100 Short Quotes to Lift Your Spirits
At times when we feel a bit low, we see a short inspirational quote on a billboard or somewhere on the street, and it brightens our mood. Words have superpowers when used right. Short, powerful quotes can give you a quick morale boost and keeps you going.
These short quotes and saying from authors, famous personalities and thinkers can often act as motivational tools in our life. Good short quotes can uplift any conversation whether verbal or written. Quotes are often an echo of what we want to communicate with people around us.
You can use them the way you like, for self-motivation, maybe a design for your coffee mug or t-shirt, or just for your Instagram bio, or if you are old school use them in letters. List of things you can do with quotes is endless.
Here we have put together 100 such short quotes for you with different flavors. Hope this will spark a positive attitude in your life and helps you find a new perspective.
Short Inspirational Quotes
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
–John Keats
“Don’t dream your life, live your dream.”
“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable”
–Paramahansa Yogananda
“Grow through what you go through.”
“Every day is a second chance.”
“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
–Samuel Beckett
“You are stronger than you think you are.”
“Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.”
–Ashley Purdy
”Don’t go through life; grow through life.”
–Eric Butterworth
“Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it’s not the okay, it’s not the end.”
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
Short Gratitude Quotes
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.”
–Oprah
“One is loved because one is loved.”
–Paulo Coelho
“Stop now. Enjoy the moment. It’s now or never.”
–Maxime Lagacé
“This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”
–Maya Angelou
“A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings.”
–Mason Cooley
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”
–Jean Baptiste Massieu
”Gratitude isn’t a burdening emotion.”
–Loretta Young
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
–James Allen
Wise Old Short Quotes
“It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb.”
–Roman proverb
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
–Confucius
“No one saves us but ourselves.”
–Buddha
“You only lose what you cling to.”
–Buddha
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
–Shakespeare
“No Legacy is so Rich as honesty.”
–Shakespeare
“Arise, Awake and Stop not until the goal is achieved.”
–Swami Vivekananda
“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”
–Plato
Funny Quotes
“Life is too short to learn German.”
–Oscar Wilde
“Do crabs think we walk sideways?”
–Bill Murray
“My life feels like a test I didn’t study for.”
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
–Steve Martin
“The last woman I was in was the Statue of Liberty.”
–Woody Allen
“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”
–Daphne du Maurier
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
–Mark Twain
“Every novel is a mystery novel if you never finish it.”
“It’s easy to quit smoking. I’ve done it hundreds of times.”
–Mark Twain
“Do not read the next sentence. You little rebel, I like you.”
Love Quotes (Short Quotes on Love)
“I fall in love with you everyday.”
“When I count my blessings, I count you twice.”
“By the way I am wearing the smile you gave me.”
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”
–Ray Croft
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
–Victor Hugo
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”
–Hermann Hesse
“One is loved because one is loved.”
–Paulo Coelho
“To have a lover in a friend is a dream that has come to life.”
“The water shines only by the sun. And it is you who are my sun.”
–Charles de Leusse
“Come live in my heart and pay no rent.“
“Where there is love, there is life.“
Extremely Short Quotes
“Silence is an answer too.”
“Be a voice not an echo.”
“Stay foolish to stay sane.”
–Maxime Lagacé
“Time is the soul of this world.”
–Pythagoras
“Innocence is courage and clarity both.”
–Osho
“No rain. No flowers.”
“Throw kindness around like confetti.”
“Keep moving forward.”
“Keep your chin up.”
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
–Steve Jobs
“She believed she could, so she did”
“Do it with passion or not at all.”
Short Quotes by Women
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
– Malala Yousafzai
“If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.”
–Al Anon
“The best protection any woman can have … is courage.”
–Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
–Eleanor Roosevelt
“It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.”
–Byron Katie
“What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.”
–Meryl Streep
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
–Eleanor Roosevelt
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”
–Diane Mariechild
Short Friendship Quotes
“Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”
–Misty Copeland
“Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.”
–Christey Brinkley
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
–Maya Angelou
“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.”
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
–Helen Keller
Short Quotes about Success
“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”
–Chris Grosser
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
–Colin R. Davis
“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”
–Tony Hsieh
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”
–Steve Jobs
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”
–Japanese Proverb
Short Quotes about Happiness
“Start each day with a grateful heart.”
“If you want to be happy, be.”
–Leo Tolstoy
“We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.”
–William James
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”
– Mark Twain
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
– Dalai Lama
“Happiness comes from peace. Peace comes from indifference.”
–Naval Ravikant
Short Quotes about Life
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
– Socrates
“Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.”
– Emily Dickinson
“If you do what you need, you’re surviving. If you do what you want, you’re living.”
“Live today, for tomorrow it will all be history.”
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
– Vivian Greene
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”
– Jack London
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
– Steve Martin
“Variety’s the very spice of life that gives it all its flavour.”
– William Cowper
“Live what you love.”
– Jo Deurbrouck
“If you try, you risk failure. If you don’t, you ensure it.”
