We can state this as a fact - all of us have had a bad day or have found ourselves in need of a bit of pick-me-up. Such days can come with bad news or unfortunate circumstances, but they can also appear seemingly out of nowhere. Of course, we all have our ways of dealing with a case of the blues, but why not check out what these famous people had in mind when they needed some inspiration and motivation? Just a couple of scrolls down, you’ll find our collection of the most inspiring and uplifting quotes by various famous people. Who knows, it might just be the tonic that you need today!
From world-renowned writers to actors and various public personas, they have all shared their thoughts on life. Some of them suggest you nip your problems in the bud before they turn into blooms of scorn; others give you a straightforward notion that everything will be a-okay. Some of these uplifting quotes are shamelessly cheerful, while some will provide you with a nutritious portion of food for thought. No matter the format in which they are delivered, though, all of these wise words will motivate you and inspire you to overcome your woes with your chin lifted high and your eyes set on the prize.
So, let’s dive right into our selection of intelligent quotes that promises to awaken the serotonin flow in your probably overtired brain. Then, vote for the motivational quotes that made you feel at least a tiny bit better and share this uplifting article with anyone who might need a couple of kind words today!
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“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”– Michael Altshuler
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you’ve said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.“– Maya Angelou
I’m not rich but I always tip so much extra when I can to make someone’s day.
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.“– Marcel Proust
"You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens."– Mandy Hale
“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.“– Harry Emerson Fosdick
"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and those around you."– Lupita Nyong'o
“If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.”— Muhammad Ali
“Procrastination means you know what you need to do and you don’t do it. If you don’t know what to do, you aren’t procrastinating. You are thinking.“– Lynn Lively
“My dad used to say, You wouldn’t worry so much about what people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did.“– Dr. Phil McGraw
“It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to.“– Aretha Franklin
"Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination."– Mae Jemison
“A big part of being a well-adjusted person is accepting that you can’t be good at everything.”– Kelly Williams Brown
“Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.“– Jean Sibelius
“Just because you’re nervous doesn’t mean you have to look nervous. Nobody can look inside you. Project what you want to project.“– Valerie Jarrett
“Faith is taking the first step. Even when you don’t see the whole staircase.“– Martin Luther King, Jr.
But sometimes it feels like the staircase will take several exhausting, restless, aching to climb, only to find that it doesn't go to where I want to be, or that it ends suddenly with no rails and I'm going to fall back down to where I started, aching, tired, disheartened, and now injured too
“Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.“– Aldous Huxley
“The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing that you’ll make one.“– Elbert Hubbard
“There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.“– G.K. Chesterton
“It is our choices that show what we really are, far more than our abilities.“– J.K. Rowling
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."– Walt Whitman
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.“– Alice Walker
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.“– Dalai Lama
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”– Albert Schweitzer
"When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear."– Elaine Welteroth
“Kindness is one thing you can’t give away. It always comes back.“– George Skolsky
“Having a young child explain something exciting he has seen is the finest example of communication you will ever hear or see.“– Bob Talbert
“The older you get the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness.“– Lionel Barrymore
“Worry is like sand in an oyster: a little produces a pearl, too much kills the animal.“– Marcelene Cox
“Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can’t be done.“– Ben Morcell
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.“– Louis Nizer
“To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.“– George E. Woodberry
“We are not at our best perched at the summit; we are climbers, at our best when the way is steep.“– John W. Gardner
“Be yourself. No one can ever tell you that you’re doing it wrong.“– James Leo Herlihy
“People who wonder whether the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Simon Sinek
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.“– Harper Lee
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength.“– A.J. Cronin
“Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.“–Robert Louis Stevenson
“Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window—or break down a door.“– Brooke Shields
“People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing you are the beholder.“ – Salma Hayek
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.“– Franklin P. Jones
“Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.“– Ellen DeGeneres
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.“– Bertrand Russell
“What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.“– Hugh Mulligan
“If you don’t place your foot on the rope, you’ll never cross the chasm.“– Liz Smith
“The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.“– Doug Larson
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.“– Diane Ackerman
“Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not opening it?“– Robert D. Ballard
“The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.“– William Dean Howells
“Be like the sun and the meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.“– George Bernard Shaw
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.“– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Age is not the enemy. Stagnation is the enemy. Complacency is the enemy. Stasis is the enemy.“– Twyla Tharp
“I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.“– Simone Biles
“Be bold. If you’re going to make an error, make it a doozy.“– Billie Jean King
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”– Mary Anne Radmacher
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”– Alice Walker
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."– Desmond Tutu
"You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness."– Diane von Furstenberg
“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.“– Sally Koch
“It’s a whole lot more satisfying to reach for the stars, even if you end up landing only on the moon.“– Kermit the Frog
“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”–
Jacques Prevert
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.“– Andy Warhol
“A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree—or even, occasionally, the careless—may turn out to be half a life.“– Anna Quindlen
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”– Truman Capote
“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”— Vince Lombardi
"There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."– Amanda Gorman
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”— Rabindranath Tagore
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”– William James
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.“– Vincent Van Gogh
"If you reach for a gun, then your time has come!"
"If you reach for a gun, then your time has come!"