My 55 Favorite Inspirational Quotes For Positivity and Motivation ♥︎


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Life has its ups and downs, and motivational quotes can help you get back on track when you are feeling down. In this post, I’m sharing my 55 favorite inspirational quotes with you. It’s a nice mixture of short quotes, motivational quotes, life quotes, and happiness quotes! Come over and have a look, and hopefully they will help you feel positive, too!

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I don’t know about you, but I like to read motivational quotes from time to time, especially when I’m feeling down. I think quotes have the power to lift your spirits, refill your energy, and make you feel positive and happy again.

These are my 55 favorite inspirational quotes of all time. Inspiration is important, especially if you want to create art

So this is a mixture of artist quotes, short quotes, and life quotes in general. They have the power to motivate and inspire me, and hopefully they will have the same effect on you!

So let’s get inspired.

My 55 favorite inspirational quotes for positivity and Motivation ♥︎

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Mahatma Ghandi

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Your friendship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.

Robert Holden

Where you spend your attention is where you spend your life.

James Clear

Stress is caused by being 'here' and wanting to be 'there'.

Eckhart Tolle

What you seek is seeking you.

Rumi

The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.

Alexandra Stoddard

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ferris Bueller

The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them.

Stephen R. Covey
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If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
~ Jim Rohn

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Dalai Lama XIV

What would it be like if I could accept life. Accept this moment exactly as it is?

Tara Brach

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Epicurus

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

Anne Frank

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Vincent Van Gogh

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

John Kabat-Zinn

The future depends on what you do today.

Mahatma Gandhi

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

Rumi

No cure that fails to engage our spirit can make us well.

Victor Frankl
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Anything you want to ask a teacher, ask yourself and wait for the answer in silence.
~ Byron Katie

Where you stand, be the soul of that place.

Rumi

Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.

Rupi Kaur

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry. Worry fixes nothing.

Ernest Hemingway

The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Jimmy Johnson

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

Aristotle

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.

Rumi

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Doug Larson

The art of listening is not to hear what someone says but to hear how they feel.

Bob Chapman

Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.

Aryn Kyle
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Never lose track of the horizon, even if in this moment you are not seeing it.
~ Mark Nepo

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.

Carl Jung

The sun itself is weak when it first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

Charles Dickens

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Rumi

Do good and good will come to you.

Unknown

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.

Rumi

Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.

Les Brown

Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

Love is the water of life, jump into this water.

Rumi
good positive quote for today
Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.
~ Leonard Cohen

We fall. We break. We fail. But then, we rise. We heal. We overcome.

Kiana Azizian

In the depths of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Tara Brach

A happy life consists not in the absence but in the mastery of hardships.

Hellen Keller

If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.

James Clear

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.

Rumi

Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

Morris West

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Thich Nhat Hanh
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Those who don't believe in the magic will never find it. ~ Roald Dahl

The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost

Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

Roy T. Bennet

Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

Fred Rogers

By doing a little bit each day, you can get a lot accomplished.

Gretchen Rubin

Forever is composed of nows.

Emily Dickinson
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These were my favorite inspirational quotes. I hope they were able to inspire and motivate you, too! What are your favorite quotes? Do you have a most inspirational quote of all time? Let me know in the comments! Stay inspired, Angie ✌️

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My name is Angie and I’m a self-taught digital artist. On this blog, I am sharing inspirational resources and advice to help you develop your artistic skills and cultivate a creative mindset. My desire is to support you in becoming a confident artist and realizing your dream!
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