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Caffeine can only do so much to brighten your day when you’re feeling beat down and overwhelmed.

Often, it’s the words of a fellow human that help you turn the day around by inviting you to slow down and savor the present.

It’s a bonus that the encouraging quotes in this article help you do just that without charging you a cent.

Just being more mindful of the present moment and of your own emotions, thoughts, and sensations is more powerfully awakening than any stimulant (but without the jitters).

Short positive quotes are inspiring and can truly improve your life when you let them speak to you. These inspirational quotes can:

• Help you practice mindfulness, enabling you to live a fuller and more intentional life, one day at a time.
• Afford more self-awareness about your own state of mind.
• Help you prioritize what's really important in your life.
• Comfort you during difficult or challenging situations.
• Inspire you to take action to improve your life.
• Make you realize that you share common emotions and needs with others.
• Guide you to make wise and well-considered decisions.

When someone puts into words (or other artistic expressions) a message that feeds you exactly what you need at this time, that someone makes a connection that goes soul-deep, meeting you where we are and challenging you to respond to your most urgent emotions with love, acceptance, and hope.

Take a few minutes to enjoy the short but powerful positive quotes in this article. Choose one as your quote of the day to set a more positive, intentional, and transformative tone for this instant and for those to come.

• 65 of The Best Short Positive Quotes

65 of The Best Short Positive Quotes

Short Daily Quotes Of Inspiration

The quotes that follow are short inspirational quotes; each quote contains a challenge as well as a reminder of how beautiful life can be. Make one of these quotes of the day something that you write down so you can see it again and again.

Repeat the words to yourself — out loud, if you can. And try to link them with a happy memory or with a visualization of something good you want to bring into your life. Allow yourself to feel the emotions that go with those mental pictures.

1. “Find joy in everything you choose to do.” — Chuck Palahniuk

2. “Positive energy knows no boundaries.” — Lu Wei

3. “A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

4. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” — Colin Powell

5. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” — T.S. Eliot

Famous Short Positive Quotes

These famous short positive quotes that follow are well-known and their authors have contributed several others worth considering.

Enjoy them and let the words soak in. Each one is short enough to memorize easily and repeat many times throughout the day.

6. “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” — Napoleon Hill

7. “It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius

8. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop

9. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau

10. “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale

Positive Quotes About Life

Check out these 5 positive quotes about life and its purpose in a few words.

Whatever difficulties you may be going through right now, the most helpful words are those that make you more aware of the goodness in the present, enabling you to accept what you’re going through at face value and respond more thoughtfully.

Pick one of these five positive quotes about life to take with you as you go about your daily activities:

11. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

12. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” — Omar Khayyam

13. “The purpose of life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” — Albert Schweitzer

14. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

15. “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted, and behold, service was joy.” — Rabindranath Tagore

Positive Quotes For Kids

As a rule, kids are more receptive to positive quotes that speak to them at eye level and respect their capacity for understanding more than their behavior might sometimes suggest.

Kids aren’t the only ones, after all, who occasionally need time out for unsociable behavior.

Maybe time-out rooms (for kids and grown-ups alike) should be wallpapered with quotes like the following.

Pick one of these five positive quotes for kids and share them with your child as a positive thought of the day:

16. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

17. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
— Dr. Seuss

18. “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” — Peter McIntyre

19. “Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

20. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen

Positive Relationship Quotes

Here are just a few of the many positive relationship quotes that celebrate connections — particularly those that make life worth living.

Whether the relationship you want to honor at this time is strictly platonic or has a romantic element, you have centuries of quotes to choose from. Take some time to savor each one of the following.

21. “The grass is greener where you water it.” — Neil Barringham

22. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “I love you. I am at rest with you. I have come home.” — Dorothy L. Sayers

24. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu

25. “Love is a friendship set to music.” — Joseph Campbell

Positive Quotes For Depression

The best quotes for depression are those that neither paint depression as something strong people easily shake off nor portray it as an unbeatable and unmitigated evil.

Those who suffer from depression benefit from reminders that they’re not alone, that their depression is not their fault, and that their response to it (not their present mood) is what defines them. May the following quotes help us all to remember and celebrate that.

26. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

27. “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost

28. “And still I rise.” — Maya Angelou

29. “Hope begins in the dark.” — Anne Lamott

30. “Out of the fires of desperation burn hope and solidarity.” — Sharan Burrow

Positive Quotes On Imagination

As natural-born creators, we learn at some point that life is better when we use our imagination to supplement (or overrule) what we know and believe.

The happiest and most connected among us are those whose imaginations are wide awake but not running the show. These imagination quotes offer a taste of the benefits.

31. “Everything you can imagine is real.” — Pablo Picasso

32. “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” — John Muir

33. “What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.” — John Keats

34. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” — Albert Einstein

35. “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” — Edgar Allan Poe

36. “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” — John Lennon

37. “Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.” — William Blake

Positive Love Quotes

Love is the topic of countless poems, songs, and stories — as well as inspirational quotes like the ones that follow.

When you practice mindfulness, you’re much better able to appreciate your connections to others and to respond to their words and actions consciously and with love, rather than automatically.

So many of us have gotten into the habit of assigning a self-centered meaning to the things other people say and do. Practicing mindful awareness of the present helps us to see those words and actions without the strings we attach to them (often without realizing).

Mindfulness makes you more capable of self-giving love, which makes every relationship better. Read the following quotes slowly and choose one as your love quote of the week.

38. “If you love it enough, anything will talk to you.” — George Washington Carver

39. “If a thing loves, it is infinite.” — William Blake

40. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” — William Shakespeare

41. “No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.” — George Chakiris

42. “We are born of love. Love is our mother.” — Rumi

Positive Quotes About Aging

Aging isn’t something to avoid, and these quotes about aging bring that message home. Youth is not something you grow out of but rather something you spend your life growing into and learning to appreciate.

Read the following positive quotes and ask yourself what you can do today to restore your own awareness of the youth you may have forgotten.

43. “I think being in love with life is the key to eternal youth.” — Doug Hutchinson

44. “Youth has no age.” — Pablo Picasso

45. “I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?” — Zoe Saldana

46. “A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.” — John Barrymore.

47. “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Positive Quotes About Risk and Perseverance

Living life to the fullest means taking risks, which means stepping outside your comfort zone and courting the possibility of failure.

The following positive sayings can remind you to face each day with courage and stubborn curiosity.

48. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch

49. “All life is an experiment; the more experiments you make, the better.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

50. “Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it.” — Simon Sinek

51. “There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” — Erich Fromm

Positive Quotes on Ideas

As R.W. Emerson said, “All life is an experiment,” and what’s an experiment without an idea to test? We learn early that not every idea is gold, but the more ideas we have, the odds of finding gold get better and better.

Have you brainstormed a list of ideas today — whether for a book, a new creative project, or your next road trip? Try giving yourself permission to just write down the first ten ideas that come to mind, even if your inner editor starts to twitch a little.

Remind yourself that, in flash of time, you’re giving your inner creator the freedom to make mistakes without judgment. It’s all part of learning to accept yourself as you are — before you expect others to.

52. “An idea is salvation by imagination.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

53. “It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.” — Charles Peguy

54. “The history of innovation is the story of ideas that seemed dumb at the time.” — Andy Dunn

55. “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” –John Steinbeck

56. “Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.” — Alfred North Whitehead

57. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams

58. “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” — Charles Dickens

Positive Quotes on Gratitude

This list would not be complete without some positive gratitude quotes on the power and importance of being grateful.

Let this final set remind you to be thankful for all the good in your life — and for all the good you’ll do (or have done) today.

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

60. “The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

61. “Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are.” — Mandy Ingber

62. “This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” –Maya Angelou

63. “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you” that would suffice.” — Meister Eckhart

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

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

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I hope you enjoyed the uplifting quotes in this article and that some, at least, have stuck in your memory and brightened your day.

If so, this probably isn’t the first time a handful of words from someone else opened your eyes to the beauty right in front of you. Consider this article a loving reminder of your right to enjoy all that this juncture of time holds for you.

If you’ve found value and refreshment in this article, please share it with others to make their days better, too. And may your thoughtfulness and gratitude infuse everything else you do today.

• Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff
• 202010 Feb

Inspiration is subjective, as different people will find different things to be inspiring. However, Christians can unite around one inspirational source—God himself. God is the basis for all of our inspiration because He is the basis for everything good and everything worth imitating.

Here, are our favorite Christian inspirational quotes from a variety of influential Christians that inspire us and point us back to Christ. Enjoy these many different thoughts on the Christian life and read them throughout the day for encouragement and inspiration in your faith walk.

40 Christian Inspirational Quotes

1. 'Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” - John Piper

2. 'God loves each of us as if there were only one of us” - Augustine

3. 'God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile' - Max Lucado

4. 'God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.' - Hudson Taylor

5. 'God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.' - Tony Evans

6. 'Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” - Corrie ten Boom

7. 'Christ literally walked in our shoes.' - Tim Keller

8. 'He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.' - Jim Elliot

9. 'Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.' - Lysa Terkeurst

10. '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.

11. 'Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.' - Francis Chan

12. 'If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!' - D.L. Moody

13. 'You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read.' - John MacArthur

14. 'We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face...we must do that which we think we cannot.' - Eleanor Roosevelt

15. 'He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he’s moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain.' - Randy Alcorn

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16. 'God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

17. 'The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'” - Billy Graham

18. 'Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one' - A.W.Tozer

19. 'If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'.' - Elisabeth Elliot

20. “There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.' - Alistair Begg

21. 'Relying on God has to start all over everyday, as if nothing has yet been done.' –C. S. Lewis

22. 'This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We’re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet.' - Beth Moore

23. 'The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.' - Abraham Lincoln

24. 'Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.' - Charles Stanley

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25. 'The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.' - Helen Keller

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26. 'We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.' - Chuck Swindoll

27. 'Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.' - Mother Teresa

28. 'The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm.' - Matt Chandler

29. 'Continuous effort -- not strength nor intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our potential.' - Winston Churchill

30. 'God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him” - John Piper

31. 'Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.' - Elisabeth Elliot

32. 'God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.' - Tony Evans

33. 'Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.' - Corrie Ten Boom

34. 'The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.' -Billy Graham

35. 'The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm.'- Matt Chandler

36. 'God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message. He takes the trials and tests and turns them into a testimony.' - Christine Caine

37. 'What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.'- Rick Warren

38. 'Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve. Provoke yourself by recollection, and your affection for God will increase tenfold; your imagination will not be starved any longer, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.' -Oswald Chambers

39. 'We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope that the world does not have. We can see clearly that all things work together for the good of them that love Him and are called according to His purpose.' - Priscilla Shirer

40. 'There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord.' - Franklin Graham

Plus 10 Christian Inspirational Quotes from the Bible:

• 'The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.' - Zephaniah 3:17
• 'Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.' - Isaiah 40:28-31
• 'Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.' - John 15:13
• 'For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.' - Romans 8:38-39
• 'Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.' - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
• 'What, then, shall we say in response? If God is for us, who can be against us?' - Romans 8:31
• 'Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.' - Deuteronomy 31:6
• 'So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.' - Isaiah 41:10
• 'I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.' - Philippians 4:13
• 'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.' Matthew 11:28

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