35 Positive Quotes About Life

Looking for a bit of inspiration for life or a pick-me-up? We’ve got you! We’ve pulled together some well-known positive quotes about life, and we’ve also added a few of our own. Earthimama is your safe space for comfort and inspiration so grab your favorite hot drink and put your feet up. 

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Positive quotes about life

“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do” -John R. Wooden

“May you let all of the magic inside you, become your reality.” – Earthimama

“There is no traffic jam along the extra mile” – Roger Staubach

“What we achieve inwardly, will change outer reality” – Plutarch

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

“Hold on to your dream, surrender to the process” – Earthimama

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise” – Sigmund Freud

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon

“To be successful is to follow what lights up your unique soul” – Earthimama

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” – Kevin Kruse

“Sometimes life is about learning that it’s always safe to be who you are.” – Earthimama

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner

“Thomas Edison conducted 1000 failed experiments, because the 1001st was the light ball” – Denzel Washington

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“You don’t need to become great; you just need to realize the greatness within you” – Earthimama

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“Once you are in line with who you are, everything will fall in to place for you” – Earthimama

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“True success in life is only when it benefits others, not when it causes them harm” – Earthimama

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

” If you don’t feel happiness and belonging in a certain place, there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re just in the wrong place, get out” – Earthimama

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle

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

“Each small step you take is investing in something bigger” – Earthimama

“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.” – E.O. Wilson

“We have all the answers we need inside us, we just need to give those answers validation” – Earthimama

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have” – Abraham Lincoln

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