Top 200 Short Positive Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

— Leo Buscaglia

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes

2. “Work hard, have fun and make history.”

— Jeff Bezos

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes

3. “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Journey Quotes

4. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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

5. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Goal Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

6. “Learning never exhausts the mind.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Learning Quotes, Short Quotes

7. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Quality Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Wise Quotes

8. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

9. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”

— Nelson Mandela

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

10. “Awareness is the greatest agent for change.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Interesting Quotes

11. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Love Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

12. “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, Positive Life Quotes

13. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Failure Quotes

14. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Personality Quotes

15. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

— George Eliot

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

16. “Never overlook the power of simplicity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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

17. “Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Love Quotes, Relationship Quotes

18. “Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

19. “Make today worth remembering.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Goal Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

20. “We are what we believe we are.”

— C. S. Lewis

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

21. “Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever.”

— Walt Disney

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

22. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy. It’s all that matters.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Happy Quotes

23. “Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

24. “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl R. Rogers

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

25. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

26. “See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Wealth Quotes

27. “Helping others is the way we help ourselves.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

28. “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Dedication Quotes

29. “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”

— Robert Tew

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

30. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

31. “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

32. “Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Fiction Quotes

33. “Give out what you most want to come back.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Clever Quotes

34. “When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose to be kind.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Short Quotes

35. “Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.”

— Les Brown

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

36. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Failure Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

37. “We don’t “have” a great day, we “make it” a great day!”

— Frosty Westering

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

38. “Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”

— William James

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Mindset Quotes

39. “Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.”

— James Allen

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Self-Realization Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

40. “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

41. “As nurses, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul, and body of our patients, their families, and ourselves. They may not remember our names but they will never forget the way we made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Emotional Quotes

42. “It’s not about your resources, it’s about your resourcefulness.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

43. “After all, tomorrow is another day.”

— Margaret Mitchell

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Quotes About Hope, Moving Forward Quotes

44. “God speaks in the silence of the heart.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Faith Quotes

45. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.”

— Emily Dickinson

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students

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

— Jane Fonda

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

47. “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

— Seneca

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Interesting Quotes, Reflection Quotes

48. “Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Boldness Quotes

49. “Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.”

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Future Quotes, Clever Quotes

50. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

— Anne Frank

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Helping Others Quotes