- By Ridam Sharma
- Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:18 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Uplifting Quotes To Let Go Of Negativity: Life is all about its ups and downs. However, on some days, it becomes too difficult to get up and work hard amidst difficulties and obstacles. In such moments, a few right words from wise people can change one's perspective and lift one's spirits. Here is a list of more than 70+ inspiring and uplifting quotes by well-known people that are perfect to get a perspective on life through their wisdom. These powerful quotes will work as an inspiration to fuel a more hopeful view of life. When you need to be motivated to continue moving ahead or need a boost of optimism during tough times, these quotes remind us of the strength of hope, resilience, and positivity.
List Of 70+ Uplifting Quotes That Will Give You A More Positive Outlook On Life
1. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
2. "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." - Jimmy Johnson
3. "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
4. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
5. "Believe you can and you’re halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
6. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss
7. "Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about." - Marilyn Monroe
8. "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus
9. "In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
10. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller
11. "It's your outlook on life that counts." - Betty White
12. "Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." - Willie Nelson
13. "Positive anything is better than negative nothing." - Elbert Hubbard
14. "Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbon." - Ann Ruth Schabacker
15. "If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." - Dolly Parton
16. "A dead end is just a good place to turn around." - Naomi Judd
17. "In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact." - Les Brown
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18. "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." - Colin Powell
19. "Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power." - William James
20. "One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged." - Lucille Ball
21. "Say something positive, and you'll see something positive." - Jim Thompson
22. "Choose to be optimistic, it feels better." - Dalai Lama
23. "Optimism is a happiness magnet." - Mary Lou Retton
24. "Don't waste a minute not being happy." - Brooke Shields
25. "The key to life when things get tough is to just keep moving." - Tyler Perry
26. "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." - Vince Lombardi
27. "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde
28. "You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne
29. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." - Nelson Mandela
30. "Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive." - Matt Cameron
31. "Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation." - Michael Jordan
32. "Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
33. "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." - Tony Robbins
34. "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton
35. "Failure is a great teacher and every mistake has a lesson to offer." - Oprah Winfrey
36. "Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today." - Will Rogers
37. "Be persistent and never give up hope." - George Lucas
38. "When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." - Paulo Coelho
39. "Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." - Charles Kettering
40. "There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?" - Zendaya
41. "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open." - John Barrymore
42. "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead
43. "Keep your face towards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
44. "A problem is a chance for you to do your best." - Duke Ellington
45. "You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens." - Mandy Hale
46. "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’" - Audrey Hepburn
47. "Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful." - Annette Funicello
48. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle
49. "The best way out is through." - Robert Frost
50. "Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
51. "Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right." - Henry Ford
52. "Love the life you live. Live the life you love." - Bob Marley
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53. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
54. "I’m not going to continue knocking on that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that." - Ava DuVernay
55. "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer
56. "I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you." - Tina Turner
57. "Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think." - Olivia Newton-John
58. "Next time, ask ‘What’s the worst that will happen?’ Then push yourself a little further than you dare." - Audre Lorde
59. "Dreams do not come true just because you dream them." - Shonda Rhimes
60. "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality." - Malala Yousafzai
61. "If life were predictable, it would cease to be life and be without flavour." - Eleanor Roosevelt
62. "Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." - Charles Swindoll
63. "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
64. "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated." - Maya Angelou
65. "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more." - Oprah Winfrey
66. "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth
67. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." - Tony Robbins
68. "If you want to lift yourself, lift someone else." - Booker T. Washington
69. "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." - Ronald Reagan
70. "Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert H. Schuller
71. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis
72. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
73. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
74. "It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
75. "Fall seven times and stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb
The above-mentioned inspiring quotes can change how one faces life's highs and lows. With a newfound hope and positive perspective, it becomes simpler to move forward in adversities and admire the beauty of life through simple moments of joy. Let the words of wisdom by great people be a daily inspiration that brings a positive outlook on life for you, for a happy and content life.