55 Powerful Short Quotes & Sayings About Life

Quotes are VERY powerful. On the surface, they are just a bunch of words, but when you ponder over them, they reveal powerful ideas that resonate with your core. I mean, someone did “quote” these words for a reason :).

Personally, one of the biggest reasons why I love quotes is because of how relatable they can be. Quotes tend to be simplistic and easy to remember and echo what is in our hearts. Plus, I think quotes are very effective in bettering yourself because they help your mind focus on particular topics at a time. Unlike other literary tools, quotes and short quotes, in particular, give you the ability to concentrate on one idea with no outside distractions.

So whether it’s for self-motivation, your next t-shirt design, or simply for your Instagram bio, this collection of short quotes is full of powerful ideas packed into tiny little packages of words. They have made a profound positive impact on my life, and I’m sure they will make one in yours as well!

Here are 55 of my favorite short quotes for you to read, remember and retell:

1. Love For All, Hatred For None. – Khalifatul Masih III
2. Change the world by being yourself. – Amy Poehler
3. Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S Eliot
4. Never regret anything that made you smile. – Mark Twain
5. Die with memories, not dreams. – Unknown
6. Aspire to inspire before we expire. – Unknown
7. Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso
8. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci
9. Whatever you do, do it well. – Walt Disney
10. What we think, we become. – Buddha
11. All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
12. Tough times never last but tough people do. – Robert H. Schiuller
13. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. – Robert H. Schiuller
14. One day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you. – Johnny Depp
15. If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name. – Kendrick Lamar
16. If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. – Mark Twain
17. Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish. – Jessica N. S. Yourko
18. Hate comes from intimidation, love comes from appreciation. – Tyga
19. I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong. – Harvey Specter
20. Oh, the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind. – Dr. Seuss
21. Determine your priorities and focus on them. – Eileen McDargh
22. Be so good they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin
23. Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. – James Dean
24. Yesterday you said tomorrow. Just do it. – Nike
25. I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it. – Lil Wayne
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27. Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence. – Drake
28. Nothing lasts forever but at least we got these memories. – J. Cole
29. Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing? – Kendrick Lamar
30. Reality is wrong, dreams are for real. – Tupac
31. To live will be an awfully big adventure. – Peter Pan
32. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. – Maya Angelou
33. There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas Edison
34. What consumes your mind controls your life- Unknown
35. Strive for greatness. – Lebron James
36. Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. – Kurt Cobain
37. And still, I rise. – Maya Angelou
38. The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
39. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. – Rumi
40. May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. – Nelson Mandela
41. A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world. – Atticus
42. White is not always light and black is not always dark. – Habeeb Akande
43. Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got. – R. Brault
44. Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle
45. Turn your wounds into wisdom. – Oprah Winfrey
46. Change the game, don’t let the game change you. – Macklemore
47. It hurt because it mattered. – John Green
48. If the world was blind how many people would you impress? – Boonaa Mohammed
49. I will remember and recover, not forgive and forget. – Unknown
50. The meaning of life is to give life meaning. – Ken Hudgins
51. The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson
52. When words fail, music speaks. – Shakespeare
53. Embrace the glorious mess that you are. – Elizabeth Gilbert
54. Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow. – Vincent van Gogh
55. I have nothing to lose but something to gain. – Eminem 

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