Top 200 Uplifting Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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

2. “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Sweet Quotes

3. “Still I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes

4. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

5. “Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Mind Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes

6. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Change Quotes

7. “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Christian Motivational Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Peace Quotes

8. “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

9. “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, Short Positive Quotes

10. “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

— Gail Devers

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Meaning Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

11. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

12. “Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

13. “Ask for what you want. Believe that you deserve it, and then allow Life to give it to you.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Empowering Quotes, Happy Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

14. “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”

— Mary Anne Radmacher

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

15. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

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

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

17. “I Have a Dream”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

18. “What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

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

— Paulo Coelho

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

20. “Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes

21. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Funny Quotes, Action Quotes

22. “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Mind Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

23. “Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.”

— Ralph Marston

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

24. “Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

25. “Where there is love there is life.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Love Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

26. “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.”

— William W. Purkey

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Optimism Quotes

27. “You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

28. “Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life. ”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

29. “Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

30. “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

— John Lennon

Also featured in: Quotes About Dreams, Important Quotes, Culture Quotes

31. “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

32. “This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”

— Alan Watts

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

33. “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes, Learning Quotes

34. “Daily ripples of excellence over time become a tsunami of success.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Motivational Quotes

35. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

36. “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Action Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Moving On Quotes

37. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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

38. “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

39. “For things to change, you have to change.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes

40. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

41. “You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

42. “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Bodybuilding Quotes

43. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”

— C. S. Lewis

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Important Quotes, Humility Quotes

44. “If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”

— William James

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

45. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

46. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Life Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Change Quotes

47. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

48. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

49. “If you don’t like how things are, change it. You are not a tree. ”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Mindset Quotes

50. “Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Wellness Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Struggle Quotes