25 Empowering Quotes To Inspire You When You Need Encouragement

Reading empowering quotes can be the perfect boost to give you some inspiration when you need encouragement. If you find one that resonates with you, write it down, hang it near your desk, or put it as your phone background. Your success will always be a reflection of your mindset.

Here are 25 empowering quotes to lift your spirit so you can get out of your head and get back to crushing your goals.

1. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” ­- Marie Curie

2. “Stop shrinking to fit places you’ve outgrown.” -Furaha Joyce

3. “Treat yourself exceptionally well. The relationship you have with yourself sets the tone for all other relationships.” -Tiffany Hoxie

4. “Confidence is not I am better than her, confidence is I am great so is she” – Unknown

5. It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” ­­-Lillian Hellman

6. “When the going gets tough, this is the worst time to let up on yourself. Maybe you pivot, perhaps you rest, or maybe you change the thoughts you tell yourself. But then you get back to it because the obstacles are what build your confidence and strengthen your resilience. It’s important to face your challenges head-on and that’s how you’ll win.” -Tiffany Hoxie

7. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” -Iyanla Vanzant

8. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” -Dale Carnegie

9. “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” -Thomas Edison

10. “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.” -Nora Roberts

11. “Work on yourself every day. This decision will not only affect you, but it will enable you to help as many people as possible. Then, that group of people can help their families, and that begins to affect our communities. When our communities change, our country evolves, which affects our world in its totality. It isn’t about us, and it never was. We each play a role that extends far past our own little world.” -Tiffany Hoxie

12. “I want women — and men — to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they’re always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.” -Lady Gaga

13. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” -C.G. Jung

14. “You don’t have to be perfect, but you do have to be 100% committed.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

15. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” -Helen Keller

16. “Darling, good things take time. Stop trying to rush the process.” -Tiffany Hoxie

17. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jung

18. “Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” -Serena Williams

19. “The truth is you have to show up. You have to show up when you don’t feel like it, when no one is watching, or paying attention to what you have to say. Put in the work even when no one is there to pat you on the back after giving it your all. Never forget who you are showing up for— you. Plant the seeds as long as you have to, to harvest the life you desire most.” -Tiffany Hoxie

20. “It’s not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.” -Lady Gaga

21. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” -Maya Angelou

22. “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” -Michelle Obama

23. “At the end of our days, it’s not going to come down to— I wish I would have had more shoes in the closet, a fancier car, or likes on some filtered photo, it’s going to matter that we were good to people, that we made a difference and that we lived and loved the best we knew how.” -Tiffany Hoxie

24. “A bird sitting in a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her wings.”  -Charlie Wardle

25. “Doubting yourself is normal, letting it stop you is a choice.” -Mel Robbins

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The next time you feel down, I hope you find these empowering quotes helpful. Let me which one is your favorite.