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What are short motivational phrases?
It is common for many people to feel moments of discouragement when facing some challenging situations in life. Several times they end up losing the will to get out of bed and have no disposition to work and live with total joy and confidence.
At this time, motivational quotes, which are usually quotes from world-renowned people such as great thinkers, poets and businessmen, appear to help you overcome the challenges present in your life. A motivational quote is a great life lesson.
We have selected, one by one, the 260 best short motivational phrases for life, work, hard times and phrases for status and photos, so you can feel motivated and empower yourself. Check them out below and make use of the phrases in your daily life!
Short motivational phrases for life
To get you started, check out the selection of the best short motivational phrases to take to life and get motivation for love, for joy, for having faith and for getting determination and success.
Short love motivational phrases
1. "Wherever you go, go with all your heart" - Confucius
2. "There are only two days in the year when nothing can be done: one is called yesterday and the other tomorrow. Therefore, today is the right day to love, believe, do and, above all, live." - Dalai Lama
3. "Believe in love. If you love it, you wait. Love is patient" - Caio Fernando Abreu
4. "Give the one you love: wings to fly, roots to return and reasons to stay" - Dalai Lama
5. "No matter the question, love is the answer" - Author unknown
6. "Everything makes sense, when the motivation is love... One day after another and the smoke that scared us, no longer tells us anything." - Amelia Mari Passos
7. "The essence of motivation is love in the reason that moves us" - Adimael Barbosa
8 - "Love is a force that transforms destiny" - Chico Xavier
9. "I have learned that people will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel."- Maya Angelou
10. "Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to strike."- Lord Byron
11. "Love in its essence is spiritual fire" - Seneca
12. "Love does not recognize barriers. It jumps over obstacles, over fences, penetrates walls to reach its destination full of hope" - Maya Angelou
13. "Love is of all passions the strongest, for it simultaneously attacks the head, the heart and the senses."- Lao Tzu
14. "Your task is not to seek love, but only to seek and find all the barriers within you that you have built against it."-Rumi
15. "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet" - Plato
16. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a garden without sun when the flowers are dead."- Oscar Wilde
17. "The art of love is largely the art of persistence."- Albert Ellis
18. "I have decided to stand with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."- Martin Luther King Jr.
19. "The love we give is the only love we keep."- Elbert Hubbard
20. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."- Martin Luther King Jr.
Short motivational phrases of joy
21 - "The only free person is the one who is not afraid of ridicule" - Luís Fernando Veríssimo
22. "Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them."- Steve Maraboli
23 - "If there is to be a crisis, let it be one of laughter" - Author unknown
24. "The healthiest response to life is joy."- Deepak Chopra
25. "Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there is so much to smile about."- Marilyn Monroe
26. "The most wasted of days is the one without laughter."- EE Cummings
27 - "Living is not waiting for the storm to pass, it is learning to dance in the rain" - Author unknown
28 - "To be a child is to believe that everything is possible. It is to be unforgettably happy with very little" - Gilberto dos Reis
29 - "Give a "Play" in life, a "Pause" in the good moments, a "Stop" in the bad moments and a "Repeat" in the joys of life" - Author unknown
30. "To do what you like is freedom. To like what you do is happiness."- Frank Tyger
31. "Stay close to anything that makes you happy to be alive."- Hafez
32. "Happiness often comes through a door you didn't know you'd left open."-John Barrymore
33. "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."-Jim Rohn
34. "It's always fun to do the impossible."-Walt Disney
35 "Be a fool to remain sane" - Maxime Lagacé
Short motivational phrases for success
36. "It's only when you risk failure that you discover certain things."- Lupita Nyong'o
37. "To be great, sometimes you have to take huge risks."- Bill Gates
38 - "Failure is the motivational word for success" - André Guerreiro
39 - "Persistence is the path to success" - Charles Chaplin
40 - "Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations" - Zig Ziglar
41 - "My ambition has always been to make dreams come true" - Bill Gates
42 - "Motivation is a door that opens from the inside" - Mário Sergio Cortella
43 "Our failures are sometimes more fruitful than our successes" - Henry Ford
44 "We are not only responsible for what we do, but also for what we fail to do" - Moliere
45 "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary" - Albert Einstein
46 "To be great, sometimes you have to take huge risks" - Bill Gates
47. "The difference between winning and losing is usually not giving up."- Walt Disney
48. "No pressure, no diamonds."- Thomas Carlyle
Short motivational phrases to have determination
49 "It does not matter how slowly you are going, as long as you do not stop" - Confucius
50 "Don't let yesterday occupy too much of today" - Will Rogers
51 - "Not knowing that it was impossible, he went and did it" - Jean Cocteau
52 "We are what we repeatedly do. Therefore, excellence is not an achievement, it is a habit."- Aristotle
53. i make difficulty my motivation" - Charlie Brown Jr.
54. "It's not about being perfect. It's about being hardworking."-Jillian Michaels
55 "You must fight more than one battle to become a winner" - Margaret Thatcher
56. "Of course, motivation is not permanent. taking a bath is not either; but it is something you should do regularly."- Zig Ziglar
57 "Believe that you can, so you are already halfway there" - Theodore Roosevelt
58. "In life a lot of people know what to do, but few actually do what they know they need to do.Knowing is not enough.You need to act."- Tony Robbins
59 "A master is not the one who always teaches, but the one who suddenly learns" - João Guimarães Rosa
60 "You can change without growing, but you can't grow without changing" - Larry Wilson
61. "Just one more round!" - Rocky Balboa
Short motivational phrases to have faith
62 "I don't know where I'm going, but I'm already on the way" - Carl Sandburg
63. "Even if my solution doesn't fall from the sky, my strength comes from there."- unknown author
64 - "Don't put limits on your dreams, put faith" - unknown author
65 "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean will not be dirty."- Mahatma Gandhi
66 "Whoever opens the school door, closes the prison" - Victor Hugo
67 "I want, I can, I can do it. Nothing is out of my reach, nothing is impossible" - Author Unknown
68. "Don't give up, have faith and let time work for everything to get better!"- Unknown Author
69. "As long as there is faith, there will never be lack of strength."-Author Unknown
70 "Goals may give focus, but dreams give power" - John Maxwell
71. "Believing is the strength that allows us to climb the highest steps of life."- Unknown Author
72. "Abandon your pains, not hope for better days."-Author Unknown
73 "In prayer we recharge our strength, which the struggle comes and takes away from us" - Author unknown
74 "God calls process, what you say is delay" - Bill Jonhson
75 "Often, what you think is an abyss, is God teaching you how to progress, mature and fly."- Author unknown
76 "The world closes doors, but God opens ways" - unknown author
77 "The light that guides me is much stronger than the eyes that surround me" - Unknown author
Short motivational phrases to get out of the comfort zone
78. "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."- Neale Donald Walsch.
79 "Teachers can open the door, but you must enter by yourself" - Chinese proverb
80 "Trying is the only way to know if it will work out" - unknown author
81 "The comfort of not acting right and at the right time will soon become a prison with high walls" - Paulo Vieira
82 "All progress happens outside the comfort zone."- Michael John Bobak
83. "The sooner you get out of your comfort zone, the sooner you'll realize it wasn't really that comfortable."- Eddie Harris
84 "Be encouraged, keep standing and know that everything will be all right" - Germany Kent
85 "Opportunities don't just happen, you create them" - Chris Grosser
86 "You can fly high, believe it!" - Author unknown
87 "Use positive thoughts to free yourself from the cage of anxieties and fears" - unknown author
88 "Before you want to change the world, you must change yourself" - Mahatma Gandhi
89 "Life will always offer you endless opportunities to start over" - unknown author
90 "New concepts do not circulate in square minds" - Author unknown
91 "Experience is a lantern hanging on the back that only illuminates the path already travelled" - Confucius
92 "It is easier to overcome a bad habit today than tomorrow" - Confucius
93 "You need to act for change, just wanting to be different is not enough."- Author unknown
Motivational phrases for hard days
For those times when a little help is needed to see the bright side of life again, to be optimistic, increase self-esteem and for other situations, see the motivational phrases selected below.
Short motivational phrases of overcoming
94 "You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore" - Christopher Columbus
95 "Some people will always throw stones in your way, it's up to you what you do with them. A wall or a bridge?" - unknown author
96 "Motivate yourself to go on, for you are the only one who understands your difficulties."- Author Unknown
97. "You are much more than what you are experiencing."- John Tew
98 - "Stones in the way? I keep them all. One day I'll build a castle" - Nemo Nox
99 "Courage is one step ahead of fear" - Coleman Young
100 "It is better to light the candle than to complain of the darkness" - Eleanor Roosevelt
101. "If you're reading this...congratulations, you're alive.If that's not a reason to smile, then I don't know what is."- Chad Sugg
102. "If you hear a voice saying 'don't do it', that means you must do it, above all. The voice will fall silent."- Vincent Van Gogh
Short motivational phrases of self-esteem
103 "You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and care" - Buddha
104 - "Whatever your dream is, be crazy to believe that all this is possible. It is a lie that you are no good for anything. It is a lie that you can not, you can" - Flávio Augusto
105 "It is no use trying to help those who do not help themselves" - Confucius
106 "No one can hurt me without my permission" - Mahatma Gandhi
107 "Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony" - Mahatma Gandhi
108. "Start where you are.Use what you have.Do what you can."-Arthur Ash
109 "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you" - BB King
110 "It is never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot
111 "I have within me all the dreams of the world" - Fernando Pessoa
112 "Let there be no haste, but let there be no waste of time either" - José Saramago
113 - "Dream. Fight. Conquer. Anything is possible. You were born to win." - Andy Orlando
114 "Life has the color you paint it" - Mário Bonatti
115 - "Have you tried believing in yourself? Try it! You have no idea what you are capable of" - Rogério Stankevicz
116 "Beat yourself and you will have beaten your own opponent" - Japanese Proverb
117 "You are very powerful as long as you know how powerful you are" - Yogi Bhajan
118 "If you want to change the world, take up your pen and write" - Martin Luther
119. "In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to shout."- Luvvie Ajayi
120. "I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."- Tracee Ellis Ross
121. "Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence.Your imperfections are actually a gift."-Kerry Washington
122. "If you can dance and be free and be embarrassed, you can rule the world."- Amy Poehler
123. "What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow."-Jay Cutler
Short motivational phrases of optimism
124 "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a throw of luck" - Dalai Lama
125 "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty" - Winston Churchill
126. "Dreams flourish in the lives of those who believe in them."-Author Unknown
127. "Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear."- George Addair
128. "Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you."- Cynthia Kersey
129 - "Look - if it's not to be, it won't be. Believe me. This silly thing, this attempt of yours to go beyond" - Caio Fernando Abreu
130. "I have learned over the years that when the mind is ready, it diminishes fear."-Rosa Parks
131 "Do your part, everything happens in its own time, maybe your time hasn't arrived yet! And don't forget, when you change, people change around you" - Paulo Vieira
132 "Adversity awakens in us capacities which, under favourable circumstances, would have remained dormant."- Horace
Short motivational phrases for starting over
133. "For every game over there is a play again."- Unknown Author
134. "Abandon your sorrows, not hope for better days."-Author Unknown
135 "Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding on the twentieth."-Julie Andrews
136. "If we wait until we are ready, we will wait our whole lives."-Lemony Snicket
137. "A champion is not defined by their wins, but by how they can bounce back when they fall."-Serena Williams
138. "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."- Zig Ziglar
139 "The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is now." - Chinese proverb
140. "Only when we are lost do we begin to find ourselves."- Henry David Thoreau
141 "I am no longer accepting things I cannot change. I am changing things I cannot accept." - Angela Davis
142. "What is worth in life is not the starting point but the walk. Walking and sowing, in the end, you will have what to reap" - Cora Coralina.
143 "When the roots are deep there is no reason to fear the wind" - Chinese proverb
144. "It is never too late to be what you might have been."- George Eliot
145 "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - Lao Tzu
Short motivational phrases for confidence
146 - "Victory comes to those who fight. The miracle comes to those who have faith. And the reward comes to those who trust" - Author unknown
147. "May the wind carry away all negative things" - Author unknown
148 - "There is time between sowing and harvesting. Be patient with life, it will adjust at the right time" - Author unknown
149 "It is part of healing the desire to be healed" - Seneca
150. "There are countless ways to build a list, but trust is what builds relationships."- .Hunter Boyle
151. "The body achieves what the mind believes."- Author Unknown
152 "Between you and your goal there is only one obstacle: you! Trust in your potential and conquer your place" - Author Unknown
153 "In the end everything works out, and if it didn't, it's because it hasn't come to an end yet" - Fernando Sabino
154. "One key to success is confidence. and one key to confidence is preparation."-Arthur Ashe, American tennis player
155 "The bravest of acts is still to think with one's own head" - Coco Chanel
156. "The best proof of love is trust." - Joyce Brothers
Phrases for status and motivational phrases for photos
In the mood to post a photo with friends but with no idea for a caption? Check out the following suggestions for phrases for status and phrases for photo with friends, family, couple, animals or for your travel photos.
Phrases for status and motivational phrases for friends photos
157 "Believe me, there are people who seek not beauty but heart" - Author unknown
158. "While some choose perfect people, I choose the ones that make me good."- Author unknown
159 "Good friends are like stars: we can't always see them, but we are sure they are always there."- Author unknown
160 "God created friendship because he knew that when love hurt, it would be the cure."- Author unknown
161 "Crises don't drive away friends, they just select them" - unknown author
162. "One of the best feelings in life is to be sure you can trust someone."- Author unknown
163 "In difficulty we know true friends" - Author unknown
164. "Love your parents, your life and your friends. Your parents, because they are unique. Your life, because it is too short. Your friends, because they are rare."- Author unknown
165 "People who give you a sincere and spontaneous smile when you think that everything is lost ... These are the real ones" - Author unknown
166 "Amazing people make ordinary places become extraordinary" - Daniel Duarte
167 - "He who walks alone may arrive more quickly, but he who walks in company will certainly go further" - Clarice Lispector
168 "A friend who understands your tears is far more valuable than one who only knows your smiles."- Author unknown
169 "Of the good things in my life, you are certainly the best!" - unknown author
170 - "Some friendships pass quickly, in the blink of an eye, others are made to last until you blink for the last time" - Pedro Bial
171. "Some people make your laugh a little louder, your smile a little brighter and your life a little better."- Mário Quintana
172. "Friendship is like a circle and like a circle it has no beginning or end." - Machado de Assis
173. "Friendship is a love that never dies" - Mário Quintana
174. "Life becomes a better journey when we meet people as crazy as we are."- Daniel Duarte
175 - "A friend called me to take care of his pain, I kept mine in my pocket and went" - Cecília Meireles
176 "Friendship is not about who came first or who came last. It's about who came and never left." - Tati Bernardi
Phrases for status and motivational phrases for family photos
177."'Ohana' means family. family means never to abandon or forget." - Lilo & Stitch
178. "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."-Dr. Seuss
179. "Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings."- Hodding Carter
180 "The greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories" - Og Mandino
181. "Traveling in the company of those we love is home on the move."- Leigh Hunt
182 "Give the one you love: wings to fly, roots to return and reasons to stay" - Dalai Lama.
183 "The family is not born ready; it is built little by little and it is the best laboratory of love" - Luis Fernando Veríssimo
184. "When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you unflinchingly are your family."-Jim Butcher
185. "If you go through a war at work, but have peace when you get home, you will be a happy human being" - Augusto Cury
186 "You do not choose your family. They are God's gift to you, just as you are to them" - Desmond Tutu
187. "Peace and harmony: behold the true wealth of a family" - Benjamin Franklin
188. "I support myself with the love of my family" - Maya Angelou
Phrases for status and motivational phrases for couple pictures
189 "Life has taught us that love does not consist in looking at one another, but in looking together in the same direction."- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
190 "What is essential is invisible to the eye" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
191 "If I could choose again, I would choose you again" - unknown author
192 - "Alone, I am prose, next to you, poetry" - Marcelo Camelo
193. "If the sun doesn't come back tomorrow, I'll use your smile to brighten my day" - unknown author
194. "I wait for your smile like the night waits for the stars" - Tati Bernardi
195 "Love is just a word... until you find someone who gives it real meaning" - Paulo Coelho
196. "I want you to remember me. if you, only you, remember me, I don't care if the rest of the world forgets me."- Haruki Murakami
197 - "Speaking of longing, again I woke up thinking of you" - Marília Mendonça
198 - "Believe me, there are people who seek not beauty but heart" - Cazuza
199. "In the face of the vastness of time and the immensity of the universe, it is an immense pleasure for me to share a planet and a time with you."- Carl Sagan
200. "Indeed, the best gift you can give her is a lifetime of adventures."- Lewis Carroll
201. "Because at the precise moment in which we set out in search of Love, it too sets out to meet us. And saves us." - Paulo Coelho
Phrases for status and motivational phrases for pet photos
202 - "Happy are the dogs that by smell discover their friends" - Machado de Assis
203 "When I needed a hand, I found a paw" - Author unknown
204. "If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty, and gratitude, animals are better than many humans."-James Herriot
205 - "The happiest day of my life was when my dog adopted me" - unknown author
206 "Before having loved an animal, part of our soul remains unconscious" - Anatole France
207. "We know nothing about love if we have never really loved an animal."- Fred Wander
208. "If you spend time with animals, you run the risk of becoming a better person."- Oscar Wilde
209. "When you look into the eyes of a rescued animal, you can't help but fall in love."- Paul Shaffer
210 "It matters not whether animals are incapable of thinking or not. What matters is that they are capable of suffering."-Jeremy Bentham
211 "They are born knowing how to love in a way that we take a lifetime to learn" - unknown author
212 - "To respect animals is the duty of all; to love them is the privilege of few" - William Shakespeare
Status Quotes and Motivational Phrases for Travel Photos
213. "A journey is like a marriage.The sure way to be wrong is to think you control it."-John Steinbeck
214 "Love is the food of life, the journey is the dessert" - Author unknown
215 "A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."-John A. Shedd
216. "The person who travels alone may begin today.The one who travels with others must wait until they are ready."- Henry David Thoreau
217. "Waking up alone in a strange city is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world."-Freya Stark
218. "To travel is to take a journey into yourself."- Danny Kaye
219 - "To travel is to change the clothes of the soul" - Mário Quintana
220 "Don't put your happiness in the hands of others waiting for them to accept to travel with you" - Elizabeth Werneck
221. "Not all who wander are lost."-J. R. R. Tolkien
222 "Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before" - Dalai Lama
223. "Traveling is not something you're good at. it's something you just do, like breathing."- Gayle Foreman
224. "Go see the world. It's more fantastic than any dream." - Ray Bradbury
225. "People don't make the journeys, the journeys make the people."-John Steinbeck
226. "Don't get me wrong, take me to Paris" - unknown author
Short motivational phrases for work
Another day at work and you need a motivation to start the day? Let's see some short motivational phrases to start and end the day well and not to be discouraged even in times when business does not happen the way we expected and wanted.
Short motivational phrases to start the day well
227. "Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day after day."- Robert Collier
To achieve what we want so much, may depend only on a small dose of courage" - Author unknown
228 "Before you say you can't do something, try it" - Sakichi Toyoda
229 - "When I open the window of my room each morning, it is as if I were opening the same book. On a new page..." - Mario Quintana
230 "If we want to progress, we must not repeat history, but make a new history" - Mahatma Gandhi
231 "Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it" - Paulo Coelho
232 - "A change always leaves steps for a new change" - Machiavelli
233. "Make a customer, not a sale."- Katherine Barchetti
234. "Don't find faults, find solutions. Everyone knows how to complain" - Henry Ford
Short motivational phrases to end the day well
235. "If people like you, they will listen to you, but if they trust you, they will do business with you."- Zig Ziglar
236. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You will not live long enough to be able to repeat them all."- Eleanor Roosevelt
237. "Many people think that "selling" is the same as "talking. "But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job."- Roy Bartell
238. "When you devalue what you do, the world devalues who you are."- Oprah Winfrey
239. "If they won't give you a seat at the table, take a folding chair."- Shirley Chisholm
240. "It is your attitude and not your aptitude that will determine your altitude."- Zig Ziglar
241. "Never chase money. you must chase success, because with success comes money."-Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
242. "You never lose in business. you either win or you learn."- Melinda Emerson
Short motivational phrases for when work is unsuccessful
243. "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not allow ourselves to be defeated."- Maya Angelou
244. "It's great to celebrate success, but it's more important to learn from the lessons of failure."- Bill Gates
245 "Draw strength from your weakness" - Miguel de Cervantes
246. "I didn't fail! I just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
247. "Many of life's failures are of people who do not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."-Thomas Edison
248. "Don't be discouraged. sometimes it's the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."- Johnny De Carli
249 "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
250. "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with the problems longer."- Albert Einstein
251. "Men achieve success when they realize that their failures are a preparation for their victories."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
252. "Let your hopes, not your pains, shape your future."- Robert H. Schiller
Short motivational phrases for teamwork
253 "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go in a group" - African proverb
254. "The beauty of teamwork is always having someone to count on by your side."- Margaret Carty
255. "Any successful person knows that he is an important piece, but that he will not achieve anything alone" - Bernardinho
256. "In the long history of mankind, those who have learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed."- Charles Darwin
257. "Amazing things in business are never done by one person, but by a team."- Steve Jobs
258 - "I am part of a team, so when I win, it's not just me who wins. In a way, I finish the work of a huge group of people" - Ayrton Senna
259. "When everyone moves forward together, success occurs by itself."- Henry Ford
260 "With talent we win games, with teamwork and intelligence we win championships."- Michael Jordan
Why use motivational phrases?
As we could see, motivational phrases are quick and efficient ways to help in difficult times in life when an individual is not in a great mood and is tired and uninterested. They are great life lessons that motivate a person not to get discouraged and not to give up.
For this reason, take advantage that we have elected and selected all 260 best short motivational phrases and make use of them in your daily life. Listen with affection and wisdom the words of great celebrities, writers, entrepreneurs and thinkers who never gave up and have always been in search of joy and love.