Life is a journey that continuously changes its course. Sometimes, we feel like we’re winning; at other times, we face challenges. And we all know that challenges are opportunities come in disguise for growth. In this blog, I’ve gathered 150 Live-by Quotes to shape a Better Life. Let’s dive in!
Quotes on Personal Growth and Self-Improvement
Becoming Your Best Self
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” — Max DePree
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” — Mandy Hale
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James
“You were born to be real, not perfect.” — Unknown
“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” — Unknown
“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” — Janis Joplin
“Your potential is endless. Go do what you were created to do.” — Unknown
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” — Mary Anne Radmacher
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Embracing Change
“Change is the only constant in life.” — Heraclitus
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” — Albert Einstein
“Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Your life does not get better by chance; it gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” — Chinese Proverb
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” — Winston Churchill
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” — Ambrose Redmoon
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin Sharma
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” — Thomas Jefferson
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” — Oprah Winfrey
“A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.” — Chinese Proverb
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” — Frank Zappa
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” — C.S. Lewis
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” — Anonymous
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” — Pema Chödrön
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.” — Naeem Callaway
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates
Quotes on Happiness and Positivity
Finding Joy in Life
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Brault
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” — Phyllis Diller
“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.” — Ralph Marston
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” — Nicolas Chamfort
“Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.” — Unknown
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama
“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” — Albert Camus
“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Find joy in the ordinary.” — Unknown
“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” — Thucydides
“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” — Steve Maraboli
“There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.” — Buddha
“Happiness is only real when shared.” — Christopher McCandless
“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” — William Saroyan
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
“Happiness comes in waves. It’ll find you again.” — Unknown
The Power of Positivity
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.” — Guy Finley
“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” — Joyce Meyer
“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” — Robert H. Schuller
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts will become your words.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” — Marcus Aurelius
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” — Joyce Meyer
“Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.” — Alice Morse Earle
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of a superior personality.” — Brian Tracy
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” — Willie Nelson
“Live as if everything is rigged in your favor.” — Rumi
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” — Milton Berle
“Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.” — Unknown
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
“Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.” — Unknown
Quotes on Success and Ambition
Chasing Your Dreams
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” — Albert Schweitzer
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” — Jerry Dunn
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Dream big and dare to fail.” — Norman Vaughan
“Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” — Confucius
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” — Robert H. Schuller
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” — Frank Ocean
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” — Zig Ziglar
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” — Paulo Coelho
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
“It’s not about how fast you get there, but about the journey along the way.” — Unknown
“Your dreams don’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again.” — Unknown
Overcoming Obstacles
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry Ford
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” — Dan Reeves
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” — James N. Watkins
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” — Richard Branson
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” — Aisha Tyler
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” — William Arthur Ward
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
“We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” — Barbara De Angelis
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” — Walter D. Wintle
Quotes on Love and Relationships
The Beauty of Love
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” — Stephen Chbosky
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” — William Shakespeare
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle
“Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. It’s about how much you love each other every day.” — Unknown
“A life lived in love will never be dull.” — Leo Buscaglia
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard but must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu
“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” — John Lennon
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” — Dr. Seuss
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Love is not about possession. It’s all about appreciation.” — Osho
“Love is like the wind; you can’t see it, but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” — Henry David Thoreau
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” — Edgar Allan Poe
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones
“In dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities.” — János Arany
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” — Nat King Cole
Building Stronger Relationships
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘You too? I thought I was the only one!’” — C.S. Lewis
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
“A strong relationship requires choosing to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other.” — Unknown
“A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you.” — Unknown
“The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” — Tony Robbins
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” — Hubert H. Humphrey
“No road is long with good company.” — Turkish Proverb
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow Wilson
“A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other.” — Unknown
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” — Charles Dickens
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mignon McLaughlin
“The best proof of love is trust.” — Joyce Brothers
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” — Walter Winchell
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey
“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.” — Mark Twain
“Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” — Karl A. Menninger
“Love and friendship are the two greatest things in life.” — Unknown
“Relationships are the essence of a meaningful life.” — Gary Smalley
Final Thoughts!
That’s the wrap-up of our collection of 150 Live-by Quotes to Shape a Better Life. Hope it serves it purpose by helping you and guiding you whenever you need it.
Which quote resonated with you the most? Let me know in the comments!
