Everyone has those days where things just don’t seem to go right. You might feel a little low or find yourself in need of a gentle lift. This is where the right words can make all the difference. This collection of 101 pick-me-up quotes is designed to offer you that bit of encouragement and motivation just when you need it most. Whether you’re seeking a quick boost to your mood or something to help you through a tougher moment, these quotes have been carefully selected to bring a little light into your day.
- “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford
- “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” – Rosa Parks
- “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
- “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen R. Covey
- “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” – Pablo Picasso
- “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
- “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” – Unknown
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs
- “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
- “Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That’s the classic entrepreneur.” – Mohnish Pabrai
- We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Imagine your life is perfect in every respect; what would it look like?” – Brian Tracy
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” – Aristotle
- The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
- “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
- “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
- “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
- “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.” – Amy Poehler
- “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
- “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
- “You get what you give.” – Jennifer Lopez
- “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
- “Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
- No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – T. Roosevelt
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell.” – Bill Copeland
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
- “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “You become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
- “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
- “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins
- “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Matty Mullins
- “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Alice in Wonderland
- “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
- “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz
