Short, one-line quotes are useful in many areas of life.
They can relate to our relationships, work, self-understanding, or views on the world. These quotes usually hold truths that apply to everyone.
The shortest quotes often give deep insights in just a few words, helping us understand what life is really about. They remind us to keep things simple, to focus on what matters most.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” — Steve Jobs
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” — Johnny Depp
“If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.” — Kendrick Lamar
“Change the world by being yourself.” — Amy Poehler
“Tomorrow is now.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan
“Everything you can imagine is real.” — Pablo Picasso
“Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow.” — Vincent van Gogh
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” — Lucille Ball
“Lead from the heart, not the head.” — Princess Diana
“There is no substitute for hard work.” — Thomas Edison
“Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.” — Drake
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“I have nothing to lose but something to gain.” — Eminem
“A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.” — Atticus
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” — Rumi
“Whatever you do, do it well”. — Walt Disney
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” — T.S. Eliot
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” — Reba McEntire
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. — Basil Rathbone
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” — Anaïs Nin
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
“Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.” — Jean Vanier
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow” — Mahatma Gandhi
“The time is always right to do what is right” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one”. — Dolly Parton.
“Live a simple life; you will own the most beautiful treasures of the world!” — Mehmet Murat Ildan
“A simple life gives birth to more clarity, inner peace and meaningful relationships.” — Margo Vader
“Because you are alive, everything is possible.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” — Henry David Thoreau
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.” — Oliver Wendall Holmes Jr.
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” — William Arthur Ward
“I decided I can’t pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.” — Serena Williams
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” — Maya Angelou
“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.” — Calvin Coolidge
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.” — Henry Ford
“Decisions without actions are worthless.” — W. Clement Stone
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” — James Dean
“Oh, the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind.” — Dr. Seuss
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” — Steve Martin
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” — Mark Twain
“I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it.” — Lil Wayne
“To live will be an awfully big adventure.” — Peter Pan
“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” — Bruce Lee
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
“The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.” — Scott Peck
“May the clouds in your life be only a background for a lovely sunset.” — Irish Saying
“Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.” — Amit Ray
“Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.” — Marguerite Gardiner
“The simplest things are often the truest.” — Richard Bach
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” — Albert Schweitzer
“The biggest asset in the world is your mindset.” — Gary Vaynerchuk
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
“Learn to live with less so that you appreciate more.” — James Ryan
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” — Anne Frank
“I live a beautiful life with fewer things — simple, yet full.” — Laurie Buchanan, PhD
“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” — John Wooden
“The best things in life aren’t things.” — Art Buchwald
“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.” — Joshua Becker
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln