Top 120 Positive Short Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Spirituality Quotes

2. “Not all who wander are lost.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Running Quotes

3. “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Passion Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Nature Quotes, Adventure Quotes

4. “An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Personality Quotes

5. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Famous Quotes, Interesting Quotes

6. “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

— Oscar Wilde

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

7. “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Failure Quotes

8. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Happy Quotes, Personality Quotes

9. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Deep Quotes

10. “Never overlook the power of simplicity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Tuesday Motivational Quotes

11. “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Quotes About Hope

12. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

13. “Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.”

— James Freeman Clarke

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Happy Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Helping Quotes

14. “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes

15. “We rise by lifting others.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Care Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

16. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Study Quotes, Science Quotes

17. “If music be the food of love, play on.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Love You Quotes

18. “Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

19. “You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Monday Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

20. “Be better today than you were yesterday, and be better tomorrow than you are today.”

— Lorenzo Snow

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Intelligent Quotes

21. “The noblest art is that of making others happy.”

— P.T. Barnum

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Sweet Quotes

22. “Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don’t waste time – grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it’s not fun, move on.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Business Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

23. “You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.”

— Lady Gaga

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Affirmation Quotes

24. “Do the thing and you will have the power.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

25. “Don’t Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Positivity Quotes

26. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

— Beverly Sills

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Courage Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Effort Quotes

27. “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”

— Ronald Reagan

Also featured in: Work Ethic Quotes, Effort Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Humility Quotes

28. “All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome.”

— Alan Cohen

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Mind Quotes

29. “It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”

— Jane Fonda

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Choices Quotes

30. “Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.”

— Maria von Trapp

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Moving Quotes

31. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Changing the World Quotes

32. “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.”

— Victor Hugo

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

33. “Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”

— Carl Sagan

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Perspective Quotes

34. “Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.”

— Harvey MacKay

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Productivity Quotes

35. “Be the one to stand out in the crowd.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

36. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Quotes About Books And Reading, Creativity Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

37. “Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.”

— Regina Brett

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Mind Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

38. “I dwell in possibility.”

— Emily Dickinson

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Imagination Quotes

39. “The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”

— Thomas Paine

Also featured in: Wisdom Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Philosophy Quotes

40. “A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Also featured in: Patience Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Choices Quotes

41. “Peace is our gift to each other.”

— Elie Wiesel

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Quality Quotes, Quotes About Humanity

42. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

— Victor Kiam

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Progress Quotes

43. “Be bold and don’t worry about what people think. They don’t do it that often anyway.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Taking Action Quotes, Quotes About Thinking, Quotes About People

44. “There will be an answer. Let it be.”

— Paul McCartney

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Creative Quotes

45. “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”

— Michael Jackson

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Challenges Quotes, Future Quotes

46. “The only limit is the one you set yourself.”

— Felix Baumgartner

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Challenges Quotes

47. “Each day is a new opportunity. I chose to make this day a great one.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Helping Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

48. “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

— Lou Holtz

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

49. “Don’t be afraid of new arenas.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

50. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes