Top 200 Encouraging Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Impact Quotes

2. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Action Quotes

3. “You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Impact Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

4. “You can always do more than you think you can.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Effort Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

5. “We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

6. “Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes

7. “Always deliver more than expected.”

— Larry Page

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8. “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Care Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

9. “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

10. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Friday Quotes for Work, Positive Motivation Quotes

11. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Life Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength

12. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Love Quotes, Christian Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

13. “Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Discipline Quotes

14. “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Time Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

15. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

— Oscar Wilde

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Identity Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

16. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Study Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

17. “Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Wise Quotes

18. “It’s not about the goal. It’s about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

19. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes

20. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

21. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Education Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

22. “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Awakening Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

23. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

— Mark Twain

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

24. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

25. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Feel Good Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

26. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

27. “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

28. “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Business Quotes, Winning Quotes, Effort Quotes

29. “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes

30. “Where focus goes, energy flows.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Short Inspirational Quotes

31. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.”

— William Arthur Ward

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32. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Life Quotes, Failure Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

33. “Just be yourself, there is no one better.”

— Taylor Swift

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Empowering Quotes

34. “Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”

— Chris Bradford

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

35. “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

36. “Always asked, ‘What’s the key to success?’ The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry, and always be the hardest worker in the room.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes

37. “The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Spiritual Growth Quotes, Buddhist Quotes, Peace Quotes

38. “The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

39. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Empowering Quotes

40. “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Wisdom Quotes

41. “Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.”

— Arianna Huffington

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42. “You have something special. You have greatness in you. You have the ability to do more than you can ever begin to imagine.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

43. “Love what you do; Do what you love.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Career Development Quotes

44. “Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Action Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

45. “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

46. “You cannot open a book without learning something.”

— Confucius

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47. “A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”

— Napoleon Hill

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48. “Don't look back – forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring,and infinite patience – then alone can great deeds be accomplished”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Focus Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

49. “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.”

— Les Brown

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50. “Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes