Best Thoughts Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Let us 'time' be a friendly coach, putting the enchantment of each 'present moment’ artfully in a chosen frame of our thoughts. ("Quest for the real moment")”

“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.”

“Your results are testaments of your actions, not your promises.”

“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions. In essence, you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE.”

“I was free with every road as my home. No limitations and no commitments. But then summer passed and winter came and I fell short for safety. I fell for its spell, slowly humming me to sleep, because I was tired and small, too weak to take or handle those opinions and views, attacking me from every angle. Against my art, against my self, against my very way of living. I collected my thoughts, my few possessions and built isolated walls around my values and character. I protected my own definition of beauty and success like a treasure at the bottom of the sea, for no one saw what I saw, or felt the same as I did, and so I wanted to keep to myself.”

“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”

“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.”

“Now I don’t feel bad when people don’t appreciate me or hurt me. Earlier it ised to hurt me, but now I know that my worth doesn’t depend on others. Now, I do things from love, not for attention. I have learned to stay kind, stay peaceful, and not expect anything back because my worth is mine, and it stays the same no matter who sees it or not.”

“Now I don’t let betrayal close my heart. Yes, it hurts deeply when someone breaks your trust, but that doesn’t mean everyone will do the same. I have learned to be careful, but not cold, because people are different..some hurt and some heal. I take my time to recover, to surround myself with those who bring peace and happiness. I have learned to forgive, not for them, but for my own peace, because holding on only hurts me more.”

“One moment can take away everything you thought was permanent. Life changes in seconds —people, plans, and dreams can slip away without warning. It’s a reminder to never hold anything too tightly, because nothing outside us truly lasts. What stays is how we handle that moment, how we rebuild, and how we keep moving forward when everything changes.”

“You didn’t even fight for me… and that broke me more than the goodbye.”

“You know, insecure people often put the burden of fixing their pain on others, especially the ones they love. I will be honest, I did this too. I thought someone’s presence could heal what was broken inside me. But I eventually realized that no one can fix what’s broken within you. And depending on others only makes you weaker, emptier, and lost. You slowly forget yourself while trying to hold on to them. So don’t do that. Your insecurities are your responsibility. Learn from them, grow through them, don’t pass them on. Because the moment you depend on someone for your peace, you lose yourself.”

“I don’t talk much anymore, not because I have nothing to say, but because I know you will blame me. Every word turns into an argument, every feeling becomes my fault. So I stay quiet not out of peace, but out of exhaustion. It’s easier to stay silent than to be misunderstood again and again. Silence becomes a shield when words no longer feel safe. And that’s when you realize sometimes it’s not that people stop talking, they just stop feeling heard.”

“Love isn’t everything, it’s just one part of everything you deserve. You deserve respect, peace, honesty, support, and understanding, too. Love without these things feels heavy and incomplete. Real happiness comes when love adds to your life, not when it becomes the only reason you live.”

“Yes, I felt like telling you the truth, but I couldn’t gather the courage. Not because I wanted to hide, but because I was scared, scared of losing you, scared of being misunderstood. I know it was my fault, and I will take that. But my intentions were never wrong. Everything I did came from a place of care, not selfishness. Sometimes we make mistakes not out of a bad heart, but out of fear. And that fear costs us the people we never wanted to lose.”

“The pain of silence is heavier than the pain of truth. Truth may hurt for a while, but silence hurts every day. It leaves you guessing, overthinking, and carrying questions that never find answers. When someone chooses silence, it creates distance, confusion, and doubt. You start wondering what went wrong, and that ache slowly grows inside you. Honesty may be hard, but it brings clarity. Silence only leaves emptiness. So choose truth, even if it shakes you for a moment, because silence breaks you slowly, without saying a word.”

“I don’t even care about your existence anymore, forget about what you think about me...That’s how far things have gone. It’s not hate, it’s just peace after too much pain. It's relief after too much restlessness.... and that's because you stop caring how much you love someone if they make you feel like they don't even care about it...”

“You don’t get over it. You move past it. You move through it. You lose yourself to find it, and when found, it’s yours and no longer theirs.”

“I don’t understand how some people take pride in being rude. It’s like they think harsh words or cold behavior make them look strong and unbreakable, but in reality, it shows how small their heart are. You know, softness doesn’t make a person weak; it shows strength. Being rude might get attention for a moment, but it leaves emptiness behind. I have realized that respect and gentle words build bridges, while rudeness only burns them.”

“My broken heart taught me that self-love is not just the best love — it is the only love that truly stays. People leave, promises fade, and feelings change, but the way we treat ourselves decides how we survive it all. When everything falls apart, the only love that can heal us, hold us, and help us rise again is our own.”

“I don’t get it. Why am I not important to you now? How do people just stop caring like that? One day I was someone you couldn’t stop talking to, and now, it feels like I never even mattered. It’s strange I still think about you, still miss you, but you don’t. You just moved on, quietly, like I was never a part of your story. And I keep asking myself why. What changed? Was I too much? Too honest? Too real? Too less? Or did you just stop needing me? It hurts, not because you left, but because you made it look so easy.”

“There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.”

“Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.”

“With a certain frustration I knew I spoke too soon, too urgently. I wanted to get out of the way the things I knew to say, wanted to say, the things I'd been thinking, all in the hope of moving into the unforeseen.”

“Our thoughts are not mere internal passengers without impact. They build our world. Creative thought, an active practice of shaping our existence, urges us to align our deepest desires with our daily thoughts. This practice transcends mere positivity to embrace a perspective focused on realization and fulfillment. It involves acknowledging our challenges while choosing thoughts that pave the way toward our aspirations.”

“By consciously shifting our focus from what we fear to what we wish for, we activate a process of neuroplasticity. Our brain reorganizes itself to better align its structures and functions with these new priorities.”

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.”

“Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!”

“A mind filled with positive thoughts generates creativity, inspiration, and happiness, all of which help us lead a healthy life on Earth.”

“I used to look in the mirror and fall in love with myself more each day. One day that stopped and I didn’t realize it until I started to love myself again.”

“My Definition of Enlightenment: having clear Thoughts and being happy with them.”

“Fake happiness is the worst kind of sadness.”

“We’d come home drunk and lie in bed, I’d ask what was on his mind since something always was. He’d ignore it until I grabbed his hands and pinned him down. He didn’t think I loved him because I always wrote about my ex-boyfriend. Truth is, I did and I do love him. But it just doesn’t come when you’re happy.”

“To sense the peace of extinguished passion”

“When you can no longer count the peaceful moments in your day, and life becomes a wonderful place of clear thoughts and calm. You know things are as right as they should be.”

“so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.”

“Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are requiered for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual... Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude - the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are good in the chrysalis.”

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.”

“I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”

“The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc.”

“When the star dies,”

“Evaluate your thoughts and establish whether or not they are contributing to your advancement.”

“Some people want you to grow — but only with them.”

“What lies between you and your success are your thoughts, words, choices, and actions; when you get them right, you will walk into a successful life.”

“The right path appears when the wrong people disappear.”

“Do you control your mind or does it control you?”

“Never embrace negative thoughts. They have the ability to attract closed doors.”

“You may not be fully in control of every door that opens and closes, but you are in control of your own thoughts. Do not allow those doors to control your thoughts.”

“I have realized over time that my own decisions have hurt me far more than anyone else ever could. That’s why I stopped trusting people… but somewhere along the way, I stopped trusting myself too. Now I question my choices, my instincts, and even my own judgment, because much of the pain I carried came from me alone.”

“What someone shows you isn’t always who they are.”

“There was a time when every sudden emotion used to shake me. I used to overthink, try to find reasons, and fix what I didn’t even understand. But now, I have stopped reacting to every wave that comes and goes. Because I have realized, not every feeling has a story behind it, not every emotion needs to be understood. Some emotions just appear for a while and then settle down on their own.”

“I don’t know what more I could have done for you. Maybe I cared too much, maybe I stayed too long, maybe I kept trying when there was nothing left to fix. I replay moments sometimes the things I said, the efforts I made, the silences I accepted. And still, it feels like it was never enough. But maybe that’s the truth about some people, no matter how much you give, they only remember what you couldn’t. So now I don’t question what more I could have done. I remind myself that I gave with honesty, and that should have been enough.”

“the one”

“Do not feed the monsters.”

“There is more and more I tell no one,”

“We, all who live, have”

“how is it that”

“What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?”

“To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.”

“Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.”

“You always supposed to have that i'm number 1 mentality,don't let anyone make you feel like you is number 2 when they not even worth being number 1 !!!”

“Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to pick the words up. They were excerpts of truth gathered from inside me.”

“Honesty requires that we communicate our thoughts and feelings, not our conclusions.”

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

“All things remarkable are surprisingly simple; albeit difficult to find.”

“We are more severe judges of our own acts... We judge our thoughts, our intents, our secret curses, our secret hates, not only our acts.”

“For my true thoughts have spent more time in your company than in anyone else's, these last two or three months, and where my thoughts are, there am I, in truth".”

“As we are whiling away days of idleness, time may flow rashly through the screen of our thoughts and veil the relevance of individual fragments in our story. The clock of reality can arrest us, though, and compel us to confront the demands of the truth. ("Non mais, t'as vu l'heure !")”

“What the hell is”

“Entering a cell, penetrating deep as a flying saucer to find a new galaxy would be an honorable task for a new scientist interested more in the inner state of the soul than in outer space.”

“We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the pathways of ordinary human conversation.”

“Vandals listen only when others are stronger.”

“The night is still waiting.”

“Dream by making and make by dreaming.”

“My mother always wanted to live near the water," she said. "She said it's the one thing that brings us all together. That I can have my toe in the ocean off the coast of Maine, and a girl my age can have her toe in the ocean off the coast of Africa, and we would be touching. On opposite sides of the world.”

“To jump over centuries”

“We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.”

“He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age.”

“Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.”

“Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect.”

“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”

“One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts- just mere thoughts- are as powerful as electric batteries- as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got you in you may never get over it as long as you live.”

“Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.”

“He knows he will be born again,”

“Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.”

“Great ideas emerges from useless fragments of thoughts.”

“Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects.”

“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”

“Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good.”

“Total knowledge is annihilation”

“Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.”

“In trying to be perfect,”

“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”

“Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success”

“In every sound, the hidden silence sleeps.”

“The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person.”

“To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.”

“Since there is no real silence,”

“One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.”

“You are not what you are;”