328 Inspirational Quotes for Kids To Increase Confidence

“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”

These inspirational quotes for kids give parents, teachers, and caregivers simple words to share when a child needs confidence, courage, kindness, or the motivation to keep trying. The collection includes short quotes children can remember, classroom-friendly encouragement, and lessons about learning from mistakes, friendship, school, and big goals.

Choose the section that matches what your child is facing, then copy, share, or save a favorite for a lunchbox note, classroom board, or hard-day reminder.

Best Inspirational Quotes for Kids

1. “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.”

— John Wooden

2. “We all can dance when we find music we love.”

— Giles Andreae

3. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

— Epictetus

4. “When you know better, you do better.”

— Maya Angelou

5. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

6. “You always pass failure on the way to success.”

— Mickey Rooney

7. “Make each day your masterpiece.”

— John Wooden

8. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

— Pamela Vaull Starr

9. “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”

— Wolfgang Riebe

10. “Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

11. “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.”

— Oprah Winfrey

12. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

— Dr. Seuss

13. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”

— H. Jackson Brown

14. “You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

— Dr. Seuss

15. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

— Dr. Seuss

16. “Anything is possible. Anything can be.”

— Shel Silverstein

Growth Mindset Quotes for Kids About Learning From Mistakes

17. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

— Albert Einstein

18. “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L’Engle

19. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

— Margaret Mead

20. “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. ”

— Albert Einstein

21. “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ”

— Bonnie Blair

22. “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”

— Jim Rohn

23. “Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.”

— Henry Ford

24. “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”

— George Washington Carver

25. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

26. “Be silly, be honest, be kind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational Quotes for Kids About Effort and Perseverance

27. “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”

— John D. Rockefeller

28. “The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”

— Bette Midler

29. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.”

— Roy T. Bennett

30. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

31. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

32. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”

— Oprah Winfrey

33. “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”

— Joyce Brothers

34. “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

35. “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

— Booker T. Washington

36. “Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.”

— Marianne Williamson

37. “Life has no remote….get up and change it yourself!”

— Mark A. Cooper

38. “Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.”

— Steve Maraboli

39. “There is no substitute for hard work.”

— Thomas Edison

40. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

— Roald Dahl

41. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

— Albert Einstein

42. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

43. “We grow great by dreams.”

— Woodrow Wilson

44. “Just be yourself, there is no one better.”

— Taylor Swift

45. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

— Colin Powell

46. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

— Seneca

Positive Quotes for Kids About Character and Kindness

47. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.”

— Jess Lair

48. “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.”

— Wess Stafford

49. “Children are our most valuable resource.”

— Herbert Hoover

50. “Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ”

— Mignon McLaughlin

51. “Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.”

— Fred Rogers

52. “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”

— Denis Waitley

53. “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.”

— H. Jackson Brown

54. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

— Dr. Seuss

55. “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.”

— Jane Nelsen

56. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”

— Kahlil Gibran

57. “What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.”

— Cleveland Amory

58. “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”

— Margaret Mead

59. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

— Aesop

60. “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

61. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”

— Pablo Casals

62. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

— Henry David Thoreau

63. “Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.”

— Roald Dahl

64. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

65. “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.”

— Luna Lovegood

66. “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

— Walt Disney

Courage and Respect Quotes for Kids

67. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

— Hans Christen Andersen

68. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

— Mark Twain

69. “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.”

— Alice Munro

70. “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.”

— Aslan

71. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

72. “It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”

— George Burns

73. “No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.”

— Robin Sharma

74. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.”

— Mother Teresa

75. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”

— John Holmes

76. “That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

— William Wordsworth

77. “Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.”

— Horace Mann

78. “You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.”

— Robert Tew

79. “Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

80. “One thing I believe strongly in this life is that you just don’t reward bad behavior.”

— Dr. Phil

81. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”

— Katharine Hepburn

82. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

— Dalai Lama

83. “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”

— Laurence Sterne

84. “We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.”

— Chen Shui-bian

85. “Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.”

— Auliq Ice

86. “Threatening people who do not believe as you do is not Christian behavior.”

— Linda Wood

87. “Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.”

— Tommy Lee Jones

88. “Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.”

— Sydney Smith

89. “Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.”

— Nina Dobrev

90. “Politeness is … forgetting ourselves in order to seek what may be agreeable to others.”

— Wellins Calcott

91. “A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.”

— Cicero

92. “Nobody loses anything by being polite, but there are a lot of people who are afraid to take the risk.”

— Evan Esar

93. “Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.”

— Margaret Walker

94. “A man never loses anything by politeness.”

— Henry Venn

95. “The only true source of politeness is consideration.”

— William Gilmore Simm

96. “Politeness is the flower of humanity.”

— Joseph Joubert

Inspirational Quotes for Students and School

97. “Time to rise. Time for school! Open your eyes.”

— Tammie Jones

98. “The most important day of a person’s education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.”

— Harry Wong

99. “A good education is a foundation for a better future.”

— Elizabeth Warren

100. “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

— Charles Dederich

101. “You’re off to great places. Today is your first day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!”

— Dr. Seuss

102. “Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.”

— Claire Fagin

103. “Change is the end result of all true learning.”

— Leo Buscaglia

104. “Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.”

— Anton Chekhov

105. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

— Anthony J. D’Angelo

106. “School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here.”

— Winifred C. Marshal

107. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.”

— Proverb

108. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

109. “Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.”

— Vaibhav Shah

110. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

— T. S. Eliot

111. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.”

— Chris Grosser

112. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

— David Brinkley

114. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”

— Henry Ford

115. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

116. “Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.”

— Deepak Chopra

117. “Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.”

— Mark Twain

118. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.”

— Carl Rogers

119. “Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.”

— W. E. B. Du Bois

120. “If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

121. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

— Malcolm X

122. “Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.”

— Francis Bacon

123. “Without fear there cannot be courage.”

— Christopher Paolini

124. “The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.”

— Confucius

125. “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”

— Herbert Spencer

126. “Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.”

— Doris Roberts

Positive Quotes for Kids About Confidence and Imagination

127. “Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”

— Roy T. Bennett

128. “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”

— Dale Carnegie

129. “Never give up, for that is the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

130. “Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.”

— Patricia Cornwell

131. “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have.”

— Jim Rohn

132. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

— John R. Wooden

133. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

— Zig Ziglar

134. “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.”

— Abraham Maslow

135. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

— Walt Disney

136. “Life doesn’t give us purpose. We give life purpose.”

— The Flash

137. “Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.”

— Richard L. Evans

138. “Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.”

— Batman

139. “Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.”

— Arthur Wellesley

140. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

141. “Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.”

— Dale Carnegie

142. “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.”

— Eeyore, Winnie-the-Pooh

143. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.”

— Jesse Jackson

144. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

— Maya Angelou

145. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.”

— Michelle Obama

Life Lessons and Guidance for Kids

146. “Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.”

— Abel Stevens

147. “Choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.”

— Thomas S. Monson

148. “Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.”

— Bill Kelly

149. “Learning never exhausts the mind.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

150. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

151. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”

— Arthur Ashe

152. “You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

— Irish Proverb

153. “Never fear shadows. They simply mean that there’s a light somewhere nearby.”

— Ruth E. Renkei

154. “Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”

— Confucius

155. “Do all you can to make your dreams come true.”

— Joel Osteen

156. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

— Helen Keller

157. “Love is the most important thing in life.”

— Rainbow

158. “The time is always right to do what is right.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

159. “When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

160. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

— Winston Churchill

161. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho

162. “Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.”

— Henry David Thoreau

163. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

— A.A. Milne

164. “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires and a touch that never hurts.”

— Charles Dickens

165. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

— Dalai Lama

166. “A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”

— Charles Gordy

167. “Each day is a new day, a new opportunity to work towards making your life the way you want it.”

— Josie Cluney

168. “If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition.”

— Barbara Cook

169. “Good manners encompass all the things that make the people around us feel good.”

— Jacquie McTaggart

170. “The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will”.”

— Charles Dickens

171. “When you laugh, you change, and when you change, the world changes.”

— Madan Kataria

172. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”

— Robin Williams

173. “There will never be another precious you! Be yourself. Stay true to your inner nature.”

— Gail Mewes

174. “It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities.”

— Woody Allen

175. “Be sure those you have around you encourage, inspire and motivate you to continue to move to the next level.”

— Honoree Corder

176. “To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”

— T.S. Eliot

177. “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

— Oprah Winfrey

178. “To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.”

— Walt Whitman

179. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”

— George Addair

180. “It’s good to have an end to journey toward, but it’s the journey that matters in the end.”

— Ursula K. LeGuin

181. “Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”

— George Whitefield

182. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

183. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

184. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible!”

— Audrey Hepburn

185. “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

Quotes for Kids About Learning, Effort, and Success

186. “Preparation is the key to success.”

— Alexander Graham Bell

187. “Nothing that’s worth anything is easy.”

— Barack Obama

188. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.”

— Helen Hayes

189. “The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.”

— Mark Twain

190. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

— Oprah Winfrey

191. “Success is the sum of small efforts being repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

192. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

— Herman Cain

193. “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”

— George Sheehan

194. “If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jim Rohn

195. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once your good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

196. “Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

197. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

— Margaret Fuller

198. “Have the courage to start, the perseverance to continue and the kindness to make it all beautiful.”

— Maxime Lagacé

199. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”

— W. Clement Stone

200. “You can get help from teachers but you have a lot to learn by yourself sitting alone in a room.”

— Dr. Seuss

201. “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy – I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”

— Art Williams

202. “Cultivate authenticity: let go of what people think.”

— Brené Brown

203. “The expert at anything was once a beginner.”

— Helen Hayes

204. “I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”

— Johnny Depp

205. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”

— B.B. King

206. “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.”

— E.B. White

207. “I believe that every person is born with talent.”

— Maya Angelou

208. “Don’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody.”

— Nike

209. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”

— Sam Levenson

210. “When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.”

— Confucius

211. “If you want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jim Rohn

212. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.”

— Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)

213. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

214. “Today is another opportunity to learn anything you want.”

— Johnny Uzan

215. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”

— Alfred Mercier

Inspirational Quotes for Kids About Perseverance and Resilience

216. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

— Lance Armstrong

217. “We become what we think about.”

— Earl Nightingale

218. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

— Jim Rohn

219. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

— Chinese Proverb

220. “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”

— Oliver Goldsmith

221. “The best revenge is massive success.”

— Frank Sinatra

222. “If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.”

— Jesse Jackson

223. “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.”

— Ancient Indian Proverb

224. “Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.”

— John Assaraf

225. “If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.”

— Tom Hanks

226. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

— Duke Ellington

227. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

— Buddha

228. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.”

— Satya Nani

229. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

— Vince Lombardi

230. “The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

— Walt Disney

231. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

232. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

233. “Success is what comes after you stop making excuses.”

— Luis Galarza

234. “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort.”

— Jillian Michaels

235. “When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.”

— Jeffrey Walker

236. “‘Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.’”

— Oscar Wilde

237. “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”

— Winston Churchill

238. “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”

— James Dean

239. “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there!”

— Will Rogers

240. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.”

— Anatole France

241. “It always seems impossible until it is done.”

— Nelson Mandela

242. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

— Albert Einstein

243. “A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.”

— David Bailey

244. “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”

— Sophia Loren

245. “We are what we repeatedly do.”

— Aristotle

246. “You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.”

— Hillary DePiano

247. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

— Abraham Lincoln

248. “Don’t make plans. Make options.”

— Jennifer Aniston

249. “Impossible is just an opinion.”

— Paulo Coelho

250. “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.”

— Michele Ruiz

251. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.”

— Elon Musk

252. “Everything you can imagine is real.”

— Pablo Picasso

253. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

— Abraham Lincoln

254. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

255. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

— Lewis Carroll

256. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

257. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”

— Babe Ruth

258. “Belief creates the actual fact.”

— William James

259. “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.”

— Catherine Pulsifer

260. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

261. “You never fail until you stop trying.”

— Albert Einstein

262. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”

— Earl Nightingale

263. “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.”

— Henry Ford

264. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

265. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Motivational Quotes for Kids About Hard Work and Goals

266. “With great power, comes great responsibility.”

— Spiderman

267. “Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.”

— Roy T. Bennett

268. “Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.”

— Walt Disney

269. “Dreams come a size too big so we can grow into them.”

— Josie Bisset

270. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”

— Kathryn Stockett

271. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”

— Peter Pan

272. “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”

— Emily Dickinson

273. “You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way.”

— Lady Gaga

274. “Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”

— Roy T. Bennett

275. “Dream big and dare to fail.”

— Norman Vaughan

276. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”

— Richard Branson

277. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens.”

— Helen Keller

278. “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”

— Oprah Winfrey

279. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

— Wayne Gretzky

280. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai

281. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

282. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

— Joseph Addison

283. “It’s always too soon to quit.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

284. “The kids who ask WHY are the ones who are going to change the world.”

— Neal Thompson

285. “You will never have a completely bad day if you show kindness at least once.”

— Greg Henry Quinn

286. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

— Beverly Sills

287. “You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”

— Ed Cole

288. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

— Rumi

289. “The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them.”

— Mark Twain

290. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”

— Zig Ziglar

291. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited.”

— Plutarch

292. “If people only knew how hard I’ve worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”

— Michelangelo

293. “Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.”

— Babe Ruth

294. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”

— Henry Ford

295. “Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.”

— Mason Cooley

296. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

— Abraham Lincoln

297. “I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

— Elon Musk

298. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

— Thomas Alva Edison

299. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.”

— Muhammed Ali

300. “One day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”

— Johnny Depp

301. “The people who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones who do.”

— Steve Jobs

302. “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

303. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

— Will Rogers

304. “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”

— Roy T. Bennett

305. “You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect; you should expect it.”

— Sarah Dessen

Short Inspirational Quotes for Kids

306. “Only love can truly save the world. So I stay, I fight, and I give, for the world I know can be.”

— Wonder Woman

307. “I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.”

— Shaquille’ O Neal

308. “No Matter how bad things get, something good is out there, over the horizon.”

— Green Lantern

309. “You’re never a loser til you quite trying.”

— Mike Ditka

310. “You are much stronger than you think you are. Trust me”

— Superman

311. “Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

— Albert Einstein

312. “Even miracles take a little time.”

— The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella

313. “Good words are worth much and cost little.”

— George Herbert

314. “Always let your conscience be your guide.”

— The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio

315. “Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them; a desire, a dream, a vision.”

— Muhammad Ali

Famous Inspirational Quotes for Kids

316. “Only you can control your future.”

— Dr. Suess

317. “You are you. Now isn’t that pleasant.”

— Dr. Suess

318. “You have to be odd to be number one.”

— Dr. Suess

319. “The most interesting things in life happen just on the other side of your comfort zone.”

— Michael Hyatt

320. “Oh, the things you can find. If you don’t stay behind!”

— Dr. Suess

321. “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”

— Dr. Suess

322. “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so get on your way!”

— Dr. Suess

323. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

— Dr. Suess

324. “You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.”

— Dr. Suess

325. “With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.”

— Dr. Suess

326. “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.”

— Knute Rockne

327. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”

— Carl Lewis

328. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”

— Pele

The right words will not solve every hard moment for a child, but they can help a child name what matters and try again. Ask which quote feels true today—and why.

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  1. ETHAN PYERS

    May 14, 2024 at 11:36 AM

    Haha love it cool quotes to inspire me for a project i am working on in my ART CLASS!!!

  2. Jhomar Smith

    March 15, 2021 at 5:51 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing these kinds of quotes for our kids. It makes our kids more inspired and motivated in every day that they’ve done. Awesome!!!

  3. Lisa Jochim

    March 28, 2019 at 11:33 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing. I’m looking for something motivational to help me figure out what I want to sign in my first children’s book. Thank you for your inspiration.

  4. shivangi sharma

    March 8, 2019 at 2:32 AM

    heart touching words
    thank you for sharing

  5. Suleman Yasin

    January 10, 2019 at 12:41 PM

    That’s Great inspirational quotes for Kids. Thanks for Sharing

  6. Holly

    August 14, 2018 at 8:13 AM

    Awesome, love them 🙂 thank you

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