170 Motivational Quotes for Instagram Captions
Drawing on your inner strength and potential can be difficult in dark times, but these inspirational Instagram quotes will provide you with the boost of motivation to help you rediscover yourself. So, let’s dive deeply into discovering how powerful motivational quotes can be!
Short Inspirational Captions
Start somewhere.
Make today count.
Small steps every day.
It’s the will, not the skill.
Progress over perfection.
Turn your dreams into plans.
Be a warrior, not a worrier.
Take the risk or lose the chance.
The struggle is part of the journey.
Dreams don’t have expiration dates.
Chase your dreams and never let them go.
Dream big. Work hard. Stay focused.
You are the architect of your own destiny.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Don’t wait for opportunities, create them.
Stay positive, work hard, make it happen.
Coffee in one hand, ambition in the other.
The best time for new beginnings is now.
Rise up and attack the day with enthusiasm.
Great things never come from comfort zones.
Whatever is good to your soul, do more of that.
A little progress each day adds up to big results.
Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.
Make each day your masterpiece. – John Wooden
Be the moon and inspire people even when you’re not full.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. — Steve Jobs
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. — Tony Robbins
You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. — Maya Angelou
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. — Maya Angelou
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try. — Jack Canfield
The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. — C.S. Lewis
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”! — Audrey Hepburn
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. — Christopher Columbus
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. — Jim Rohn
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. — Steve Jobs
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. — Steve Jobs
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Unknown
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. — Walt Disney
If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney
No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. — Demi Lovato
Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. — Roy T. Bennett
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday. — Unknown
Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you. — Unknown
Anyone who has ever made anything of importance was disciplined. — Andrew Hendrixson
If you want something you’ve never had, then you’ve got to do something you’ve never done. — Unknown
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. — Kevin Kruse
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. — Vince Lombardi
You can have excuses or results, but not both. — Unknown
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. — Milton Berle
The best way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
Dream higher than the sky and deeper than the ocean. — Unknown
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. — Vidal Sassoon
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. — Theodore Roosevelt
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. — Wayne Gretzky
With perseverance, one can turn even misfortune into virtue. — Japanese Proverb
People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky. They’re doing something differently than everyone else. — Tony Robbins
Each person must live their life as a model for others. — Rosa Parks
Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman
For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. — Michelle Obama
Spread love everywhere you go. — Mother Teresa
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. — Helen Keller
Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Happiness is not by chance but by choice. — Jim Rohn
Take the first step. — Darius Fisher
My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive. – Maya Angelou
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. — Mae West
You can have it all. Just not all at once. — Oprah Winfrey
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
Make your life matter, and have fun doing it. — Aaron Hurst
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. — Walt Disney
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ? Roy T. Bennett
You have within you, right now, everything that you need to make your wildest and most beautiful dreams come true. — Karen Salmansohn
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. — Dalai Lama
Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. — Michelle Obama
You are BRAVER than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. — Christopher Robin
Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something. — Ashton Kutcher
Turn your wounds into wisdom. — Oprah Winfrey
Your past does not equal your future.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. — Mary Kay Ash
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. ? Chinese Proverb
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. — Babe Ruth
I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push this company in the next 24 hours.’ — Leah Busque
If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore. — Michele Ruiz
We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes?understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. ? Arianna Huffington
Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it. Sauté it. Whatever. MAKE. — Joss Whedon
You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth. — William W. Purkey
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ? Neil Gaiman
Everything you can imagine is real. ? Pablo Picasso
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ? Helen Keller
Do one thing every day that scares you. ? Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ? Lewis Carroll
Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers. — Socrates
Do what you feel in your heart to be right?for you’ll be criticized anyway. ?Eleanor Roosevelt
The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances. — Unknown
If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is. — Catherine Pulsifier
You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours. —Unknown
Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up. — Isabelle Lafleche
Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen. —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it. — Elon Musk
Hold the vision, trust the process. — Unknown
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — John D. Rockefeller
People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable. —Unknown
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ? Aristotle
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ? Sheryl Sandberg
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. ? Marissa Mayer
If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ? Vincent Van Gogh
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ? Anne Frank
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. ? Michael Jordan
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. ? Vincent Van Gogh
If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. ? Simon Sinek
Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. ? Stanley McChrystal
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. ? Lou Holtz
By leaving your comfort zone behind and taking a leap of faith into something new, you find out who you are truly capable of becoming. ? Anonymous
True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. ? Adam Braun
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do” ? Pele
Great people do things before they’re ready. ? Amy Poehler
Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer. ? Sophia Amoruso
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ? Dr. Seuss
One day or day one. You decide. ? Unknown
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. ? Nelson Mandela
The best way to predict the future is to create it. ? Abraham Lincoln
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. ? Steve Jobs
Conquer your fears or they will conquer you. ? Robert Kiyosaki
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. — Colin Powell
A goal is a dream with a deadline. — Napoleon Hill
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. — Judy Garland
Be happy with what you have while working for what you want. — Helen Keller
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. — Steven Conrad
Don’t let fear make your decisions for you. — Annette White
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. — Sam Levenson
The key to success is to start before you are ready. — Marie Forleo
Either you run the day or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn
Work hard in silence. Let your success be the noise. — Frank Ocean
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying. — Tony Robbins
The power of an individual, no matter how small, can make all the difference in the world. — Unknown
All success starts with self-discipline. It starts with you. — Dwayne Johnson
You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens. — Mandy Hale
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde
Learning never exhausts the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
It always seems impossible until it’s done. — Nelson Mandela
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. — W. Clement Stone
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — Les Brown
When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. — Carol Burnett
There is no failure except in no longer trying. ? Elbert Hubbard
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ? William Feather
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ? Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sometimes you will think you can’t take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine. ? Taya Kyle
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ? Henry Ford
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ? Joshua J. Marine
Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success. ? Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ? Maria Robinson
By changing nothing, nothing changes. ? Tony Robbins
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Nelson Mandela
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. — Jim Rohn
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t. — Unknown
Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow. — Oprah Winfrey
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. — Albert Schweitzer
If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission. — Unknown
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. — Colin R. Davis
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. — Thomas Edison
If you’re too comfortable, it’s time to move on. Terrified of what’s next? You’re on the right track. ? Susan Fales-Hill
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. — Michael Altshuler
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. — Earl Nightingale
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! — Dolly Parton
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