95 Encouragement Quotes For Inspiration

In a world that often feels overwhelming, a few words of encouragement can make all the difference. Whether you're facing a daunting challenge, seeking motivation to pursue your dreams, or simply need a boost to get through the day, the right quote can spark that much-needed inspiration. We've curated a collection of the top 95 encouragement quotes designed to uplift your spirits and ignite your inner strength. Let these words of wisdom from thinkers, leaders, and visionaries serve as a reminder that you are capable of achieving greatness, no matter where you are in your journey. Dive in, and let the inspiration flow.

1. “Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...” - Robert Fulghum

2. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” - Paulo Coelho

4. “Don't let the muggles get you down.” - J.K. Rowling

5. “This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best. ” - Hermann Hesse

6. “The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body; use yours to lift someone up today.” - Terri Ann Armstrong

7. “It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.” - Karen Moning

8. “But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.” - Amy Carmichael

9. “So Encourage Each Other and Build Each Other Up-Positive Connections.” - Anonymous

10. “A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.” - Albert Schweitzer

11. “And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of [the strangers'] smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had the power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.” - Cormac McCarthy

12. “Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds!” - Walter Scott

13. “Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson

14. “Years and years ago, I read a great interview with Jam and Lewis, the R&B producers, in which they described what it was like to be members of Prince's band. They'd sit down, and Prince would tell them what he wanted them to play, and they'd explain that they couldn't--they weren't quick enough, or good enough. And Prince would push them and push them until they mastered it, and then just when they were feeling pleased with themselves for accomplishing something they didn't know they had the capacity for, he'd tell them the dance steps he needed to accompany the music.This story has stuck with me, I think, because it seems like an encapsulation of the very best and most exciting kind of creative process.” - Nick Hornby

15. “ Begin again as often as you need to in order to stay on track spiritually...” - Elizabeth Funderbirk

16. “Right!""Right!""You can get there!""I can get there!""You're a natural at counting to two!""I'm a nat'ral at counting to two!""If you can count to two, you can count to anything!""If I can count to two, I can count to anything!""And then the world is your mollusc!""My mollusc! What's a mollusc?” - Terry Pratchett

17. “Never put off writing until you are better at it.” - Gary Henderson

18. “I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down.” - Anne Lamott

19. “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” - Anne Lamott

20. “For a permanent solution to easing tension and soothe the rough waters of the world that cause people to go to drugs, drinking, gambling, pornography, overeating, or anything that will give them some temporary relief, you can’t beat the support and encouragement of a friend.” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett

21. “You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.” - Roz Inga

22. “...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard...” - Morgan Matson

23. “Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible.” - Rodolfo Costa

24. “A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]” - E.B. White

25. “Stones and sticks are thrown only at fruit-bearing trees.” - Sumi

26. “90% of learning comes through encouragement.” - Kevin Thoman

27. “Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.” - T.F. Hodge

28. “The value of routine; trusting your swing.” - Lorii Myers

29. “As Charles Stewart Parnell called out during the Irish rent strike campaign in 1879 and 1880:It is no use relying on the Government . . . . You must only rely upon your own determination . . . . Help yourselves by standing together . . . strengthen those amongst yourselves who are weak . . . , band yourselves together, organize yourselves . . . and you must win . . . When you have made this question ripe for settlement,then and not till then will it be settled.” - Gene Sharp

30. “At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.” - Scott Hahn

31. “If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.” - Scott Hahn

32. “Head up, heart open. To better days!” - T.F. Hodge

33. “Relatives share the same bloodline, but FAMILY shares your successes, pains, ambitions, celebrations, failures, values, love and so much more. I realize that many friends have become Family and some relatives just are not. (Analogy: Blood scatters everywhere, when Family runs together...When I thought I needed "Blood" to survive, I realized that what I really needed was "Family"!)” - Gaye Miller 2012

34. “A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.” - Criss Jami

35. “With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.” - Criss Jami

36. “An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.” - Criss Jami

37. “Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.” - Criss Jami

38. “Your nature is not the problem. The problem is that you have become alienated from your nature -- from your power source.” - Laurie Helgoe

39. “The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on making it to the rest room "in time" during the extensive rehabilitation that followed her shooting. Her husband, commander of a space shuttle crew, encouraged her by identifying with her limitation. Even revered astronauts, he revealed, have bodily limits and have to rely on Huggies during extended launch exercises.” - Gabrielle Giffords

40. “When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself), emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure.” - Roger Crawford

41. “You got up off the bathroom floor. That’s a start. Now, just stay off the floor. After all—aside from winning the lottery—all any of us can ever really hope for is more days spent standing tall than spent in pieces on the floor.” - Sarah Spann

42. “He worked with her as she was and not as he wanted her to be.” - Colin Clark

43. “In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand.” - Agnes Kamara-umunna

44. “Sometimes the best goal you can set is just to get out of bed every day. If you can succeed at this, then other things become possible.” - Cynthia Patterson

45. “Encouragement from any source is like a drop of rain upon a parched desert. Thanks to all the many others who rained on me when I needed it, and even when I foolishly thought I didn't.(acknowledgements in The P.U.R.E.)” - Claire Gillian

46. “...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

47. “If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.” - Jim Stovall

48. “Before you can be effective in communication with ANYONE else, you must know who YOU are. It begins with you. Believe me when I say, I don't need anyone's approval in this classroom ... I'm great company for myself. Me, myself, and I ... we laugh a lot. (Said on the first week of class each phase, somewhat rewording each time, but the gist is always there).” - Dacia Wilkinson

49. “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” - Stephen R. Covey

50. “We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.” - C. JoyBell C.

51. “Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter.” - Deborah Day

52. “Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!” - Deborah Day

53. “Research highlights a striking link between between encouraging child-raising and class. Half of working-class parents' interactions with their 12-18 month-olds were affirming, versus 80% among the affluent and 20% among those in poverty.” - Betty Hart

54. “The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” - Criss Jami

55. “ALL EXCUSES must be FOUGHT by taking ACTION against the THOUGHT. ~ Author Mammy Oaklee” - Mammy Oaklee

56. “Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person?” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett

57. “Josiah became King of Judah at the age of eight. Joan of Arc led the French Army at nineteen. King Tut led all of Egypt at age nine. Age isn't everything you think it is. Your heart and your spirit speak more than a simple candle count on your birthday cake. ~Tony (Exposing ELE)” - Rebecca Gober

58. “Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.” - Kevin Smith

59. “To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.” - Randy Alcorn

60. “If it doesn't challenge you, it will not change you.” - Tamika L. Sims

61. “Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.” - Steve Goodier

62. “Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.” - Steve Goodier

63. “God remains the same—faithful, loving and powerful—through changes big and small.” - Janet P. Eckles

64. “Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.” - Randy Alcorn

65. “If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” - Matt D. Miller

66. “There is no lifeguard on duty. We each swim at our own risk during this short journey." ~ Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue” - Lisa Fantino

67. “I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.” - Jim Abbott

68. “Destroy what you have become and become what you did destroy/” - Muhammed Bhikha

69. “Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are.” - Aberjhani

70. “The seeds of greatness are sown in ordinary soil.” - Leah Griffith

71. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

72. “A little knee time first thing in the day keeps u standing all day!” - Evinda Lepins

73. “I write because I'm free,because I can,because I will. I write because I must,because I'm breathing,because I'd go crazy otherwise,because it's who I am.I write to make a statement,to share my thoughts,to discover myself,to express my ideas.But most of all, I write for future generations.I write for love. I write to inspire.I write to encourage. I write for me.” - Nadège Richards

74. “Indeed, God is always with us even when things look hopeless.” - Jennifer Hudson Taylor

75. “There's no heaven on earth. God would have to guide her through the problems.” - Jennifer Hudson Taylor

76. “I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

77. “I think you'll be a great teacher," said Gary. That's his role in my life: blind encourager and ambassador of false senses of security.” - Matthew Norman

78. “It's faith that will take you through and determination that will drive you.” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett

79. “I don't need encouraging. I do well enough on my own.” - R.L. Mathewson

80. “Never take the first brick out of the wall unless you know it is meant to fall” - Bathsheba Dailey

81. “God has ALREADY given you the strength you need, it's up to you to recognize that you were BORN a conqueror!” - Yvonne Pierre

82. “You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.” - Criss Jami

83. “Never judge yourself so harshly that you never arise from the ashes of life.” - Shawntel Jefferson

84. “We listened, as all boys in their better moods will listen (ay, and men too for the matter of that), to a man whom we felt to be, with all his heart and soul and strength, striving against whatever was mean and unmanly and unrighteous in our little world. It was not the cold, clear voice of one giving advice and warning from serene heights to those who were struggling and sinning below, but the warm, living voice of one who was fighting for us and by our sides, and calling on us to help him and ourselves and one another.” - Thomas Hughes

85. “She smiled thoughtfully. “I think Jackson was like a lost puppy. He needed purpose, someone to believe in him and love him despite his bullshit. But he didn’t have that, so he just went around humping everyone’s leg and peeing everywhere. Then you came along and he thought he found that owner that would give him that purpose—something that would make him feel needed—but you chose the fancy pet store puppy instead, so he went back to peeing on everything and destroying all the furniture.”“Um, Whit...is there a point to this?”“We all need someone to believe in us. It helps us see our full potential. You were that someone to believe in him. I think he’ll be a new man because of it.” “So you’re saying I rescued a lost puppy, and now he’ll become a topnotch show dog because I’m just so amazing?”“Exactly.”“You have such an eloquent way with words.”“No shit, right?”“Precisely.”-Emma and Whitney” - Rachael Wade

86. “May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position.” - Traci LaRussa

87. “It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

88. “A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.” - Criss Jami

89. “Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art. . . . Someone on the internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before: make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, eventually time will take the sting away, and it doesn’t even matter. Do what only you can do best: make good art.” - Neil Gaiman

90. “How does knowing 'things could be worse' than what I already deem awful make me feel any better? You mean I could sink even lower? Oh joy!” - Richelle E. Goodrich

91. “Let the change begin with your choices this very moment.” - Bryant McGill

92. “We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.” - Bryant McGill

93. “We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.” - Patti Digh

94. “BELIEVE in yourself even if nobody else does!” - Stephanie Lahart

95. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” - Stephanie Lahart