200+ Thought of the Day to Set the Tone for Your Day

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

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

Do not dump your woes upon people – keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. – Elbert Hubbard

The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln

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

What lies behind us and what lies before we are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance. – Brene Brown

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter, and better. – Maya Angelou

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. – Aristotle

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.

Life is not a journey to be rushed, but a treasure to be enjoyed.

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. – Benjamin Franklin

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them. – Mark Twain

Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

When you have the choice between being right and being kind just choose kind. – Wayne Dyer

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your compassion. It is the essence of humanity. – Steve Maraboli

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

There’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. – Scott Adams

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, and no regrets.

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.   ― Eric Hoffer

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain, but you can’t make a rainbow without a little rain

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Sometimes the only way to find the right direction is to start walking.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. – John C. Maxwell

Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.

It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently. – Anthony Robbins

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care of what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated but have consistency in their motivation.

To love only what happens, what was destined. No greater harmony. – Marcus Aurelius

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.

As difficult as it may seem, the secret to living in harmony is accepting others just as they are.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.

There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

Count your blessings and not your troubles. Focus on the bright side of things instead of on the dark corners. Live every day as if it is your last, and all your problems will seem meaningless to you.

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. – Vince Lombardi

People want to find meaning in everything and everyone. That’s the disease of our age. – Pablo Picasso

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

What you get from life will be in direct proportion to what you give to life.

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life — after that, you cannot be deceived.

Education is not just about acquiring knowledge, it’s also about developing a mindset.

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

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

They cannot stop me. I will get my education if it is in the home, school, or any place. – Malala Yousafzai

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

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value. – Scott Adams

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. – Martin Luther King Jr

For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves. – Pema Chodron

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

When we face tough problems, we stay mired in the mud until we take action. Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. – Muhammad Ali

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

Every noble work is at first impossible

Forget about style; worry about results.

Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.

Die with memories, not dreams.

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. – Napoleon Hill

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

The grass is greener where you water it.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Success only comes to those who dare to attempt.

Man doesn’t know what he is capable of until he is asked.

I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it. – Lil Wayne

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

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

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James

Don’t tell people your plans. Show them your results.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

Good things happen to those who hustle.

You do not find a happy life. You make it.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. – Helen Keller

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others.

Freedom begins with owning your flaws and disowning your fears.

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

Some steps need to be taken alone. It’s the only way to really figure out where you need to be.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Mistakes are the stairs we climb to reach success.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.

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

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. – Booker T. Washington

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

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

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. – Oprah Winfrey

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.

If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

Believe in your heart that you’re meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.

It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. And sings the tune without the words. And never stops at all.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

If you think you’re leading and no one is following you, then you’re only taking a walk.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.

Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.

Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ― Oscar Wilde

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

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. – J.K. Rowling

When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. ― George Carlin

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

What’s the good of living if you don’t try a few things?

The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.