If you need some inspiration for today, look no further. We have gathered the best inspirational quotes for today that are positive, funny or short to start your day out right. We hope these inspiring quotes of the day encourage you live today to the fullest.
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Our Favorite Inspirational Quotes for Today
Here are a few of our favorite inspirational quotes for today.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H. G. Wells
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” – Kevyn Aucoin
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Dr. Seuss
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” – Charles Spurgeon
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” – James Allen
“Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.” – L. Ron Hubbard
“No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” – Alexander Pope
“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” – James Joyce
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” – Robert H. Goddard
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II
“Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut, that held its ground.” – David Icke
“We live on this speck called Earth – think about what you might do, today or tomorrow – and make the most of it.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.” – Thomas Sankara
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – Ralph Marston
“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” -Jack Ma
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett
“Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.” – Khalil Gibran
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles M. Schulz
“There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.” – Kim Jong-un
“Light tomorrow with today!” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.” -Candace Parker
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”- James Dean
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo Buscaglia
“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” – Edgar Cayce
“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” – Margaret Thatcher
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!” – William Allen White
“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well.” – William Osler
“Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.” – Swami Sivananda
“I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.” – Ken Wilber
“That’s where the future lies, in the youth of today.” – Willie Stargell
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Funny Inspirational Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes for Women, Positive Personal Growth Quotes, Success Quotes and Inspirational Life Quotes.
Daily Inspirational Quotes
“Everyday is Monday….till Friday.” – Viktor VolksPrater
“You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic.” – Andrea L’Artiste
“Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I’m a man of simple pleasures.” – Arthur Darvill
“Your Monday is not going to be like Saturday; the emotions are going to be different.” – Jean Grae
“Candy is natures way of making up for Mondays.” – Rebecca Gober
“Every Monday you wake up is a day to make a change.” – Irvine Welsh
“What about Monday? That could be one day we look at things the same way and wear funny shoes.” – Kevin Dalton
“Don’t let a day of the week have so much power over your happiness. Happy Monday!” – Andrea L’Artiste
“When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” – Ella Woodward
“When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it is Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.” – Edmond Mbiaka
“How would your Tuesday be different if you conducted yourself with complete love and consideration?” – Byron Pulsifer
“It can’t be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.” – George Weah
“Tuesday is a good day, you survived Monday. And tomorrow is Wednesday, half way through your work week!” – Kate Summers
“Thinking about happy times on a Tuesday is like going to the beach when there is no sun.” – Alain Bremond-Torrent
“Have a beautiful Tuesday! Your mantra is: ‘All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.’” – Bryan Katie
“Let Tuesday tarnish your day with love and smiles. Happy Tuesday.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Tuesday is the affirmation that my goals are being moved another step forward.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Hold onto positive things that elevate your spirit and be with positive people. Happy Tuesday.” – Tracey Edmonds
“Tuesday is the most sensible day of the week.” – Emily P. Freeman
“I do remember dreamy Wednesdays, In the rain creative pain.” – The Wannadies
“Wednesdays will always bring smiles for the second half of the week.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Waiting for Wednesday.” – Lisa Loeb
“Happy Wednesday! Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
“A Wednesday with no rain is a dry hump day.” – Demetri Martin
“It will not be lonely on Wednesday when it has all around it.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Thursday comes and the week’s gone.” – George Herbert
“This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.” – Douglas Adams
“Thursdays bring a focus to our week to complete all that needs to be done.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Let this Thursday be filled with possibilities – be aware of the opportunities around you, don’t just go through the day, live the day with your eyes and your mind open.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Thursday is one of the days of the week that I strive to maintain a positive outlook.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Start your Thursday with an attitude of optimism. It’s going to be a good day!” – Kate Summers
“Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.” – S. O’Sade
“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the work week!” – Kate Summers
“Every Friday, I like to high five ourselves for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, will power, and inappropriate humour.” – Nanea Hoffman
“Weekends welcome warriors for social fun that starts on Friday.” – David Chiles
“Don’t wait all week for Friday so you can enjoy life. Find a job you love so you can enjoy every day of the week.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Oh, my sweet Saturday, I have been waiting for you for six long days.” – Charmaine J. Forde
“Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.” – Mark Twain
“My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.” – Ludacris
“On a lazy Saturday morning when you’re lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one.” – Lynn Johnston
“Sunday would be lost without Saturday, and I would be lost without you.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“We need the spirit of Sunday carried over to Monday and continued until Saturday.” – Edward McKendree Bounds
“Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.” – Haruki Murakami
“Without Sunday, I wouldn’t know when to put on the brakes of a hurtling life.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.” – Philibert Joseph Roux
“Feeling blessed, never stressed. Got that sunshine on my Sunday best.” — Surfaces, “Sunday Best”
“Sunday is a day to clear the mind of all that has transpired the week before.” – Byron Pulsifer
“You know what Sunday is, and it’s a day with a lot of potential for naps.” – Polly Horvath
“I’m easy like Sunday morning.” — Commodores
“Sundays tend to be a day where just I do nothing but visit people. It’s kind of like trick-or-treating.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” – Joseph Addison
“Well, there’s nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.” – Chris Klein
And there you have it! Our list of the best quotes. We hope you found one that spoke to you.
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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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