60 Good Vibes Quotes to Boost Your Spirits

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Motivational quotes, sayings, and affirmations

Co-authored by Leah Morris and Dev Murphy, MA

Last Updated: October 18, 2025 Fact Checked

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Sharing positive quotes and sayings is a great way to lift the spirits of the people around you—and yourself! We've compiled a list of our favorite motivational sayings, quotes, and affirmations, with insight from life coaches and spiritual experts. Share these quotes with friends, family, and coworkers over text, email, or social media, or download one of our sharable aesthetic graphics to spread the joy!

Positive Quotes & Sayings

Life coach Leah Morris says her favorite positive saying is "The best way to lead is to live by example." Here are some of our own favorite motivational sayings and quotes:

"We have two lives, and the second one begins when we realize we only have one." --Confucius
"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone." –Reba McEntire
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." –Mahatma Gandhi
Be you. You're the only one of your kind!
You receive the energy you put out.

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Motivational Good Vibes Quotes

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Brighten everyone's day by sharing these empowering quotes. Draw from the wise and inspiring words of celebrated figures to boost your friends' spirits. Share these quotes via text or email—or share them with your whole network by posting them to social media:
- "In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by." –Lucille Ball
- "We have two lives, and the second one begins when we realize we only have one." --Confucius
- "If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we're living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it." –Jamie Foxx
- "The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." –Walt Disney
- "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone." –Reba McEntire
- "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." –William James
- "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." –Winston Churchill^{[1]
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- "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." –Warren Buffett
- "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." –Mahatma Gandhi
- "Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them." –Madam C.J. Walker
- "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." –Carol Burnett
- "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart." –Helen Keller
- "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality." –Malala Yousafzai
- "Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities." –Robert H. Schuller
Meet the wikiHow Experts

Leah Morris is a life and relationship transition coach and the owner of Life Remade, a holistic personal coaching service. She specializes in guiding people through life transitions.

Leza Labrador, aka The Social Sorceress, is a magic and manifestation expert and founder of Bohemian Fig based in Santa Clarita, CA. She helps people step into their magic and power to fulfill great transformation.

Michael Stern is a life coach and the owner of Integral Alignment, a coaching and training business focused on optimizing one's health, work, love, play, and spirituality.

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Good Vibes Quotes for People Going Through a Tough Time

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Lift your loved one's spirits with these positive quotes. When someone is going through a difficult time—like the loss of a job, a death, a breakup, or another tragedy—the right inspiring quote can make all the difference. Even if you can't find the right words to say yourself, odds are, a beloved and influential figure has found them for you:
- "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." –Helen Keller
- "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." –Thomas Edison
- "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." –Albert Einstein
- "The best way to predict your future is to create it." –Abraham Lincoln
- "If you're going through hell, keep going." –Winston Churchill
- "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." –Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." –Albert Camus
- "You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." –Bob Marley
- "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." –Robert Louis Stevenson
- "Never give in. Never, never, never." –Winston Churchill
- "Fall seven times, stand up eight." –Japanese proverb
- "Staying positive doesn’t mean you have to be happy all the time. It means that even on hard days you know that there are better ones coming." –Anonymous^{[2]
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Good Vibes Quotes to Inspire Yourself

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Boost your own morale with these positive quotes. Positive quotes aren't just for sharing with others—they're also great for lifting your own spirits. As magic and manifestation expert Leza Labrador explains, "Talking good to yourself raises your vibration. Talking bad to yourself lowers your vibration."^{[3]
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Expert Interview} Check out our favorite vibration-raising quotes:
- "Never let success go to your head, never let failure get to your heart." –Beyonce
- "I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it." –Lebron James
- "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." –C.S. Lewis
- "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." –Michael Altshuler
- "You get what you give." –Jennifer Lopez
- "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." –Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
- "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." –Jimmy Dean
- "If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it." –Muhammad Ali
- "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." –Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Good Vibes Sayings & Affirmations

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Kick the day off right with these positive sayings and affirmations. Morris says one of her favorite motivational adages is "The best way to lead is to live by example."^{[4]
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- You receive the energy you put out.
- You have to put your own oxygen mask on before you can help others.
- Love yourself!
- Don't think, just be.
- I am worthy.
- I grow and improve every day.
- "No" is a complete sentence and I don’t have to explain or justify my boundaries.^{[5]
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- I have the power to create a life I love.
- I appreciate the opportunities I've been given.
- My life is full of potential.
- I give myself permission to be myself.
- I have the power to change.
- I am courageous.
- I’m allowed to have needs and take up space.
- I am valued.
- I am worthy of love.
- I can be relaxed in all situations.
- I am grateful for the peace I have right now.
- I attract good people into my life.
- I am enough.
- I am lovable and strong.
- You're a human being, not a human doing.
- Be you. You're the only one of your kind!
- Everyone can make a difference.
- I am doing the best I can.
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Michael Stern
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Michael Stern is a life coach and the owner of Integral Alignment, a coaching and training business focused on a holistic approach to optimizing one's health, work, love, play, and spirituality. Michael began his professional training in 2011 as an Integral Spiritual Mentor through One Spirit Learning Alliance, and has been certified as both a hatha yoga instructor and an Emotional Intelligence Coach through GolemanEI. In addition to his private 1:1 and groupwork, he has hosted workshops with thought leaders such as Frederic Laloux, Charles Eisenstein, and Thomas Hübl. Michael holds a BA in Spanish Language from Vanderbilt University and lives in Portland, Maine.

Michael Stern
Life Coach

Affirmations can help us rewire our brain to think more positively, but we need to support that process by changing our behavior to reinforce the truthfulness of the affirmations.