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23 Positive Vibes Quotes That Will Uplift & Inspire You

The power of positivity cannot be overstated. A scroll through TikTok will provide endless manifestation methods to raise your vibes and live your best life, but the root of each technique always comes down to the same thing: harnessing positivity and joy. Words hold the same magic — it's called spelling, after all — and those you say, read, write, and hear can have a profound impact. You can infuse your life with positive vibe quotes in order feel inspired and motivated.

In the same way daily affirmations and mantras boost you into a more elevated state, quotes that inspire positivity in you can help turn you into a magnet for goodness (and speed up your manifestations).

"Joy is the highest vibration in the known universe," Amy Leigh Mercree, a medical intuitive and bestselling author tells Bustle, "Its energy raises our vibration."

When we're feeling those good vibes, it creates a snowball effect, influencing multiple areas of life. "These include improved feelings of wellbeing, as well as the ability to manifest whatever we desire, including prosperity and happiness," Mercree says. "You are the architect of your reality. Craft one with joy, harmony, pleasure, and ease, and life will expand into bliss."

To call in some holistic cheer, here are some of the best positive vibes quotes to inspire you and attract more joy.

"The same light you see in others is shining within you, too." - Morgan Harper Nichols

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We're all little sparks of the universe, so if one person is dazzling in a way you admire, know that you have that same twinkle inside yourself too. You are just as capable of doing great things as the person you're comparing yourself to.

"Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic, and know that you are a manifestation of life's magic." - Rasheed Ogunlaru

Just as the light in others is also in you, Ogunlaru's words are vibing with the same energy. You are magical, just as those around you are, so use it!

"Joy is not in things; it is in us." - Richard Wagner

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As Mercree can attest, inner joy attracts more joy. The idea also relates to a major manifestation principle: If you're trying to manifest a vacation, do you want the experience of sightseeing? Or is it the feeling it'll bring you? In this case, everything comes down to how you feel, not the physical thing itself.

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable." —John Wooden

The same idea goes here. When you're manifesting success, it's really the feeling, or as this quote says, the peace of mind, that you're manifesting.

"And suddenly, all the good things started chasing me." - Wild Faith

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If you're on manifestation TikTok, you've probably seen the viral mantra, "I don't chase, I attract." Well, here's what happens when you embody that affirmation, your desires start chasing you.

"If you look for the good things in life, you will find them. If you look for opportunities to grow and prosper, you will find them. If you look for positive, enthusiastic friends and associates who will support you, you will find them." - Zig Ziglar

The thoughts that are taking up the majority of your headspace are going to influence the reality that you see. If your mind is full of gratitude and love, you're going to see more things to be grateful for and more love coming into your life.

"Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again." - John Assaraf

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Just as positive thoughts can influence more positivity in your reality, the reverse is also true. For example, if you're constantly worrying about getting a flat tire, the signal you're putting out and will be likely to see is, you guessed it, "flat tire" — it's the basis of manifestation.

"Be pleasant until 10 o'clock in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself." - Elbert Hubbard

The energy you immerse yourself in when you first wake up and start your morning will set the tone for the rest of your day. That's why morning meditation practices go so far in creating positive energy for not just your first few hours, but your whole day, your week, and essentially, your life overall.

As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract." - Zen proverb

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They don't say reading is the cheapest way to travel for nothing. When you cast your thoughts out somewhere, you're sending a part of you out, hence, the traveling. And as love is one of the highest vibrations you can feel, the manifestation gurus will attest that it's a recipe for attracting more love and positive vibes.

"When you visualize, then you materialize. If you've been there in the mind, you'll go there in the body." - Dr. Denis Waitley

It's easier to picture a place you've been than one you haven't, but when you visualize, you are, in a sense, "going" there. The more you do this, the more familiar you become with this place. It becomes normal for you and not such an out-of-reach idea, making it easier to materialize in the 3D.

"Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not. Visualizing is the great secret of success." - Genevieve Behrend

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In other words, you're always manifesting something, regardless of if it's intentional. The key is to take your thoughts and make them a conscious, intentional process so what materializes does so on purpose.

"Good vibes are nature's way of telling you that you're in the right place or with the right person." - Bruce H. Lipton

That's your intuition talking. Feeling positive vibes is your gut feeling or sixth sense indicating you're OK and on the right path.

"The only limits that exist are the ones in your mind." - Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

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The mind is such a strong and strange and powerful thing. If you think you can't you probably won't bother trying and therefore you've created a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale

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You're the architect of your own reality, and it all starts with your mind. "Joy helps us to infuse our body, mind, and spirit with positive energy," Mercree says, "We can activate the power of positivity by repeating the word joy in our minds(or aloud) like a mantra. When you do this you can feel the energy of joy elevating around you raising higher and higher."

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." - the Dalai Lama XIV

You create or attract happiness in your life by first taking control of your mindset.

"The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life." - Roy T. Bennett

Just as nutritious foods bring more energy and health to your body, positivity does the same for your mind, and in turn, your reality.

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." - Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah offers the same sentiment here and as she's basically the human embodiment of the law of attraction, any vibey quote by her should be taken as a universal truth.

"Good vibes are like waves on a lake. As you drop your stone into the water, they will multiply and recreate infinity of good vibes coming back to you at fast rate." - Isabelle Esling

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As Mercree put it, joy is the highest vibe. So imagine a little drop of joy plopping into the lake and then coming back to you in exponential waves.

"Miracles happen to those who believe in them." - Bernard Berenson

It's all mindset. You can bet the most successful manifestors out there wholeheartedly believe in miracles.

"There is always something left to love." - Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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When you're at an extreme low, seeing the positives in things can become quite difficult. This quote serves as a great reminder that there are always at least the smallest of things to cherish and be grateful for. Whether that's something as simple as the air you breathe or the water you drink — pick something and allow yourself to feel the most gratitude possible for that one thing and you'll already be on your way up.

"The more you count your blessings, the more blessings you will have to count." - Vex King, Good Vibes, Good Life

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Speaking of gratitude, this explains why so many people swear by gratitude journaling. Having a gratitude practice where you're acknowledging both the small and bigger things helps you notice and be more aware of all the little blessings that happen every single day, and ultimately feel all the more grateful for them.

"Take note of the little things that sing: there is still room to find gratitude right here." - Morgan Harper Nichols

Here's another positive quote on gratitude because it doesn't get much higher vibes than being grateful. And this one serves as a reminder and an example of one of those little things that you may not usually ever pay notice to, but are worth acknowledgment.

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create." - Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

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It's manifesting 101. Your thoughts become your reality, so strive for thoughts of joy, as Mercree suggests.

"The past has no power over the present moment." — Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

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If you deal with a lot of stress and anxiety, this one is a hugely helpful reminder. What's done is done and what hasn't happened yet, well, hasn't happened. So focus on what you can do now.

"How silly of me to forget that I am the love of my life." - Maia, The Rise, The Fall

You're the one person you have to live with for your entire life. Practice that self-love on the regular.

"A flower blossoms for its own joy." - Oscar Wilde

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When you're not channeling your inner flower, it's easy to concern yourself with things like how quickly and beautifully the other flowers around you are blooming. But flowers don't concern themselves with such things, and neither should you.

"Our talents are gifts from the universe, to the universe." - Natalia Beshqoy, If Stars Could Speak

In other words, the energy you give is the energy you receive. It all comes back around.

"If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to rise." - Rupi Kaur

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It's called balance. Next time you feel like you've failed, change your context by remembering this quote because mindset will take you further than you think.

"With change comes the chance to falling love with yourself again." - Gemma Troy

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Change is hard, but getting stuck in monotony is harder. It may be scary at first, but with change comes growth and you might just like who you grow into even more.

"As you move through the day, may you know it's OK to create a little space, to let this day be what it needs to be and however you can, create room to simply breathe." - Morgan Harper Nichols

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The pace of life these days doesn't exactly lend itself to slowing down and connecting with yourself. Thanks to hustle culture, it constantly feels like you have to be doing this and that all the time. But that's simply not sustainable or healthy, so take this as a reminder to slow down and connect with yourself. Let it go and let it flow.

"When you choose yourself, everything around you will choose you too." - Maia, When The Waves Come

You can't get a more literal example of the law of attraction than this. If like attracts like, then choosing you, yourself, means more choosing you by others.

"Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire." - Rumi

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How about knowing the entire universe is on your side for little boost of positive vibes? This quote is not only comforting, but motivating to take action on your dream life.

"Tell yourself how wonderful you are, how great you are. Tell yourself how much you love yourself." —Don Miguel Ruiz

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Positive affirmations go so incredibly far when it comes to manifesting and just being more joyful in general.

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson's vibey quote can also serve as a positive affirmation to tell yourself daily. Go into each day like it's your best day ever, and it just might play out that way.

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein

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Einstein was way ahead of his time. Given what he clearly knows about positive vibes and the law of attraction, he may just have been an OG manifestation girlie.

"The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts — it gives you what you demand with your actions."- Steve Maraboli

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One of the biggest manifestation tips the pros will tell you is about the law of action. There are actually 12 universal laws (there's more than just the law of attraction!) that are what spiritual manifestation coach Latha Jay calls the guidelines of manifesting. The law of action, she says, is the most important of the 12. "It's the missing piece in most people's manifestation efforts," she tells Bustle. "Action is the catalyst for the change. The law of action says that you have to take steps towards your goals for them to manifest into reality."

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality." - Earl Nightingale

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Your subconscious mind is a major player when it comes to manifestating — like, even bigger than your conscious mind. It's all the little beliefs that you may not even be aware of and could be picking up from your environment — which is why it's so important to surround yourself with positive vibes! Maybe you have a particularly supportive co-worker who is constantly telling you you're going to be a famous singer. Your conscious mind might think that's unrealistic, but the repetition of being told so could plant the idea that it is quite realistic for you.

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson

The power of positivity and belief is essentially all you need to get to the other side of anything that may stand in your way. Believe you can and the hard part is out of the way.

"Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand." – Bob Proctor

This positive vibe quote by Bob Proctor is one of the most frequented in the manifestation world. It's plain to see why as his words are a pretty straightforward description of how manifesting works.

"The entire universe is conspiring to give you everything that you want." - Abraham Hicks

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Amy Leigh Mercree, medical intuitive and bestselling author

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This article was originally published on May 14, 2024

105 Good Morning Quotes To Start The Day Right

Positive good morning quotes do two important things: They make getting out of bed easier, and remind you to keep your spirits up all day long. 

Whether you are a morning person or not, we suggest you read through these all with your favorite cup of coffee in hand—the act will make for the most inspiring morning routine, indirectly drenching your day with positive thoughts and attitudes.

As the late American basketball coach John Wooden used to say: "Make each day your masterpiece." And so, rise and shine, folks! It's time to make today special. 

"You can only come to the morning through the shadows." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"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

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday." - Unknown

"Every morning is a chance at a new day." - Marjorie Hinckley

"Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it." - Mary Pickford

"Sunrise is a reminder that we can start anew every morning." - Unknown

"Every day is a chance to begin again. Don't focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations." - Catherine Pulsifer

"The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn." - William C. Hannan

"You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile." - Evan Esar

"Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside—remembering all the times you've felt that way."  - Charles Bukowski

"Morning without you is a dwindled dawn." — Emily Dickinson

"Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day." — Glen Cook

"Morning is an important time of day because it sets the tone for the hours that follow." — Lewis Timberlake

"Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." — Gautama Buddha

"Morning is the dream renewed, the heart refreshed, earth's forgiveness painted in the colors of the dawn." — Kent Nerburn

"The sun is new each day." — Heraclitus

"The morning was full of sunlight and hope." — Kate Chopin

"Morning is the start of every day and I will live each day like it's a new day, renewing our love." — Faraaz Kazi

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." — Anonymous

"The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live." — Pablo Neruda

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"The sun is new each day." - Heraclitus

"Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen." - Wayne Huizenga

"The silence in the morning holds lots of expectations and is more hopeful than the silence at night." - Victoria Durnak

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world." - E. B. White

"I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better." - Jeffrey Fry

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up." - Benjamin Franklin

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"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

"Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee–don't start your day without it." - Lisa Lieberman-Wang

"Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them." — William Arthur Ward

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep." — Rumi

"The sun just touched the morning; the morning, happy thing, supposed that he had come to dwell, and life would be all spring." — Emily Dickinson

"Morning is the best time to recharge yourself and make yourself feel better." — Mehek Bassi

"The biggest sources of motivation are your own thoughts, so think big and motivate yourself to win." — Anonymous

"Every morning, look in the mirror and affirm positive words into your life." — Lailah Gifty Akita

"Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before." — Jeb Dickerson

"The morning is the most important part of the day. It sets the tone and the tempo for the whole day." — Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Wake in the morning with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." — Kahlil Gibran

"Morning hath gold in its mouth." — Benjamin Franklin

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"It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world." - Mary Oliver

"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

"She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself." - Tyler Kent White

"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life." - Yoko Ono

"Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them." - Arnold Schwarzenegger

"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now." - Paulo Coelho

"Make each day your masterpiece." - John Wooden

"When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up." - Arthur Wellesley

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it." - Richard Whately

"No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning." - D. L. Hughley

"Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not." - Ursula K. Le Guin

"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

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope." - Bernard Williams

"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day." - Dalai Lama

"Every morning I wake up and thank God." — Aaron Neville

"The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness." — William Shakespeare

"The morning sun has a way of bringing hope to our hearts and light to our souls." — Anonymous

"The world is new to us every morning—this is God's gift and every man should believe he is reborn each day." — Baal Shem Tov

"Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me." — Henry David Thoreau

"Morning is the dream renewed, the heart refreshed, earth's forgiveness painted in the colors of the dawn." — Kent Nerburn

"Every morning brings new potential, but only you can move the world forward to its fullest." — Steve Maraboli

"I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me." — Gina Carano

"I wake up every morning thinking…this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal." — Anita Roddick

"Every morning I wake up and I'm at a loss. What am I going to do next? Am I going to sit around and complain and be negative or am I going to do something?" — Sarah McLachlan

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"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life." - Miles Davis

"I drink a cup of sunlight every morning to brighten myself." - Debasish Mridha

"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning." - Meister Eckhart

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson

"Gloom and darkness are temporary. Joy comes in the morning." - Sunday Adelaja

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." - J. B. Priestley

"Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow." - Robert Kiyosaki

"Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed." - Abraham Joshua Heschel

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." - Steve Jobs

"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred." - Arthur Schopenhauer

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

"One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast." - Robert Brault

"Rise up, start fresh, see the bright opportunity in each new day." — Anonymous

"Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them." — Richard Simmons

"Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction." — Anonymous

"Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself." — Henry David Thoreau

"I'm not a morning person, but I woke up this morning. That's a start." — Anonymous

"Every morning, I wake up saying, 'I'm still alive, a miracle.' And so I keep on pushing." — Jim Carrey

"Every morning when I wake up, I kiss her forehead as a symbol of gratitude and appreciation and she repays me back with a lovely smile." — M.F. Moonzajer

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"When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes." - Ernie Banks

"Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day." - Eben Pagan

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." - Robert Frost

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty

"Mornings are so precious because it's when I'm most productive. For me, thirty minutes at 5:30 am is equivalent to at least an hour at 3:00 pm." - Whitney Johnson

"Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today." - Doe Zantamata

"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning." - Carl Sandburg

"The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years." - Thomas Jefferson

"Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet." - Henry David Thoreau

"I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening." - Larry King

"Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself." - Janet Reno

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country." - Kurt Vonnegut

 "When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, and yet most of the audience still sleeps." - John Lennon

"In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, 'I got to wake up' say 'I get to wake up!'" - Erykah Badu

"The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world." - Austin Kleon

"Front-loading my day (getting a whole bunch done in the morning) is my productivity secret." - Celeste Headlee

"Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn." - Lou Holtz

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." - Ralph Marston

"Don't count the days. Make the days count." - Muhammad Ali

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Inspirational Quotes For The Over-50 Realist

Recently, I was getting a haircut and teasing my long-term stylist about the lack of inspirational-quote décor in her salon station compared to the one next to hers. Of course, she knows that teasing her is how I show my love and appreciation to her for not re-sculpting my earlobes with her straight razor or making my hair look like it was styled with a package of firecrackers.

Our discussion had us both laughing about how corny and unrealistic some inspirational quotes can seem, especially for those of us who are 50 or older. Take this one, for example, which is attributed to Oscar Wilde:

"With age comes wisdom."

Now, I know what Oscar was getting at, but as I've aged, I've come to believe that a more accurate quote would be along these lines:

"With age comes wisdom – if you can remember where you put it."

Below are some other inspirational quotes for the over-fifty realist. (Feel free to decorate your workspace with them.)

We'll start with a few quotes related to the over-50 anatomy, what's left of it, anyway:

"Seizing the day will probably require Tylenol tomorrow."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, and if I bend down too fast to pick them up, I'll throw out my back."

"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man yawny, grouchy and tired."

"There is a difference between listening and hearing, and you can't do either if you don't take a hedge trimmer to all of that disgusting hair in your ears."

"You are what you eat, but if you want a six-pack stomach, it had better be bottled water–and it probably still won't work."

"Follow your dreams – just not the one about suddenly discovering that you're naked in public."

"Play like a champion every day, which often means being on the injured reserves with a hernia."

"Count your blessings, not the number of times you have to get up to go to the bathroom each night."

And more bathroom inspiration,

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself – and the aftermath of too much Tex-Mex."

How about some inspiration from our children?

"Children are a gift – until they reach puberty. Then they're more like that weird bump that came up right in the middle of your back."

"She believed she could, so she did (right after she borrowed her dad's credit card)."

"The best things in life are free – except for children, pets, Tex-Mex, a decent mattress, air conditioning, comfortable underwear . . . ."

And while we're on the subject of non-free things,

"Home is where the heart is. It's also where appliance repairs will cost you at least $300."

We'll close with some inspirational randomness:

"If at first you don't succeed, try a different screwdriver."

"It's always darkest before the dawn, especially during Daylight Savings Time."

"Teamwork makes the dream work because you're the one who does all the work and everyone else on the team is a doofus."

And my favorite,

"Believe in yourself – even when your wife points out that you've put on your expensive, comfortable underwear inside out and backwards."

I hope you've gained some inspiration from these quotes, but if you think they're "cringey" or "mid," I hope you're enjoying your dad's credit card.

Jase Graves is an award-winning humor columnist from East Texas. His columns have been featured in Texas Escapes magazine, The Shreveport Times, The Longview News Journal, and The Kilgore News Herald. Contact Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal.Net.

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