If you’re looking for quick, optimistic quotes to express your thoughts, we have put together a list of all the best short positive quotes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short positive quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
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Short Positive Quotes
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” —Maya Angelou
“Saturday makes my day complete.” – Anthony T. Hincks
“Happiness [is] only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer
“Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson
“The best weeks start on Monday.” – Nice Peter
“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel

“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” —Rosa Parks
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle
“Love loves to love love.” – James Joyce
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Jump in with both feet and be brave.” —Sujit Choudhry
“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” —Tennessee Williams
“Every new day gives me ceaseless hope to reach out for my dreams.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee
“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” —Buddha

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” – Susan Polis Schutz
“Be yourself and people will like you.” —Jeff Kinney
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“What we think, we become.” —Buddha
“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” – Jenn Proske
“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John
“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.” — Victor Hugo

“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi
“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey
“Make a determination that you will live your purpose today.” —Daniel Budzinski
“The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides
“If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
“The next choice is the most important choice.” —George Wells
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries.” – Anna Taylor
“‘No’ today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” —Yvonne Orji
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot
“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.” —Katherine Hepburn
“I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
“Give yourself the love you’re willing to give to others.” – Mahin Ismail
“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo
“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” —Oprah Winfrey
“We love the things we love for what they are.” – Robert Frost
“I dream things that never were and say why not.” —George Bernard Shaw

“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes
“Life is short it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise
“Sunday is a day to clear the mind of all that has transpired the week before.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Monday is the day that opens up the week for many opportunities.” – R.K. Narayan
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” —Robin Williams
“Today is a good day to try.” —Quasimodo
“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” — Ashton Kutcher
“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
“A positive attitude awakens inner strength, energy, motivation, and initiative.” – Remez Sasson
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
“Stay positive in every situation and everything you do.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”—Roald Dahl
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” —Bill Gates
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo
“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.” —Confucius
“When you cease to dream you cease to live.” —Malcolm Forbes
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Augustine of Hippo

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy
“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” —Aesop
“One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“We have to collectively work together to improve the world.” —Samuel Strauch
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh

“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.
“Each day provides its own gifts.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself.”– Lisa Nichols
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra
“Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Life is short, and it is here to be lived.” —Kate Winslet
“Do what is true to your soul.” —Malini Saba
“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
“A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” —Joyce Meyer

“love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair.” —Jack Layton
“All you need is love.” – Paul McCartney
“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” —E. E. Cummings
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others.” – Charles Dickens
“We need not think alike to love alike.” – Francis David
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
“The healthiest response to life is joy.” — Deepak Chopra
“Let us literally live from moment to moment.”—Mahatma Gandhi

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —Buddha
“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of.” —Bill Orender
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
“My best successes came on the heels of failure.” —Barbara Corcoran
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks
“When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective.” —Ryan O’Donnell
“Do good and good will come to you.” —Adam Lowy

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman
“We may not have hit the peak yet, but we are on the journey up.” —Brian Nhira
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” —Dr. Seuss
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” – Shelley Long
“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” – Jake Owen
“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama
“Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you.” – Garima Yonzon

“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” —Yiddish Proverb
“Take the first step.” —Darius Fisher
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” —Anne Frank
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius
“As you know, life is an echo; we get what we give.” — David DeNotaris
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
“Always let your conscience be your guide.” —Jiminy Cricket

“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” —Frank Lloyd Wright
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese
“Tell yourself how much you love yourself.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.” – J.R. Rim
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” —Chinese Proverb
“Make your life matter and have fun doing it.” —Aaron Hurst

“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi
“It can’t be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.” – George Weah
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave.” – Harvey Mackay
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.” —Robin Roberts
“Hold onto your old friends. Kiss your mama. Admit what your dreams are.” —Maya Rudolph
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling
“Recognize what you have inside you.” —Eric Pulier
“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important.” – Kirsty Coventry
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson
“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han
“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’” —Amy Poehler

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” – Oscar Wilde
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” —Buckminster Fuller
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball
“Base your relationships on the right values.” —Dick Gephardt
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” —Rabindranath Tagore
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” —Omar Khyyam
“Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse
“It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.” – Naval Ravikant
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” – Charles Dickens
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.” —Irish Blessing
“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” —Lao Tzu
“Learn to love yourself enough to be happy in your own company.” – Samantha Camargo
“You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.” – Shawn Achor
“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.” – Maryam Hasnaa
“When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” —William Shakespeare
“Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” —Mellody Hobson
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” –Albert Camus
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West

“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” – Goldie Hawn
“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni
“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” —Thomas S. Monson
“You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.”— Kesha
“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.” — Jennifer Aniston
“Salvation lies within.” —Warden Samuel Norton
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins
“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams.” – Israelmore Ayivor
“Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Find joy in everything you choose to do.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“After all, life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Karl Marx
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” —Dalai Lama
“Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.” —Mandy Moore

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” —S. C. Lourie
“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner
“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” – Sinclair Lewis
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” —Florence Nightingale
“We can truly love one another once we love who we are.” –Angela C. Santomero
“Surround yourself with positive people.” —Rod Rohrich
“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King
“Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.” – Haruki Murakami
“Love is never wrong.” – Melissa Etheridge
“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
“I think having more Saturdays sounds great.” – Michael Crews
“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle

“I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.” – James Baldwin
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy.” – Paolo Coelho
“Simplicity makes me happy.” – Alicia Keys
“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“Love yourself more, you’ll never regret it.” – Ann Marie Molina
“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.” —Jameela Jamil
“Self-love is necessary for a functional and successful life” – Angela C. Santomero
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
“Have faith in yourself and in the future.” – Ted Kennedy
“Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” —Dr. Suess

“You can choose to not let little things upset you.” – Joel Osteen
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee
“All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Love is a game that two can play and both win.” – Eva Gabor
“Monday is for people with a mission.” – Christina Imre
“Most people are nice when you finally see them.” —Harper Lee
“I want to reach my potential, impact my world, and leave a legacy.” —Seth Buechley
“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
So that is it for our list of Short Positive Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Daily Positivity Quotes, Daily Motivation Quotes, Positive Morning Quotes and Positive Mindset Quotes.

About the Author
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.
And it doesn’t matter if you are travelling, celebrating a special occasion or just appreciating day-to-day life, when you take that perfect photo you are going to need the perfect caption or quote before you share it. Which is why we started Routinely Shares, providing comprehensive lists of quotes and captions to cover every occasion, adventure or loved one.
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