If any of your friends is in a difficult place right now, is feeling down and miserable, perhaps has lost some of their usual self-belief, then here are 30 encouraging quotes that you may wish to share with them.
Motivational quotes like these can help to lift the mood, inspire, and rebuild self-confidence.
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“If you’re walking down the right path and are willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.”
~ Barack Obama
“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
~ Jim Morrison
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out.”
~ Dr. Seuss
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
~ Audrey Hepburn
“It only takes one person to change your life – you.”
~ Ruth Casey
“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”
~ Jim Valvano
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a a success.”
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
“Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
~ Golda Meir
“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
~ Jack Canfield
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”
~ Mary Engelbreit
“When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”
~ Mary Kay Ash
“Success is how high you bounce when you have hit bottom.”
~ Gen. George Patton
“When you are doing something you love, or running your own business, work is not work.”
~ Daymond John
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
~ Matt Biondi
“Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.”
~ Conrad Hilton
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
~ C. S. Lewis
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
~ Farrah Gray
“Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
~ Rosa Parks
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”
~ Helen Keller
“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”
~ Ronnie Lott
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.”
~Abraham Lincoln
“The ancestor of every action is a thought.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”
~ Katherine Hepburn
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
~ Mother Teresa
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”
~ Oprah Winfrey
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
~ Jane Goodall
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
~ Henry Ford
“Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
~ William James