Here are 41 of my favourite motivational quotes for anxiety – because we all need a little pep up every now and then!
I love motivational quotes. I find them useful when I’m feeling down, stuck or unmotivated. And I find them especially useful when I’m feeling anxious.
Motivational quotes have helped me through the darkest days of my depression and through the peaks and troughs of my anxiety.
They act as reminders that I can overcome anything, that there is a silver lining, and life itself is worth it.
41 Motivational Quotes to Help You Overcome Anxiety
“At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you had planned, I love you anyway.” – Anonymous
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” – Pema Chodron
“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go” – Jack Kornfield
“If you’re going through hell keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” – Henry Miller
“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” – Sylvia Plath
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” – Steve Maraboli
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“Everything you have ever wanted, is sitting on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, not just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.” – Carl Sandburg
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” – Eckhart Tolle
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Confucius
“Don’t settle: Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you’re not on the right path, get off it.” – Chris Brogan
“Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us.” – Nicole Reed
“By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Elliot
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D Larson
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” — Jamie Paolinetti
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” – Lily Tomlin
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry S. Haskins
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” – Proverb
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” – Wayne W. Dyer
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” – Winnie the Pooh
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.” – Zig Ziglar
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” – Proverb
“Life is not a dress rehearsal. Everyday, you should have at least one exquisite moment.” – Sally Karioth
What’s your favourite quote from the list, and why does it resonate with you?
Or perhaps you have your own personal fave?
I would love to hear what it is!
