When you need a quick pick up, land on one of these 30 short inspirational quotes to boost your spirits and your resolve. You will never regret pushing through the hard stuff, so give it your best shot. Your dreams are worth it after all.
When you’re in a slump, don’t worry. It’s the lows that remind us to be grateful for the highs. The path of creators is a winding and arduous rollercoaster of a journey, but it is one in which we grow stronger through traversing.
Short Inspirational Quotes
Action and Inspirational Quotes
“Act worthy of yourselves.“
~Dr. Joseph Warren, Boston Patriot, American Revolution, 1741-1775
Art and Creativity Quotes
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet, author, 1803-1882
“The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.”
~Steven Pressfield, fiction & non-fiction author, b.9/1943
“Creativity takes courage.”
~Henri Matisse, French artist, 1869-1954
“Art is when you hear a knock from your soul… and you answer.”
~Terri Guillemets, quotation anthologist, b.1973
“To create is to love.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Art and Creativity (continued)
“The principles of true art is not to portray but to evoke.”
~Jerzy Kosinski, American-Polish novelist, 1933-1991
“Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.”
~Victor Pinchuk, Ukrainian businessman, oligarch, b.12/14/1060
“The river of creativity runs deep and eternal. Dip your brush into that ever present well within you.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder iCreateDaily®
“A camera is a save button for the mind’s eye.”
~Roger Kingston, photographer, b.1941
“Daily discipline is the the path to creative freedom.”
~Devani Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“Instead of saying ‘Time is Money’, in this new era, people will say ‘Time is Art’.”
~Jennifer Palmer, writer and producer – Synchronicity and the Collective Dream
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
~Edgar Degas, French pastel art of dancers, 1834-1917
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”
~Neil Gaiman, British novelist, producer, b.11/10/1960
“The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.”
~George Sand, a French novelist, memoirist, 1804-1876
Attitude Quotes
“Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.”
~Bob Marley, Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945-1981
Divinity Quotes
“Creativity aligns us with divinity.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, 1207-1273
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Dreams Quotes
“The horizon ahead is wide open as I set my sails to the north star of my dreams.”
~LeAura Alderson, Cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”
~Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter, 1853-1890
Authenticity Quotes
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher, poet, essayist, speaker, 1803-1882
Compassion Quotes
“It’s only when people see the good in one another that you can break the cycle and improve the system.”
~Defy Ventures, NPO for prisoner rehabilitation
Gratitude Quotes
“Gratitude, Compassion, Positivity and Action are free and powerful. Employ them daily.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“Your negative story cannot hold up to the light of compassion