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
113. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”
— Dhirubhai Ambani
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.
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!!!
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!!!
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.
shivangi sharma
March 8, 2019 at 2:32 AM
heart touching words
thank you for sharing
Suleman Yasin
January 10, 2019 at 12:41 PM
That’s Great inspirational quotes for Kids. Thanks for Sharing
Holly
August 14, 2018 at 8:13 AM
Awesome, love them 🙂 thank you