100 Famous Encouragement Quotes & Short Words of Encouragement
Best Encouraging Quotes
“You’re allowed to scream, you’re allowed to cry but do not give up.”
“You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved.”
“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Be a pineapple stand tall wear a crown and be sweet on the inside.”
“Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
“God is not punishing you, he is preparing you. Trust his plans not your pain.”
“I’m so proud of you. I just wanted to tell you in case no one has.”
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” —Rosa Parks
“Sometimes when you are in a dark place you think you have been buried, but actually you have been planted.”
“You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine.”
“Never let a bad situation bring out the worst in you. Choose to stay positive and be the strong person that God created you to be!”
“There’s a reason for everything. This one may look like a setback. It doesn’t mean you’re failing but that God is growing you in a new way.”
“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” —Vince Lombardi
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” —Anne Frank
Famous Quotes of Encouragement
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” —Og Mandino
“True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents.” —John W. Gardner
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” —George S. Patton
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins
“Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth.” —Hopi prayer
“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” —Rainer Rilke
“It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” —Thomas Jefferson
“It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.” —Malala Yousafzai
“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.” —William James
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor.” —Aristotle
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” —Thomas A. Edison
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” —Hellen Keller
“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” —Jim Rohn
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” —Alexander Graham Bell
“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” —Tony Robbins
“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” —Garrison Keillor
“Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.” —Jennifer Grahnolm
“Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.” —Donald Trump
“Press on – nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.” —Calvin Coolidge
“Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.” —Walt Disney
Positive Encouraging Quotes
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” —Thomas Paine
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson
“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” —Nikos Kazantzakis
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” —Maya Angelou
“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” —Victor Kiam
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” —Elon Musk
Encouragement Quotes For Work
“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.” —Elbert Hubbard
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you too.”
“Stop beating yourself up you are a work in progress, which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once.”
“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, and not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.”
Life Encouragement Quotes
“God knew your life would come to this and he has a plan for you.”
“When you feel like you’re drowning in life, don’t worry – your Lifeguard walks on water.”
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” —Helen Keller
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” —Charles R. Swindoll
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.” —Les Brown
“Soon, when all is well, you’re going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.” —Brittany Burgunder
“In case you forgot to remind yourself this morning: Your butt is perfect. Your smile lights up the room. Your mind is insanely cool. You are way more than enough. And you are doing an amazing job at life.”
“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.” —Audrey Hepburn
“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” —Vince Lombardi
Daily Encouragement Quotes
“A little progress everyday adds up to big results.”
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” —H. G. Wells
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” —Jim Rohn
“Take a deep breath, it’s just a bad day not a bad life.”
“Look for something positive in each day even if some days you have to look a little harder.”
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
“You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day.”
“Someday everything will make perfect sense. So for now laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.”
Self-Encouragement Quotes
“Believe in yourself and you’ll be unstoppable.”
“Train yourself to find the blessing in everything.”
“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can!”
“Beautiful girl you were made to do hard things. So believe in yourself.”
“Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person you are.”
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” —Wayne Dyer
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” —Mark Caine
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
Short Words Of Encouragement, Quotes
“Wake up. Kick ass. Repeat.”
“You are gold, baby. Solid gold.”
“You are capable of amazing things.”
“Don’t think, just do.” —Horace
“You only fail when you stop trying.”
“There’s something in you that the world needs.”
“Hey, little fighter, soon things will be brighter.”
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny.”
“Never complain and never explain.” —Benjamin Disraeli
“Never, never, never give up.” —Winston Churchill
“The best revenge is massive success.” —Frank Sinatra
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
“You are amazing, you are brave, and you are strong.”
“I’ve never met a strong person with an easy past.”
“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”
“Everything you need to accomplish your goals is already in you.”
“Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.”
“It always seems impossible until it is done.” —Nelson Mandela
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.” —Alfred A. Montapert
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” —Aristotle
“I know it has been tough but I still cheering for you.”
“The Lord will fight for you. You need only to be still.”