75 Inspirational Short Quotes About Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness

The number of great quotes by people who shape this world is nearly infinite. There are many long quotes that are insightful and positive but many short quotes get straight to the point. I personally love all of them because they not only inspire you to do your best, they can also lift your spirits when you’re having a bad day.

I scoured the web for some of the best short quotes and hope you enjoy them. If you do, please share them with your friends and family on social media and spread these wise words.

1) Let the short quotes begin!

“A great attitude becomes a great day which becomes a great month which becomes a great year which becomes a great life.” – Mandy Hale

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“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone

3) Short meaningful quotes to never give up.

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

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“An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.” – Unknown

5) Inspiring short quotes about life…

“Aspire to inspire before we expire.” – Unknown

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“Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.” – Dodinsky

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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” – Cyril Connolly

8) Short English quotes to inspire you to take risks in life and blossom into the person you want to be.

“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin

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“I can and I will!” – Unknown

10) Short positive quotes perfect for Instagram.

“Change the world by being yourself.” – Amy Poehler

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“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe” – Oprah Winfrey

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“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

13) When things go astray, refocus with inspiring short quotes.

“Don’t forget you’re human. It’s okay to have a meltdown. Just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out. Then refocus on where you’re headed.” – Unknown

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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

15) Nothing like short quotes that go deep.

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

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“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso

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“Fear does not stop death, it stops life.” – Unknown

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“Flatter yourself critically.” – Willis Goth Regier

19) Short inspirational quotes to focus on what matters.

“When you focus on problems, you’ll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you’ll have more opportunities.” – Unknown

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“For the goal is to die with memories, not dreams. – Unknown

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“The grass is greener where you water it.” – Unknown

22) Short positive quotes to make you happy.

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

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“Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” – Dennis Waitley

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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius

25) Short positive quotes that are extremely wise.

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

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“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.” – Coco Chanel

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“I am in charge of how I feel and today I am choosing happiness” – Unknown

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“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

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“Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats

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

31) Short quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” – Seneca

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“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball

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

35) Short quotes to inspire you to be your best.

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

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“It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.” – Elizabeth Kenny

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“Little by little, day by day, what is mean for you WILL find its way.” – Unknown

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“Don’t look for society to give you permission to be yourself.” – Steve Maraboli

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“Keep looking up…that’s the secret of life.” – Snoopy

40) Short love quotes to give you the feels.

“Love For All, Hatred For None.” – Khalifatul Masih III

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“Every man dies. Not every man lives.” – William Wallace

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“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi

43) Inspirational short quotes by Mark Twain.

“Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain

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“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain

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“No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle

47) Short motivational quotes when nothing seems to be going right.

“When nothing goes right, go left.” – Unknown

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“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard

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“Prove them wrong.” – Unknown

50) The best positive short quotes are sometimes the most simplest.

“Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” – Gary Keller

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“Take the risk or lose the chance.” – Unknown

52) Short quotes by Leonardo da Vinci.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

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“I love those who can smile in trouble.” – Leonardo da Vinci

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“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.” – Unknown

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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – John Maxwell

56) Short funny quotes to remind us to not take life too seriously.

“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

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“Don’t tell people your plans. Show them your results.” – Unknown

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“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.” – Lou Holtz

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“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese

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“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – Epictetus

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“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – Roger Babson

62) Short quotes reminding you to be happy.

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

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“Those who realize their folly are not true fools.” – Zhuangzi

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“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus

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“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde

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“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

67) Think postively with cute short positive quotes like this one…

“What we think, we become.” – Buddha

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“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” – Confucius

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“Whatever you do, do it well.” – Walt Disney

70) Short quotes about friendship.

“When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.” – Unknown

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“Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace.” – Unknown

72) Oh no! We’ve almost reached the end of short quotes…

“You can totally do this.” – Unknown

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“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

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“They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Unknown

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“Storms don’t last forever.” – Unknown

I hope you enjoyed these inspiring short quotes!

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