Quotes to encourage, motivate and uplift you

I love encouraging and uplifting quotes. I’ve been sorting through some quotes recently to share with my daughter in her lunchbox notes for what I’m calling “Motivation Monday.” It’s a lot like “Truth Tuesday.” I’m compiling the list of quotes here and will continue to add to it as we go. Enjoy!

1.”Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou

2. “People see God every day; they just don’t recognize Him.” — Pearl Bailey

3. “No one is perfect — that’s why pencils have erasers.” — Wolfgang Reibe

4. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

5. “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” — Dolly Parton

6. “It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.” — Confucius

7. “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” — Albert Einstein

8. “Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.” — Albert Einstein

9. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” — Randy Pausch

10. “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” – Mr. Fred Rogers

11. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

12. “Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

14. “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” — Augustine

15. “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” — Jim Rohn

16. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

17. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matter.” — Epictetus

18. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop