Whip Out These 100+ Inspiring Quotes For Kids When They Need A Little Boost

Kids are naturally resilient. But unfortunately, sometimes life gets them down. If your little one had a bad day or learned a difficult lesson and you’re not exactly sure what to say to them, why not turn to some existing pieces of wisdom. Here are 102 inspiring quotes for kids to remind them tomorrow is a brand new day.

1. “I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” – Natalie Portman
2. “We all can dance when we find music we love.” – Giles Andreae
3. “Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. ” – Ernest Hemingway
4. “Anything is possible. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein
5. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” – H. Jackson Brown
6. “I think I can. I know I can.” — The Little Engine That Could
7. “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.” — J.K. Rowling
8. “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.” – Jane Nelsen
9. “We know what we are but know not what we may be.” – Shakespeare
10. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” ― Dalai Lama XIV
11. “Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ”— Mignon McLaughlin
12. “It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” – George Burns
13. “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” ― Joyce Brothers
14. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
15. “Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” – Food critic Anton Ego, Ratatouille
16. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison
17. The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. – John D. Rockefeller
18. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” — Muhammed Ali
19. “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” – Alice Munro
20. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl
21. “We grow great by dreams.” – Woodrow Wilson
22. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
23. “We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.” — Jimmy Carter
24. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
25. “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
26. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
27. “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” — George Sand
28. “Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration in the stuff of growth.” – Sir Ken Robinson
29. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” – Pablo Casals
30. “No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.” – Robin Sharma
31. “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
32. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
33. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” ― Roy T. Bennett
34. “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” – Aslan
35. “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
36. “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood
37. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
38. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead
39. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ― Robert F. Kennedy
40. “You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney
41. “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ” – Bonnie Blair
42. “Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.” – Roald Dahl
43. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa
44. “All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.” – William Spady
45. “That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth
46. “Dream big and dare to fail.” — Norman Vaughn
47. “Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.” – Dwight Eisenhower
48. “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” — Dolly Parton
49. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christen Andersen
50. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’. – Eleanor Roosevelt
51. “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” — Denis WaitleyRead More: 14 Delightful Dinosaur Movies Your T-Rex Obsessed Kids Will Love
52. 60. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” – Kahlil Gibran
53. “The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” ― Bette Midler
54. “Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — Lilo & Stitch
55. “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there!” – Will Rogers
56. “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” – Wolfgang Riebe
57. “Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.” — Fred Rogers
58. “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
59. “When you know better you do better.” – Maya Angelou
60. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
61. “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” — Wess Stafford
62. “The more you give away the happier you become.” — Unknown
63. “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” – Jim Rohn
64. “Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – Edwin Hubbel Chapin
65. “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’
66. “Children are our most valuable resource.” — Herbert Hoover
67. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss
68. “There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, or I know that this is wrong.” — Unknown
69. “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
70. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” -Dr. Seuss
71. “Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.” – Henry Ford
72. “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
73. “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren“
74. “Being kind is never wasted.” — Unknown
75. All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them” – Walt Disney
76. “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden
77. “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” – George Washington Carver
78. “Choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.” – Thomas S. Monson
79. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
80. “What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.” – Cleveland Amory

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1. “You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr
3. “A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.” – David Bailey
4. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Confucius
5. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
6. “There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.” — Fred Rogers
7. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
8. “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
9. “Be Silly, Be Honest, Be Kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
10. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Dr. Seuss
11. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
12. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela
13. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
14. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
15. “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
16. “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
17. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
18. “Climb ev’ry mountain, Ford ev’ry stream, Follow ev’ry rainbow, ‘Til you find your dream.” – Sound of Music
19. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama
20. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” — Dolly Parton
21. Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” — Jess Lair
22. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb