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You can totally do this. Click to tweet
Don’t tell people your plans. Show them your results. Click to tweet
No pressure, no diamonds. Thomas Carlyle Click to tweet
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller Click to tweet
Stay foolish to stay sane. Maxime Lagacé Click to tweet
When nothing goes right, go left. Click to tweet
Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett Click to tweet
Impossible is for the unwilling. John Keats Click to tweet
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. Christopher Reeve Click to tweet
I can and I will. Click to tweet
Take the risk or lose the chance. Click to tweet
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. Augustine of Hippo Click to tweet
Good things happen to those who hustle. Anaïs Nin Click to tweet
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill Click to tweet
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking. Augustine of Hippo Click to tweet
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. William Blake Click to tweet
He who is brave is free. Seneca Click to tweet
Prove them wrong. Click to tweet
The fastest road to meaning and success: choose one thing and go all-in. Maxime Lagacé Click to tweet
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I’ve been indulging myself in short inspirational quotes every day since 2004.
In fact, short sentences, mantras and positive self-talk have changed my life completely.
Before my girlfriend died in a car accident, I was upbeat, confident and felt I could truly change the world.
Then, suddenly, I was depressed and confused. It lasted years.
I remember my sister asking, “Is everything alright Max?”.
The answer was simple: “no”.
I wasn’t unable to enjoy life as before.
So what happened?
I discovered books, blogs and quotes.
In a way, they became my guide and inspiration.
The more I was reading them, the better I felt.
Eventually, I started my own website to share that joy and passion for beautiful short words.
A few years later, it became WisdomQuotes, the website you’re reading right now.
Hope quotes will do the same to you.
The Best Short Inspirational Quotes
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No guts, no story. Chris Brady
My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi
Screw it, let’s do it. Richard Branson
Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare
Keep going. Be all in. Bryan Hutchinson
My life is my argument. Albert Schweitzer
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Dream big. Pray bigger.
Leave no stone unturned. Euripides
Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Steve Jobs Click to tweet
Broken crayons still color. Click to tweet
And so the adventure begins.
If you want it, work for it.
You can if you think you can. George Reeves
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
Grow through what you go through.
Do it with passion or not at all.
If it matters to you, you’ll find a way. Charlie Gilkey
She believed she could, so she did.
The past does not equal the future. Tony Robbins
Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr
Success is the child of audacity. Benjamin Disraeli
Whatever you do, do with all your might. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Dream without fear. love without limits.
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Every noble work is at first impossible. Thomas Carlyle (Related quote topic: hard work)
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santanaya
Open your mind. Get up off the couch. Move. Anthony Bourdain
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. André Gide
Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable. Paramahansa Yogananda
Each day provides its own gifts. Marcus Aurelius
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Euripides
The true success is the person who invented himself. Al Goldstein
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb. Roman proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb
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Part 2. Short Inspirational Quotes That ARE…
Very Short Quotes (For Tattoo, Mantras, etc.)
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Love.
Begin.
Let go.
Breathe.
Slow down.
Let it be.
Go for it.
I love you.
Choose joy.
Choose happy.
Take it easy.
Be in the now.
Live the moment.
Keep going.
Do it. With love.
Keep your chin up.
Follow your heart.
Never stop dreaming.
Now is all you have.
Keep moving forward.
Love more. Worry less.
Nothing lasts forever.
Work hard. Stay humble.
Enjoy the little things.
The best is yet to come.
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Collect moments – not things.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Deep Short Quotes
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Be a voice. Not an echo. Click to tweet
Seek the seeker. Ramana Maharshi
Every wall is a door. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silence is an answer too.
If youth knew; if age could. Sigmund Freud
Time is the soul of this world. Pythagoras
Life is short, death is forever. Chuck Palahniuk Click to tweet
Stars can’t shine without darkness.
Be who you needed when you were young.
Innocence is courage and clarity both. Osho
Find what you love and let it kill you. Charles Bukowski
I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind.
If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. Tom Peters
You’ve gotta know what death is to know life. Jack Kevorkian
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. Will Rogers
It takes a long time to become young. Pablo Picasso
Forgiveness is giving up hope for a better past.
Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.
Character like a photograph, develops in darkness.
Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. Gary Keller Click to tweet
God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails. Augustine of Hippo
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso
The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer
Hearts are wild creatures, that’s why our ribs are cages.
Your faith can move mountains and your doubt can create them.
The knowledge of happiness brings the knowledge of unhappiness. Swami Vivekananda
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Kahlil Gibran
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. Rumi
It’s so strange that autumn is so beautiful; yet everything is dying.
When you’re happy you enjoy the music, when you’re sad you understand the lyrics.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. Jiddu Krishnamurti
When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. George Harrison
If you do it for competition you’re screwed. If you do it for love you have a chance. Maxime Lagacé
Wise Short Quotations
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You have to be odd to be number one. Dr. Seuss Click to tweet
Please all, and you will please none. Aesop
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Benjamin Disraeli
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent. Martin Luther King Jr
Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
Some people are so poor, all they have is money. Jack Kerouac
All generalizations are false, including this one. Mark Twain
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. Henry David Thoreau
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain
The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. James Crook
What counts can’t always be counted; what can be counted doesn’t always count. Albert Einstein
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. Ray Knight
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. Mark Twain
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Part 3. Conclusion
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Love the life you live. Live the life you love. Bob Marley Click to tweet
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