Kids respond to motivation just like adults, especially if you can find the right quote or saying. So we have put together a list of all the best inspirational quotes for kids for you to share. And if you’re looking for short inspirational sayings for kids, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Inspirational Quotes for Kids
“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”— Oprah Winfrey
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”– Tony Robbins
“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
“Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
“Leave no stone unturned.” – Euripides
“Begin anywhere.” – John Cage
“The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”- Elbert Hubbard
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”— Aristotle
“Believe in yourself and all that you are.” – Christian D. Larson
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves
“Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” – Nora Ephron
“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb
“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
“Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing?” – Kendrick Lamar
“Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.” – Unknown
“Things don’t have to change the world to be important” – Steve Jobs
“Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – Kenny Rogers
“Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” – Robert Kiyosaki
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t live an exceptional life by being “normal.”” – Nick Maley
“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.“ – Helen Keller
“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” – Steven Wright
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Live your dreams.” – Les Brown
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“The only limit to our realisation of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“The only thing that stands between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Matty Mullins
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.” – Brian Tracy
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
“Keep going. Is not as difficult as you feel it is. Don’t give up.” – Brandon Sanderson
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
“Yesterday you said tomorrow. Just do it.” – Nike
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton
“Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.”– Marcus Washling
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
“Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision, a plan, and the courage to chase it relentlessly.” – Walt Disney
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Whatever you do, do with all your might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore
“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda
“No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady
“When you make a choice, you change the future.”– Deepak Chopra
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings
“Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats
“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
“The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schiuller
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
“Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” – Anthony Bourdain
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anaïs Nin
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
Inspirational Sayings for Kids
Happy thoughts only.
Love life, live life
Manifesting—a productive day!
Write it in your heart that today will be the best day ever.
You are the greatest project you’ll ever work on.
Finding happiness in the little things.
Follow your heart.
When dreams become reality.
There are so many happy days ahead.
Always remember that birds like to watch the sunrise with you.
Know your worth.
Be Wild. Be True. Be Happy.
Be proud of how far you’ve come.
Be kind to the parts of you that are still learning.
Give today the chance to become the best day of your life.
To be happy is not to get more, but to give more.
Always learning, always growing.
If not now, when?
The future is bright.
Choose to see the silver lining.
The possibilities are endless.
You decide your own happiness, so be happy as you want to.
Remember that there is never a shortage of beautiful reasons to be happy.
There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy.
Starting fresh with a full heart and big dreams.
Gratitude changes everything.
Always on the bright side.
Progress over perfection.
Be happy with your flaws because you’re perfectly imperfect!
Focus on the good.
Feeling fresh, feeling new.
Like the rising sun, choose to shine.
Mindset matters
Fill the world with sunshine.
Believe everyone else is doing their best.
Depend on as little as possible, and you’ll be happier in life.
Show up.
Never lose your sunshine.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Choose your own path.
Be the energy you want to attract.
Whatever is good to your soul, do more of that.
Worth it.
Dance when the sun comes up.
You matter.
Be the example.
Look for the magic in everyday.
Every day is a new beginning.
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Every day may not be good, but there’s good in every day.
Nothing beats the allure of the world’s scenery just before sunrise.
Choose joy.
Embrace the chaos.
Attack the day with enthusiasm!
You have what it takes.
Prove them wrong.
Hello happiness.
I’ve just discovered a million ways to be happy in life.
More life, less stress.
Rise, then shine.
Make today count.
Back to basics.
I’m glad you’re here.
You are enough.
Be your own reason for your happiness.
Each day is a new day to be happy.
Have the courage to be happy.
Choose to shine today.
We can do hard things.
Even the sun is envious of my burning desire to start the day.
Productive mornings are my favorite.
Note to self: I am worthy. I am capable. I am enough.
Don’t underestimate your magic.
Tell your own story.
Think of happiness as your default state, and you’ll be happier than ever.
Create change.
It’s the little things that matter most.
It’s my time to shine.
So that is it for our list of Inspirational Quotes and Sayings for Kids. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
If you like these, you can also check out our other lists of Easter Quotes for Kids, Summer Sayings for Kids and Hilarious Family Quotes.
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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