If you’re looking for a few words of encouragement or some helpful quotes about moving on from the past, then this page is for you. We pulled this page together because chances are you’ve experienced your fair share of hardships, and heartbreaks in the past. Experiences that have caused you pain and suffering, but that you have yet to let go.

So, if you are still afraid of the unknown, or uncertain about what the future holds for you, that’s okay, because these handful of quotes about moving on will help you push through those dark clouds of your past so you can finally get moving towards your better and brighter future.

With that said, if you’re ready for some inspiring words to help you move on from you past for good, then let’s get started.

Best Quotes About Moving On From The Past

1. “One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.” – Anonymous

2. “The past. It’s done. Move on.” – Anonymous

3. “Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.” – Elizabeth Scott

4. “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu

5. “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.” – Anonymous

6. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

7. “Sometimes you just have to turn the page to realize there is more to your book of life than the page you’re stuck on.” – Anonymous

8. “If someone keeps bringing you down, perhaps it’s time to leave.” – Karen Salmansohn

9. “A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back — you just have to put that past behind you, and find something better in your future.” – Jodi Picoult

10. “Morning will come, it has not choice.” – Anonymous

11. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” – Maya Angelou

12. “If anyone hurts you, love him; it is the greatest revenge.” – Debasish Mrdidha

13. “Note to self: Nobody is worth stressing over. Move on, leave people behind and go find yourself. The world is your. Life goes on.” – Anonymous

14. “It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.” – Nicholas Sparks

15. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley

16. “Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” – Johnathan Lockwoode

17. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

18. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett

19. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – John Pierpont Morgan

20. “Don’t let your past kill your future.” – Anonymous

21. “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber

22. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

23. “It all starts with a small step.” – Anonymous

24. “Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.” – Steve Maraboli

25. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.” – Theresa S. Monson

26. “In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” – Deepak Chopra

27. “If you spend too long holding on to the one who treats you like an option, you’ll miss finding the one who treats you like a priority.” – Anonymous

28. “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” – Joseph Campbell

29. “Life goes on… Whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown. Or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could’ve been.” – Stephanie Smith

30. “The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.” – Robert Plant

31. “You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.” – Mel Gibson

32. “There is a blessing in everything. Behind every moment of adversity in your life there is a blessing and a lesson. Every moment of adversity has those two things.” – Steve Harvey

33. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent

34. “Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” – Anonymous

35. “Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.” – Danica Patrick

36. “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” – C. Joy Bell

37. “Life is like a road, there are bumps, there are cracks, there are road blocks, but the only important thing is that it keeps going.” – Anonymous

38. “Mistakes happen and life goes on.” – Sourav Ganguly

39. “Your past is just a story. And once you realize this is has no power of you.” – Chuck Palahniuk

40. “The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

41. “My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.” – Maya Angelou

42. “The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me — and I love to live life at full throttle.” – Janice Dickinson

43. “You are allowed to let go of all those that do not set you free anymore.” – Dhiman

44. “At some point you must accept that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Anonymous

45. “If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paolo Coelho

46. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino

47. “Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on.” – Rick Ross

48. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Suess

49. “People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on.” – Mac Miller

50. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” – Rick Warren

51. “Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful. But most of the time, it’s both.” – Lana Lang

52. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli

53. “As long as you’re still alive, you always have the chance to start again.” – Emily Acker

54. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

55. “Life goes on, and one should look ahead and not backward.” – Sonali Bendre

56. “Be strong, because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it never rains forever.” – Anonymous

57. “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

58. “Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet.” – Sean Patrick Flanery

59. “Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that, so no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep your head up, and handle it.” – Tupac Shakur

60. “Leave the past where it is… Behind you!” – Anonymous

61. “Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.” – Dan Brown

62. “Forget the past.” – Nelson Mandela

63. “Let go of the past, but keep the lessons it taught you.” – Chiara Gizzi

64. “Sometimes you have to make a decision that will break your heart but heal your soul.” – Anonymous

65. “In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain the old pain.” – Mary Manin Morrissey

66. “It might even be time to sacrifice what you love best, so that you can become who you might become, instead of staying who you are.” – Jordan B. Peterson

67. “Remember, whether you choose to move on or stay stuck in the past, life goes on!” – Billy Cox

68. “The past is in your head, but your future is in your hands.” – Anonymous

69. “Life is divided into three terms — that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future.” – William Wordsworth

70. “Sometime, the best revenge is to just let go and move on.” – Anonymous

71. “Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.” – Paulo Coelho

72. “Sometimes you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings.” – Anonymous

73. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montogomery

74. “Just when the caterpillar thought its life was over, it began to fly.” – Anonymous

75. “You can’t go back and change the beginning. But you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

76. “The truth is, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” – Steve Maraboli

77. “Don’t let the darkness from your past block the light of joy in your present. What happened is done. Stop giving time to things which no longer exist, when there is so much joy to be found her & now.” – Karen Salmansohn

78. “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, “I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I am not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Olsteen

79. “When you bring peace to your past, you can move forward to your future.” – Anonymous

80. “Breathe in. Breath out. Move on.” – Move On Quote

81. “You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” – Jan Glidewell

82. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli

83. “Inhale the future, exhale the past.” – Anonymous

84. “The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.” – Faraaz Kazi

85. “Focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from.” – Amy Harmon

86. “Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” – Roy T. Bennett

87. “I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.” – Shannon A. Thompson

88. “Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.” – Nhat Hanh

89. “The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

90. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

91. “Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much longer. But all are necessary, otherwise they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.” – Wayne Dyer

92. “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” – Gautama Buddha

93. “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” – Rumi

94. “You must make peace with your past in order to move forward with your future.” – Billy Cox

95. “Even if our life circumstances take a while to reflect our inner decisions, once decisions are made, everything in our life will move in the direction of aligning with that.” – Donna Goddard

96. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

97. “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

98. “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on.” – Tupac Shakur

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” – Anonymous

99. “The answer to every adversity lies in courageously moving forward with faith.” – Edmond Mbiaka

100. “Your past doesn’t equal your future.” – Tony Robbins

Final Thoughts

There you have it, the best of the best moving on quotes. We hope they inspired you, even if just a little, to begin looking forward towards that bright new world of possibilities that awaits you.

Now it’s up to you to just take that first step and never look back.

Till then,

STRIVE

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We all have rough days now again, and sometimes a few inspiring words of encouragement is all it takes to reinvigorate us and help us get back into the swing of things.  It doesn’t matter if you just need a little encouragement to help you continue putting one foot in front of the other, or if you’re seeking the type of inspiration that will get you running like you are on fire towards your dreams again, these inspirational picture quotes and motivational images will do the trick.

So, if you’re in a slump, struggling to push yourself, or looking for those final words of sincere encouragement to prompt you into action, let’s dive into this ultimate collection of motivational and inspirational picture quotes.

Best Inspirational Picture Quotes

1. “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

2. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.” – Abraham Lincoln

4. “It’s the start that stops most people.” – Anonymous

5. “Ever artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. “As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live.” – Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe

7. “Don’t wait for opportunity, create it!” – Anonymous

8. “Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.” – Kanye West

9. “Don’t dream your life, but live your dream.” – Mark Twain

10. “Follow your dreams, they know the way.” – Kobe Yamada

11. “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln

12. “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius

13. “Success comes to those who become success conscious.” – Napoleon Hill

14. “Anything is possible with the right mindset.” – Tyson Fury

15. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” – Muhammad Ali

16. “Be obsessed or be average.” – Grant Cardone

17. ” Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale

18. “Work hard. Work smart. Be patient.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

19. “Ambition without action is fantasy.” – Bryant McGill

20. “For things to change you have to change.” – Jim Rohn

21. “The path to success is to take massive determined action.” – Tony Robbins

22. “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

23. “Shallow men believe in luck or circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

24. “Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash

25. “Push yourself because no on else is going to do it for you.” – Mark Cuban

26. “Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.” – Robert Greene

27. “I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that, but the one thing I might regret was not trying.” – Jeff Bezos

28. “Live the life you deserve.” – Inspirational Picture Quote

29. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez

30. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

31. “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

32. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

33. “Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

34. “Dream big start small, but most of all, START.” – Simon Sinek

35. “Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” – Zig Ziglar

36. “If you believe in it and believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.” – Ray Kroc

37. “Stay patient and trust the journey.” – Anonymous

Best Motivational Picture Quotes and Images

We hope you’re enjoying our collection of inspirational picture quotes thus far. This next section is equally inspiring; however, these quote pictures are more motivational in nature. So, if you’re inspired, and now you’re looking for a good push, these motivational images and motivating picture quotes will do the trick. Enjoy!

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38. “Hunger is the only differentiation in people; it’s not talent.” – Tony Robbins

39. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to out work and out learn EVERYONE.” – Mark Cuban

40. “What you focus on expands.” – T. Harv Eker

41. “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.” – George S. Clason

42. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

43. “No one gets ahead by striving for mediocrity.” – Glenn C. Stewart

44. “Success without fulfillment IS failure.” – Tony Robbins

45. “If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” – Tom Brady

46. “You have to think big to be big.” – Claude M. Bristol

47. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

48. “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky

49. “There is no shortage of money in this world. Start hustling.” – Grant Cardone

50. “Self-reliance is the best defense against the pressures of the moment.” – Carl Von Clausewitz

51. “I don’t stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done.” – David Goggins

52. “No one cares, work harder.” – Anonymous

53. “Rest when you’re dead.” – Motivational Picture Quote

54. “If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.” – William Feather

55. “Pause if you must, but don’t stop.” – Anonymous

56. “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles

57. “I never dreamed of success, I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder

58. “You back up, but you don’t give up.” – Chuck Yeager

59. “Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.” – Steve Harvey

60. “Effort is grossly underrated.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

61. “Do the Work!” – The Ultimate Warrior

62. “Discipline is the architect of success.” – Motivational Image Quote

63. “Grow big by THINKING BIG.” – David J. Schwartz

64. “Greatness only comes before grind in the dictionary.” – The STRIVE

65. “Big men do not laugh at big ideas.” – David J. Schwartz

66. “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.’ – Moliere

67. “The people who want to step into their GREATNESS are HUNGRY!” – Les Brown

68. “Your past does not equal your future.” – Tony Robbins

69. “When you have a hard life, a tough life, SUCCESS becomes VERY EASY.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

70. “It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep.’ – Robert Kiyosaki

71. “Sloth and prosperity can never be companions.” – James Allen

72. “Lost time is NEVER found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

73. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” – Vince Lombardi

74. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

75. “Comfort is the enemy of progress and growth.” – Motivational Quote With Picture

76. “I was willing to put in the work.” – Ray Lewis

77. “If you don’t play to WIN, don’t play at all.” – Tom Brady

78. “What you BELIEVE yourself to be, YOU ARE.” – Claude M. Bristol

79. “There’s ONLY one KING.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

80. “Whatever you want to do, GO DO IT!” – Ray Lewis

81. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay

82. “It’s not where you start, it’s where you FINISH that counts.” – Zig Ziglar

Final Thoughts

There you have it, the best of the best when it comes to inspirational picture quotes and high-powered motivational images. We hope they did what they were intended to do, get you back on track, and hellbent on achieving your goals and dreams.

If you found any of our motivational and inspirational picture quotes helpful, please consider sharing the quote or our page with someone who might appreciate them.

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With that said, keep pushing and dreaming big, and soon enough, you’ll achieve the impossible.

Till then,

STRIVE

Oprah Winfrey is the billionaire media executive and philanthropist who has been inspiring people all over the world since 1986. She first made her mark as the host of one of the most popular talk shows off all time, and has since starred in multiple movies and launched her very own entertainment network known as OWN.

Needless to say, Oprah knows a thing or two about success and living an inspired life. As such, we’ve decided to roundup some of her most empowering quotes to help guide you on your success journey.

So, if you’re ready to be inspired and moved, then let’s dive into these powerful Oprah Winfrey quotes.

BEST OPRAH WINFREY QUOTES OF ALL TIME

1. “Anything you can imagine you can create.” – Oprah Winfrey

2. “Create the highest grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey

3. “It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you — always.” – Oprah Winfrey

4. “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” – Oprah Winfrey

5. “The more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because, for sure, what you focus on expands. When you focus on the goodness in life, you create more of it.” – Oprah Winfrey

6. “Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey

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

8. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

9. “Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. But what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey

10. “Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out and live fully.” – Oprah Winfrey

11. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

12. “When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

13. “I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.” – Oprah Winfrey

14. “You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.” – Oprah Winfrey

15. “You can have it all, just not all at once.” – Oprah Winfrey

16. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

17. “You are what you are by what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey

18. “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

19. “Everybody has a calling. And your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you were meant to be, and to begin to honor that in the best way possible for yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

20. “Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power of this present moment, because life is now.” – Oprah Winfrey

21. “Balance lives in the present. When you feel the earth moving, bring yourself back to the now.” – Oprah Winfrey

22. “Life is about finding yourself, embracing your strengths and weaknesses, and being true to who you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

23. “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey

24. “The reason I’ve been so financially successful is my focus has never, for one minute been money.” – Oprah Winfrey

25. “Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more of who you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

26. “Listen to the rhythm of your own calling, and follow that.” – Oprah Winfrey

27. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

28. “Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey

29. “When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

30. “Money is worth nothing if it can’t buy you the opportunity to love more.” – Oprah Winfrey

31. “I finally realized being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.” – Oprah Winfrey

32. “If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.” – Oprah Winfrey

33. “Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.” – Oprah Winfrey

34. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey

35. “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.” – Oprah Winfrey

36. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” – Oprah Winfrey

37. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

38. “Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.” – Oprah Winfrey

39. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey

40. “You are the single biggest influence in your life.” – Oprah Winfrey

41. “To move forward, you have to give back.” – Oprah Winfrey

42. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.” – Oprah Winfrey

43. “With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.” – Oprah Winfrey

44. “Doing the best in this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey

45. “So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.” – Oprah Winfrey

46. “It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.” – Oprah Winfrey

47. “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey

48. “I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.” – Oprah Winfrey

49. “Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.” – Oprah Winfrey

50. “Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.” – Oprah Winfrey

51. “Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it.” – Oprah Winfrey

52. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint, that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love, and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.” – Oprah Winfrey

53. “I was once afraid of people saying, ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.'” – Oprah Winfrey

54. “I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.” – Oprah Winfrey

55. “The more you praise an celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

56. “Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world.” – Oprah Winfrey

57. “I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.” – Oprah Winfrey

58. “Luck is preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey

59. “When someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will followed man many other times.” – Oprah Winfrey

60. “You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

61. “Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, nd soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.” – Oprah Winfrey

62. “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” – Oprah Winfrey

63. “You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.” – Oprah Winfrey

64. “True forgiveness is when you can say… Thank you for that experience.” – Oprah Winfrey

65. “Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgements of others.” – Oprah Winfrey

66. “Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much power you have.” – Oprah Winfrey

67. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey

68. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey

69. “I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.” – Oprah Winfrey

70. “When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that’s how you know you’re on the right path.” – Oprah Winfrey

71. “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” – Oprah Winfrey

72. “You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticizing. You cannot be loving when you are judging.” – Oprah Winfrey

73. “If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus.” – Oprah Winfrey

74. “You don’t have to hold yourself hostage to who you used to be.” – Oprah Winfrey

75. “The way through the challenge is to get still, and ask yourself: what is the next right move.” – Oprah Winfrey

76. “The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.” – Oprah Winfrey

77. “You only have control over yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

78. “Devote today to something so daring even you can’t believe you’re doing it.” – Oprah Winfrey

79. “If you want to live an adventurous life, have complete confidence in your body, mind and spirit.” – Oprah Winfrey

80. “Look for something positive each day, even if you have to look a little harder.” – Oprah Winfrey

81. “Big miracles we’re waiting on are happening right in front of us, at every moment, with every breath. Open your eyes and heart and you’ll begin to see them.” – Oprah Winfrey

82. “How you spend your time defines who you are.” – Oprah Winfrey

83. “What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.” – Oprah Winfrey

84. “When people show you who they are… believe them!” – Oprah Winfrey

85. “I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

86. “As you become more clear about who you really are, you’ll be better able to decide what is best for you — the first time around.” – Oprah Winfrey

87. “Don’t let people talk you into what they think is you.” – Oprah Winfrey

88. “You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you’re responsible for the energy that you bring to others.” – Oprah Winfrey

89. “Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.” – Oprah Winfrey

90. “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” – Oprah Winfrey

91. “Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.” – Oprah Winfrey

92. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” – Oprah Winfrey

93. “What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.” – Oprah Winfrey

94. “When you’re doing the work you’re meant to do it feels right, and every day is a bonus regardless of what you’re getting paid.” – Oprah Winfrey

95. “Every right decision I ever made has come from my gut.” – Oprah Winfrey

96. “Every wrong decision I’ve ever made was a result of me not listing to the greater voice of myself.” – Oprah Winfrey

97. “Even doubt means don’t.” – Oprah Winfrey

98. “Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling, everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.” – Oprah Winfrey

99. “I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.” – Oprah Winfrey

100. “What I’ve found is that difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper, because life always whispers to you first. And if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream.” – Oprah Winfrey

Related: Oprah Winfrey Success Story

Bonus Oprah Winfrey Quote

Bonus: Alright, here’s our final Oprah Winfrey quote for success. We think it encapsulates her essence and message better than any other quote. So, be sure to take this one to heart. Enjoy!

“The Big Secret In Life Is That There Is No Big Secret. Whatever Your Goal, You Can Get There If You’re Willing To Work.”

– oprah winfrey –

Final Thoughts

There you have it, the best of the best when it comes Oprah quotes. We hope you found as much inspiration and wisdom in her quotes as we did.

No doubt, Oprah understands what it takes to live a truly fulfilling and successful life, so to take her words to heart, and come back again whenever you need another dose of Oprah-inspired empowerment.

Till then,

STRVE

Gratitude is the quality of being thankful. It’s a readiness to show appreciation, and an eager willingness to return kindness to the person or entity that has graced us with the good we find ourselves appreciating. Gratitude is a positive quality that allows us to celebrate the present, block toxic emotions and experiences, reduce stress, and improve our self-worth. In short, gratitude is good and can help us create a beautiful life. So, in honor of this powerful life-enhancing attitude, we aim to publish some of our favorite gratitude quotes.

Our hope is that these gratitude quotes will help you realize that an attitude of gratitude is worth embracing all year long, and not just in November. With that said, if you’re ready for some of the most inspiring gratitude quotes and sayings, let’s dive in:

BEST GRATITUDE QUOTES AND SAYINGS

1. “Being rich/wealthy is being in touch with the fullness of life. When you are open to the present moment, what comes in, is a gratitude for “what is”. – Eckhart Tolle

2. “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” – Eckhart Tolle

3. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

4. “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” – Zig Ziglar

5. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” – Zig Ziglar

6. “Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” – Zig Ziglar

7. “Gratitude is the vessel that we lift to the Gods that they may fill it with their wonder-gifts.” – Rudolf Steiner

8 “Gratitude is a sacred space where you allow and know that a force greater than your ego is always at work and always available.” – Wayne Dyer

9. “Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth sailing. What is the lesson or gift in what you are experiencing right now? Find your joy not in what’s missing in your life but in how you can serve.” – Wayne Dyer

10. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

11. “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” – William Arthur Ward

12. “Here dies another day during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me; and with tomorrow begins another. Why am I allowed two?” – G.K. Chesterton

13. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton

14. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of though; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton

15. “When you direct your focus toward gratitude, you’ll find true joy and fulfillment.” – Tony Robbins

16. “Trade your expectation to appreciation and the world changes instantly.” – Tony Robbins

17. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer

18. “The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.” – Albert Schweitzer

19. “To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything he has given us — and he has given us everything.” – Thomas Merton

20. “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” – Robert Braathe

21. “Gratitude therefore take nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.” – Thomas Merton

22. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

23. “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

24. “The more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because for sure what you focus on expands. When you focus on the goodness in life, you create more of it.” – Oprah Winfrey

25. “I am happy because I am grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.” – Will Arnet

26. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

27. “My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, all is good.” – Louise Hay

28. “That’s just the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.” – Louise Hay

29. “In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

30. “Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.” – Jack Canfield

31. “I awoke this morning with devout thanskgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Short Gratitude Quotes

We hope you enjoyed the inspiring gratitude quotes above. This next set is no less inspiring, but is a collection of some of those pithy and short gratitude quotes that pack a punch. We hope you appreciate them.

32. “Gratitude is the energy of faith.” – William Arthur Ward

33. “The universe provides abundantly when you’re in a state of gratefulness.” – Wayne Dyer

34. “The more gratitude I feel, the more I am aware that the supply is endless.” – Louise Hay

35. “When you’re present in gratitude you can’t be anywhere else.” – Jay Shetty

36. “A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.” – Gratitude Quote

37. “Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.” – C.S. Lewis

38. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Tony Robbins

39. “I can no other answer make, but thanks and thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare

40 “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

41. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may loo bac and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault

Best Attitude of Gratitude Quotes

Having an attitude of gratitude is key to living our best lives. It’s a practice and habit that we should all embrace. With that said, below is small collection of some of the best quotes attitude of gratitude quotes. Enjoy.

42. “Always have an attitude of gratitude.” – Sterling K. Brown

43. “Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.” – Zig Ziglar

44. “Of all the ‘attitudes’ we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.” – Zig Ziglar

45. “Be present in all things, and thankful for all things.” – Maya Angelou

46. “You cut yourself off from the supply of awesomeness when you are not in a state of gratitude.” – Jen Sincero

47. “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett

48. “There are so many things in the world that could be invisible to the material eye, and when you take a moment to stop, to pause, to be present and notice them — that’s gratitude.” – Jay Shetty

49. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

50. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day

51. “Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.” – Arianna Huffington

52. “Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life — this I know for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

53. “O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.” – William Shakespeare

54. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

55. “When you drink from the stream remember the spring.” – Chinese Proverb

56. “When you arise in the morning, think of the precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love — then make that day count.” – Steve Maraboli

57. “The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” – Nietzsche

58. “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” – John Ortberg

59. “You can’t be grateful and be a victim at the same time. Stop playing the blame game.” – Ed Mylett

60. “Gratitude erases negativity.” – Steve Harvey

61. “Let your small appreciations build into a tidal wave of gratitude.” – Ken Honda

62. “Gratitude works like miracles. If you pour on gratitude, everything melts, especially bad feelings.” – Wahei Takeda

63. “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

64. “What you focus on you create more of, so if the plan is to get rich, you’re gonna want to focus on abundance as much as possible. Give as much as you can as often as you can, receive with gratitude and joy, think of money as your pal, raise your frequency and get in the flow, yo.” – Jen Sincero

65. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth

66. “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis

67. “Showing gratitude is the easiest and yet most impactful thing we can do for each other.” – Lori Greiner

68. “I know it may sound crazy but I try to keep the hard times of the past in the forefront of my mind, because it allows me to live every day with a greater perspective, purpose and GRATITUDE.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

69. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton

70. “Celebrate what you want more of.” – Tom Peters

71. “If you want to get over your issues and rock your life, be grateful, look for the good and learn.” – Jen Sincero

72. “Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply. And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker, to the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being. It’s a phenomenal lesson.” – Bob Proctor

73. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

74. “If you can’t find gratitude, you’ll never find peace.” – Leticia Rae

75.  “A noble person is mindful and thankful of the favors he receives from others.” – Buddha

76. “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” – Robert Holden

77. “There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.” – Joyce Meyer

78. “Love those who appreciate you, and appreciate those who love you.” – Connor Chalfant

79. “Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.” – William Bennett

80. “Through the eyes of gratitude, everything is a miracle.” – Mary Davis

81. “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” – Lionel Hampton

82. “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Ernest Hemingway

83. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Wille Nelson

84. “Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” – Eileen Caddy

85. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum

86. “My grateful heart is a magnet that attracts everything I desire.” – Gratitude quote

87. “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett

88. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

89. “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

90. “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop

91. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus

92. “Gratitude is the ultimate state of receivership.” – Dr. Joe Dispenza

93. “Gratitude is more than an intellectual thought process. You have to feel as though whatever you want is in your reality at this very moment. Thus, your body must be convinced that it has the emotional quotient of the future experience, happening to you now.” – Dr. Joe Dispenza

94. “What are you grateful for right now? Gratitude can shift your energy, raise your vibration, and make all your next moments even better.” – Joe Vitale

95. “One of the most powerful energies you can ever experience is gratitude.” – Joe Vitale

96. “Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.” – Jim Rohn

97. “Don’t wait for a greater life to be grateful. Be grateful and you’ll have a greater life.” – Jim Kwik

98. “If you live in the flow of gratitude, your life will be full of unexpected miracle.” – Ken Honda

99. “Gratitude is the key to happiness. When gratitude is practiced regularly and from the heart, it leads to a richer, fuller and more complete life.” – Vishen Lakhiani

100. “Gratitude is the antidote to unhappiness.” – Ed Mylett

101. “The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.” – Norman Vincent Peale

102. “A grateful heart is the best kind to have.” – Anonymous

103. “The best way to show my gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.” – Mother Teresa

104. “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” – Alice Walker

105. “Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things.” – Rhonda Byrne

Final Thoughts

Alright, if you’ve ever wondered what is a good quote for gratitude, well, now you have plenty of answers. One thing to keep in mind is that gratitude is something we should embrace as often as possible, not just one month out of the year.

These quotes are not just year end gratitude quotes, these are quotes to help you appreciate…appreciation all year long. Why? Because that’s how a greater and more beautiful life is created.

With said, stay grateful, stay positive, and thank you for stopping by. We’re sincerely grateful!

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

There’s nothing like a few good short quotes to help brighten your day or improve your mindset, especially when times get tough. Quotes have the uncanny ability to inspire, enlighten, and boost our moods all at once. Inspirational short quotes in particular are very helpful, especially when we’re pressed for time.

So, if you’re like most readers of The STRIVE, busy working hard, dreaming big, and striving to achieve big dreams, then you’ll appreciate these pithy, yet extremely inspirational short quotes. We’ve rounded up some of the most inspiring short quotes on life, love, and happiness to give you a quick burst of inspiration when you need it most, but when you’re short on time. Enjoy!

Short Inspirational Quotes For Living Your Best Life

1. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.” – Oprah Winfrey

2. “Live what you love.” – Anonymous

3. What we do now echoes in eternity.” – Marcus Aurelius

4. “You are your home.” – Erin Hanson

5. “Follow your dreams, they know the way.”  –  Kobe Yamada

6. “Little by little one walks far.” – Peruvian Proverb

7. “All progress is experimental.” – Jim Rohn

7. “Kindness always comes back.” – K. Tolnoe

9. “You know the truth by the way it feels.” – Anonymous

10. “Stay patient and trust the journey.”  –  The Universe

11. “I am doing this for me.” – Anoymous

12. “When words fail, music speaks.” – Shakespeare

13. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi

14. “Intuition is seeing with the soul.” – Dean Koontz.

15. “Change is inevitable but personal growth is a choice.” – Bob Proctor

16. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain

17. “If you can’t get a miracle, become one.” – Nick Vujicic

18. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

19. “Die with memories, not dreams.” – Anonymous

20. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day

Short Inspirational Quotes About Life

We have multiple collections of quotes on this page, and this particular section consists of the very best short inspirational quotes about life. So, if you’re looking for a handful of short quotes with a strong focus life, then you’ll enjoy these quotes.

21. “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow.” – Vincent Van Gogh

22. “Life is short, make it sweet.” – Anonymous

23. “Life is too short and happiness is too rare.” -A.R. Lucas

24. “Live life to the fullest because it only happens once.”  –   Maddi Jenkins

25. “Live, laugh, leave a legacy.” – Stephen R. Covey

26. “Everybody has their own kind of weird.” – Anonymous

27. “Always be a work in progress.” – Emily Lillian

28. “Nothing in life is promised except death.” – Kanye West

29. “Stay strong. Be brave. Go beyond.”  –   Cristiano Ronaldo

30. “Dreams without goals remain dreams.” – Denzel Washington

31. “Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.” -Orhan Pamuk

32. “Creativity is an expression of our enthusiasm.” – Earl Nightingale

33. Enjoy your life now. This is not a rehearsal.” – Bob Marley

34. “Life is short, break the rules.” – Mark Twain

35. “Life is short and death is long.” – Fritz Shoulder

36. “And still I rise.” – Maya Angelou

37. “Out of the mountain top of despair, a stone of hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

38. “Life is too short to not be fearless for what you want.” – Atlas Rowe

39. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”  –  Helen Keller

40. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

Short Motivational Quotes

No collection of short quotes would be complete here on The Strive if didn’t include at least a few motivational quotes. As such, we snuck in these highly motivational short quotes to keep you inspired to chase those meaningful goals that add so much value to this thing called life.

Related: One Word Quotes

41. “Where determination is, the way can be found. – George S. Clason

42. “It always seems impossible, until its done.” – Nelson Mandela

43. “Without labor nothing prospers.”  –  Sophocles

44. “Freedom lies in being bold.”  – Robert Frost

45. “Be obsessed or be average.”  –  Grant Cardone

46. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

47. “If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it.”  – Claude M. Bristol

48. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan

49. “Good ideas are always crazy until they are not.” – Elon Musk

50. “Keep trying you will get there.”  –  Anonymous

51. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

52. “All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendel Holmes

53. “Mindset is everything.” – Short Quote

55. “Fear causes hesitation, hesitation causes fear.” – Dana Emleh

55. “Whatever you do, do it well.” – Walt Disney

56. “Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win.” – Rihanna

57. “Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.” – Anonymous

58. “Act as if what you do makes a difference.” IT DOES.” – William James

59. “Much effort, much prosperity.” – Euripides

60. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

Short Quotes About Happiness and Love

One of best things about life is love. As such, we carved out this special section to include some of the most inspiring short quotes about happiness and love. We hope you love them as much as we do. (Pun intended.)

61. “We are most alive when we are in love.” – John Updike

62. “Where there is great love, there are always miracles.” – Willa Cather

63. “In love there are two things: bodies and words.” – Joyce Carol Oates

64. “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand

65. “To love is to recognize yourself in another.” – Eckhart Tolle

66. “Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.” – Rumi

67. “Love recognizes no barriers.” – Maya Angelou

68. “A life lived in love will never be dull.” – Leo Buscaglia

69. “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo

70. “Where there is love there is life.” – Gandhi

71. “I knew I loved you before I met you.” – Savage Garden

72. “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” – Oscar Wilde

73. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard

74. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks

75. “Love is a better teacher than duty.” – Albert Einstein

76. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky

77. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – Shakespeare

78. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

79. “Let the Beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi

80. “Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” – Goethe

Short Quotes on Happiness

This next batch of short quotes is related to happiness. Life is too short to spend time on long winded quotes on happiness. So, quickly fill your mind with a few of this short happiness quotes, and then go live out your happiest life.

81. “A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.” – Atticus

82. “Smile. Life is too short to be unhappy.” – Anonymous

83. “Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle

84. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

85. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball

86. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

87. “Happiness is the best makeup.” – Drew Barrymore

88. “Learn to be happy with what you have while you pursue all you want” – Jim Rohn

89. “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

90. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

91. “Be happy for this moment. This moment in your life.” – Omar Khayyam

92. “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy

93. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie

94. “The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.” – Arthur Shopenhauer

95. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley

96. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

97. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

98. “Life is the dancer and you are the dance.” – Eckhart Tolle

99. “Every day is a new day.” – Carrie Underwood

100. “There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.” – Buddha

101. “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins

102. “Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

103. “To get whatever you want, is to be happy now.” – Rhonda Byrne

Bonus Short Quote

Bonus: Alright, you’ve made it to the end, and this is by far one of our favorite short quotes. So, we’ve added it as a bonus to highlight it because it encapsulates one of our primary messages here at The STRIVE. Enjoy.

“I Failed My Way To Success.”

– thomas edison –

Final Thoughts

We hope you enjoyed our collection of short inspirational quotes, as there was certainly a little something for everyone.

If any of these short quotes stood out to you or moved you, please makes somebody’s day, and share it with them. You never know which word or short quote will be the one to improve somebody’s outlook for life.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed this collection of short quotes then you’ll certainly love these quotes about living life to the fullest.

If you’re looking for some truly inspiring trust your gut quotes related to trusting your instincts and intuition, then you’ll love this page. But, before we dive into those quotes, know this…

Trusting one’s gut is not as easy at is seems. In fact, many people struggle with listening to that small voice that gently attempts to guide them into making the right choice. Too many of us persist in seeking outside or external validation, especially when it comes to making those critical decisions around our relationships, career, or key life choices. But, the answers to most of everything we seek resides within us. We believe most people know this to be true deep down, they just need to be reminded.

So, the purpose of this post is to reawaken your self-trust with a handful of inspiring trust your gut quotes. Our hope is that they’ll inspire you to realize once and for all, that it’s not only okay to start trusting your gut, but advantageous to just about every area of your life.

With that being said, let’s dive into these encouraging trust your gut quotes:

50 Encouraging Trust Your Gut Quotes

1. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi

2. “Always trust your first gut instincts. If you feel in your heart and soul that something is wrong it probably is.” – Anonymous

3. “When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!” – George S. Patton

4. “Intuition isn’t the enemy, but the ally, of reason.” – John Kord Lagemann

5. “Always trust your gut feelings. As they never lie as people do.” – Anonymous

6. “You have permission to walk away from anything that doesn’t feel right. Trust your instints and listen to your inner-voice — it’s trying to protect you.” – Bryant McGill

7. “Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn’t lie.” – Oprah Winfrey

8. “The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.” – Lao Tzu

9. “Always trust your gut. It knows what your head hasn’t figured out yet.” – Trust Your Gut Quote

10. “Intuition is seeing with the soul.” – Dean Koontz.

11. “The only person you have to blame is yourself when you could have made a different choice but instead you went against your gut feeling.” – Germany Kent

12. “Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.” – Paula Abdul

13. “Wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” – Paulo Coelho

14. “As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.” – Gina Greenlee

15. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life and karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

16. “Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

17. “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock

18. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein

19. “Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.” – Paul Tillich

20. “Trust your heart and success will come to you.” – Oprah Winfrey

21. “If you’re going to trust one person, let it be yourself.” – Robert Tew

22. “Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” – Joyce Brothers

23. “Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.” – Agatha Christie

24. “Trust in your innate wisdom. Your instincts know what is going on, long before your mind has caught up.” – Leon Brown

25. “Instinct is the nose of the mind.” – Madame De Girardin

Related: 4 Ways to Build Self-Trust

26. “If something on the inside is telling you that someone isn’t right for you, they’re NOT right for you, no matter how great they might look on paper. When it’s right for you, you will know. And when it’s not – it’s time to go.” – Mandy Hale

27. “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong…. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. “Look well into thyself;  there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” – Marcus Aurelius 

29. “Never apologize for trusting your intuition – your brain can play tricks, your heart can blind, but your gut is always right.” – Rachel Wolchin

30. “I listen to my gut, it’s not an emotion, it’s an index of risk.” – Kevin O’Leary

31. “Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it’s enough.” – Robert Heller

32. “The more you trust your intuition the more empowered you become, the stronger you become and the happier you become.” – Gisele Bundchen

33. “Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn’t find the guts to do.” – Seth Godin

34. “Follow your instincts and do not let other people’s opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.” – Sarah Jessica Parker. 

35. “If prayer is you talking to God, then intuition is God talking to you.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

36. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs

37. “I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.” – Richard Branson

38. “Creativity coms from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” – Rita Mae Brown

39. “Always trust your gut instinct. There will come a time when you will understand, but for now trust God has a plan greater than you have ever imagined.” – Shannon L. Alder

40. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

41. “Keep trying. Stay humble, trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

42. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” – Billy Wilder

43. “The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.” – Lionel Messi

44. “You must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don’t. If you do that, you can seize opportunities that others would miss. Believe in yourself, and use everything you can — including the obstacles — to propel you along the road to success. Who knows what you might achieve?” – Richard Branson

45. “You know the truth by the way it feels.” – Anonymous

46. “In life we have many opportunities where we can’t see all the consequences, and there’s only one choice, it’s just to trust your gut.” – Garry Kasparov

47. “I learned to trust my own instincts.” – Ralph Lauren

48. “I don’t think you’re born with a gut. The gut matures and gets better and better over time. The struggle most people have I think, is learning to listen to it, figuring out how to access it in some way.” – Tim Cook

49. “You are a powerful point of consciousness. A bright particle of light within the Greater Light. Be brave, be wise, and always trust your gut.” – Anthon St. Maarten

50. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

51. “Trust your gut. Listen to your heart. This world wasn’t built by people with small vision and minor thoughts. It was built by the misfits, eccentrics and oddballs who had the courage to passionately follow the voice of their dreams.” – Robin Sharma

52. “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” – Oprah Winfrey

53. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”  – Theodore Roosevelt

54. “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” – Barbara Corcoran

55. “Have the confidence to trust your gut feeling and choose your moment to act. Timing is everything.” – Lulu Guinness

56. “Follow your intuition.” – Steven Spielberg

Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the best trust your gut quotes to inspire you to listen a little less to all those conflicting external voices that claim to know what’s best for you, and instead have a a lot more faith in your instincts and intuition.

Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these quotes related to listening to your intuition and trusting your gut, then you’ll likely love these quotes about trusting yourself.

Simon Sinek is an American best-selling author, an inspirational speaker, and a visionary thinker whose already inspired hundreds of millions of people all over the world. He’s best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, and his viral video on millennials in the workplace. However, he continues to inspire with his leadership development company, ‘The Optimism Company’, and through his podcast, ‘A Bit of Optimism’.

That said, Simon knows a thing or two about success, leadership, and finding a way to live out your best life. As such, we’ve rounded up this collection of the most inspirational and insightful Simon Sinek quotes. Our hope, is that you’ll be able to leverage their wisdom to find the inspiration needed to achieve the success you seek. So, if you’re ready to be inspired, let’s dive into these Simon Sinek quotes.

BEST SIMON SINEK QUOTES FOR SUCCESS

1. “When we work hard for something we don’t believe in, it’s called stress. When we work hard for something we love, it’s called passion.” – Simon Sinek

2. “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.” – Simon Sinek

3. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – Simon Sinek

4. “The goal is not to be better by the end. The goal is to be better tomorrow.” – Simon Sinek

5. “There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.” – Simon Sinek

6. “The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting that the stories of the accomplished past.” – Simon Sinek

7. “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” – Simon Sinek

8. “Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and you’ll be stuck with whoever’s left.” – Simon Sinek

9. “You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.” – Simon Sinek

10. “Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.” – Simon Sinek

11. “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.” – Simon Sinek

12. “A culture is strong when people work with each other, for each other. A culture is weak when people work against each other, for themselves.” – Simon Sinek

13. “When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.” – Simon Sinek

14. “The value of a true leader is not measured by the work they do, but by the work they inspire others to do.” – Simon Sinek

15. “As the Zen Buddhist saying goes, how you do anything is how you do everything.” – Simon Sinek

16. “I find, when you’re an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.” – Simon Sinek

17. “When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.” – Simon Sinek

18. “If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.” – Simon Sinek

19. “It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.” – Simon Sinek

20. “Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.” – Simon Sinek

21. “There is an entire section in the bookshop called self-help, but there is no section called help others. We are helping to build the help others industry… And it starts with Optimism.” – Simon Sinek

22. “The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven’t figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, ‘There’s something fishy about you.'” – Simon Sinek

23. “The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.” – Simon Sinek

24. “We are not victims of our situation. We are the architects of it.” – Simon Sinek

25. “A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.” – Simon Sinek

26. “Anyone can sell a product by dropping prices, but it doesn’t breed loyalty.” – Simon Sinek

27. “A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.” – Simon Sinek

28. “You get to take credit when you also take accountability.” – Simon Sinek

29. “The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.” – Simon Sinek

30. “Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.” – Simon Sinek

31. “If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.” – Simon Sinek

32. “Giving doesn’t mean we don’t ask for help. Giving means that we ask for help so that we can better give to others.” – Simon Sinek

33. “Don’t freak yourself out by what others have. They don’t have what you got.” – Simon Sinek

34. “Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about take care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

35. “The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.” – Simon Sinek

36. “The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger — not because they don’t acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.” – Simon Sinek

37. “Vision is a destination — a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route — an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.” – Simon Sinek

38. “Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value determined by those who choose to pay it.” – Simon Sinek

39. “If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.” – Simon Sinek

40. “Integrity is when we say the same thing publicly that we say privately.” – Simon Sinek

41. “The best way to find joy in our lives or overcome struggle is with the help of others.” – Simon Sinek

42. “There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.” – Simon Sinek

43. “We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what’s wrong before telling them they are wrong.” – Simon Sinek

44. “Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and most importantly, a way of communicating.” – Simon Sinek

45. “Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.” – Simon Sinek

46.  “To think that you’re an expert in anything is a dangerous pursuit. You’re never as good as you could be, there’s always room for improvement.” – Simon Sinek

47. “The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.” – Simon Sinek

48. “It is important to celebrate our victories, but we cannot linger on them. For the Infinite Game is still going and there is still much work to be done.” – Simon Sinek

49. “We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.” – Simon Sinek

50. “Money is fuel and fuel is very important.” – Simon Sinek

51. “My ‘Why’ is to inspire people to do what inspires them.” – Simon Sinek

52. “When we try to please everyone, we end up pleasing no one… lease of all ourselves.” – Simon Sinek

53. “What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” – Simon Sinek

54. “Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of WHY we do WHAT we do.” – Simon Sinek

55. “Leadership is an education and the best leaders think of themselves as the students, no the teachers.” – Simon Sinek

56. “If you say what you believe, and you do what you believe, you will attract people who will believe what you believe.” – Simon Sinek

57. “Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get.” – Simon Sinek

58. “A boss tells people what they must do to achieve a goal. A leader asks people what they can do to advance a vision.” – Simon Sinek

59. “All managers of metrics have an opportunity to become leaders of people.” – Simon Sinek

60. “The best leaders are the ones that learn to be the last to speak.” – Simon Sinek

61. “Companies that are built for stability can weather hard times, but they rarely improve from it. When we build for resilience, we can actually adapt and come out stronger.” – Simon Sinek

62. “A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.” – Simon Sinek

63. “The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.” – Simon Sinek

65. “Playing the infinite game of life requires an Infinite Mindset in order to succeed.” – Simon Sinek

66. “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” – Simon Sinek

67. “Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.” – Simon Sinek

68.  “If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.” – Simon Sinek

69. “Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It’s the one that makes the sweetest sound.” – Simon Sinek

70. “The only way to “Find out if it will work out” is to do it.” – Simon Sinek

71. “Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.” – Simon Sinek

72. “Most of us live our lives by accident—we live as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.” – Simon Sinek

73. “Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.” – Simon Sinek

74. “If we were good at everything, we would have no need for each other.” – Simon Sinek

75. “Focus on where you’re going and you’ll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you’re taking and you won’t know where you’re going.” – Simon Sinek

76. “It’s not about the events. It’s not about intensity. It’s about consistency.” – Simon Sinek

77. “You have an entire generation that has access to an addictive numbing chemical called dopamine through social media and cell phones as they are going through the high stress of adolescences.” – Simon Sinek

78. “If you wake up and you check your phone before you say good morning to your girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse, you have an addiction. And like all addiction, in time it’ll destroy relationships, it will cost time, and it will cost money, and it will make your life worse.” – Simon Sinek

79. “What this young generation needs to learn is patience, that some things that really, really matter, like love, or job fulfillment, joy, love of life, self-confidence, a skill-set, any of these things, all of these things take time.” – Simon Sinek

80. “Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.” – Simon Sinek

81. “There’s another study that was released not that long ago, that says that parents who work late, the negative impact that it has on their children is little to none. They may feel guilty as parents, but the negative impact it has on the raising of their children is little to none. However, parents who come home from jobs they hate or don’t love, their kids are likely to be bullies at school.”

82. “Greatness is not born from one success. It’s born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.” – Simon Sinek

83. “Success is a team sport. Failure we can do alone. Success takes the help of others.” – Simon Sinek

84. “No matter when or where, always bring your ‘A’ game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.” – Simon Sinek

85. “It’s not about being ranked number one, it’s not about having more followers on Twitter than your friends, its not about outdoing anyone, its about outdoing yourself.” – Simon Sinek

86. “Great leaders don’t blame the tools they are given. They work to sharpen them.” – Simon Sinek

87. “A boss has a title, a leader has the people.” – Simon Sinek

88. “When in doubt, be yourself.” – Simon Sinek

89. “Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t’ actually driven to lead people, they are driven to serve them.” – Simon Sinek

90. “The way we find fulfillment is by doing good for others.” – Simon Sinek

91. “Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.” – Simon Sinek

92. “A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.” – Simon Sinek

93. “An entrepreneur is somebody who is constantly looking for a better way to do something, there’s sort of a mad scientist about them.” – Simon Sinek

94. “Very few organizations WHY they do what they do. WHY is not about making money. That’s a result. WHY is a purpose, cause, or belief. It’s the very reason your organization exists.” – Simon Sinek

95. “As it turns out all the great and inspiring leaders and organizations in the world, whether its Apple, or Martin Luther King, or The Wright Brothers, they all think, act, and communicate the exact same way… and it’s the complete opposite to everyone else.” – Simon Sinek

96. “We don’t get to choose the nature of the game, life is infinite. We don’t even get to choose if we want to play in the game or not, once you’re born, you’re in it. We get one choice, do you want to play with a finite mindset, or do you want to play with an infinite mindset.” – Simon Sinek

97. “There’s two ways to see the world; some people see the thing that they want, and some people see the thing that prevents them from getting the thing that they want.” – Simon Sinek

98. “Passion is the feeling you have, that you’d probably do this for free you know, and you can’t believe somebody pays you to do it.” – Simon Sinek

99. “Sometimes, you’re the problem.” – Simon Sinek

100. “Words may inspire, but only action creates change.” – Simon Sinek

Bonus Simon Sinek Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is our final and favorite Simon Sinek quote. We’ve added it here as bonus, because we believe it can truly help you find success, if you’ll truly believe it.

“Our Struggles Are The Short-Term Steps We Must Take On Our Way To Long-Term Success.”

– simon sinek –

Related: Simon Sinek Net Worth

FINAL THOUGHTS

You’ve made it to the end of our Simon Sinek quote collection, great job! We hope you found his words both inspiring and insightful. More importantly, we hope they provided you with the clarity needed to become a better leader, live a more fulfilled life, and achieve meaningful success in your career or business.

That said, we appreciate you stopping and we wish you the very best in your efforts of finding the success you seek.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these Simon Sinek quotes, then you’ll likely enjoy reading the wise words of equally inspiring thought leaders like Gary Vee, Ryan Holiday, or Tony Robbins.