The 200 Best Short Encouraging Quotes for a Daily Uplift

Everybody needs a little emotional pick-me-up now and then, which is why we have gathered all the best encouraging quotes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short encouraging quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Short Encouraging Quotes

“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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

“No great thing is created suddenly.” —Epictetus

“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” —Serena Williams

“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in.” —Hillary Clinton

“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” — Joseph Addison

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha

“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus

“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks

“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” —Dr. Harriet Braiker

“Men do less than they ought unless they do all they can.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Whatever you do, always give 100%—unless you’re donating blood.” – Bill Murray

“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” – Paramahansa Yogananda

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.” —Maya Angelou

“What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.” – Ralph Sockman

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” —Malala Yousafzai

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo

“There are a thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them is sufficient.” – Marilynne Robinson

“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.” – Walt Whitman

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle

“No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle

“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin

“You can’t know, you can only believe – or not.” – C.S. Lewis

“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you.” —Jameela Jamil

“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey

“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.” – Mark Twain

“‘No’ today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” —Yvonne Orji

“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” – Unknown

“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!” — Kate Summers

“The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“When people don’t want the best for you, they are not the best for you.” —Gayle King

“Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anaïs Nin

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart

“If it matters to you, you’ll find a way.” – Charlie Gilkey

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore

“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” – Tim Cook

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”- Elbert Hubbard

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”– Tony Robbins

“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”— Oprah Winfrey

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” – George Santanaya

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Emerson

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” – Isaac Asimov

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain

“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes

I don’t know a woman alive who isn’t courageous. ― Reese Witherspoon

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”—Confucius

“There can be glory in failure and despair in success.” – Abraham Lincoln

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou

“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho

“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.” — Sheryl Sandberg

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” — Richard Branson

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.“ – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

“Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.” – Tom Hopkins

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” -Michelle Obama

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.” – Soren Kierkegaard

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke

“If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” – Kendrick Lamar

“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda

“When you finally learn your self–worth… you stop giving others discounts.” – Unknown

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman

“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein

“I may stumble. I may fall. I may cry. But I’ll NEVER give up! Tomorrow, I rise again.” – Steve Maraboli

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – Joe Girard

“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”— Norman Vincent Peale

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin,

“Stay committed and consistent and you will achieve your goals. Never give up.” —Kelly Rowland

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montgomery

“My best successes came on the heels of failure.” —Barbara Corcoran

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosser

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau.

“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill

“Determine your priorities and focus on them.” – Eileen McDargh

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee

“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn

“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata

“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

“Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” – Drake

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth

“Let your compassion fuel your passion.” — Achea Redd, founder of Real Girls F.A.R.T.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel

“Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” — Lauren Oliver

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” – Albert Einstein

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.”– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.” — Rita Schiano.

“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

“Whatever you do, do with all your might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” –George Bernard Shaw

“Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.” —Mandy Moore

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton

“As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.”― Criss Jami

“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.” —Robin Roberts

Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel

“Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson

“Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” —Mellody Hobson

“Every day is a new beginning, because you can’t turn the clock back.” — Mel Gibson

“Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on new enthusiasm.” — Byron Pulsifer

“Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.” – Jessica N. S. Yourko

“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse

“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” — Proverb

“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” —Gina Carey

“I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.” — Penelope Cruz

“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy

“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth

“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi

“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball

“The true vocation of man is to find his way for himself.” – Hermann Hesse

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb

“A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.” –Mahatma Gandhi

“Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move.” – Anthony Bourdain

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu

“No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady

“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer

“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways.”― Rachel Joyce

“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon

“I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling

“And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.” — Rudyard Kipling

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“I’d rather be optimistic and a fool, than pessimistic and right.” –Author unknown

“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle

“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’” —Amy Poehler

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne

“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.” —Michelle Obama

“Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.” – Ben Zobrist

“Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing?” – Kendrick Lamar

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” —Martha Stewart

“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han

“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

“People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anais Nin

“Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

“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

“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary

“No wind favors he who has no destined port.” —Montaigne

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn

“Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schiuller

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller

“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce

“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni

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

“Hold onto your old friends. Kiss your mama. Admit what your dreams are.” —Maya Rudolph

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins

“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” — William Ernest Henley

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.“ – Helen Keller

“Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.” — Melissa Etheridge

“Every day that you open your eyes is a new day and another day to get it right.” – Jean Renee Porter

“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” —Simone Biles

“There is always something new to learn and feel each Sunday.” — Bishop Gerald Causse

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” — Jimmy Johnson

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

So that is it for our list of Encouraging Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one!

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Hope Quotes, Good Luck Quotes, Personal Growth Quotes and Positive Mindset Quotes for Women.