I like short quotes that get right to the point.

So in today’s post I want to share 160 of the most powerful, meaningful and positive short quotes.

Ones that will give you a quick burst of inspiration to shift your mindset, renew your motivation, give you a laugh to release some stress or that will simply bring a smile to your face.

I hope you’ll find something helpful here for yourself and for the people you love.

Short and Positive Quotes About Life

“Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.”
– Dale Carnegie

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

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

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”
– Mark Twain

“If you want to be happy, be.”
– Leo Tolstoy

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anaïs Nin

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
– Charles M. Schulz

“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.”
– Dalai Lama

“Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“The mere sense of living is joy enough.”
– Emily Dickinson

“Simplicity makes me happy.”
– Alicia Keys

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
– Anne Frank

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”
– Lou Holtz

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”
– Audrey Hepburn

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
– Helen Keller

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.”
– Milton Erickson

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
– William Morris

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”
– Dalai Lama

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost

“The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.”
– Eckhart Tolle

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam

Short Quotes for Work and a Quick Boost of Motivation

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

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

“Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.”
– Frank Ocean

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

“Make each day your masterpiece.”
– John Wooden

“Dream big and dare to fail.”
– Norman Vaughan

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
– John Keats

“The future depends on what you do today.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.”
– John C. Maxwell

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
– Tim Ferriss

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
– Vince Lombardi

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
– Tim Notke

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray

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

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
– Vidal Sassoon

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
– Henry Ford

“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou

“Without labor, nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles

“All growth depends upon activity.”
– Calvin Coolidge

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
– Florence Nightingale

Short, Deep and Meaningful Quotes and Sayings

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
– Jim Rohn

“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
– Marthe Troly-Curtin

“A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it’s built for.”
– John A. Shedd

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
– Neale Donald Walsch

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
– Bruce Lee

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
– Lao Tzu

“The only joy in the world is to begin.”
– Cesare Pavese

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

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
– Jack Canfield

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
– Henry Ford

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”
– Oscar Wilde

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

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
– Buddha

“Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.”
– Malcolm S. Forbes

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
– Henrik Ibsen

“The best revenge is massive success.”
– Frank Sinatra

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
– Napoleon Hill

“Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
– Ram Dass

“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.”
– Harry F. Banks

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
– Steve Jobs

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.”
– Buddha

Short and Funny Quotes for a Laugh and Less Stress

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.”
– Steven Wright

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”
– Erma Bombeck

“I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.”
– Zach Galifianakis

“If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.”
– Steven Wright

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
– A. A. Milne

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
– Steve Martin

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
– George Burns

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
– Charles M. Schulz

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.”
– Cathy Guisewite

“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.”
– Stephen Hawking

“Rice is great when you’re hungry and you want 2000 of something.”
– Mitch Hedberg

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
– Lily Tomlin

“Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.”
– Golda Meir

“I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
– Jerome K. Jerome

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
– Edgar Bergen

“When in doubt, look intelligent.”
– Garrison Keillor

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas A. Edison

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.”
– Mark Twain

“No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early.”
– Groucho Marx

“Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.”
– Bill Murray

“I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later.”
– Mitch Hedberg

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
– Terry Pratchett

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”
– W. C. Fields

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
– Isaac Asimov

“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
– Oscar Wilde

Short and Inspirational Quotes About Love and Relationships

“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”
– Ernest H. Shepard

“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”
– Haruki Murakami

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.”
– Alfred Lord Tennyson

“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
– Emily Brontë

“For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.”
– Carl Sagan

“I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.”
– Nicholas Sparks

“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more.”
– Angelita Lim

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”
– Maya Angelou

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”
– Roy Croft

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
– Lao Tzu

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more.”
– Nicholas Sparks

“In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems.”
– Rumi

“I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.”
– Leo Christopher

“I found the one my heart loves.”
– Song of Solomon 3:4

“Everything I do, I do it for you.”
– Bryan Adams

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you.”
– William Shakespeare

“I have for the first time found what I can truly love. I have found you.”
– Charlotte Brontë

“Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.”
– E.E. Cummings

“You are every reason, every hope and every dream I’ve ever had.”
– Nicholas Sparks

“I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it, and it’s still I love you.”
– Zelda Fitzgerald

“You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.”
– Taylor Swift

“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.”
– Elizabeth Barret Browning

“To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.”
– Robert Brault

“A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you.”
– Henry Wadsworth

“For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you.”
– Andrew McMahon

“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.”
– Leo Christopher

Short Quotes About Success and Living Your Best Life

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
– Zig Ziglar

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.”
– Robert Collier

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.”
– Arnold H. Glasgow

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
– Pablo Picasso

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

“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

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
– Peter Drucker

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
– Albert Einstein

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
– Stephen King

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

“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.”
– Napoleon Hill

“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”
– Erich Fromm

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.”
– Bruce Feirstein

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

“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
– Mark Twain

“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
– Oprah Winfrey

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

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”
– Mark Caine

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
– Conrad Hilton

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
– George S. Patton

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
– Alexander Graham Bell

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill

Want more short and powerful inspiration? Then check out these short happy quotes, the short love quotes here and also this post filled with short and motivational work quotes.

It’s not always easy to stay positive at work.

Sometimes because it’s Monday and you’re tired and would like another weekend right now.

At other times because it’s Wednesday and you are doing some boring routine work or you are being dragged down by negative attitudes around you.

So in today’s post I’d like to share my top 22 tips that help me to have and maintain a positive attitude while I work (and that often helps me in my private life too when things get tough).

I hope these tips will help you to be a positive person in your workplace and also spread the positive vibes to the people around you to make it a more enjoyable and successful experience.

1. Get your day started the right way.

Your morning routine and how you start the day tends to set the tone for that day.

A stressed and hurried morning with negative news as you eat breakfast can set a negative tone for that whole day.

A slow and unstressed start to your day with uplifting conversations over the breakfast table or a positive podcast in your ears as you ride the bus can on the other hand set a positive tone for the rest of your day.

So find a routine that lifts you and your spirits up to have a more optimistic and constructive day at work. One where you also feel strong to be able handle negative or challenging situations.

2. Protect your positive mindset from negative people.

No matter if you’ve started your day in a positive way, that can quickly be derailed by negative energy flowing in as you get to work.

Here’s how you can protect your mind and yourself from that:

Focus on minimizing.

You may never be able to fully remove negative energy and people from influencing you at work. So focus on making small changes to step by step improve your every experience.

Spend less time with negative people.

And more of your time and energy with the positive people. Actually sit down and think about this and make a list of the 3 most negative people and one of the 3 most positive people.

This list will bring you clarity and help you find simple ways in your everyday life to shift how you spend your time.

Take 1 minute for gratitude.

Ask yourself:

What are 3 things or people at work that I can be grateful for today and why?

Write down the answers on for example your smartphone (I use the free Simplenote app).

Practice gratitude in this simple way each day – or at least a couple of times a week – to keep your focus on what is positive in your workplace and to stay more resistant to negative thoughts or words from others.

3. Refill your mind with positive energy.

An easy way to further refuel your positive attitude – besides spending more time with the positive people – is to spend time with people and sources further away that uplift you.

You could for example listen to a positive podcast or music on your way to and from work. And read a positive book or blog post on your break or if you have some slow waiting time during the day.

Positive attitudes are contagious, so use that to your advantage as best you can to add more positivity to your day.

4. Plan for your day.

This will keep the stress down, help you be more relaxed and focused and so it’ll be easier to keep that positive attitude throughout your day.

Set realistic goals for the day and week. Because unrealistic expectations that you simply can’t match at the end of the day or work week will only make you feel bad and perform worse.

• Use a limited to-do list. Prioritize your tasks for the day so that you start with the most important one and work your way down. Keep this list small to reduce stress and because things tend to take more time than we budget for.
• Do the most important task first thing in the day. This is often the hardest task of the day too. But if you get it done then you’ll feel good about yourself, you’ll feel relieved and the rest of the day will feel lighter.
• Take regular breaks during your day. Otherwise you’ll perform and feel worse in the afternoon or at the end of the workweek. I usually work for 45 minutes and then have a 5-10 minute break.

5. One thing at a time.

This simple sentence can help you to keep your focus – and your sanity – if things are hectic and stressful.

Plus, you’ll do a better – and surprisingly often a quicker – job if you only focus fully on one task or step at a time.

6. Let your environment help you keep your positive outlook.

Shape your physical workspace and, for example, your phone and computer to create an encouraging and supportive space.

You could do that by adding:

• Inspiring quotes or tips on a note in your workspace.
• A small plant to have some relaxing greenery.
• A picture of loved ones and one of your private goals such as a dream destination you want to travel to.

The last idea is a good way to remind yourself of your purpose for doing this job during tough times. It’s always good to keep your most important whys close by to easily refocus and refuel motivation.

If you can’t keep them in the workspace for some reason then keep them on your phone or in a notebook in your work bag.

7. Help your co-workers and make them feel appreciated.

Build an upward spiral at work with kindness and a helping, grateful and positive attitude.

For example:

• Help out with a practical task. Like fixing a setting for a computer program or carrying an extra bag to a meeting.
• Express your gratitude. If something about a co-workers popped up in the your head during the one minute gratitude exercise in tip #2 then express that to this person. It may not seem much to you but it can make their morning or whole week if they are having a rough one.
• Do a small act of kindness. Such as fetching a cup of coffee or a banana for them too.

These things make the days go by faster, make them more enjoyable and fun and improve morale and the positive attitude at work.

Plus, such kindness and help tend to flow back to you too in the long run and from most people.

8. Know how to make boring work more enjoyable (or acceptable).

No matter what job you have, you usually have to do some boring tasks.

But there are ways to make them more enjoyable. Or at least more acceptable.

You can:

• Focus on how good it will feel when the task is done. Instead of focusing so much on how it’s boring.
• Make a deal with yourself. Set a timer for just 10 minutes and then get going with the task. When the bell chimes you take a break or get to work on something more interesting. Do tasks like these in smaller bursts to get through them relatively quickly. That’s a lot better than procrastinating on them for hours or days.
• Create a pleasurable distraction. Listen to the radio, to a podcast or some music. This and making a small deal with myself are usually my combo to get boring tasks done.

9. Let your lunch time be a slow and relaxing break.

If you can, let this natural midpoint to your day be a time of relaxing.

So, eat slowly. To make that easier, put the fork down between bites. Savor each bite.

Eating your lunch in a slower way like this can help you release quite a bit of stress. That’s at least been my experience. And I know that my afternoons tend to go better if I go about things this way rather than if I wolf down my lunch quickly.

10. Don’t get caught up in the complaining trap.

Author Anne Lamott once wrote:

“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”

I think the same goes for complaining.

Yes, venting can certainly be helpful. But do it for a bit. Don’t overdo it and don’t make it into a routine every day or many times a week.

Because it will hurt you more than the people or things you complain about. Plus, people may start avoiding you because now they want to protect their minds – as described in tip #2 – from your bad attitude and that one person that just won’t stop complaining.

11. Be kind to yourself when you make a mistake (or have a setback).

It’s tempting and for many of us a habit to beat ourselves up when we make a mistake or have a setback.

But I’ve found that a better path forward is to be kind to yourself and to be constructive. You can do that by asking yourself questions like:

• What is one thing I can learn from this setback?
• How would my friend/parent support me and help me in this situation? Then you do things and you talk to yourself like he or she would.

12. Understand that other people’s negativity is often not about you.

Some criticism is certainly helpful to improve and do a better job. Some heated venting can absolutely help you or your co-workers let go of stress and frustration.

But if a co-worker or boss makes it a habit of being negative about the job all the time or critical of you then it is often more about them than you. It’s them lashing out because they are having trouble at home, because they don’t like their job anymore or because they’re having a bad week or year.

To lessen the sting of that, try to be understanding. Put it on them, not on who you are or what you did. And, if you like, spend less time with that person and more with the positive people at work.

13. Use mindfulness to make your day lighter.

I find that going about my work in a mindful way helps a lot to keep negative thoughts to a minimum and to more easily focus on what I need to get done.

To work mindfully simply means to me that I am fully in the present moment and focused on what I’m doing right now. I don’t think about the past. I don’t think about what I have to do tomorrow.

A few tips that help me be more mindful are:

• Slow down. When I go a bit slower it becomes easier to think and focus again. I feel less scattered.
• Do one thing at a time. Multitasking tends to make me unfocused.
• Take a 2 minute mindfulness break in the afternoon. I like to clear my mind and reduce stress that may have built up by taking a small break in the afternoon. During these 2 minutes I sit or lie down. I close my eyes. And then I focus on taking deep breaths with my belly. And focus only on the air going in and out and nothing else.

14. Know quick ways to destress and center yourself again.

If the stress is ramping up during the day then it’s very helpful to already know what helps you the best to quickly reduce that before you get dragged down into a negative funk.

A few of my favorites are:

• The 2 minute mindfulness break. As described in the previous tip.
• Remembering to actually take my hourly breaks. Otherwise they won’t help.
• Having a laughter break. Taking 3-5 minutes to watch something funny on Youtube or listening to a funny podcast.

15. Look at challenges as a way to learn and grow.

I find that I feel a lot better and more confident when I face the inevitable challenges at work with a growth mindset. The mindset that is all about keeping on learning and keeping on growing to find new knowledge, motivation and purpose in the work.

Rather than from the perspective that I don’t want anything to change and just stay in my comfort zone.

This is of course sometimes easier said than done.

But breaking down a challenge into small or tiny steps and then just doing and focusing on one step at a time can make it a lot easier and doesn’t mean that you have to go too far outside of your comfort zone if you’re not up for it today or this week.

16. Celebrate both big and small successes.

Don’t just celebrate big successes and achievements. Refuel your motivation and be a more positive person more consistently by celebrating those small successes too.

If you’ve for example finished the first step of a challenge or a new project then celebrate that with a tasty snack or your favorite lunch.

17. Let a small waterfall of positive moments and achievements rain down on you.

If you’re having an uninspired or tough day then take 2 minutes to think back.

Vividly remember some of your top moments and achievements at work. Maybe when you saved a client that had a big problem and that time when you faced a challenge with a co-worker. Or when you won a sales competition or got glowing words of praise and an extra bonus.

You can also expand this exercise into your personal life and remember how you’ve improved in your favorite sport or hobby or recall a few of the most positive moments you’ve had with your family or friends.

This will lift your spirits and get you into a more optimistic headspace once again.

18. Keep a minimalistic and organized workspace.

I find that if I keep a minimalistic and organized workspace then it becomes easier to think clearly, to focus and I get less stressed or lost in overthinking things.

Because what’s happening on the outside tends to affect what’s going on the inside.

So my workspace contains a big monitor and a small computer on an adjustable standing desk. I use a comfy chair and usually have a glass of water and a small pad of paper and a pen for my daily to-do list.

That’s it.

19. Do your best.

I’ve recently started reading this quote by writer Don Miguel Ruiz every morning after breakfast:

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

This sets the right tone and aim for my day. And I find that working according to this piece of advice helps me to feel good at the end of the day.

20. Know what you can control, and focus on that.

Don’t spend too much energy on challenges that may be beyond you such as some parts of how your company work, the attitude of your most negative co-worker or that you have to do some boring routine work during each week.

Instead, use your limited energy, willpower and attention as best you can to improve upon the things you can control.

And if none of the tips in this article and none of the ones you or your loved ones can come up with help out where you work because the company culture is too stressful, the work environment is too toxic or because you’re sick and tired of the daily grind then maybe it’s time to make a change.

Time to take a look at what you can control in this situation and start looking for a new job where you are likely to have a better and more positive experience.

21. Have things to look forward to.

It’s a lot easier to stay positive at work if you have plenty of things to look forward to in your life.

Maybe it’s a date next week, a trip during the summer or going fishing with friends in a couple of weeks.

And if you don’t have much going on in your calendar right now, then plan for one or two things to feel more excited again.

22. Have things outside of work that recharge you and make you happy.

To be able to consistently stay positive in life and during your work hours you need things outside of your work that recharge you and make you feel joy.

You need that work and life balance.

So don’t neglect your favorite hobby or sport. Don’t work too much so you don’t have enough time and energy for an evening with friends or the weekend with your family.

Make time and have energy to spare for these most important things in life and you’ll find that it’s easier to be positive about your work too.

 

Let’s cut to the chase right now. What you ultimately do in life comes out of who you believe you are. You have to practice believing in yourself and ignoring the naysayers. Because while you may not be able to control the impolite and unfair things some people say and do, you can press forward and decide not to be endlessly derailed by them.

Of course I know that’s much easier said than done, especially during transitional periods of growth and change, but you must remind yourself that it can be done!

How?

Start by repeating some good reminders to yourself more often. After all, it’s not what others say about you, and it’s not what you broadcast to everyone else that determines the trajectory of your life. It’s what you whisper to yourself behind closed doors that has the greatest power and influence.

A good friend of mine who graduated with honors from Cal Berkley several years ago, is now the co-founder and CEO of a successful start-up in Silicon Valley. Throughout grade school she struggled with reading and writing disabilities. She spent kindergarten all the way through 12th grade in English “special education” classes. During a parent-teacher conference when she was a freshman in high school, two teachers collectively informed her mom that it was highly unlikely she would ever graduate.

So how did she do it? How did she push through and overcome the odds? “Good reminders and affirmations,” she told me with a serious smile when I interviewed her recently for a side-project I’m working on. “I literally told myself that they were wrong about me. I told myself exactly what I needed to hear, every single day, to move my life forward. It may sound like a cliché to some people, but it’s not. It’s powerful stuff!”

I love her sentiment and I completely agree with her. In fact, there’s a reason training our minds with good reminders and affirmations works wonders. Just like every muscle in the body, the mind needs to be exercised to gain strength. It needs to be worked consistently to grow and develop over time. If you haven’t pushed your mind in hundreds of little positive ways over time, of course it’ll struggle on the days that things get really challenging.

The bottom line is that a mind well trained with the right food for thought has what it needs queued up and ready for retrieval when it’s needed most. If you’d like to begin or enhance this practice in your own life, here’s a selection of daily reminders and affirmations Angel and I have been using and suggesting to our clients and friends as starting point:

1. “I cannot control everything that happens; I can only control the way I respond to what happens. In my response is my power.”
2. “I will not get caught up in what could’ve been or should’ve been. I will look instead at the power and possibility of what is, right now.”
3. “I will stop focusing on how stressed I am and remember how blessed I am. Complaining won’t change my reality, but a positive attitude will.”
4. “Being positive does not mean resisting and ignoring the negative. Being positive means accepting and overcoming the negative. There’s a big difference between the two.”
5. “I have to accept whatever comes my way, and the only important thing is that I meet it with the best I have to give.”
6. “Making mistakes is always better than faking perfections.” (Read “The Gifts of Imperfection”.)
7. “I will never be as good as everyone tells me when I win, and I will never be as bad as I think when I lose.”
8. “I will think less about managing my problems and more about managing my mindset.”
9. “A challenge only becomes an obstacle if I bow to it.”
10. “There is a big difference between empty fatigue and gratifying exhaustion. Life is too short. I will invest in the activities that move me.”
11. “If I don’t have time for what matters, I will stop doing things that don’t.”
12. “I cannot build a reputation or legacy for myself based on what I am going to ‘maybe’ do someday.”
13. “The future can be different than the present, and I have the power to make it so right now.”
14. “Peace will come to me when it comes from me.”
15. “I will never get ahead if I keep trying to get even.”
16. “I will focus on making myself better, not on thinking that I am better.”
17. “I will be too busy watering my own grass to notice if yours is greener.”
18. “I will eat like I love myself. Move like I love myself. Speak like I love myself. Live like I love myself. Today. (Angel and I discuss this process in more detail in the Self-Love chapter of “1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently”.)
19. “My next step in the right direction doesn’t have to be a big one.”
20. “All my small victories are worth celebrating; it’s the small things done well that makes a difference in the end.”

And remember that the goal in the days and weeks ahead is to cope effectively — to gradually grow stronger on the inside — so that less and less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission…

Good reminders allow for effective coping.

How you cope with unexpected stress and frustration can easily be the difference between living a good life and living an unhealthy one. My friend’s life story that I mentioned earlier is a great example of this. She chose healthy coping through affirmations, and you’d be wise to follow in her footsteps. But if you choose unhealthy coping mechanisms like avoidance or denial instead, you can quickly turn a tough situation into a tragic one. And sadly this is a common mistake many people make.

When you find yourself facing a disheartening reality, your first reaction might be to deny the situation, or to avoid dealing with it altogether. But by doing so you’re inadvertently holding on even tighter to the pain that you wish to let go of — you’re, in effect, sealing it up inside you.

Let’s imagine someone close to you has grown ill, and supporting this person through his or her illness is incredibly painful. You might not want to deal with the pain, so you cope by avoiding it, by finding ways to numb yourself with alcohol and unhealthy eating. And consequently you grow physically ill too while the pain continues to fester inside you. Obviously that’s not good.

If you notice yourself doing something similar, it’s time to pause, admit to yourself that you’re coping by avoiding, and then shift your focus to a more effective and healthier coping mechanism, like using the affirmations listed above to help calm your mind and open it up.

When you face struggles with an attitude of openness — open to the painful feelings and emotions you have — you find out that it’s not comfortable, but you can still be fine and step forward. Openness means you don’t instantly decide that you know this is only going to be a horrible experience — it means you admit that you don’t really know what the next step will be like, and you’d like to understand the whole truth of the matter. It’s a calm learning stance, instead of one that frantically assumes the worst.

There are many benefits to effective coping.

Coping certainly isn’t an easy practice and I’m not suggesting that it is. What I am suggesting is that it’s worth your while. With practice, effective coping allows you to find better ways of managing life’s continuous stream of unexpected and uncontrollable events. For example…

• A task is harder than you expected it to be. — Instead of running from a daunting and overwhelming task, you can accept it and see what it’s like to feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed, and still take action anyway. Writing a book, for example, is daunting and overwhelming, but you can still write one even with those feelings rolling through you (just like Angel and I did with our books).
• An interaction with someone you love angers or frustrates you. — Instead of lashing out at a loved one when you’re upset with them, you can sit quietly with your difficult feelings and just be open to what it’s like to feel them. And then, once you’ve had a moment to breathe, you can see what it’s like to deal compassionately with someone you love who you’re also upset with. To try to understand them instead of just judging them at their worst.
• Unhealthy cravings overwhelm you out of nowhere. — You may be inclined to indulge in unhealthy cravings like alcohol and sweets for comfort when you’re feeling stressed out. But you can sit with these feelings and be open to them instead, and then gradually build positive daily rituals for coping in healthier ways — taking walks, meditating, talking with someone about your feelings, journaling, reviewing the relevant affirmations provided above, etc. (Note: “The Good Morning Journal” is a great tool for the form of journaling mentioned here.)
• You are forced to deal with a loved one’s death. — When someone you love passes away the loss can seem overwhelming. At that point, it’s incredibly easy to succumb to unhealthy ways of alleviating the pain. But you have to practice doing the opposite — to give yourself compassion, to sit with the powerfully difficult thoughts and feelings you have, and to open your mind to what lies ahead. Gradually it becomes evident that death isn’t just an ending, but also a beginning. Because while you have lost someone special, this ending is also a moment of reinvention. Although deeply sad, their passing forces you to reinvent your life, and in this transition is an opportunity to experience beauty in new, unseen ways and places.

And of course, we’ve merely just scratched the surface of a deep pool of possibilities for effective coping. The key thing to understand is that by learning to internally cope more effectively, you are better equipped to handle anything life throws your way. Because in the end the world is as you are inside — what you think, you see, and you ultimately become.

Now it’s your turn…

Yes, it’s your turn to make yourself a priority by memorizing and leveraging the affirmations above. But before you go, please leave Angel and me a comment below and let us know what you think of this essay. Your feedback is important to us.

Which one of the affirmations or points above resonated the most today?

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I know many of us are yearning for a simpler and selective range of life experiences in the month ahead — the happier days, the normal times, the settings and experiences that make us feel more comfortable. And yet, the full range of our reality often brings something very different. The days and weeks in front of us will inevitably provide an extensive array of experiences that evoke feelings ranging from sadness and struggle to growth and pride, and more.

So we have a choice starting today. We can revolt against reality — the reality of having to deal with discomfort, of having to cope with uncertainty, of having to feel upset sometimes. Or we can embrace every experience life gives us, including all our highs and lows — all the blissful moments, and frustrating ones, and everything in between. Life is not just happy and comfortable 24/7. It’s well-rounded and it’s ever-changing.

Embracing the full range of life’s experiences in the month ahead means embracing every moment with our full presence, being open and vulnerable to reality, being gentle with ourselves when moments are tougher than we expected, and practicing sincere gratitude whenever possible…

It means accepting life as it is, and accepting ourselves as we are.

It means not expecting the best to happen every step of the way, but instead accepting what happens with each step, and making the best of it.

And it won’t always be easy of course, but it’s worth remembering and practicing daily.

Let’s keep our best intentions at the top of our minds.

Over the past 15+ years, Angel and I have written various “notes to self” like the ones listed below (some of which are now excerpts from our books), and then we review them daily until they become ingrained in our minds. These memorized notes have helped us stay on track in various areas of life by empowering us to make the best and most effective use of the ever-changing reality in front of us. So starting today, I hope you can find some value in them too. I challenge you to memorize at least a few of these notes before the end of the month. Turn them into wallpaper on your phone, or simply write the words down on sticky notes and leave them in areas where you can see them daily…

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Now it’s your turn…

Although none of the aforementioned “notes to self” immediately force you to do anything different, they can provide a timely shift in perspective, and good perspective is where progress begins. For example, with the right mindset you can change your posture from one of tension and resistance to one of acceptance and opportunity as you move through the days and weeks ahead. Ultimately, the goal isn’t to get rid of all your negative thoughts, feelings or life situations in the month ahead. The goal is to gradually change your perspective and response to them.

But before you go, please leave Angel and me a comment below and let us know what you think of these notes. Your feedback is important to us.

Which one of the notes above resonated the most today?

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Where you ultimately end up greatly depends on your daily attitude and response.

This morning one of our clients, Monica — a victim of a fairly recent and debilitating car accident — was smiling from ear to ear the minute our FaceTime coaching session began. “What has you in such good spirits today?” I asked her. “I’m thinking better about things today — about how lucky I am to be alive,” she replied. “I thought the injuries I sustained in that accident last year signified the end of life as I know it, but now I realize they signify the beginning.”

All details aside, Monica decided to begin again, in her mind first and then in her life. It’s taken her several months of healing and practice, but she has gradually let go of the “shoulda, woulda, coulda” attachments in her head about her circumstances. And she has stepped forward with grace, determination, and a positive mindset.

Let’s follow Monica’s lead and practice thinking better in the days ahead, so we can begin to build momentum, together, as we move through the month ahead of us…

Daily Reminders and Quotes on Sticky Notes

It’s all about keeping the right thoughts top of mind every day so they’re readily available in the moments when we need them most. For Monica, that has meant deliberately reflecting on what she needs to remember. To make this practice seamless she writes important reminders on sticky notes and then puts them up where she can see them first thing in the morning (a few of her sticky notes are up on the wall in her bedroom, and she has a few more on her bathroom mirror and refrigerator).

Monica’s sticky notes keep her on track by keeping her mind inspired with positive, proactive reminders, even when she’s struggling. Through this daily practice she she has ultimately learned that inner peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, chaos, or challenges to deal with; it means being in the midst of all those things and still being capable of maintaining a healthy mindset. And I’m sure you’ve learned something similar over the years from your own life experiences. I know Marc and I surely have. But just like Monica, and you, we often forget…

Which is precisely why Marc and I have sticky notes up in our house too. So my challenge to you is to start practicing alongside us for the next month or so. To get started, copy our notes and quotes below — perhaps just the ones that resonate most — and rewrite them on physical sticky notes, so you can then stick them up where you can see them. Then pause for a few moments every day and quietly read them to yourself. See how doing so gradually changes the way you think and feel…

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(Note: Most of the sticky notes and quotes above are included in “The Good Morning Journal: Powerful Prompts & Reflections to Start Every Day”.)

Let’s make the best of what’s in front of us.

We often yearn for a very small and selective range of life experiences — the fun times, the happy days, the things that make us feel calm and comfortable. And yet the full range of our daily reality is often quite different. Life gives us an extensive array of experiences that evoke feelings ranging from sadness to uncertainty to frustration to curiosity to nervousness… to happiness to excitement and more. These feelings are all part of being alive.

So we can revolt against the wide-ranging experiences life naturally provides, or we can make the very best of them. Starting today, let’s do the latter…

This means embracing every moment with our full presence, being open and vulnerable to reality, being gentle with ourselves when times are tough, and practicing sincere gratitude whenever possible.

It means accepting life as it is, and accepting ourselves as we are.

It means not expecting the best to happen every time, but instead accepting whatever happens, and making the very best of it one step at a time.

And it won’t always be easy of course, but it’s worth working on.

YOU are worth working on, starting first thing every day for the next month, and beyond.

Now it’s your turn…

Yes, it’s your turn to get some inspiring sticky notes up on your walls today.  But before you go, please leave Marc and me a comment below and let us know what you think of this post. Your feedback is important to us.

Which sticky note or idea above resonates with you the most?

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August has arrived.

With days that are still warm and sunny but also with a bittersweet end of summer in sight and autumn waiting around the corner.

So in today’s post I want to share 101 of the most beautiful, funny and inspirational August quotes.

To help you make the most of this last part of summer and as you’re going back to work or school.

I hope you’ll find something motivational, uplifting and positive here.

Inspirational August Quotes for a Positive and Joyful Month

“The arrival of August means that summer is drawing to a close, and that’s exactly why it should be embraced.”
– Amanda McArthur

“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“August is the slow, gentle month that stretches out the longest across the span of a year. It yawns and lingers on with the light in its palms.”
– Victoria Erickson

“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land. The border is longing: when both have fallen in love but still haven’t said anything. The border is to be on the way. It is the way that is the most important thing.”
– Tove Jansson

“May your month of August be filled with wonderful blessings of good health, love, peace, happiness, and prosperity.”
– Unknown

“August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun and the lilies again are spread across the water.”
– Mary Oliver

“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer.”
– Jenny Han

“When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight like a spy through the ripening countryside, and with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.”
– Sarah Orne Jewett

“Good things are going to happen. Welcome, August!”
– Unknown

“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.”
– Sara Baume

“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.”
– Kent Nerburn

“It is best to be born in April or August when the life-giving Sun is in its exaltation… for then we enter the sea of life on the crest-wave and are backed in the battle of existence by an abundant fund of vim and energy.”
– Max Heindel

“August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I’ve been listening to in the late spring and summer.”
– Henry Rollins

“August was nearly over – the month of apples and falling stars, the last care-free month for the school children. The days were not hot, but sunny and limpidly clear – the first sign of advancing autumn.”
– Viktor Nakrasov

“Those late August mornings smelt of autumn from day-break till the hour when the sun-baked earth allowed the cool sea breezes to drive back the then less heavy aroma of threshed wheat, open furrows, and reeking manure.”
– Colette

“August is a time of growing up, of forgotten forever’s, full of the sweetest intent.”
– Meka Boyle

“Less than a month ago, all of August still stretched before us – long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.”
– Lauren Oliver

“Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day.”
– Ik Marvel

“August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes.”
– Rasmenia Massoud

“Welcome, August! A bounty of beautiful beginnings and neverending blessings.”
– Unknown

“The west coast of Corsica on a boat in August is probably as beautiful as it gets.”
– Antoine Arnault

“May-August wind blows you in the right direction.”
– De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Happy people are the best, and August is the month of the happiest people.”
– Unknown

“In August, everything looks possible.”
– Erin Mcgown

Beautiful August Quotes on This Time of the Summer (Great for Instagram)

“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.”
– Denise Levertov

“August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.”
– Joseph Wood Krutch

“August has passed, and yet summer continues by force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the chapters of the year, covertly included between its pages.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer

“No one can believe that God is not good when the August gardens are in their heyday.”
– Gladys Taber

“The August cloud melts into streams of rain.”
– William Cullen Bryant

“The quiet August noon has come; A slumberous silence fills the sky; The winds are still, the trees are dumb, In glassy sleep the waters lie.”
– William Cullen Bryant

“In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“That August time it was delight. To watch the red moons wane to white.”
– Algernon Charles Swinburne

“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.”
– Natalie Babbitt

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”
– Sylvia Plath

“August breeze – perched on the flame tree, a red-vented Bulbul.”
– Meeta Ahluwalia

“It was August, and the fields were high with corn. In the orchard the last of the peaches clung to their branches and the apples were showing their first pinkish blush.”
– Melanie Gideon

“The brilliant poppy flaunts her head amidst the ripening grain, and adds her voice to sell the song that August is here again.”
– Helen M. Winslow

“August is ripening grain in the fields, vivid dahlias fling, huge tousled blossoms through gardens, and Joe Pye weed dusts the meadow purple.”
– Jean Hersey

“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.”
– Sue Monk Kidd

“Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar.”
– William Faulkner

“But I can see us lost in the memory, August slipped away into a moment in time, ‘Cause it was never mine.”
– Taylor Swift

“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and like a dream of beauty glides away.”
– Sarah Helen Whitman

“The August sun is pouring on the land. His scorching rays and vegetation stands, beseeching to the skies for showers again, and being answered like the prayers of men.”
– Edward Blair

“August is the month of the high sailing hawks. The hen hawk is the most noticeable. He is a bird of leisure and seems always at his ease.”
– John Burroughs

“I love the little garden in the back of my family’s brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for me. Although by the time August rolls around and my roses have black spot, I need the break winter provides.”
– Siri Hustvedt

“In the mute August afternoon, they trembled to some undertune of music in the silver air.”
– Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Caught in the doldrums of August, we may have regretted the departing summer.”
– Denis Mackail

“August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame.”
– Henry Rollins

“One evening in August, you have an errand outdoors, and all of a sudden, it’s pitch-black. It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive.”
– Tove Jansson

“Did you know that a bee dies after he stings you? And that there’s a star called Aldebaran? And that around the tenth of August, any year, you can look up in the sky at night and see dozens and dozens of shooting stars?”
– Elizabeth Enright

“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside are cool and crisp to the touch.”
– Jane Smiley

Funny August Quotes for Stress Relief

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawnmower is broken.”
– James Dent

“August is a gentle reminder for not doing a single thing from your new year’s resolution for seven months and not doing it for next five.”
– Crestless Wave

“The English winter ending in July to recommence in August.”
– Lord Byron

“August, the summer’s last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.”
– Henry Rollins

“To all those pinning Halloween costumes and Christmas-themed recipes, let me just say, calm down! It’s August.”
– Unknown

“Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don’t think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.”
– Alice Hoffman

“I bet deep down you still wish your mom would take you clothes shopping every August for the new school year.”
– Bridget Willard

“Don’t blame the holidays. You were already overweight in August.”
– Unknown

“Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk.”
– Pat Conroy

“August is a wicked month.”
– Edna O’Brien

“One time. In 1965. August, for about an hour, I was both fine AND dandy at the same time. But nobody asked me how I was.”
– George Carlin

“The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.”
– Joseph Epstein

“August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.”
– Ichiro Suzuki

“August is the Sunday of summer.”
– Unknown

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy.”
– Regina Brett

Motivational August Quotes for Work

“When the sun is shining, I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.”
– Wilma Rudolph

“August is for changes and strength.”
– Luke Hamlet

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

“You can if you think you can.”
– George Reeves

“Your August can be as memorable as the leaving summer.”
– Jennifer Lewis

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
– Alexander Graham Bell

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
– Confucius

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.”
– Maya Angelou

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Happy August!”
– Unknown

“Don’t let your August be four weeks of feeling sad that fall is right around the corner.”
– Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

“Make your June good, July better, and the month of August best by looking into the eyes of the sun.”
– Unknown

“I don’t know about you, but August is still an important chapter in summer’s novel.”
– Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadows.”
– Helen Keller

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”
– Anthony Mill

“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.”
– John Heywood

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln

Short Hello and Welcome August Quotes for Your Letter Board

“It’s always summer somewhere.”
– Lilly Pulitzer

“Good things are going to happen. Summer is still here.”
– Anonymous

“Goodbye July, hello August. I think you will be wonderful.”
– Unknown

“Welcome, August! You are my bittersweet end but also the beginning of something new.”
– Unknown

“Swim through the serene summer sky.”
– Virgil

“August vibes are upbeat but a little, little sad and uncertain too.”
– Unknown

“Dry August and warm, doth harvest no harm.”
– Thomas Tusser

“The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.”
– Garth Brooks

“One day you discover you are alive… but, not long after, the sun goes out. Snow falls, but no one sees it, on an August noon.”
– Ray Bradbury

“August is the Sunday of summer. I wish we could turn the hourglass over.”
– Mak Cov

“Prayer is an August avowal of ignorance.”
– Victor Hugo

“Sometimes August isn’t recognized until December.”
– Meka Boyle

“In summer time to simply be.”
– Paul Laurence Dunbar

“The sun was still all August, although calendar August was almost two weeks gone.”
– Stephen King

“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay

“How softly summer shuts, without the creaking of a door.”
– Emily Dickinson

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”
– Charles Bowden

Want more summer inspiration and motivation? Then check out the short summer quotes in this post, these inspirational summer quotes and also this one with plenty of funny summer quotes.