Morning is here.

Hopefully waking you up gently with some sunlight. But realistically, on some days at least, with rain smattering on your bedroom window.

Either way, how we start our morning tends to set the tone for the rest of the day.

So in today’s post I want to help you and the people you care about to have a great start by sharing 130 of the most positive, romantic and inspirational good morning wishes and messages.

Use them in a text to a loved one, a group chat with family or friends, on social media like Instagram or simply read through some of them yourself to start your day with some positive energy.

Good Morning Wishes and Messages for Friends

Honestly, I can’t count how many mornings you’ve brightened just by being part of my life. So here’s me today returning that favor – good morning, and I hope today is a successful and happy one for you!

Mornings are plain and simply a lot easier to face when you’ve got a friend like you in your life. Thank you for all the laughs, the advice that works if I actually follow it and the honest talks. Good morning, my friend and have a good one!

I’m so proud of the person you’ve become, and I can’t wait to see where this next chapter takes you. Good morning, my lovely friend!

Good morning! Hope you’ll have a day filled with positive energy, a few good laughs and that satisfying feeling at the end of it that you gave it your best.

You’re the kind of friend everyone wishes they had. I’m so grateful you’re in my corner. Thank you and have a good morning!

Wishing you a morning filled with that calm, easy energy that makes you feel like everything is going to work out – because it will. Good morning, my friend!

Good morning to someone who never fails to make even the most ordinary day feel a little more fun and exciting (even when the rains pours down). I hope today gives you plenty of reasons to smile.

Good morning! The best days are the ones that start with knowing someone out there is rooting for you. Consider this your daily reminder that I am, every morning.

Good morning! Life has a way of throwing annoying or terrifying curveballs, but you always seem to handle them with more grace and humor than most. I admire that about you.

Some friends are just easy to be around – no drama, just happy energy and honest and funny conversations. That’s you. Good morning, and thanks for being exactly who you are.

Good morning! You’ve been there for me through some of the best and worst moments of my life, and I don’t take that for granted. I just wanted to say that.

I don’t say it nearly enough, but having you as a friend has made my life so much better. Good morning – now go out there and have an incredible day!

Good morning! Whatever today throws at you, just know that you’ve already handled tougher days and survived it. You’ve got this!

Good morning and I hope today brings you something unexpected and wonderful – you deserve every bit of it.

Good morning, my old friend! May your coffee be strong, your schedule be light and your day have a couple or more of those little moments that bring you happiness and fun.

Brand new morning, and a brand new opportunity to create a great day. Good morning!

Good morning! Here’s to another positive and successful day, my friend!

Good morning, looking forward to seeing you soon again and having an even more fun weekend than the last time!

Good morning, my dear friend! I hope today feels as bright and wonderful as you make everyone around you feel.

Good morning to the person who always knows exactly what to say when I need to hear it (even if I may not want to listen at first).

Good morning! I hope today is your kind of perfect day.

Every morning is a little better knowing I have you to share life’s ups and downs with. Wishing you a truly wonderful day ahead, my friend.

Good Morning Wishes for Him or Her (Romantic Messages)

Good morning, my love! I used to think mornings were just something rough to get through, but then you came along and made them something lovely to look forward to.

Good morning, my love! Thank you for being patient with me (for a really long time sometimes), for laughing at my often bad jokes and for making this life we’ve built together feel like the best adventure a person could wish for.

Good morning, darling! If mornings were a meal, you’d be the best part of it – that first sip of strong and tasty coffee.

You are the reason I go to bed smiling. And the reason I wake up excited for what’s coming next. Today and every day for the rest of my life.

Good morning! You are my calm in life’s chaos, my warmth in the cold and of course, my favorite notification on any morning. I love you.

You’re the first person I think about when I open my eyes and I’m so happy to have you in my life. Have a good morning!

Good morning, my sunshine! I don’t know what I did to deserve someone like you, but I’m humbly grateful for it each day.

Waking up next to you is my favorite part of any day. And on the mornings when you’re not here, well, a text like this at least helps a little bit.

Good morning to the person who somehow makes even a boring and rainy Monday feel like something worth showing up for. You certainly make my life sunnier and more exciting.

I know you’re probably still half-asleep reading this, but I wanted you to start your day knowing that you are loved – deeply, completely and for the rest of my days.

Good morning, my love! If I could, I’d bring you coffee in bed every single morning for the rest of our lives. But on days like today, this message will have to carry a bit of that same warmth and love.

No matter how many mornings we share, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing you wake up and light up the start of any day with your positive energy.

Good morning! You have this way of making me feel safe, loved and beautiful no matter how I may feel or look in the morning. I’m so lucky you’re mine.

They say home is a place, but for me it’s a person – and that person is you. I hope today treats you as wonderfully as you treat me.

Good morning, sweetheart! Just a reminder that no matter how busy or crazy today gets, I’ll always be the one in your corner. Reach out if you need me.

I woke up today and started thinking about all the little things you do that I love about you. Turns out there are way too many to fit in one text. So I’ll just tell them to you tonight.

Good morning to my favorite person in this world. You make my every single day brighter, and I wouldn’t trade what we have for anything. Remember that.

The best part of falling in love with you is that it keeps happening again and again. Every morning. I hope it never ends.

Good morning, my ray of sunshine! I miss you and can’t wait to see you soon again!

I hope your morning is as peaceful and lovely as you make mine on those mornings when I get to wake up next to you. Have a good morning and a successful day!

Some people search their whole lives for what we have. So I never want to take this for granted. Good morning, my love – let’s make today and every coming day a beautiful one.

I love you every day, but there’s something a little extra special about saying it first thing as we wake in the morning that makes it feel even more true. Good morning, my everything. I love you.

Funny Good Morning Wishes and Messages

I personally think mornings should be optional, but since the world disagrees, here we are. Hope you’ll have a good one!

Good morning – may your coffee be strong and your email inbox wonderfully empty.

Good morning! I was going to send you an inspiring quote about rising with the sun, but I know both you and I tend to hit snooze as many times as possible before getting up.

Good morning! I hope your day is wonderful and productive. But if it’s not, I hope at least the snacks are good and meetings are brief.

The fact that you and I are both awake before noon is genuinely impressive, and I think that should be celebrated. Go us!

Good morning! May your day be as smooth as your snooze-button technique and as focused as a man trying to get dressed and be out the door in 3 minutes.

Hope you’re having a good morning and let’s just be honest – we both know today’s biggest challenge will be getting out of bed. Everything after that is easy, so we might as well go after our dreams.

If there was an award for the person who battles their alarm clock the hardest every single morning, you’d probably win it every time. And I’d be a close second.

The sun is up, the birds are singing, and I am still deeply suspicious of anyone who enjoys this hour in any kind of way. Anyway, good morning!

You should be proud, my friend. Most people only dream about sleeping as deeply and as long as you do. Pretty impressive.

Good morning! Just a reminder that being a morning person isn’t a positive personality trait – it’s a red flag and cry for help. So stay strong out there and don’t let those early birds get you down.

I would say “rise and shine,” but I know you and I know that ain’t happening before the second cup of coffee. So take it slow and let’s do it our way.

I wanted to wish you a productive and inspired morning, but then I remembered who I’m texting. So let’s aim for “awake”. And we can take it from there.

Good morning! They say the early bird catches the worm. I say, just hang in there, the weekend is here soon.

Good morning, I know some people apparently greet the morning with a workout and matcha. I tend to greet it with a groan and a prolonged negotiation with my alarm.

Good morning! I hope your morning face is more “ready to take on the world” and less “confused little squirrel caught in daylight.” Mine’s latter today.

Good morning! Fun fact – your bed misses you already. I do too. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do (or what your boss wants you to do).

I woke up bright and cheerful this morning, full of optimism and energy, ready to step out into a wonderful world. Then my alarm actually went off. And that was the end of that.

Good morning! Another beautiful day to pretend we have our lives and ourselves completely together. You’re really good at it, by the way. I aim to be as convincing as that, my friend.

They say nothing good happens before 9 a.m. and honestly, I’ve never found a single reason to argue with that. Hope you’re having a good one so far.

Good morning! If getting up early truly builds character, then I have terrible character and, yeah, I’m just going to be OK with that.

I’m growing more and more convinced that mornings were invented by someone who clearly had a grudge against the rest of us. So good morning, my fellow survivor and hope you’re having an OK start to your day.

Good morning! I thought about being one of those people who texts motivational quotes at 6 a.m., but our friendship means more to me than that. So, that’s my bit of inspirational wisdom of the day.

Short and Sweet Good Morning Messages

I’m so glad our paths crossed in this life. Wishing you a truly wonderful morning, my dear friend.

Good morning! Whether today is an easy one or a tough one, just know that I’m right here. Cheering you on. Only a call or text away.

Wishing you a morning that’s just as bright, fun and lovely as you are, my love!

You’re simply the best, and I hope today reminds you of that in both small and bigger ways. Have a wonderful morning!

May that first cup of coffee be a lovely one and the day ahead be even better.

Good morning to an absolute gem of a human being. You’re a blessing to all of us.

Today is going to be a good one – I can feel it. Let us make the most of it!

Good morning to someone who makes the world a better place just by being in it.

Wishing you the happiest of mornings with lots of laugh, some luck and the success you want in your life.

Not everyone gets a morning message, you know. And you’re first on that short list.

You’ve handled so much with such quiet strength, and I admire and respect that a whole lot. Hope you’ll have a good day.

Thinking of you this morning and hoping it’s filled with everything that makes you happy – both the small things and the big ones.

Good morning! I’m so grateful you’re part of my life and that I get to start another day knowing you’re in it makes me smile.

Wishing you a good morning and the start of a new chapter filled with love, laughter and all the peace you so richly deserve.

Sending you all my positive vibes and good energy this morning. I hope today is a beautiful one for you!

Good morning to one of the finest people I know. I’m thankful for you today and every day.

May your morning be calm, your day be kind and your heart be full of love and gratitude when you climb into bed tonight.

Good morning! I hope today has at least one of those beautiful moments that catches you off guard in the best possible way.

You may be another day older, but to me you’re still the same quirky and warm person you’ve been for all the years I’ve known you.

Another day of living this good life – wishing you a very happy morning and an even better day ahead.

Good morning to someone who truly understands what it means to be kind, loyal and caring.

The most wonderful thing about a new morning is that it gives us another chance to do something different. Something new. Something meaningful.

Famous Good Morning Wishes and Messages

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
– Marcus Aurelius

“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.”
– Harvey Mackay

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
– Maria Robinson

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.”
– Paul Henderson

“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.”
– Henry Ward Beecher

“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.”
– Lemony Snicket

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”
– Dalai Lama

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

“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.”
– Rumi

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”
– Groucho Marx

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”
– Mark Twain

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
– Buddha

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank

“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
– Anatole France

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain

“You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.”
– Billy Wilder

Positive Good Morning Messages and Quotes

“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”
– Maya Angelou

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”
– William Arthur Ward

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Focused, productive, successful mornings generate focused, productive, successful days – which inevitably create a successful life.”
– Hal Elrod

“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.”
– Doe Zantamata

“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.”
– Yoko Ono

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
– George Horace Lorimer

“Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.”
– Alice Morse Earle

“Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.”
– Malak El Halabi

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
– Les Brown

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
– Earl Nightingale

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
– Robert H. Schuller

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
– Albert Camus

“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.”
– S. Ajna

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
– Richard Branson

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
– Wayne Dyer

“Every day brings new choices.”
– Martha Beck

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

Want more inspiration for your morning? Then have a look at these inspirational good morning quotes, the short morning sayings here and also this one with funny good morning quotes.

With long and warm days in the sunshine, vacations coming up soon and fun times with family and friends.

And to help you to kick this season off in a great way I’d like to share 90 of the most positive, witty and funny June quotes.

I hope you’ll find something here to make this a happy month both for yourself and the people you care about.

Funny June Quotes and Sayings for a Happy Start to Summer

“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.”
– Al Bernstein

“It is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise.”
– Mark Twain

“If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.”
– Bernard Williams

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawnmower is broken.”
– James Dent

“A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing.”
– L.M. Montgomery

“It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.”
– Bill Watterson

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.”
– Russell Baker

“It’s a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.”
– Walter Winchell

“June is bustin’ out all over.”
– Oscar Hammerstein II

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”
– Sam Keen

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy.”
– Regina Brett

“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness, how the time has flown. How did it get so late so soon?”
– Dr. Seuss

“It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather.”
– Anne Fadiman

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.”
– Jane Austen

“When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill.”
– Taylor Swift

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
– Mark Twain

“July is a blind date with summer.”
– Hal Borland

“June is the gateway to summer.”
– Jean Hersey

“I believe someone made a grievous mistake when summer was created; no novitiate or god in their right mind would make a season akin to hell on purpose. Someone should be fired.”
– Michelle Franklin

“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”
– L.M. Montgomery

Short and Funny June Quotes

“A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.”
– Raymond Duncan

“You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It’s like a sauce!”
– Chris Pratt

“June suns, you cannot store them.”
– A.E. Housman

“Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June.”
– Karen Joy Fowler

“And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.”
– James Russell Lowell

“In summer, the song sings itself.”
– William Carlos Williams

“And since all this loveliness cannot be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.”
– Abba Woolson

“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
– Steve Martin

“I realized June had never been just a month.”
– Sanober Khan

“A little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about.”
– John Mayer

“It is June. I am tired of being brave.”
– Anne Sexton

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.”
– George Gershwin

Hilarious June Quotes That Will Make You Laugh

“Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Good weather all week, but come the weekend, and the weather stinks. When the weather is too hot, they complain; too cold, they complain; and when it’s just right, they’re watching TV.”
– Rita Rudner

“June comes in with roses in her hand, but very often, with a thick shawl on her shoulders, and a bad cold in her head.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Life’s short. Eat dessert first, work less, and vacation MORE!!”
– Lea Mishell

“Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day.”
– Nancy Gibbs

“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.”
– Erma Bombeck

“Vacation is that time when you wish you had something to do while doing nothing.”
– Frank Tyger

“The average vacation is one-tenth playing – nine-tenths paying.”
– Arnold Glasow

“Summer bachelors like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.”
– Nora Ephron

“What grows best in the heat: fantasy, unreason, lust.”
– Salman Rushdie

“If I don’t make it to heaven, at least I know what hell feels like with this heat!”
– April Mae Monterrosa

“It was always the view of my parents… that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.”
– Ian McEwan

“Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.”
– Brian Wilson

“If summer had one defining scent, it’d definitely be the smell of barbecue.”
– Katie Lee

“Sunshine and happiness go together like fish and chips!”
– Catherine Pulsifer

“During summer vacation, you get to do all your favorite things; cook hot dogs over a campfire (while being eaten alive by mosquitoes).”
– Bruce Lansky

Funny and Inspirational June Quotes for Your Instagram and Letter Board

“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.”
– Jimmy Buffett

“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.”
– Jenny Han

“Summer officially starts in June, which is when I officially start complaining about the heat.”
– Sandra Shea

“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.”
– Kellie Elmore

“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
– Pablo Neruda

“At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.”
– Edgar Allan Poe

“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine… it’s summertime!”
– Kenny Chesney

“Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.”
– Yoko Ono

“June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.”
– Marie Lu

“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
– Jeannette Walls

“I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“June had drawn out every leaf on the trees.”
– Virginia Woolf

“But tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.”
– The Beatles

“June is nature’s way of reminding you that you forgot to buy sunscreen. Just like last year.”
– Unknown

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”
– Anton Chekhov

“When I feel the heat, I see the light.”
– Everett Dirksen

“I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.”
– Rosamund Pike

“Make use of the sun while it shines.”
– Danish Proverb

“I love June because it’s socially acceptable to do absolutely nothing and blame it on the weather.”
– Jim Harper

Funny Father’s Day Quotes That Will Make Your Family Smile

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
– Mark Twain

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”
– Steve Martin

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.”
– Charles Wadsworth

“When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, ‘Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?’ He answered, ‘If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.'”
– Jerry Lewis

“Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.”
– Martin Mull

“My daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.”
– Bob Odenkirk

“Having a 2-year-old is like having a blender without a lid.”
– Jerry Seinfeld

“Remember: What Dad really wants is a nap. Really.”
– Dave Barry

“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”
– Jon Stewart

“Having children is like living in a frat house. Nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”
– Ray Romano

“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”
– Jim Gaffigan

“Never underestimate kids’ tenacity. Raising a child is like wrestling a small but relentless opponent.”
– Stephen Colbert

“Me and my dad used to play tag. He’d drive.”
– Rodney Dangerfield

“Even though I’m proud my dad invented the rearview mirror, we’re not as close as we appear.”
– Stewart Francis

“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.”
– Al Unser

“On our 6 a.m. walk, my daughter asked where the moon goes each morning. I let her know it’s in heaven visiting Daddy’s freedom.”
– Ryan Reynolds

“I gave my father $100 and said, ‘Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.’ So he went out and bought a present for my mother.”
– Rita Rudner

“My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.”
– Spike Milligan

“You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.”
– Jerry Seinfeld

“Before I got married, I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”
– John Wilmot

Want more inspiration and laughs for your summer? Then take a look at these inspirational June quotes, the short summer quotes here and also this one with lots of funny summer quotes and sayings.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

A very common problem that can drag your self-esteem down or build up so much anger that steam may start to come out of your ears is to take things too personally.

And so you may try to grow some thicker skin and let criticism, negativity or verbal attacks just wash off of you.

But that’s often easier said than done.

So in this week’s article I’d like to share 6 habits that really work for me – at least in most cases – and helps me to reduce the stress, anger and hurt in my life.

I hope they’ll be useful for you too.

1. Breathe.

Just focus on your breathing for a minute or two (or for a few breaths if that’s all the time you got).

Focus only on the air going in and out of your nose. Nothing else.

This simple exercise helps you to calm your mind and body down a bit.

It helps you to create a bit of space between you and what has just happened and by doing so you’re less likely to have a knee-jerk reaction and to, for example, lash out verbally at the other person.

Going about things this way makes it easier to respond to the situation in the way you may deep down want to.

2. Get clarification.

Don’t jump to conclusions based on what you may have just misunderstood and let that drag you down into anger or to feeling sorry for yourself.

Instead, ask questions if possible to help clarify a bit about what the other person meant.

And, if you can, explain how what he said makes you feel. We have different perspectives and ways of communicating and he might not, for instance, realize that it came across as a bit harsh or rude.

3. Realize that everything isn’t about you.

It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that criticism or verbal attacks you receive are about you or something you did.

But it may simply be about the other person having a bad day, week or year. Or about how they are miserable at their job or in their marriage at this time.

And so they release some pent up emotions and tensions at you who is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Remind yourself of this when you wind up in a situation where you are likely to take things personally.

4. Talk it out.

When something gets under your skin and you start to take it personally then you can get stuck in a negative spiral of sinking self-esteem that just gets stronger and stronger.

Break out of that or prevent it by letting what happened out into the light. Talk it over with someone close to you and let your friend share her perspective on what happened.

Maybe she knows something about how the person that verbally attacked you is going through a tough time.

Or she could just listen and through that help you to sort things out for yourself and ground you in a more level-headed perspective on what happened.

5. Ask yourself: is there actually something here that could help me?

This one can be a tough one to ask yourself. And it may not always lead to something.

But by asking it you can sometimes empower yourself.

You can find one or more steps to take to improve whatever the criticism was about. You can start moving forward again and regain confidence in yourself and in what you can do.

Instead of getting stuck in inaction and in replaying what happened over and over again in your head.

This one can be especially helpful if this is the fifth or tenth time you have heard the same thing from people. Then there might be something here you would like to work on (even if that might not be so fun to face).

6. Improve your self-esteem.

I’ve found that as I’ve learned to improve and keep my self-esteem steady things don’t get under my skin as often. I don’t take them so personally and I keep a healthier perspective and distance to them.

And so they tend bounce off quicker and not drag my day or week down.

One simple way to start improving your self-esteem today is to be kinder to the people in your own life.

You can:

• Help them out practically in some way.
• Listen when they need the help of a friend to find a better perspective.
• Give a genuine compliment.
• Encourage when most of their world may be discouraging.

The way you treat other people is how they will most often treat you too in the long run.

And, more importantly for your self-esteem, when you are kinder towards others then you tend to treat and think of yourself in a kinder way too.

In it you’ll find 120 of the most witty, positive and funny birthday wishes and messages.

Use one or a few of your favorites in a card to a coworker, in an Instagram post for a beloved friend, in person at a party with your kid (or maybe a nephew or niece) or in a text or group chat as a belated message.

Either way, I hope you’ll find something here to make the person you want to celebrate laugh and have a fun and memorable day.

Funny Birthday Wishes and Messages for Friends

Happy birthday to the one person I know who still remembers what VCR, ICQ and Minidisc are.

You can now officially cross “dying young” off your list of worries. Happy birthday, my dear friend!

You’ve turned the perfect age – old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway (and still kinda get away with it).

Happy birthday to one of the very few people whose birthday I can actually remember without a Facebook reminder. You’re special to me!

Cheers to another year of making everyone around you look bad (and old)!

You’re not getting older, you’re simply becoming a classic, rare and collectible edition. Have a happy birthday!

Hey, this is officially the youngest you’ll ever be again. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, my lovely friend! May any wrinkles of yours always be mistaken for laugh lines.

Happy birthday, old pal. Now, let’s reminisce about when we were young in the 1900s.

They say age only matters when you’re wine or cheese, but who are we kidding at this age? Have a good one, old friend!

For your birthday, I wanted to give you something truly amazing, but then I realized you already have me in your life so here’s a card with a giraffe in a party hat.

I was hoping to get you Taylor Swift tickets for your birthday, but, well… let’s just say here’s a nice pack of socks. Happy and comfy birthday!

Congrats on completing yet another lap around that giant ball of fire hurtling through space. A truly inspiring feat, for sure.

One year older, one year closer to all those sweet, sweet senior citizen discounts.

Happy birthday to someone who is absolutely some kind of unicorn – rare, magical and maybe more than a little bit weird.

Tonight, remember that your age and your glasses of wine should never, ever be counted. Happy birthday and let’s start the party!

My friend, you still look 21 from far enough away if I squint just a little bit. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to a friend who’s old enough to remember making mix tapes and renting VHS movies!

Few things age gracefully: wine, cheese, whiskey and quality antiques. Eh, and that’s about it so… happy birthday!

When you say you’re going to “get lit” on your birthday at your age, we all know that ends at getting all those tiny candles on the cake to catch fire.

Here’s to another year of questionable life choices! Happy birthday, mate!

Don’t worry about getting older – you’re still going to do dumb stuff, just worse and more slowly now.

On your birthday, just remember these words of wisdom: you only look as old as your most recent selfie.

Happy birthday to someone who still isn’t showing their age – and definitely isn’t acting it either to be honest.

Sometimes, these days, as we both get older I can’t work out if life is passing us by or actively trying to run us over. Anyway, happy birthday to my best friend!

Funny Birthday Wishes for Coworkers and Collegues

The best days at the office are when we eat cake in the middle of the afternoon – so thank you for having a birthday!

May your birthday be the one day this year when nobody sends you a meeting invite or an email that makes you shake your head.

Every single day, we celebrate having you around – but today you actually get a card with all our names in it.

Wishing you a birthday as lovely as your average Monday mornings tend to be productive. Just kidding. Have an amazing day!

I personally suggested we all deserved a company holiday to celebrate your greatness, but the higher-ups weren’t so keen on that. So I guess I’ll just say: happy birthday!

The fact that you’ve put up with this office for another year is honestly impressive. Happy birthday!

So many candles, so little cake due to the recent cutbacks! Enjoy your slice and birthday!

Birthdays are a lot like vacations – they don’t come around nearly often enough and then they zip by all too fast.

We’re both getting older, so let’s just agree not to keep track. Happy birthday to you!

We love working with you. And you’re as old as you are kind and brilliant, which is both wonderful and slightly alarming.

I got you a birthday card because a text felt too impersonal, and an actual gift felt like a bit too much work.

Happy National [Your Name] Day! Enjoy every minute of it, especially lunch on and with us at your favorite place.

You’re a genuinely difficult person to shop for, so in the end we just went ahead and got you nothing. Nah, just kidding. Happy birthday!

Is the office air conditioning out again, or is it just the sheer number of candles on your birthday cake?

Congrats on being the colleague with the most minutes in the break room this year! Well done and happy birthday!

Happy birthday to the coworker who keeps us all entertained during those meetings when time seems to stop. Don’t ever change and please keep working here.

Another year of dealing with us – you deserve a raise and your own cake at minimum!

You know you’re really getting older when the new software becomes harder and harder to understand and seems kinda blurry. Happy birthday (and maybe book an appointment at the optometrist)!

Happy birthday! May your day be full of gloriously error-free spreadsheets and reasonably tasty coffee pots.

Happy birthday! You somehow manage to make this grey office a better and more importantly more fun place to spend our days. Now, let’s go celebrate!

Funny Birthday Messages and Wishes for Kids

What do you sing to a cow on its birthday? Happy birthday to moo, obviously!

In banana years, you’d already be bread. Happy birthday to my wonderful niece!

I was going to get you the greatest birthday present ever, but I couldn’t quite fit myself in the gift box.

Happy birthday to my favorite person! Try not to eat so much cake that your tummy hurts. Actually, who am I kidding – just go for it, it’s only once a year.

Happy birthday to one in a melon! You’re the sweetest ever!

Happy birthday! Make sure you smile in all the photos today – your parents are going to show them to your future boyfriend or girlfriend one day in the far future.

What goes up but absolutely never comes down? Your age! Happy birthday!

It’s scientifically proven that people who have the most birthdays live the longest. So keep having them!

Have a GRATE birthday! I do hope that isn’t too CHEESY for you!

Happy birthday! Eat as much cake as you want today. Tomorrow, it’s back to broccoli and mushy peas.

Remember, on your birthday, you’re not only my favorite nephew but also the boss. Enjoy it while it lasts, because tomorrow Mom and Dad are back in charge.

Happy birthday! I’d sing to you, but I don’t want to make you cry.

How do two pickle friends celebrate birthdays? They relish the moment, of course!

Happy birthday and don’t grow up too fast – the adults are mostly out here paying bills and being tired.

Today is all about you, so let’s play this smart and milk it for everything it’s worth. Extra dessert, extra screen time, extra anything you can come up with! And have a happy birthday!

Funny Belated Birthday Wishes

Look, to me you’re so special that one single day just isn’t enough for all my birthday wishes. So happy belated!

Your birthday came and then your birthday went. Now, here are the wishes about how wonderful of a friend you are that I would have sent!

Now that everyone else’s birthday wishes have worn off, here’s a fresh one from me to keep the party going!

Please don’t feel deflated just because my wishes are a little belated. Happy birthday, my awesome friend!

Happy birth week! Yep, that’s totally a thing starting right now.

They say wine improves with age – let’s hope my memory does too for next year. Happy belated and I hope you had a great day!

You forgot my birthday present last year, so consider this my kinder payback!

This year I’m celebrating your entire birth month instead of just one day. So, happy start to your b-month!

You’ll never guess what just popped into my head… happy belated birthday!

You can never celebrate a birthday in just one day – that’s exactly why I waited to send this card until it was way too close to your special day.

They say patience comes with getting older, so thanks for being patient enough to wait for my birthday wishes and foggy memory!

I know I missed your birthday, but honestly, isn’t the real question: is there any cake left?

Well, somebody had to keep the party going after everyone else stopped. You’re welcome, my dear friend. Happy belated birthday!

This card isn’t late at all really. I’m simply stretching your birthday celebration out a little extra to celebrate what a lovely person you truly are!

Sorry I’m late! I was out shopping for the perfect gift. Still looking though, but thoughts I’d pop in to say happy birthday in the meantime.

So, fashionably late is always in style, no matter what the occasion. Happy belated birthday, my old friend!

Happy belated birthday! If birthdays were a race, I definitely came in last this year. But I did on the other hand not get lost on the way, which is an improvement compared to some years.

Don’t think of this card as late – simply consider it really, really early for next year.

Happy belated birthday! I do like to give people a bit of space on their big day. Uh, a few days of space, it would appear.

I’m sorry I missed your special day, Facebook reminders seem to be glitching right now.

I know I’m late, but at least now you get to feel special for two days instead of just one which is always nice.

Funny and Famous Birthday Wishes and Messages

“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.”
– Ogden Nash

“Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.”
– Bob Hope

“Eventually you reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.”
– Will Rogers

“Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened.”
– Terry Pratchett

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”
– Robert Frost

“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.”
– Charles Schulz

“You know you’ve aged when you read events you’ve lived in a history book.”
– Will Ferrell

“Looking fifty is great – if you’re sixty.”
– Joan Rivers

“Put candles in a cake, it’s a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, and somebody’s drunk in the kitchen.”
– Jim Gaffigan

“You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.'”
– Jerry Seinfeld

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
– Mark Twain

“I believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick with it.”
– Eva Gabor

“I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I’m one year older, everyone else is too.”
– Gloria Swanson

“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
– Bob Hope

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”
– Lucille Ball

“The older you get the better you get. Unless you are a banana.”
– Betty White

“I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don’t have to respect anybody.”
– George Burns

“I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.”
– Phyllis Diller

“From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.”
– Sophie Tucker

“There is still no cure for the common birthday.”
– John Glenn

“A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.”
– Erma Bombeck

“Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.”
– Dave Barry

Short and Funny Birthday Messages and Quotes

“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”
– Francis Bacon

“Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on, and everybody rushes to get a piece?”
– Bobby Kelton

“If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
– Eubie Blake

“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.”
– Chili Davis

“A man has reached middle age when he’s warned to slow down by his doctor instead of the police.”
– Henny Youngman

“Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so many birthdays to earn them.”
– Anna Magnani

“Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.”
– Helen Hayes

“Middle age is when your age begins to show around your middle.”
– Bob Hope

“When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.”
– Mark Twain

“You’re not 40, you’re 18 with 22 years experience.”
– Unknown

“You’re in mint condition for a vintage model. Happy birthday.”
– Catherine Pulsifer

“As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory, and I can’t remember the other two.”
– Norman Wisdom

“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”
– Truman Capote

“Age is a number and mine is unlisted.”
– Unknown

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”
– Kitty O’Neill Collins

“The first hundred years are the hardest.”
– Wilson Mizner

“Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.”
– Mary Schmich

“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
– Oscar Wilde

Want more help and inspiration for a birthday? Then have a look at these uplifting birthday wishes, the funny birthday quotes here and also this one with lots of short and positive birthday quotes and messages.

If you’re here then someone you care about has a birthday coming up soon (or maybe even today).

No matter if that’s a family member, a beloved coworker or a dear friend, this post will help you to find the right words.

In it you’ll find 110 of the most meaningful, inspirational and love-filled happy birthday wishes, messages and quotes.

Use one or a couple of your favorites in a card, at a celebration or on social media like Instagram to make their special day a happy and a memorable one.

Happy Birthday Wishes and Messages for Family

I can’t count how many times you’ve made me smile over the years. Now it’s my turn to make you smile and make sure your birthday will be full of love and laughter.

You’re the kind of family member everyone wishes they had. Always there to listen and to help out. I’m so blessed to have you in my life.

Wishing you a year filled with so much joy and love. A year when all your dreams come true. Happy birthday!

Today is the beginning of a brand new chapter in your life, and I can’t wait to be with you through every page. Happy birthday, my beloved sister!

On your special day, I just want you to know how grateful I am to call you family. You make everyone around you a better and kinder person. Happy birthday!

Being a parent is no easy task, but year after year you have done it with such love and grace. Today is all about celebrating you. We can’t wait to give you a wonderful day, just like you’ve done for us more times than we can count!

To the person who taught me life’s most valuable lessons, both big and small – happy birthday! Your love, wisdom and guidance mean more than I can say.

You’ve always been my hero and my biggest supporter. I love you every day, but today is an extra special one because it’s your birthday!

I don’t say it nearly enough, but I love you more than words can express. I’m so lucky to be able to call you my brother. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to the world’s greatest parent! A person this outstanding deserves a birthday celebration to match. So here is what’s happening today…

Today we celebrate all the hard work and love you’ve poured into everyone around you in life. From all of us, have a happy and wonderful birthday and thank you for everything!

You’re not only family – you’re my role model in so many ways. Happy birthday, big sister!

We were born into the same family and we’ve sure had our dustups, but I’m so thankful for the deep friendship we’ve built over the years. Cheers to you on your birthday!

The candles on your cake may be getting more crowded, but that just means more years of being such a wonderful spark of positivity in all our lives. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to a fabulous brother! I honestly can’t picture my life without you. Now, let’s celebrate this one in style all day long!

A birthday is the universe’s way of reminding you that, yes, many years have passed but that your story still also has plenty of beautiful chapters left to write.

On your birthday, I hope you know just how deeply I love you.

Throughout my life, you’ve always set the example for how to live with thoughtfulness, a little bit of healthy recklessness and lots of laughter. Happy birthday and thank you for everything!

Happy birthday to you, my first best friend! I am so lucky to be able to go through life’s ups and downs with you by my side.

No matter how many miles apart we may be, our hearts will always remain close. Happy birthday to my other – and best – half!

From stealing my clothes to always having my back – there’s nobody quite like you. Happy birthday, and I wouldn’t trade you for anything!

Happy birthday to the person who has been my go-to companion since day one. Here’s to many, many more years of exhilarating adventures and shenanigans!

Happy Birthday Wishes for Coworkers

Happy birthday to one of the few people who actually makes coming to work every day completely worth it!

The best days at the office are when we eat cake in the middle of the afternoon – so thanks for having a birthday!

Calling a coworker family is usually a stretch to be honest, but not with you. I genuinely value having you around and all the support you’ve given me over the past few years. Happy birthday to a hardworking, caring and simply incredible colleague. Have a wonderful day!

I personally suggested we all deserved a company holiday to celebrate your greatness, but the higher-ups weren’t so keen on that. So I guess I’ll just say: happy birthday!

May this birthday celebration be a true reflection of all the help you have given the rest of us and your accomplishments. You deserve it!

My warmest birthday greetings to a truly outstanding individual. Our team simply and honestly wouldn’t be the same without you, and both you and I know it!

Happy birthday! May your day be full of gloriously error-free spreadsheets and reasonably tasty coffee pots.

Happy birthday to the person who holds this office together. Without you, we’d barely accomplish half of what we do.

Your birthday is a day for self-care. So take a break today and enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation.

A very happy birthday to the office comedian! You’ve kept the morale up more times than I can count in the past year and I truly appreciate that.

From all of us at work, happy birthday! We wish you the happiest of celebrations and a fantastic year ahead.

Simply, you make work feel a lot less like work. That’s a rare quality. Thanks for everything you do, and happy birthday!

Happy birthday! You are a tremendous asset to our team, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve in the coming year.

Happy birthday to my favorite colleague! I can’t imagine getting through daily life in the office without our supportive and often hilarious chats.

Thanks for always being the one I can count on for meeting notes and keeping the order around here in general. I hope you get a much-deserved break today – happy birthday!

We all see how much hard work you’ve put in these past few months. Trust us, it hasn’t gone unnoticed. We’re so thankful to have you on the team. Happy birthday!

You deserve a vacation for all the shenanigans you put up with around here. Thanks for your patience, dedication and guidance both through tough times and slow periods. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, work bestie! See you at happy hour soon!

Let’s all enjoy your birthday today with a great lunch in your favorite place. And it’s our treat, of course!

Because you were born, we all get to enjoy cake at work today! So thank you for this chocolate deliciousness and I hope you’ll have a fun birthday.

Work brought us together, but your sharp humor and contagious laugh made us friends. Happy birthday to my favorite person in the office!

Short and Sweet Birthday Wishes for Friends

Wishing you a birthday that’s just as beautiful, fun and magical as you are!

You’re simply the best. Wishing a big happy birthday to you, one of my dearest friends!

May the cake be delicious and the coming year be epic! Happy birthday, pal.

Happy birthday to someone who never fails to brighten my day. I hope you’re having the most lovely celebration!

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays – you deserve it all for so much kindness and love you put into our lives!

Happy birthday to an absolute angel. You’re a blessing to everyone lucky enough to know you!

Hey, today is the best day ever because it’s the day you were born! Happy birthday, my very best friend!

You bring joy to so many people, me included. Now, let’s have a great day of celebration and fun!

Happiest of birthdays to the person who makes life so much fun. Thank you for being you every day of the year!

Thinking of you on your special day, my friend. I hope it’s filled with lots of cake and everything else you’ve been wishing for!

Wishing you a happy birthday and a new chapter in your life full of love, laughter and pure joy.

Sending all my love on your special day. I’m so grateful you’re part of my life and that I get to be a part of yours!

Happy birthday to the best person I know. I’m thankful for you today and every single day!

May your birthday be full of joy, love and lots of fun. You deserve nothing but the very best!

Happy birthday to the funniest and wisest person I know! Here’s to a year filled with even more late night conversations and laughter.

I’m so proud of the person you’ve become, and I can’t wait to see where this year takes you. Happy birthday, my dear friend!

I’m so happy and grateful our paths crossed in this life. Wishing you a truly wonderful birthday, my partner in crime!

You may be another year older, but hey, to me you’re still as young at heart as the day I met you.

Another year of fun and friendship in the books – wishing you a very happy birthday and an incredible year ahead!

Happy birthday to someone who defines what a true friend is – honest, caring, loyal and incredibly kind (even when I’m not at my loveliest).

The most beautiful thing about getting older is that you finally learn which few things matter the most in life. And to me, one of those things is you.

Another year older? Sure. Another year and plenty wiser? Well, that’s maybe up for debate. Anyway, have an awesome birthday!

Cute and Meaningful Birthday Wishes and Quotes

“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.”
– Edward Morykwas

“Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.”
– Lucy Larcom

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.”
– John Mason

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
– John Lennon

“There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born, and the day we discover why.”
– William Barclay

“My life is better with every year of living it.”
– Rachel Maddow

“Today is the oldest you have been and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!”
– Nicky Gumbel

“We turn not older with years but newer every day.”
– Emily Dickinson

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– Les Brown

“Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.”
– Aretha Franklin

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
– Robert Browning

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
– William Shakespeare

“The way I see it, you should live every day like it’s your birthday.”
– Paris Hilton

“Your birthday is the beginning of your own personal new year. Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life.”
– Wilfred Peterson

“A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.”
– Amit Kalantri

“Your age isn’t you. Use today to feel your best, celebrate and be your very happiest.”
– M. Rivers

“A birthday is not a day to fear. It is a day to celebrate and look forward to the coming year.”
– Byron Pulsifer

“Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.”
– Booth Tarkington

“Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.”
– Brigitte Bardot

“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wings of time.”
– Jean Paul Richter

“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.”
– Plautus

Famous Birthday Quotes and Messages

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”
– Satchel Paige

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
– Madeleine L’Engle

“Live not one’s life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.”
– Marcus Aurelius

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.”
– Fred Astaire

“The older you get the better you get, unless you are a banana.”
– Betty White

“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
– Bob Hope

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.”
– Lucille Ball

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
– Satchel Paige

“Just remember, once you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.”
– Charles Schulz

“Life is too short to be small.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“We are always the same age inside.”
– Gertrude Stein

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“It takes a long time to become young.”
– Pablo Picasso

“No wise man ever wished to be younger.”
– Jonathan Swift

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”
– Kitty Collins

“From our birthday, until we die, is but the winking of an eye.”
– William Butler Yeats

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.”
– George Harrison

“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.”
– Tom Stoppard

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.”
– Steven Wright

“Men are like wine: some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
– Pope John XXIII

“Wrinkles merely mark where smiles have been.”
– Mark Twain

Want more birthday quotes and messages? Then check out these inspirational birthday quotes, this one with lots of funny birthday sayings plus this post with short birthday quotes and messages.

If that’s the case for you, then today’s post will help you out.

In it you’ll find 160 of the most positive and motivational short success quotes.

Timeless words of wisdom to give you a jolt of positive energy. A new perspective on a tough situation you’re in.

And a renewed focus on what truly matters to you so you can keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams.

Short and Motivational Quotes for Success

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
– Pablo Picasso

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
– Florence Nightingale

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney

“The best revenge is massive success.”
– Frank Sinatra

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.”
– Arnold H. Glasgow

“Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.”
– Malcolm S. Forbes

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
– Napoleon Hill

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
– George S. Patton

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
– Zig Ziglar

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
– Bruce Lee

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
– Alexander Graham Bell

“The road to success is always under construction.”
– Lily Tomlin

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.”
– Robert Collier

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
– Mark Twain

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
– Steve Jobs

“What we think, we become.”
– Buddha

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.”
– Henry Ford

“Goals are dreams with deadlines.”
– Diana Scharf Hunt

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
– Jim Rohn

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Dream big. Start small. Act now.”
– Robin Sharma

“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.”
– Bo Bennett

Short Quotes for Motivation at Work

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn

“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.”
– Irish Proverb

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison

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

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
– Stephen Covey

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
– Jim Rohn

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
– Stephen King

“There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.”
– Roger Staubach

“The future depends on what you do today.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
– Confucius

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
– Beverly Sills

“Stop being busy. Focus instead only on the few things that will truly move you forward”
– Joy Stevens

“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
– Bruce Lee

“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.”
– Olin Miller

“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
– Stephen Covey

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
– Steve Jobs

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
– Zig Ziglar

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
– Aristotle

“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
– Confucius

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
– Henry Ford

“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou

“Without labor, nothing prospers.”
– Sophocles

“All growth depends upon activity.”
– Calvin Coolidge

“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”
– Harry Golden

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
– Tim Ferriss

Funny and Short Success Quotes for Less Stress

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.”
– Steven Wright

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”
– Erma Bombeck

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
– Edgar Bergen

“No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early.”
– Groucho Marx

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”
– W. C. Fields

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing; that’s why we recommend it daily.”
– Zig Ziglar

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
– A. A. Milne

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.”
– Stephen Hawking

“Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.”
– Golda Meir

“I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
– Jerome K. Jerome

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
– Steve Martin

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
– George Burns

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
– Charles M. Schulz

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
– Lily Tomlin

“Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.”
– Bill Murray

“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
– Oscar Wilde

“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”
– Henry Kissinger

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.”
– Mark Twain

Short Success Quotes on Making Your Dreams Real

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw

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

“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”
– Amelia Earhart

“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
– Walt Disney

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.”
– John C. Maxwell

“Dream big and dare to fail.”
– Norman Vaughan

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
– Arthur Ashe

“Have a dream, sacrifice for it, and never ever rest in the middle.”
– Kobe Bryant

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
– Suzy Kassem

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”
– Harriet Tubman

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– C.S. Lewis

“Be a practical dreamer backed by action.”
– Bruce Lee

“Show them what crazy dreams can do.”
– Nike

“Dream small or dream big. But most importantly, keep dreaming throughout your whole life.”
– Unknown

“The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place.”
– Helen Keller

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
– Albert Einstein

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Light tomorrow with today.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”
– Tony Hsieh

“What you want exists. Don’t settle until you get it.”
– Jay Shetty

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
– Karen Lamb

Short Success Quotes and Sayings to Help You Deal With Failure

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
– Richard Branson

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
– Napoleon Hill

“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much.”
– Joan Collins

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
– Samuel Beckett

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
– Truman Capote

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison

“Failure defeats losers, but it inspires winners.”
– Robert Kiyosaki

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Failure teaches. Failure builds character. Failure is, in a way, a friend.”
– Rip Miller

“Failure is success in progress.”
– Albert Einstein

“Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”
– Michael Jordan

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
– Henry Ford

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Confucius

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
– Robert H. Schuller

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
– H.G. Wells

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not know how close they were when they gave up.”
– Thomas Edison

“Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
– Herman Melville

“Never, never, never give up.”
– Winston Churchill

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you.”
– Michael Jordan

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.”
– Helen Keller

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
– Robert F. Kennedy

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

Short Success Quotes to Give You a Jolt of Positive Energy

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”
– Dalai Lama

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
– Neale Donald Walsch

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anaïs Nin

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien

“Everything worthwhile is uphill.”
– John C. Maxwell

“Simplicity makes me happy.”
– Alicia Keys

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

“Make each day your masterpiece.”
– John Wooden

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Impossible is for the unwilling.”
– John Keats

“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.”
– Dalai Lama

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
– Helen Keller

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
– Steve Martin

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
– Sam Levenson

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“Win from within.”
– Usain Bolt

“Stop whining, start grinding.”
– Eric Thomas

“Be yourself. Think for yourself. Make this life what YOU want it to be. ”
– Rip Miller

“Nothing is given. Everything is earned.”
– LeBron James

“Conformity gets you nowhere.”
– Neil Strauss

“The mere sense of living is joy enough.”
– Emily Dickinson

“To grow you must suffer.”
– David Goggins

“Progress is the ultimate motivation.”
– Tony Robbins

“We rise by lifting others.”
– Robert Ingersoll

“Obstacles are the cost of greatness.”
– Robin Sharma

“All the power is within you. You can do anything.”
– Swami Vivekananda

“If you want something, go get it.”
– Sahil Bloom

“Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.”
– Dale Carnegie

Want more motivation to make your goals and dreams real? Then have a look at these positive success quotes, the short work quotes here and also this one with lots and lots of quotes about hope.

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
Napoleon Hill

What makes dreams into reality?

I believe that perhaps the most important – and an often ignored – thing is simply taking action.

I used to be really bad at it when I was younger.

Back then I usually got stuck.

I got stuck in my dreams about what I wanted to do.

I got stuck in analysis paralysis due to my habit of overthinking things. I got stuck in procrastination and in pessimism.

Things have changed a lot since then though. I have added many new habits that help me to take much more action than I used to.

I hope this week’s article will help you to do the same.

1. Get your day off to a great start by doing the most important thing.

I first learned about this about 25 years ago when I used to sell computers.

The boss told us that if we took care of the most important task of the day – often one of the more difficult ones too – right away in the morning the rest of the day would be a lot easier and lighter.

He was right about that.

When that first and most important task is done you don’t have to worry about it. It won’t weigh down on your day. You feel good about yourself.

And you’ll have less inner resistance to taking action for the rest of the day.

2. Just take responsibility for your actions and the process.

I love this quote from the ancient Sanskrit Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita:

“To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction.”

Why?

Because every time I look at it or remind myself of it I feel a sort of freedom and relief.

This quote reminds me to understand that I cannot control the results of my action. I can’t control how someone reacts to what I say or what I do.

It reminds me that it usually works better for me to stay motivated to keep doing what I do if I do something I really like doing.

Basically, I do what I think is right and that is my responsibility. And then the rest (the possible results), well, that is not up to me to decide about or try to control.

I let it go.

Taking action becomes a so much lighter activity when you only have to take responsibility for doing what you think is right.

3. Don’t feel like doing it? Start small.

Getting the most important thing done first thing in your day and setting yourself up for an action-packed day sounds great in theory.

But in reality you will have unmotivated days.

Days when you feel emotionally low or when you are confronted with having to do something you don’t want to do.

That’s life. But no reason to let that sink your day into inaction and feeling sorry for yourself.

I have found that the best thing for these situations is to start very small. To just…

• Write for 1-2 minutes.
• Lift free weights for just a few repetitions.
• Spend 1 minute with getting started on something that scares me.

After that I have the choice to go do something else.

But I seldom do.

I just need an easy way to get started and then, when I am in motion, I usually continue taking action for a while longer.

4. Don’t hurt yourself.

This is a powerful motivator for me to grow and to become a better person.

If I don’t do what I deep down think is the right thing to do then I hurt myself and my self-esteem. What I do – or do not do – during my day sends powerful signals back to me about what kind of person I am.

There is no escaping yourself. And there is always a price to pay when you don’t do what you think is the right thing.

5. A reminder for focus.

If you don’t remind yourself often about what you need to focus on and why you are doing it then it is easy to let days slip away or to spend too much time on less important things.

So create a a simple reminder on a piece of paper. On it you can for example write down:

• Your top 3 priorities in life right now.
• Your most important goal or new habit for the next 30 days.
• A motto or quote you want to stay focused on and live by at this time in your life.

6. Stay accountable to the people in your life.

An accountability buddy can help you to stay on track and to keep taking action towards your goal or dream even when the initial enthusiasm has dissipated.

For example, many of you as readers help me to stay accountable to provide helpful content. I get feedback all the time about if I do things in a helpful or less helpful way. I get a ton of encouragement.

People closer to me in my life help me to stay accountable to for instance not eating too much unhealthy stuff, to working out and to not working too much.

Find someone in real life or online who wants to get in better shape too. Or start a business online. Motivate each other.

Keep each other accountable so you take action and take steps forward each week.

7. Cycle fully focused work and fully relaxing rest.

Get your kitchen timer or access the stop-watch function on your phone.

Set the timer for 45 minutes. During those minutes just work on your most important task/small step forward. Nothing else. No distractions.

After those 45 minutes are up, take a relaxing break.

Distract yourself on Facebook if you like. Or step away from your work space and take a short walk, stretch or go for an apple for the next 15 minutes.

By working these fully focused periods of time you’ll:

• Get more done and do work of higher quality.
• Be able to concentrate for a longer time in your day and week and get less tired.
• Train yourself to focus on one thing at time, instead of getting stuck in your mind between work and relaxation and building up friction and stress within.
• Be able to enjoy your rest periods without a guilty conscience.

45 minutes of work too much?

Try 25 minutes instead.

Procrastinating half-way into your 25 minute period?

Set the timer for 10 or 5 minutes and build up the time that you can fully focus on the work over the next few weeks and months.

8. Focus more on the how to and less on the what-ifs.

If your thoughts starts spinning as you are thinking about taking action then in your mind shout: STOP!

Don’t allow yourself to get stuck in the negative spiral of analysis paralysis.

Sure, it is smart to think before you act in many cases but overthinking things tends to become a way to try to control things you cannot control or to simply stay away from action because you are scared in some way.

After you have said stop to that train of thought open up your mind to what you CAN DO instead of all the things that could go wrong in the worst case scenario.

Ask yourself questions like:

• What is one small step I can take today to move forward towards my goal or out of this situation?
• What is one thing I can learn from this situation?

Write down the answers you come up with and take action on them.

9. People don’t care that much about what you do so don’t let that hold you back.

When I was younger I almost always let what people may have thought or said if I did something hold me back and I got stuck in inaction.

It was more of a self-centered than accurate belief.

In reality people have their own things going on in busy lives.

They think about the job, kids, a partner, the cat, a vacation, what to have for dinner and they worry about what you and other people may think about them.

You are probably not the main character in other people’s lives. Even if you are that in your own life.

A realization that can be a bit disappointing but something that can also can set you free from self-imposed bonds.

10. Tap into enthusiasm.

When you dream and when you get started with something new in life then the enthusiasm flows like a fountain.

A few weeks later it may have decreased quite a bit. Don’t let that lead you to quitting if you think this is something you want to continue doing.

Tap into enthusiasm in your surroundings instead.

• Let the enthusiasm of your accountability buddy flow of over to you and create a flow back to him or her by being enthusiastic about his or her goals and dreams.
• Listen to podcasts or audiobooks by inspiring people.
• Read blogs, websites and take courses that help you to get a dose of enthusiasm every week.
• Let the enthusiasm from friends, children or pets flow over to you.
• Listen to music and watch movies or Youtube-videos that increase your joy for life.

Bring the enthusiasm of the rest of the world into your life.

11. Add the fun.

Some tasks simply are boring or not much fun at all.

Then try this while you are doing them to add a bit of fun:

• Add some music that gives you energy and inspires you.
• Make it into a game where you compete with friend about who can finish something first or do the most amount of something in 10 or 30 minutes.

Change your perspective on what you are doing, lighten things up a bit and it tends to become quite a bit easier to take a lot of action on what you may have procrastinated on for some time.

12. Celebrate what you did today.

Take 2 minutes at the end of your day to think about, appreciate and celebrate what you have taken action on today. No matter how small the action may have been.

It will:

• Motivate you to get going tomorrow too.
• Increase your self-esteem over time.
• Make you feel good about yourself and that feeling will spread to the people in your life too.