101 Inspirational Quotes For Kids To Believe In Themselves

In a world brimming with challenges and opportunities, nurturing the minds of our young ones with positivity and motivation is of paramount importance.

Inspirational quotes for kids serve as powerful tools to instill values, boost self-esteem, and encourage resilience from an early age. Whether it’s a short dose of daily motivation, words of wisdom from teachers, or famous sayings that resonate with children, these inspirational quotes provide a guiding light for the younger generation.

In this collection, we’ve curated a treasure trove of wisdom encompassing short and impactful quotes, messages from educators, and motivational phrases that will inspire children to chase their dreams, build confidence, and never give up, no matter the hurdles they face. Join us on this journey as we delve into the world of inspirational quotes for kids, exploring their potential to ignite young hearts and minds.

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Inspirational Quotes For Kids

1. “I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?”― Stephen Colbert

2. “There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.”― Henry Van Dyke

3. “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.”― Helen Hayes

4. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”― Thomas A. Edison

5. “And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.”― Donald Cargill

6. “Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”― Robert Louis Stevenson

7. “Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I’ve ever seen… to a superhero. He’s amazing. He’s inspirational.”― Malachi Kirby

8. “Act like you expect to get into the end zone.”― Christopher Morley

9. “I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.”― Junipero Serra

10. “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”― Isaac Newton

Short Inspirational Quotes For Kids

11. “My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and have people think of me as an inspirational artist.”― Christina Grimmie

12. “President Obama called for a ‘we’ nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that’s what we need most in our country today.”― Anna Deavere Smith

13. “I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.”― Robert Schumann

14. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”― John F. Kennedy

15. “As women and men, we’re not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.”― Jennifer Hyman

16. “When I first got involved in the underground metal scene in ’82, ’83, there were only about five or six major Death or Black Metal bands around. There were so many other bands that were inspirational, that really helped.”― Chuck Schuldiner

17. “Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there’s anything wrong with ‘Casino Royale.’ But ‘Happy Feet’ – written and directed by George Miller – is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can’t resist straying into the Inspirational.”― Robert Gottlieb

18. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”― Andre Gide

19. “Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.”― Nikki Sixx

20. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”― Jack Dempsey

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Inspirational Quotes For Kids From Teachers

21. “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”― Arthur Ashe

22. “Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.”― Rosa Parks

23. “When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe ‘Corazon Sin Cara’ would never had been made. It’s a very inspirational story.”― Prince Royce

24. “My allegiance to the GOP was cemented during the 1980s, when I was in high school and college and Ronald Reagan was in the White House. For me, Reagan was what John F. Kennedy had been to an earlier generation: an inspirational figure who shaped my worldview.”― Max Boot

25. “I love those who yearn for the impossible.”― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

26. “The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.”― Emile Zola

27. “Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”― Kevyn Aucoin

28. “I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God’s hands, and I am very happy about that!”― Ken Hensley

29. “Since we launched the original ‘Pop Idol’ in England, I’ve remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on ‘American idol’ for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.”― Nigel Lythgoe

30. “Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang – even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.”― Mindy Kaling

Daily Inspirational Quotes For Kids

31. “It is such a luxury to open a new book that’s highly recommended by friends – either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.”― Kelli O’Hara

32. “I do love to eavesdrop. It’s inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.”― Lynda Barry

33. “The best way out is always through.”― Robert Frost

34. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”― Rabindranath Tagore

35. “Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.”― Pope Paul VI

36. “Before the music and before the fame, I loved Apl for Allan Pineda, for being a brother that he is and for the inspiration – for him to actually come to the States from the Philippines and make something of his life. That’s inspirational.”― Taboo

37. “I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I’ve won countless other awards, including ‘Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.’”― Jocelyn Bell Burnell

38. “I’m not here to impose Sharia law, and I’m not here to have a message about disability being inspirational – I’m here to make people laugh. But when I can layer things and make people not only laugh but question, make people not only laugh but be offended… I have to do that.”― Maysoon Zayid

39. “What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.”― Theodore Roethke

40. “I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.”― Robert Fulghum

Inspirational Quotes For Kids About Success

41. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”― Norman Vincent Peale

42. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”― William Shakespeare

43. “Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.”― Pope Paul VI

44. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.”― Amelia Barr

45. “I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”― Hermann Hesse

46. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”― Jim Rohn

47. “If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.”― Emmet Fox

48. “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”― Unknown

49. “Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it’s what I call the ‘momily’ – the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.”― Christine Pelosi

50. “In my experience, I have learned that there is rarely the perfect man for the perfect job, but Reagan was born to play the role of president. He was an inspirational leader when the country really needed it.”― Tim Matheson

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Inspirational Quotes For Kids Motivation

51. “I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read ‘Just Kids’ and it’s an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.”― James Iha

52. “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.”― Wallace Stevens

53. “Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.”― Muhammad Iqbal

54. “I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.”― Loretta Young

55. “If you’re funny and working in education, I think the perception is that you’re either inspirational or awful. So which was I? I suppose that depends on who you talk to.”― Greg Davies

56. “Create each day anew.”― Morihei Ueshiba

57. “I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He’s the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I’ve ever seen. I like to be around people like that.”― Max Weinberg

58. “Give light and people will find the way.”― Ella Baker

59. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”― Og Mandino

60. “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”― Rabindranath Tagore

Best Inspirational Quotes For Kids

61. “A place for everything, everything in its place.”― Benjamin Franklin

62. “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”― A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

63. “It is so inspirational, to see that in the world of Westeros, men are answering to women, and they are a force to be reckoned with. It’s empowering, and it’s inspirational as well, because you’re just like, ‘This is great!’”― Rose Leslie

64. “For years, I’ve worn my dainty gold bracelets with inspirational sayings and encouraging one-liners to motivate me in my career. I liked to look down at my wrist and be reminded of my goals.”― Rachel Hollis

65. “The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.”― Marlee Matlin

66. “You are thinking about the music, about the mathematics of it. It’s time-consuming and energy-consuming at the same time. That’s why I take my time off, my family time, as inspirational. I cool off.”― Atif Aslam

67. “Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.”― John Wooden

68. “I feel that music is such an inspirational form of energy, as baseball is. And especially with Metallica, believe it or not, our shows are very physical. Sports is a very physical thing, too.”― Robert Trujillo

69. “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.”― Les Brown

70. “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”― Audre Lorde

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Famous Inspirational Quotes For Kids

71. “Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”― Michelangelo

72. “It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.”― Amelia Barr

73. “By now, you’ve probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.”― Gabby Douglas

74. “’Ebony’ is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.”― Linda Johnson Rice

75. “In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.”― Harsha Bhogle

76. “We’ve been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.”― Honor Harger

77. “Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.”― Albert Camus

78. “I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting – the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don’t know how any of it works, I don’t want to know, but it’s inspirational.”― Paloma Picasso

79. “Not on one strand are all life’s jewels strung.”― William Morris

80. “Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”― Bernard Williams

Motivational Quotes For Kids To Chase Their Dreams And Never Give Up

81. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”― Robin Williams

82. “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”― Marcus Aurelius

83. “Inside, I’ve got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.”― Damien Rice

84. “We learn about MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman. Would it be as inspirational? Would it have as much gravitas to it?”― Jennifer Hyman

85. “I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.”― e. e. cummings

86. “We convince by our presence.”― Walt Whitman

87. “Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic.”― Chloe Kim

88. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”― Michael Jordan

89. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”― Robert Louis Stevenson

90. “I do kind of marvel at my journey. But at the same time, I look back at a lot of the steps, and maybe not every step, but a lot of the steps, and since I was 12 or 13, I look at the people who helped me and the moments that were inspirational to me, and you can recall what my mindset and what my make-up was at that time to try and be the best.”― Chris Bosh

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Encouraging Quotes For Children Facing Challenges And Building Confidence

91. “For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.”― Wallis Simpson

92. “The authentic self is the soul made visible.”― Sarah Ban Breathnach

93. “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”― Vince Lombardi

94. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”― George Eliot

95. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”― Aristotle Onassis

96. “All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.”― Young Jeezy

97. “There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.”― Soledad O’Brien

98. “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”― Buddha

99. “It was sad to leave ‘Pippin’ because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.”― Ann Reinking

100. “Hope is but the dream of those who wake.”― Matthew Prior

101. “Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It’s part ballet. It’s part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.”― Steve Sabol

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Conclusion

Inspirational quotes for kids are more than just words; they are seeds of hope, courage, and ambition sown in the fertile soil of young minds. Through this collection of short, daily, and famous quotes, as well as messages from dedicated teachers, we’ve aimed to provide a well-rounded source of motivation and encouragement for children. These quotes serve as reminders that success is achievable, dreams are worth chasing, and challenges can be overcome with determination and confidence.

As parents, educators, and mentors, let us continue to nourish the spirits of our children with these powerful words of wisdom, ensuring that they grow up resilient, optimistic, and ready to embrace the world’s possibilities. In the journey of life, these inspirational quotes are like guiding stars, lighting the way for our future leaders and dreamers.