Encouraging Words and Sayings
Encouraging words can mean a lot to a loved one or a friend. In fact, in times of despair, your words may be the most important thing for them to hold on to.
Never hesitate to offer hope and inspiration to the people around you. You may need them yourself when there’s a need.
You are never short of opportunities to support others. Here are some encouraging and inspirational words you can share with those who need extra inspiration to get through challenging times and boost their mood.
Words of Encouragement
1.) You are important and valued.
2.) I admire how strong you are!
3.) Your ability to make the ordinary beautiful is a true gift!
4.) The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
5.) Wake up, anticipating something great is going to happen today!
6.) Keep up the good work. I am rooting for you.
7.) Someday, everything will make sense!
Encouraging Words for Women
8.) Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous!
Unknown
9.) Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
10.) You are loved more than you can fathom.
Unknown
Interest in encouraging others? See our collection of good “You Got This Quotes.”
11.) No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
12.) Great things never come from comfort zones.
Unknown
13.) The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love? What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.
Anne Frank
14.) When one door closes, another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.
Alexander Graham Bell
15.) When there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Oprah Winfrey
See quotes and sayings about making a difference.
Building Self Esteem
16.) If someone is stupid enough to walk away from you, be smart enough to let them go!
17.) When God sees you doing your part and developing what he has given you, he will do his part and open doors no one can shut!
18.) I hope and pray that you are not alone, even when you feel lonely.
19.) A strong woman works out daily to keep her body in shape.
A woman of strength will also keep her soul in shape!
20.) A beautiful woman uses her lips to speak the truth, her voice for kindness, her heart for love, her ears for compassion, and her hands for charity!
21.) I’m grateful that you are my sister.
22.) I hope you live a life you are proud of.
23.) Believe in yourself and trust you have the strength, courage, and resilience to overcome obstacles.
24.) Good Luck. I hope you have the strength to start over!
Check out the Best Courage Quotes page.
Supportive Sayings For a Bad Day
25.) It is easy to give up, but before giving up, just stop and think for a moment: why did you start?
26.) I wish you the strength to face life’s challenges confidently and the wisdom to choose your battles carefully!
27.) I love how you love the forgotten and care for the afflicted.
You are a great wife to your husband!
28.) So smile through the confusion and tears, and remember that everything happens for a reason!
29.) Make today an amazing day!
30.) Thank you for being a loving mother and friend to me!
31.) Never think about the past. It is only you who is keeping it alive else it can never return. Let it go and move ahead.
32.) I admire how you’ve taken care of yourself!
33.) I am so proud of the woman you’ve become.
Check out Encouragement Messages and Captions.
Encouraging Sayings For Men
34.) When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their own limitations, not yours!
35.) Sometimes life is about risking everything for a dream no one can see but you!
36.) Winning and losing both have benefits. Winning can make you a leader while losing can make you a guide for others. So, never be afraid of losing!
37.) I love you more today than any day before.
38.) Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have!
39.) I can’t wait to experience the rest of my life with you.
40.) We are not given a good or bad life! We are just given a life, and it’s up to us to make it good or bad!
41.) It’s your road and yours alone! Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you!
42.) Your decisions, hard work, and loving heart make me so proud to be your wife.
43.) You understand me more than anyone. I can’t believe how lucky I am to have you.
Words of Affirmation
44.) Your actions have proved that you are not the type of person who gives up easily. I admire that in you.
45.) I can’t wait till you get home from work!
46.) Your humility inspires those who are watching your success.
47.) I feel so safe with your protection.
48.) Your spirit has the energy, strength, and stamina of hundreds of horses.
49.) I will always respect and honor you.
50.) Your arms are the only place I want to be.
51.) I don’t think I often tell you how grateful I am for what you do for me.
52.) You can always make me laugh. I’m so happy I have you!
53.) When times get tough, I know I can count on you.
Encouragement Quotes from the Bible
54.) Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as, in fact, you are doing.
Thessalonians 5:11
55.) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
56.) Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
57.) In this world, you will have trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
58.) Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
59.) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
60.) She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Philippians 4:6-7
Biblical Insights
61.) For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Timothy 1:7
62.) The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10
63.) We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, and who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
64.) Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31:24
65.) Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in times of trouble & never stop praying.
Romans 12:12
66.) Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
67.) Those who trust in the Lord will find new strength, and they will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 30
68.) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Best Words of Encouragement
69.) A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
Unknown
70.) Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
71.) Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
C.S. Lewis
72.) You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth
73.) If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
74.) Press on — nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
75.) Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
Erica Jong
76.) It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you—always.
Oprah Winfrey
Good Words of Encouragement
77.) Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy Garland
78.) The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
79.) I’m thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.
Unknown
80.) Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
81.) It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever — the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
Vince Lombardi
82.) You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Unknown
83.) Success is walking from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
84.) Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
George Addair
Words of Encouragement for a Friend
85.) Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Helen Keller
86.) Quality is not an act; it is a habit.
Aristotle
87.) You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
88.) Self-confidence is the memory of success.
David Storey
89.) What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.
Oscar Wilde
90.) Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
Ingrid Bergman
91.) It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.
Confucius
92.) Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
Byron Katie
93.) I’m stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been, ‘This too shall pass.’ I now understand it really well.
Robin Roberts
94.) Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
95.) You have a greater potential than anyone who has ever lived before you! But you’ll never “make it” by sitting on your duff and telling the world how great you’re going to be, starting tomorrow.
Og Mandino
Encouraging Words for Children
96.) In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein – See Great Albert Einstein Quotes.
97.) Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
98.) Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.
Maya Angelou
99.) The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Aesop
100.) One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion.
Simone De Beauvoir
101.) No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank
102.) Some people want it to happen; some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.
Michael Jordan
Encouraging Kids
103.) Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of Wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson
104.) People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. Never throw out anyone.
Audrey Hepburn
105.) 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
106.) I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
Robert H. Schuller
107.) People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Teaching Children
108.) Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
109.) When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it again.”
Unknown
110.) If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
Benjamin Franklin
111.) Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Japanese Proverb
112.) If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
Latin Proverb
113.) If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa
114.) Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.
Marie Forleo
115.) The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than one who never fell.
La La Anthony
116.) What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
117.) You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor.
Aristotle
Inspirational Quotes
118.) The most effective way to do it is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
119.) Motivation comes from working on things we care about.
Sheryl Sandberg
120.) I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks
121.) When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Malala Yousafzai
122.) What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
123.) Comparison kills creativity. There is room for you. Nobody can do it with your voice, with your experience, with your insight.
Karen Walrond
124.) Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
Marie Curie
125.) Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.
Martha Graham
Theodore Roosevelt’s Quote on the Man in the Arena
126.) It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is not effort without error and shortcomings, but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Positive Quotes
127.) Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
Michelle Obama
128.) You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C.S. Lewis
129.) Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote
130.) Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Robert H. Schuller
131.) We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa
I hope you enjoyed these positive words.
By Michael O’Halloran
Michael O’Halloran founded Greeting Card Poet in 2014 and has worked as its publisher and editor ever since. He has co-authored four books on kids’ trivia and four on coaching. Previously, Michael was the president of Magnetic Poetry. He has invented and brought to market over 75 new gift and toy products, most of which involve wordplay. Mike is married and a father of four daughters.
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