bourdain

Be so good they can’t ignore you. Steve Martin
No guts, no story. Chris Brady
Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
The meaning of life is to give life meaning. Ken Hudgins
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated dayin and dayout. Robert Collier
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Paulo Coelho
Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.
Jean Vanier
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. Seneca
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. Richard Bach
Embrace the glorious mess that you are. Elizabeth Gilbert
It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking. Irish Proverb
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Thomas A. Edison

Wishes won’t wash dishes. American Proverb
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
Never regret anything that made you smile. Mark Twain
Reach out to warm another with your love. John McLeod
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
Seneca
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow
Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare
Nothing lasts forever but at least we got these memories. J. Cole
White is not always light and black is not always dark. Habeeb Akande

Life is not a football game to be watched. W. Clement Stone
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.
Don’t believe in miracles depend on them. Laurence J. Peter
To Round Up
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Last Updated on August 13, 2020 by TheGrowthReactor