224+ Best Encouraging Quotes That Instantly Inspire You

Encouragement can give us the strength and hope that we need to overcome the obstacles. Also, it can lead us to view things differently.

Powerful collection of most famous encouraging quotes will motivate you to keep going during tough times and make you feel ready to take on anything.

If you’re searching for best quotes and sayings of all time that perfectly capture what you’d like to say or just want to feel inspired yourself, browse through an amazing collection of motivational quotes, happiness quotes, and success quotes.

Famous Encouraging Quotes

When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. Carol Burnett

Inhale, exhale, it is well, it is well. All of this is a part of the story you will tell. Morgan Harper Nichols

Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’ Audrey Hepburn

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

There is nothing impossible to they who will try. Alexander the Great

When joy is habit, love is a reflex. Bob Goff

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler

I’m going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life. Elsie de Wolfe

Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go. Nicole Kidman

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Kahlil Gibran

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

The most beautiful people wear their hearts on their sleeves, and their souls in their smiles. Mark Anthony

Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell. Amal Clooney

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting. Marc Jacobs

You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box. Duchess Meghan

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

I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened … it’s normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please. Taylor Swift

Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle. Jon Acuff

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit. Banksy

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

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. Edwin Elliot

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Malala Yousafzai

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it. Dr. Phil

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sun beams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. Carrie Ann Moss

Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you. Grace Coddington

For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. Michelle Obama

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller

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Spread love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa

Saying yes to happiness means learning to say no to things and people that stress you out. Thema Davis

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on. Lady Gaga

Spread love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa

If you make your internal life a priority, then everything else you need on the outside will be given to you and it will be extremely clear what the next step is. Gabrielle Bernstein

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. Rumi

You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens. Mandy Hale

If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito. African Proverb

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

If you see something beautiful in someone speak it. Ruthie Lindsey

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Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny. Joan Rivers

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Brene Brown

For what it’s worth it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald

I’m going to be gone one day, and I have to accept that tomorrow isn’t promised. Am I OK with how I’m living today? It’s the only thing I can help. If I didn’t have another one, what have I done with all my todays? Am I doing a good job? Hayley Williams

Short Encouraging Quotes

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. Ray Bradbury

I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

Belief creates the actual fact. William James

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society

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

I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that. Ava DuVernay

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory. Dr. Seuss

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle

Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness. Marie Forleo

We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. Albert Einstein

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow. Mahatma Gandhi

Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment. Marianne Cantwell

Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. Mark Twain

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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald

When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out. Eleanor Roosevelt

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me. Marlee Matlin

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

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

It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance. Morgan Freeman

Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together. Diane McLaren

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Anne Frank

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe

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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. Kenji Miyazawa

I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion. Pink

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson

Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus

Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come. Ellen DeGeneres

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden

Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. Bruce Barton

Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Be thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey

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Nobody built like you, you design yourself. Jay-Z

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu

Powerful Encouraging Quotes

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley

I tell myself, ‘You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today. Serena Williams

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. Mark Twain

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Henry David Thoreau

When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless. Byron Katie

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt

Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures. Joelle Speranza

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy. Groucho Marx

Having patience always gives you what you deserve. Fatma Alfalasi

I’ve always loved journaling as a way to clear my mind. Whether I’m traveling or at home, the first thing I do when I wake up is pull out my notebook and record positive things that have happened to me as well as uplifting thoughts. Gloria Reuben

Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. Beyoncé

Precious’ is strangely uplifting. It goes down into the valley but it also goes to the mountain tops. A lot of difficult realities are explored in ‘Precious,’ but the peaks make the valleys and the valleys make the peaks. Geoffrey S. Fletcher

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There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a f—k. Amy Schumer

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. William Ellery Channing

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. Mo Udall

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville

When it comes to luck, you make your own. Bruce Springsteen

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. Colin R. Davis

Mastering self control, the act of restraining one’s emotions is the true key to success. Timothy Pina

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! Dolly Parton

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

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks

Success doesn’t just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity. Ogwo David Eminike

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie

The moral of my story is the sun always comes out after the storm. Being optimistic and surrounding yourself with positive loving people is for me, living life on the sunny side of the street. Janice Dean

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge

Stop letting your fear condemn you to mediocrity. Dr Steve Maraboli

We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Dr. Henry Link

There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. Mister Rogers

Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process. Naomi Osaka

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. Katherine Dunham

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. John Wooden

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We are not our best intentions. We are what we do. Amy Dickinson

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. Estée Lauder

I’ve noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I’m grateful in the end. Colleen Hoover

Maybe it’s not about trying to fix something that’s broken. Maybe it’s about starting over and creating something better.

Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t, and then feel entitled. Mindy Kaling

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get. W. P. Kinsella

We’ve been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can’t put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right? Jennifer Lopez

Change your thoughts and you change your life.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

Encouraging Quotes About Life

When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. George Harrison

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. Will Rogers

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.

You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.

Success reveals how little ambition is worth. Marty Rubin

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. Steve Jobs

I’m realizing how much I’ve diminished my own power. I’m not doing that no more. Alicia Keys

A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into a glorious success. Elbert Hubbard

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Sanders Law

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C.S. Lewis

To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live. Dorothy West

When your inner speech and your thoughts are empowering, you can do anything you want.

I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving. Tina Turner

Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future. Tony Robbins

How wild it was, to let it be. Cheryl Strayed

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what -definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent. Viswanathan Anand

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell

The simple act of listening to someone and making them feel as if they have truly been heard is a most treasured gift. L. A. Villafane

Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn

You have to be where you are to get where you need to go. Amy Poehler

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

Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid. Joan Jett

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. Paulo Coelho

We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up. Awkwafina

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself. Charles Bukowski

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins

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

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And 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. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. Steve Jobs

You do not find the happy life. You make it. Camilla Eyring Kimball

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. Confucius

We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, [it ‘s] the choices we make after. Elizabeth Smart

Encouraging Quotes For Hard Times

Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value. Albert Einstein

You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances, and certainly not by your race or gender. Mariah Carey

One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson

When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly. Annicken R. Day

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. Toni Morrison

Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth. Wadada Leo Smith

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake. Confucius Kongzi

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. Deepak Chopra

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. Eckhart Tolle

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi

The pro-E.U. campaign is all too likely to be based on a fear of the unknown because in most people’s lifetime, we have never been out of the E.U. Nigel Lawson

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. Madonna

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. Tony Robbins

We have to let go of who we think we should be and embrace what is. Achea Redd

A constructive, useful life, good works, and good relationships are as valid as writing poetry or inventing a machine. Anything that one does well and obtains satisfaction from is a good enough reason for living. To be a decent human being that people like and feel better for knowing is enough. Robert Gould

Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. Selena Gomez

There is nothing that you can’t overcome. So it’s never too late for happiness. Pepa

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. Henry Rollins

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Sir Francis Bacon

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill

I don’t look ahead. I’m right here with you. It’s a good way to be. Danny DeVito

We’ve had some tough times, but we’ve hung in there. Paul Allen

Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something. Ralph Marston

It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. L.M. Montgomery

I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential. Nicki Minaj

We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We’ve gotta listen more and talk less. We’ve gotta know that this is everybody’s responsibility. Meghan Rapinoe

Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine. Mario Fernandez

Don’t settle for less, know your value and always tell yourself you deserve better. Pertrice St Pierre

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more. Aretha Franklin

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. John Lennon

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. Alice Walker

Let love rule. Lenny Kravitz

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir

The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and know that you can do it. Gabby Douglas

The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it. Muhammad Ali

When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them. Karen E. Quinones Miller

Embrace the glorious mess that you are. Elizabeth Gilbert

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That’s how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other. Ben Kingsley