Here are 230 of the best short inspirational quotes. It’s the perfect place to find the beautiful words if you want quick motivation for your day (and life). Enjoy!
Creativity gets you freedom. Hard work gets you respect. Angela Jiang
How we spend our time is the best test of intelligence. Shane Parrish
Learn slowly and deeply, otherwise you won’t remember. Build slowly and deeply, otherwise it won’t last. Maxime Lagacé
We are very, very small. But we are profoundly capable of very, very big things. Steven Hawking
Abundance is a full heart, not a full house. Courtney Carver
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. Mark Nepo
Resist nothing, it’s all fine. Naval Ravikant
Inspire people with your example. Be calm, healthy and loving. Maxime Lagacé
Love is the fruit of sacrifice. Wealth is the fruit of generosity. Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching, Amazon book)
Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe. Eckhart Tolle
To be human is to wait and wonder; to understand would be divine. Anne Scottlin
Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed. Anthony de Mello
Life is about the people right next to you. @orangebook_
We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. Archilochus
Be silent and watch the world of delusions melt away. B. D. Schiers
See also: motivation quotes, quotes to live by, uplifting quotes
The Best Short Inspirational Quotes
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without. Chuang Tzu
The best blooms when the mind is calm and tranquil. Dilip
Once you realize nothing will make you happy forever, you stop the search and you become peaceful. Maxime Lagacé
The wiser you get the less you care what they say. Maxime Lagacé
The more comfortable you are with silence, the more powerful you become. Maxime Lagacé
Silence is the cornerstone of character. Native American proverb (Teton Sioux)
It doesn’t matter how fast you move if it’s in a worthless direction. Sam Altman
Without hard work, a great strategy remains a dream. Without a great strategy, hard work becomes a nightmare. James Clear
Ultimately, the only way to truly be in control of your life is to be in control of your thoughts. James Clear
All that you give to others you are giving to yourself. Anthony de Mello
Happiness is like being cool: the harder you try the less it’s going to happen. So stop trying. Start living. Mark Manson
Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson. Alan Cohen
Happiness is not found in comfort and luxury but when you fight for something you love. Maxime Lagacé
Life is far too short to pursue things that do not genuinely interest you. James Pierce
Pessimists are intelligent. Optimists are rich. D. Muthukrishnan
If you wish to be unaffected by insults, learn to be unaffected by compliments. James Pierce
What you are looking for is already in you… You already are everything you are seeking. Thich Nhat Hanh
Move the body, rest the mind. Naval Ravikant
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie. Miyamoto Musashi
Life becomes better when you stop thinking about what other people think. Play your own game. Shane Parrish
Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage. Marcus Aurelius
Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is. Eckhart Tolle
See also: the best quotes of all time
Part 2. Short Inspirational Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Short Inspirational Quotes (Nietzsche, Maslow, Picasso, etc.)
Speak little, do much. Benjamin Franklin
He that never eats too much, will never be lazy. Benjamin Franklin
To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing. Pablo Picasso
True change is within; leave the outside as it is. 14th Dalai Lama
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness. Audrey Hepburn
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization. Abraham Maslow
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt
Your belief and your work will speak for you. Maya Angelou
The only two things that matter: ideas and execution. Gary Vaynerchuk
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Within yourself is a stillness, a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. Hermann Hesse
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. Arthur Schopenhauer
The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening. Albert Einstein
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our power resides not only in what we do but also in what we refuse to do. Paulo Coelho
I believe in the power of wandering. All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts… not analysis. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. Charles Bukowski
Big, undreamed-of things – the people on the edge see them first. Kurt Vonnegut
The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves. John Locke
The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. William James
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. Elon Musk
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever. Kobe Bryant
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Very Short Inspirational Quotes
One-liners, very short inspirational quotes, sayings, thoughts and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds.
Live hard. Be persistent. David Goggins
The process is the prize. Jack Butcher
Actions reveal who you are. Shane Parrish
Know what your bullseye is. Warren Buffett
The best revenge is winning. Anthony Pompliano
Indifference is a superpower. Maxime Lagacé
Only the heart senses beauty. Elon Musk
Leap, and the net will appear. Kamal Ravikant
Create the life of your dreams. Rhonda Byrne
Insight emerges out of silence. B. D. Schiers
Intelligence follows curiosity. James Clear
Inner peace is the new success. Thibaut
Freedom is the power to say no. James Clear
Prioritize direction over speed. Jack Butcher
Consistency precedes competence. Jack Butcher
Real progress is made in solitude. James Pierce
Our own life has to be our message. Thich Nhat Hanh
The only one who can free me is me. Kamal Ravikant
Consistency matters more than speed. @dailyzen
Wandering is essential for learning. James Clear
Your actions are your real priorities. James Clear
Have more fear of regret than failure. Thibaut
Happiness is a process of understanding. Naval Ravikant
Make space for more life, not more stuff. Courtney Carver
To know ten thousand things, know one well. Miyamoto Musashi
Inputs are overrated. Outputs are underrated. Maxime Lagacé
The more something scares you, the more you should do it. Mark Manson
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Short Motivational And Positive Quotes
This moment is all we are guaranteed. Be here for it. Courtney Carver
Get lost in what you care about. That’s where you’ll find everything. Courtney Carver
If I see something that I’m afraid of I head towards it, not away from it. Aubrey Marcus
How can I be better in this moment? Not in the future or tomorrow, but now. Ryan Holiday
To be the 1%, avoid what the 99% do. @orangebook_
What if I could? David Goggins (See also: What If You Could Defy The Odds? 3 minutes YouTube video)
Try to be the model citizen — if there’s enough of us, then people will aspire to be that. Naval Ravikant
The universe is rigged in such a way that if you just want one thing and you focus on that, you will get it. But everything else, you got to let go. Naval Ravikant
Anyone can dream big. Daily habits — tiny routines that are repeatable — are what make big dreams a reality. James Clear
Carpe, carpe. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. John Keating (Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society)
Anything is possible for the man who is obsessed with self-control and self-improvement. He can move mountains, inspire millions, and become etched in history as a legend. Zaid K. Dahhaj
Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all. Nathan W. Morris
Life isn’t always about doing the things we like to do. It’s about doing things we have to do. David Goggins
Your major competitive advantage is likely something you like doing that most other people don’t. Sahil Lavingia
Once you’ve had freedom, you can never go back. Shane Parrish
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. Thich Nhat Hanh
Every single circumstance of your life can change. Rhonda Byrne
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See also: Never Give Up (Award Nominated Short Film) (8 minutes YouTube video)
Deep And Short Inspirational Quotes
Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free. Eckhart Tolle
You can’t be what you can’t see. Marian Wright Edelman
You don’t do anything to be free. You drop something, then you’re free. Anthony de Mello
Utter disregard for consensus is a superpower. James Pierce
Only when you ask nothing of the world can you be truly free. James Pierce
When you stop focusing on the outcomes, you become free. The moment you become free, you become unlimited. Maxime Lagacé
Learn to ignore what’s not important. Learn to focus on what is. Maxime Lagacé
Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything. Hayley Hasselhoff
The only way you will ever awaken is through silence, not through analyzation of facts. Robert Adams
What you do is temporary. Who you are is timeless. Naval Ravikant
Everything you see will soon alter and cease to exist. Marcus Aurelius (Meditations, Amazon book)
If you added up all the time wasted searching for shortcuts and trying to cheat the process, the hard work could have already been done by now. James Clear
If you let others decide when you’re successful, you’re also letting them decide when you’re not. Sahil Lavingia
If you’re not unique, you better be the best. If you’re not the best, you better be unique. Eric Jorgenson
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
To live alone is the fate of all great souls. Arthur Schopenhauer
Preparedness everywhere means lack everywhere. Sun Tzu (The Art of War, Amazon book)
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Wise And Short Inspirational Quotes
Having no destination, I am never lost. Ikkyu
Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. Isaac Newton
Do what you have to do. In the meantime, accept what is. Eckhart Tolle
When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing. Zen proverb
The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness. Sakyong Mipham
Motivation is overrated. Consistency is underrated. Maxime Lagacé
The highest form of peace is love, the second is happiness, the third is acceptance. Maxime Lagacé
Fools focus on looking good, the wise on doing good. Maxime Lagacé
Lasting change becomes possible when you see where you are with absolute clarity. James Pierce
The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in silence. Richard Rohr
Meditation: gaining nothing, yet losing confusion. Thibaut
The smarter you are, the more likely you decide as late as possible. Shane Parrish
The longer the time frame for results, the less you need intensity and the more you need consistency. Shane Parrish
Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be. Thich Nhat Hanh
Mastery is an endless quest to reduce effort without reducing effectiveness. James Clear
The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice. James Clear
Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. Lao Tzu
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Part 3. Short Inspirational Quotes About…
Short Inspirational Quotes About Life, Love
Remove the things that remove you from your life. Courtney Carver
Don’t let the things you want distract you from the things you have. Courtney Carver
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way. Alan Watts
Be generous with your time. Be selfish with whom you spend it on. Alex Sauer
Your life will be in order when disorder ceases to bother you. James Pierce
In a world designed for the common, the uncommon must find their own way. James Pierce
When you stop living in the future, you start walking slowly. Sven Schnieders
The life of your dreams starts with one powerful thought, and then another, and another. Rhonda Byrne
The past has gone, the future has not come, so the most important moment of your life is always right here, right now. Chamtrul Rinpoche
The dream life: rich, anonymous, loved, healthy. @orangebook_
It’s a wonderful feeling when you know that people love you. Fred Rogers
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Arthur Schopenhauer
Challenge yourself to find the good and beautiful thing inside everyone you meet. It’s your job to find it, not their job to show you. Mark Manson
The greatest freedom in the world is to be able to do what you want, when you want, with who you want. Anthony Pompliano
A human being who dares to waste even an hour of his time hasn’t discovered the value of life. Ken Rutkowski
A life well-lived is a life well-edited. Prune away the inessential. Pour yourself into what remains. James Clear
Everything you build in your outer world will be destroyed. Everything you build in your inner world will live forever. Maxime Lagacé
You will find friends if you share. You will find meaning if you create. Maxime Lagacé
If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind. Alfred Fripp
See also: short love quotes
Short Inspirational Quotes About Happiness, Peace
The ultimate goal is not happiness, the goal is peace. Naval Ravikant
Make a difference about something other than yourselves. Toni Morrison
Our task is to become good men, or to achieve the highest human good. That good is happiness. Aristotle (See also: good quotes)
You have it already. You just can’t feel it because your mind is making too much noise. Eckhart Tolle
The root of progress is dissatisfaction. The root of happiness is contentment. Choose wisely. Maxime Lagacé
You can truly change for the better, in a lasting, meaningful way, unless it is driven by self-acceptance. Brené Brown
Nothing will bring you peace, you must bring yourself to it. Gant Laborde
I’m just someone who’s trying to learn a little bit more today that will make me a little bit better tomorrow. Aubrey Marcus
Sometimes you have to shut your eyes, so you can see the real beauty. Kilian Jornet
There is no better place than here, and no better time than now. James Pierce
If you can be mindful of thinking and mindful of emotion, that really is the doorway into a profound degree of psychological freedom. Sam Harris
Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness. Thich Nhat Hanh
In each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. Gauri Maa
Happiness is the absence of desire. It’s what you feel when you no longer want to change your state. James Clear
The more you slow down, the more space you have between your thoughts. The more space you have, the clearer you can see. Maxime Lagacé
Get clear on what matters by getting rid of everything that doesn’t. Courtney Carver
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Arthur Schopenhauer
The worst sin against your own happiness is to value the possessions in your life more than the people. Neil Strauss
Search for peace, not happiness. Happiness is transitory. And its absence brings pain. Thibaut
A secure mind doesn’t seek validation. A calm mind doesn’t seek entertainment. A peaceful mind doesn’t seek at all, it just is. Maxime Lagacé
Become kindness and you become peace. B. D. Schiers
Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. Buddha
See also: inner peace quotes
See also: 20 Simple Ways to Live a Healthy, Happy Life (moneycrashers.com)
Short Inspirational Quotes Hard Times, Being Strong
Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth. Anthony de Mello
Real challenge is costly. If you aren’t paying something, you aren’t really being challenged. Angela Jiang
The longer you’re willing to suffer on a project, the less competition you’ll have. Shane Parrish
One day you will view personal struggles more fondly than triumphs. Brian Norgard
Confidence is revealed in patience. Power is revealed in action. Alex Sauer
Remind yourself that the only things you can control are your thoughts and your actions. Ryan Holiday
The only failure you can be criticized for is not trying. Thibaut
It’s impossible to travel a great distance in a straight line. Evan Williams (Twitter)
Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of being. Eckhart Tolle
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Francis Bacon
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Short Inspirational Quotes About Motivation, Discipline
The more one does the more one can do. Amelia Earhart
If you truly want to do something, you don’t make a resolution to do it. James Pierce
We fight against things we hate. We fight for things we love. Simon Sinek
The more you execute, the more you fail. The more you fail, the less you care. The less you care, the more you execute. Jack Butcher (See also: failure quotes)
Motion does not equal action. Busyness does not equal effectiveness. James Clear
The hard way is actually the fast way. Do it right the first time and you won’t have to do it over the next time. James Clear
Push enough to make progress, but not so much that it is unsustainable. James Clear
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. John C. Maxwell
Men’s natures are alike. It is their habits that carry them far apart. Confucius
When you look at the greatest artists and creators, they have this ability to start over that nobody else does. Naval Ravikant
The most effective act is, once the mind is made up, to go on without looking backward. D. T. Suzuki
See also: Monday motivation quotes, discipline quotes
See also: Motivation: The Scientific Guide on How to Get and Stay Motivated (jamesclear.com)
Short Inspirational Quotes About Work, Business, Creativity
The work you are best suited for doesn’t feel like work. James Pierce
To become a clear communicator, become a clear thinker. James Pierce
You’ll never be a leader, if you worry about being liked. Alex Sauer
Meditation and walking is like cheating in the game of creative thinking. Sven Schnieders
Curiosity-driven tinkering is one of the major forces behind the progress of our society. Sven Schnieders
The most valuable work is invisible. Jack Butcher
Big opportunities only appear so in hindsight. They look like work, isolation, and risk first. Angela Jiang
Work on something you’d be proud of even if it failed. Sahil Lavingia
Don’t chase success. Create what you think should exist. No one knows until everyone knows – and by then it’s too late. Sahil Lavingia
Externally, be humble. Internally, be confident. James Clear
Creative ideas happen when you stop thinking about what others will think. James Clear
If you work, inspiration will come. If you wait, inspiration will too. James Clear
Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore. James Clear (See also: discipline quotes)
For peak performance, completely clear your mind and start. Thibaut
Everyone thinks they work hard, but most confuse activity with achievement. Thibaut
The key element of an optimal experience is that it is an end in itself. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Don’t mind results. Mind doing beautiful work. Maxime Lagacé
See also: hard work quotes, business quotes
Short Inspirational Quotes About Success, Dreams
Success is not about competition – it’s about contribution. Adam Grant
You can do remarkably well simply by having higher standards than everyone else. James Pierce
Potential is when you can accelerate faster than your environment can. Angela Jiang
The longer it takes to become successful, the more prepared you will be to handle it. Sahil Lavingia
Delay gratification. Average people can’t. Only the wise and successful can wait for exponential benefits. Maxime Lagacé
The right things are often the hard things. Have the discipline to consistently do them. Maxime Lagacé
Dreams go unfulfilled because we want to change results without changing the approach. Change the approach not the dream. Shane Parrish
Success is when you no longer compare yourself to anyone else. @orangebook_
Clarity is the new smart. Authenticity is the new cool. Free time is the new rich. @orangebook_
The key to success is consistency and discipline. Richard Dennis
If you can’t win by being better, then win by being different. James Clear
Success is not about your resources. It’s about how resourceful you are with what you have. Ken Rutkowski
Everyone has dreams in life. The question is, are you ready to pay the price. Kunal (@CrazyPolymath)
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Part 4. Conclusion
The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi
Call to action: Read 7 Little Habits That Can Change Your Life, and How to Form Them (zenhabits.net) or 10 Small Habits That Have A Huge Return On Life (dariusforoux.com)
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Short Inspirational Quotes That ARE
Famous
Very Short
Motivational
Deep
Wise
Part 3
Short Inspirational Quotes ABOUT
Life
Happiness
Hard Times
Motivation
Work
Success
Part 4
Conclusion