Life is full of moments that inspire, challenge, and motivate us. Sometimes, all we need is a simple, powerful reminder to keep us moving forward or to help us see things from a new perspective. These 100 short quotes are a collection of timeless wisdom from some of the greatest thinkers, dreamers, and doers in history. Whether you’re seeking motivation, clarity, or a spark of creativity, there’s a quote here for every moment. Let these words inspire you, guide you, and remind you of the endless possibilities that lie ahead.
Now, dive into the quotes and let them resonate with you!
Here are 150 short quotes for you:
1. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
2. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
3. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
4. “Do or do not, there is no try.” – Yoda
5. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
6. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
7. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
8. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
9. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
10. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
11. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
12. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
13. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
14. “Dream big. Start small. Act now.” – Robin Sharma
15. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
16. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
17. “Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.” – Anonymous
18. “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
19. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
20. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
21. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
22. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
23. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
24. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
25. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
26. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
27. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
28. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
29. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
30. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
31. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
32. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” – Albert Schweitzer
33. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
34. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
35. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
36. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
37. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Anonymous
38. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
39. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
40. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Anonymous
41. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
42. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
43. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
44. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
45. “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
46. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
47. “Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
48. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
49. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
50. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
51. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
52. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll
53. “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde
54. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
55. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
56. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
57. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
58. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
59. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
60. “You don’t find the happy life, you make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
61. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
62. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
63. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
64. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
65. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
66. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
67. “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
68. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
69. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
70. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
71. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
72. “Time flies over us but leaves its shadow behind.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
73. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
74. “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses
75. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
76. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
77. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
78. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
79. “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” – Confucius
80. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
81. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” – Unknown
82. “Take only pictures, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
83. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Anonymous
84. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
85. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
86. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
87. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
88. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
89. “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese
90. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
91. “A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.” – Mandy Hale
92. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
93. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
94. “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
95. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
96. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
97. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
98. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
99. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
100. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
101. “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
102. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
103. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
104. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
105. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
106. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
107. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
108. “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
109. “It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
110. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
111. “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
112. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
113. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
114. “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
115. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
116. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
117. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
118. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
119. “If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.” – Tony Gaskins
120. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
121. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
122. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
123. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
124. “It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
125. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” – Albert Schweitzer
126. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
127. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
128. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
129. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
130. “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese
131. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
132. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll
133. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
134. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
135. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs
136. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
137. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
138. “What we think, we become.” – Buddha
139. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
140. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
141. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
142. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
143. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
144. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
145. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Anonymous
146. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
147. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
148. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
149. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
150. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
