60 Positive Quotes to Brighten Your Day (2025)

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." "Believe you can and you're halfway there." "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." "It is never too late to be what you might have been." "Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." "We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive." "You are enough just as you are." "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." "You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing." "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." "At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done—then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago." "Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done." "That is one good thing about this world ... there are always sure to be more springs." "These things are good things." "Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it." "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." "You cannot change what you are, only what you do." "Thou must gather thine own sunshine." "It is not enough to have a good mind; the important thing is to use it well." "People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be." "Walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps." "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." "Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." "Lay plans for something big by starting with it when small." "No exact recipe for today. Gather all available ingredients and whip yourself up something delicious." "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." "It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success." "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." "It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." "Do anything, but let it produce joy." "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." "As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way." "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." "That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing." "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." "You rarely win, but sometimes you do." "I've got nothing to do today but smile." "I believe great people do things before they are ready." "I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go." "If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." "For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end." "Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink." "Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to believe in our own ability, to be a little more ambitious? I think the world would change." "You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness." "We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better." "Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them." “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” “If you see someone without a smile, give 'em yours!” “For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.” “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” “There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions–in a way that serves the world and you.” “You are your best thing.” FAQs