It is unbelievable how difficult it can be to choose the perfect quote to share with our Instagram communities! You want your content to resonate with your followers and encourage them to engage with comments and likes. Despite the many thousands of quotes throughout the internet I usually browse about ten web pages of quotes before choosing the ideal quote for my people which is why I compiled this list of my 52 faves (1 for each week!)
Sharing a great quote on a neatly created banner is an excellent Instagram feed “filler”, these work great on the days when you haven’t finished editing a video, didn’t have a recent photoshoot or haven’t gone anywhere interesting to snap some pics for your content. Simply pick a nice quote and use it for your next Instagram post.
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
- “Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” – Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
- “Don’t think or judge, just listen.”― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
- “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
- “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
- “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
- “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin
- “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” – Sara Blakely
- “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. “ – Jennifer Lopez
- “Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland
- “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” – Joan Rivers
- “Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg
- “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” – Jack Welch
- “The only thing standing in the way between you and your goal is the BS story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
- “What is life without a little risk?” – J.K. Rowling
- “Only do what your heart tells you.” – Princess Diana
- “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” – Grace Hopper
- “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” – Richard Nixon
- “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
- “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Work until your rivals become idols.” – Drake
- “You can’t have a million dollar dream on a minimum wage work ethic.” – Unknown
- “You must do the kind of things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It’s not what you do once in a while it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.” – Jenny Craig
- “Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die.” – Brian Vaszily
- “A walk to a nearby park may give you more energy and inspiration in life than spending two hours in front of a screen.” – Tsang Lindsay
- “If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.” – Tony Gaskins
- “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
- “I can and I will. Watch me.” – Carrie Green
- “Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” – John Wooden
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- ‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” – George Eliot
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
- “Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” – Baz Luhrmann
- “Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” – Unknown
- “You can do anything you set your mind to.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “All we can do is the best we can do.” – David Axelrod
- “You never know what you can do until you try.” – William Cobbett
- “Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” – Mark Twain
- “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” – Helen Keller
- “Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” – Arabic Proverb
- “The big lesson in life is never be scared of anyone or anything.” – Frank Sinatra
- “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
- “On my own I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai
