“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert Einstein
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”– Zig Ziglar
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”– Thomas Alva Edison
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”– Dr. Seuss
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”– Mark Twain
“The people who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones who do.”– Steve Jobs
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present.’”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”– Walt Disney
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”– Nelson Mandela
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”– Abraham Lincoln
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.”– Maya Angelou
“The tougher the fight, the more important the mental attitude.”– Michael Landon
“Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.”– Babe Ruth
“I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”– Elon Musk
“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”– Wolfgang Riebe
“If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.”– Muhammed Ali
They speak of the importance of education but also address the point that not everyone learns in the same way.
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”– Brian Herbert
“I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.”– Natalie Portman
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”– Malcolm X
“What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.”– Chuck Grassley
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”– Maya Angelou
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”– Stephen Hawking
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”– Richard Branson
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”– Malcolm Gladwell
“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”– Oprah Winfrey
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.”– Malala Yousafzai
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”– Joseph Addison
“The kids who ask WHY are the ones who are going to change the world.”– Neal Thompson
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”– B.B. King
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”– Barack Obama
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”– Judy Garland
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens.”– Helen Keller
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”– H. Jackson Brown
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential … these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”– Confucius
“One day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”– Johnny Depp
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”– Stephen King
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”– Henry David Thoreau
“The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.”– Barack Obama
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”– Wayne Gretzky
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”– Michael Jordan
“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.”– LL Cool J
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.”– Albert Einstein
“It’s always too soon to quit.”– Norman Vincent Peale
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.”– Arnold Schwarzenegger
“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.”– Dolly Parton
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”– Dalai Lama
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”– Maya Angelou
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”– Mark Twain
“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.”– Jesse Jackson
“You will never have a completely bad day if you show kindness at least once.”– Greg Henry Quinn
“Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen.”– Conan O’Brien
“You can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!”– Anne Frank
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”– Amelia Earhart
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”– Henry James
“Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.”– Ashleigh Brilliant
“I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.”– Roald Dahl
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”– Mother Teresa
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”– Jennifer Dukes Lee
These inspirational quotes about good behavior are short, clear, and simple to understand, so they are easy for even the youngest of kids to take onboard.
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”– Epictetus
“Be silly, be honest, be kind.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.”– Tommy Lee Jones
“The time is always right to do what is right.”– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”– Mark Twain
“Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness.”– Holly Branson
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”– Desmond Tutu
“You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.”– Robert Tew
“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”– William Glasser
“Politeness is a sign of dignity, not subservience.”– Theodore Roosevelt
“Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their true image.”– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“If you attach to the negative behavior of others it brings you down to their level.”– Guru Singh
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”– J.K. Rowling
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”– Mahatma Gandhi
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”– Winston Churchill
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Tough times never last but tough people do.”– Robert H. Schuller
“Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out … but he’s back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don’t quit.”– Mr. T
“I always had a special diet. I’m diabetic, so it’s a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.”– Halle Berry
“As I got older, my life became a whirlwind of homework and responsibilities. The hospital became my retreat, a place to gather my thoughts and focus on my health. The nurses are my friends as well as my caretakers. The doctors are my parents as well as my physicians.”– Claire Wineland
“Resting is not laziness, it’s medicine!”– Glenn Schweitzer
“You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.”– Josh Shipp
“I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.”– Patrick Swayze
“The truth is we’re all a little bit broken. We must learn to love the broken pieces of ourselves – be gentle and empathetic with ourselves, and others.”– Karen Salmansohn
“If opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.”– Carmen Ambrosio
“Sometimes you will be in control of your illness and other times you’ll sink into despair, and that’s OK! Freak out, forgive yourself, and try again tomorrow.”– Kelly Hemingway
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”– Tori Amos
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”– Kenji Miyazawa
“Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”– Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”– J.K. Rowling
“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. ”– Albert Einstein
“Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.”– Roald Dahl
“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”– A A Milne
“Change the world by being yourself.”– Amy Poehler
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”– Steve Martin
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”– Kurt Cobain
“If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?”– Boonaa Mohammed
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”– Elbert Hubbard
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”– Mark Twain
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”– Harvey Fierstein
“Don’t become so focused on status that you aren’t also nice to other people, because that’s the kind of popularity that pays off for decades to come.”– Mitch Prinstein
“Just because something feels scary doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Fear does not equal danger.”– Amy Morin
“I am the greatest. I said that before I knew I was.”– Muhammad Ali
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”– Laird Hamilton
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”– Dr. Seuss
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”– Dr. Seuss
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”– Dr. Seuss
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”– Dr. Seuss
“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!”– Dr. Seuss
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”– Dr. Seuss
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”– Dr. Seuss
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”– Dr. Seuss
“So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you’ll move mountains.”– Dr. Seuss
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”– Dr. Seuss
“If you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you will learn. Oh, the most wonderful stuff.”– Dr. Seuss
“So, on beyond Z! It’s high time you were shown. That you really don’t know. All there is to be known. There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”– Dr. Seuss
“With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.”– Dr. Seuss
“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”