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 and gratitude.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder, iCreateDaily.com®
“Negativity evaporates in the light of love and gratitude.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Growth Quotes
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
~Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet
“Growth makes us come alive and thrive. Where are you growing today?”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“Broken crayons still color.”
~Unknown
“When you face your story, you can dispel the myths.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder, iCreateDaily.com®
“The past does not equal the future.”
~Tony Robbins, author, coach, b.2/29/1960
“Be grateful for the necessary that makes the extraordinary possible.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®
Habits and Health Quotes
“Your habits become your habitat.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“Treat your body well and you will be well.”
~LeAura Alderson, founder MyTrainerFitness.com
“A day can change a life… and change begins in the day. The day is the way.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“You can’t start a new life when you’re locked in your old one.”
~Defy Ventures, NPO
Happiness Quotes
“When our actions align with our aspirations, happiness follows.”
~LeAura Alderson, Cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.”
~Jiddu Krishnamurti, spiritual teacher, 1895-1986
“You can’t be curious and angry at the same time.”
~Catherine Hoke, founder-Defy Ventures NPO, author, speaker
“Happiness is homemade.”
~Shannon Billings Schofield, author writer, beekeeper
Life Quotes
“Life is the journey.”
~Multiple authors
“I’ll taste every moment and live it out loud… this is the time of my life.”
~Regie Hamm, singer-songwriter, b.5/1/1967
“The desire for connection permeates every atom of existence.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“Life alchemy is to love your dreams to life, with every fiber of your being.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
Love Quotes
“Love is the purpose of our universe. To create is to align.“
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Love forgives failings and foibles for that is what love does.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Love is the capacity to forgive… and forgiveness, is the capacity to love.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Nobility
You do not have to be born into nobility to behave nobally. Nobility is a birthright of each human being. Be noble.
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®
Passion and Purpose Quotes
“If you are human, you have a calling: to live your genius.”
~Gay Hendricks, psychologist, teacher, author, born-1945
“My life is my message.”
~Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, peace activist, 1869-1948
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, poet, philologist, 1844-1900
“When you can’t do work that matters to your soul, bring soul to the work you do.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
~Henry David Thoreau, in Walden, author, 1817-1862
Peace Inspiration Quotes
Yesterday I stayed in my gardens and peace hugged me.
~Shannon DeAnna Schofield, gardener, beekeeper, poet, author
Spirituality – Short Inspirational Quotes
“Appearance and persona in the world is usually a symptom of the inner life, for the soul shines through smiling eyes.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“Souls leave clues.“
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com
Struggles and Hardship Quotes
This struggle is just a thorn to the rose of life.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
C.S. Lewis, British writer and lay theologian, 1898-1963
The home of my heart has weathered the storm where joy is alive and well.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder – iCreateDaily.com®
Success Quotes
“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.”
~Thomas Watson, Sr., former CEO, IBM, 1874-1956
“Waking up with my obsession is exciting.”
~Lily Singh, comedian, entertainer, actress, entrepreneur, author
“When you face your fears, they disappear!”
~Devani Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
I knew that I would never regret having tried and failed but I might regret never having tried.
~Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, b.1/12/1964
Success – (continued)
Where there’s a will there’s 12,000 ways.
~Shawn Stevenson, entrepreneur, author
“Be grateful for the necessary that makes the extraordinary possible.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
“Success is the product of the person you’ve become.”
~Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author, speaker
“No one can give you your goals. No one can dig for you. This is your journey.”
~Warren Phillip Gates, Success and the Powerful Introvert
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
~Jim Rohn, author, speaker 1930-2009
“Grit is sticking with your future.”
~Angela Lee Duckworth, author, teacher turned psychologist
Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
~Winston Churchill, British statesman, army officer, and writer
“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
~John Keats, Romantic poet, 1795-1821
Become the vision of yourself you always knew you could become.
~Tom Bilyeu, entrepreneur, visionary, b.3/30/1976
Very Short Inspirational Quotes
Today is the youngest you will ever be.
~Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, diplomat, author, 1884-1962
The Day is the Way.
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