Top 92 Encouraging Quotes

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Perhaps you are feeling a bit down or sad today. Don’t worry. We got you. Check out the top 92 encouraging quotes to help lift up your spirits.

#92 – 90. Encouraging Quotes

92. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

91. “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” –Bob Goff

90. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D Roosevelt

#89 – 80. Encouraging Quotes

89. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. “ – Edmund Hillary

88. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.“ –  H. Jackson Brown Jr.

87. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” –J.K. Rowling

86. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

85. “Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”

84. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins

83. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

82. “Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.“ – Edmund Burke

81. “I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.” – Audrey Hepburn

80. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King

#79 – 70. Encouraging Quotes

79. “Never complain and never explain.” – Benjamin Disraeli

78. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” –Albert Einstein

77. “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” – Aristotle

76. “It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.” – Malala Yousafzai

75. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

74. “Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

73. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

72. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Hellen Keller

71. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

70. “Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.” – Jennifer Grahnolm

#69 – 60. Encouraging Quotes

69. “Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.” – Walt Disney

68. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

67. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H. G. Wells

66. “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” – Vince Lombardi

65. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” –Buddha

64. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

63. “It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” – Vince Lombardi

62. “Press on – nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge

61. “And you ask ‘What if I fall?’ Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” –Erin Hanson

60. “Soon, when all is well, you’re going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.” – Brittany Burgunder

#59 – 50. Encouraging Quotes

59. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine

58. “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. “ – Bernard Baruch

57. “When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown

56. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

55. “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.” – David Allen

54. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

53. “He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.” – William James

52. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

51. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer

50. “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.” – Donald Trump

#49 – 40. Encouraging Quotes

49. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

48. “Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. “ – Edwin Markham

47. “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. “ – Mother Teresa

46. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. “ – Richard Bach

45. “Courage, dear heart.” –C.S. Lewis

44. “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” – Jim Rohn

43. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” –Theodore Roosevelt

42. “Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.” – Elbert Hubbard

41. “Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill

40. “God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with. “ – Henry Beecher

#39 – 30. Encouraging Quotes

39. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

38. “It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.” –Confucius

37. “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. “ – Flavia

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

35. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” – Mark Caine

34. “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” –Maya Angelou

33. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

32. “If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you.You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.“ – Mary Pickford

31. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

30. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.“ – Ben Spock

#29 – 20. Encouraging Quotes

29. “When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

28. “Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” – Garrison Keillor

27. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

26. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.“ – Henry Thoreau

25. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson

24. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam

23. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Emerson

22. “Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” – Rainer Rilke

21. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” – Tony Robbins

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

#19 – 10. Encouraging Quotes

19. “Never regret something that once made you smile.” – Amber Deckers

18. “Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.” – Alfred A. Montapert

17. “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” – Anne Frank

16. “Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal. “ – Jerome Fleishman

15. “It doesn’t matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it’s important to realize that whatever you’re doing, it’s your first attempt at it.“ – Wally Amos

14. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino

13. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

12. “God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. “ – John Aughey

11. “Don’t think, just do.” – Horace

10. “Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth.” – Hopi prayer

#9 – 1. Encouraging Quotes

9. “When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. “ – JFK

8. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson

7. “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle

6. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk

5. “There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. “ – Washington Irving

4. “True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents.” – John W. Gardner

3. “Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” – George S. Patton

2. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller

1.“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” – Rosa Parks

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