Looking for a little motivation to brighten your day? Our carefully selected collection of the top 55 inspirational "You" quotes is designed to empower and encourage you. Whether you need a boost of confidence, a reminder of your potential, or simply some uplifting words, these quotes will inspire you to believe in yourself and keep moving forward.
1. “How can I teach my boys the value and beauty of language and thus communication when the President himself reads westerns exclusively and cannot put together a simple English sentence? (John Steinbeck, in a private letter written during the Eisenhower administration)” - John Steinbeck
2. “Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history.” - Nikolai Berdyaev
3. “Do you wake up as I do, having forgotten what it is that hurts or where, until you move? There is a second of consciousness that is clean again. A second that is you, without memory or experience, the animal warm and waking into a brand new world. There is the sun dissolving the dark, and light as clear as music, filling the room where you sleep and the other rooms behind your eyes.” - Jeanette Winterson
4. “Though our hourglass runs, one day it shall not, but then our eternity hourglass begins with never ending sands, what mantle do you want to set your hourglass of eternal life upon? This in your choice to make, no one but you can make that decision. So think wisely and live honorable, for your actions will choice the destination of your hourglass.” - Tabitha Robin
5. “Don't bruise the Foo!” - Christopher Moore
6. “I need you here with me we look for our love but we dont find it im searching and searching, I really need you here with me boy were going Round-and Round!” - Selena Gomez
7. “Only write a story that only you can write. ” - Alysha Speer
8. “Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.” - Brom
9. “You are beautiful like demolition. Just the thought of you draws my knuckles white. I don’t need a god. I have you and your beautiful mouth, your hands holding onto me, the nails leaving unfelt wounds, your hot breath on my neck. The taste of your saliva. The darkness is ours. The nights belong to us. Everything we do is secret. Nothing we do will ever be understood; we will be feared and kept well away from. It will be the stuff of legend, endless discussion and limitless inspiration for the brave of heart. It’s you and me in this room, on this floor. Beyond life, beyond morality. We are gleaming animals painted in moonlit sweat glow. Our eyes turn to jewels and everything we do is an example of spontaneous perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch. The time I annihilated while I waited like a man doing a life sentence. Now you’re here and everything we touch explodes, bursts into bloom or burns to ash. History atomizes and negates itself with our every shared breath. I need you like life needs life. I want you bad like a natural disaster. You are all I see. You are the only one I want to know.” - Henry Rollins
10. “There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.” - Lauren King
11. “Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” - Neil Gaiman
12. “And like flowers in the fields, that make wonderful views, when we stand side-by-side in our wonderful hues..We all make a beauty so wonderfully true.We are special and different, and just the same, too!So whenever you look at your beautiful skin, from your wiggling toes to your giggling grin...Think how lucky you are that the skin you live in, so beautifully holds the "You" who's within.” - Michael Tyler
13. “You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push.” - Carrie Ryan
14. “But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
15. “You're surprised at all the blood.He looks over at you, eyes wide, mouth dropping open, his face almost as white as his shirt.He's surprised, too.” - Charles Benoit
16. “You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” - Albert Camus
17. “Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.” - Jennifer Aniston
18. “Think of yourself as a brand. You need to be remembered. What will they remember you for? What defines you? If you have it in you, do something that defines you. Invent something, develop a unique skill, get noticed for something — it creates a talking point.” - Chris Arnold
19. “You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.” - Deb Caletti
20. “Celebration is an act of impressing sadistic someone residing in you.” - Santosh Kalwar
21. “You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.” - Rumi
22. “Life has a funny way of turning you into the one thing you don't want to be.” - Jonathan Levine
23. “There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.” - Mahatma Gandhi
24. “To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear.” - Mark Jacobs
25. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” - Oprah Winfrey
26. “Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling lies. Your appearance in the doorway!...You have been my body's health. Whenever I have read a book, it was you I was reading, not the book, you were the book. You were, you were.” - Robert Walser
27. “You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy.” - Cecily von Ziegesar
28. “Many may have stopped believing in you, but God hasn't.” - Anita R. Sneed-Carter
29. “I find peace when I'm confused, I find hope when I'm let down, not in me but in you.” - Switchfoot
30. “The cards give you images and symbols to focus your vague intentions and transform them into action. Your will is the magic. In other words, you are the magic. If you can create something in your heart and then act on it to make it happen, that is magic. Very simple, very straightforward—no witches, no spells, and no broomsticks.” - Theresa Francis-Cheung
31. “It's Up to You To Get Your Dreams and Goals Moving” - Brenda Johnson Padgitt
32. “Selfishness Stops The Flow Of Blessings To You and Others” - Brenda Johnson Padgitt
33. “i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone” - James Dashner
34. “All I think of ever is that I love you.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
35. “I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.” - Sarah Kay
36. “I am.I'm here.I'm me.You are the mystery. ” - Richelle E. Goodrich
37. “Everything needs love… and everything you do or don’t do is a reflection of how you love you!” - Sanjo Jendayi
38. “Either you will be you or you will not be at all.” - Dejan Stojanovic
39. “Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.” - Dejan Stojanovic
40. “What does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself?” - Dejan Stojanovic
41. “You are not what you are; You are darkness Looking for light within.” - Dejan Stojanovic
42. “The world is too quiet without you nearby.” - Lemony Snickett
43. “It's faith that will take you through and determination that will drive you.” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett
44. “It hasn't been just a weekend for me, Wilson. I've wanted you for so long. I fought off the thoughts every day, exhausting every option to keep you off my mind; I can't do it anymore. I want you right here.” - Gretchen de la O
45. “It’s not easy to kill; it’s not supposed to be. If it is, then there’s something wrong with you. But sometimes good people have to do unpleasant things just so we can come home at night to our kids.” - Skip Coryell
46. “Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciting twists and best turns are yet to come. And it absolutely does not matter how old or young you are.Like a bright carpet of wonders, enjoy the unrolling of your story.” - Vera Nazarian
47. “The world knows nothing of you. That is my gift to you. You are no one.” - Mark Allen Smith
48. “Y.O.L.O” - Cupcake105435
49. “You should holistically build yourself to be the best you. The evidence of your glorious life should be an inspiration to many . You create your world yourself in your own positive way. You are stronger than ever and bolder than you think. Brave the odds and initiate new imprints for all to aspire and follow your footprints.” - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
50. “Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free.” - Lana Del Rey
51. “...I pluck every day from my sweater or chair, red hairs...strands of significance, traces of you in my life ...” - John Geddes
52. “You need some coffee, don't you?""Yes, I've only had a gallon.” - John Grisham
53. “Rise up and be you. Your rise is your growth.” - Anita R. Sneed-Carter
54. “When she says 'I've never done this before" she just means with you” - Josh Stern
55. “Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once....” - Sarah Dessen
