60 Inspirational Short and Simple Quotes to live a simple life

You need to be happy to live a simple life. To be happy you have to accept every change that comes into your life. There are always some changes happening in life, something new keeps happening in life. We don’t need to be perfect in life, we have to accept change as it happens.

Here are some motivational short and simple quotes, which will inspire you to live a simple life.

Short and Simple Quotes

Motivational Short and Simple Quotes

1. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” ― Wayne Dyer

2. “Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” ― Leo Buscaglia

3. “Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” ― Philip Sidney

4. “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” ― William Blake

5. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James

6. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

7. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot

8. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ― Mother Teresa

10. “If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein

11. “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

12. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa

Short and Simple Quotes About Life

13. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

14. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw

15. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West

16. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

17. “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” ― Allen Saunders

18. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ― Mark Twain

19. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ― Carol Burnett

20. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

21. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ― Simone de Beauvoir

22. “Reality continues to ruin my life.” ― Bill Watterson

Short Quotes about taking action

23. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” ― Amelia Earhart

24. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela

25. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe

26. “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

27. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain

28. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ― Dalai Lama

Short and Simple Inspiring Quotes

29. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― Andre Gide

30. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis

31. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

32. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” ― Babe Ruth

33. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

34. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” ― Kyle Chandler

35. “Never complain and never explain.” ― Benjamin Disraeli

36. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” ― H. G. Wells

37. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

38. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain

39. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

40. “Problems are not stopped signs, they are guidelines.” ― Robert H. Schuller

41. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

42. “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” ― Gordon A. Eadie

43. “Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso

44. “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” ― Woody Allen

45. “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” ― Albert Einstein

46. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill

47. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” ― Jim Rohn

48. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ― Sam Levenson

Short and Simple Quotes about achieving success

49. “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” ― Ralph Marston

50. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” ― W. Clement Stone

51. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ― Walt Disney

52. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A. Edison

53. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling

54. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” ― Og Mandino

55. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” ― Bo Jackson

56. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” ― Tony Robbins

57. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

58. “You will never win if you never begin.” ― Helen Rowland

59. “If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ― Dale Carnegie

60. “No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” ― Jessica Savitch

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