n life you need some mottos to live by. As old-fashioned as it may sound, having a personal motto and keeping it your centre of focus and practice can help you a lot in moving forward to a better version of yourself.ย
In this post I have made a list of more than 100 life mottos with great care and effort for you to choose from that can install courage, love, hope and kindness.
These mottos are very short, so you will be able to easily remember them and implement them in your daily life.ย
Even if you choose just one life motto and decide to implement it in your daily life, you will see that it will give you a lot of courage.
For example, a simple life motto โWill this matter a year from now?โ, can help you to not sweat the small stuff. It can help you to stop making a mountain out of a molehill and reduce your worries and anxiety.ย
One of my personal life mottos is โWhat one can be, one must beโ and โSurrenderโ.ย
It gives me hope. It lets me come back to who I am when I lose track of myself and just the simple word, โSurrenderโ eases me and lets me let go and not try to control things.ย
I hope you will love these mottos and find inspiration from them.
What is a life motto?ย
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A life motto is a personal phrase, a short sentence or a quote to help you live your life the way you want to. It can serve as a wonderful reminder for you to become a better version and give your courage, hope and confidence when you need it.ย
A life motto is a mantra for life which you can say to yourself when things are going tough and they give you the necessary direction to move in.
A life motto is like a tattoo for your life that is not inked.ย
Why you should have a life motto
Everybody should have a life motto. And here are a few reasons why
- To Have a personal mantra for lifeย
- To navigate through life better
- To be consistent in reaching your goalsย
- To handle difficult situations with graceย
- To gain hope, courage and confidenceย
- To not be directionless in lifeย
- And lastly, to practice living life properly ย
How to Use a good life mottoย
Personally, here is how I would like you to use a life motto:ย
Choose a life motto and make it your everything. Remember this motto by heart and practice it in your daily life. You can start by practising a life motto for a week or a month or a year or your entire life.ย
Yes, a whole life can go by practising a simple life motto.ย
You could practice a motto such as Nothing to โGet rightโ your whole life, or you could practice โFall seven times, stand up eightโ all your life, and it could be the reason why you never quit, why you never gave up and the reason why you succeeded.ย
So find a good life motto to practice for a week or a month. Plant it in your heart and make it your centre of being.
You could even write it out somewhere and stick it on the wall by your bedside so you see it every time you wake up.ย
I have printed a few myself and have pinned them on my vision board and they help me a lot in staying in track.ย
So with this, letโs start with the life mottos.ย
100+ Life mottos to live by
Below is a list of life mottos that will fit any of your life situations perfectly. They are meant to inspire practices for success, courage, kindness, love, hope, mindfulness and gratitude.
I hope you find your own personal motto to move through life.
So let’s begin and pin for later

Life motto for success
1.Fall Sven times, stand up eightย
2. Little by little, a little becomes a lotย
3. 80% of success is showing up
4. Will this matter a year from now?
5. Have more than you show, speak less than you know
6. Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value
7. Donโt quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a championย
8. Make your life your messageย
9. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motionย
10. My motto is to try againย
11. Donโt wait for opportunity, create itย
12. What seems so hard now will one day be your warm-up
13. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in lifeย
14. Allow yourself to be a beginnerย
15. Be the change you wish to see in the worldย
16. If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rainย
17. If you canโt beat fear, do it scared
18. Great things never come from comfort zones
Life mottos about loveย
19. Spread love wherever you go. Let no one come to you without leaving happierย
20. Connect with Compassion ย
21. Breathe in and bring love to the places that need itย
22. One loving step at a timeย
23. Donโt plant anything but love
24. Let love bloom
25. Let Love love youย
26. Move with loveย
27. Send love to all who cross your path
28. Love and let go
29. We are put on Earth to Love
30. Surrender to loveย
31. Let love in
32. Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use wordsย
Life mottos for happinessย
33. No mud, no lotus
34. Let go and let Godย
35. Forgive like its the end of the worldย
36. If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensiveย
37. Less is moreย
38. You are not your thoughtsย
39. This too shall passย
40. Treasure others
41. Drop the storyย
42. Let go. Let go. Let go.ย
43. If it comes let it, if it goes let itย
44. If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
45. Be grateful for triggers. They point where you are not freeย
46. Not everyone you lose is a loss
47. Solitude over toxicityย
48. Make prayer your dwelling placeย
49. Remember to ask, whatโs the gift in this?ย
50. True change is within. Leave the outside as it isย
Life mottos to bring mindfulnessย
51. Pause and breathe
52. Be presentย
53. Nothing to โget rightโ
54. Take 5 mindful breaths
55. Nothing is wrong in the present momentย
56. Embrace suffering, and let it reveal to you the way to peaceย
57. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feetย
58. Keep it lightย
59. Come back to the present momentย
59. Buddha is inside you
60. Let it pass
61. Let each breath cleanse your inner chaos
62. A cup of tea is a cup of peace
Life mottos to be your best versionย
63. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
64. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined
65. Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experienceย
66. Discover your gift and then give it away
67. Donโt judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plantย
68. If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it in the beginning
69. Do the Earth a favour, donโt hide your magicย
70. Make your own pathย
71. Your time is limited, so donโt waste it living someone elseโs life.
72. Old ways don’t open new doors.
73. The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a littleย
Life mottos for courageย
74. You are enoughย
75. Grow through what you go through
76. They tried to bury us. They didnโt know we were seeds
77. I bend, but I do not breakย
78. Trust your true natureย
79. You are a blessed being, so act like a blessed being
80. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
81. Who else but us?ย
82. 0% of me is competing with you
83. Have courage. Be kind.ย
84. I am not afraid to be seen tryingย
85. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of peopleย
86. Alone we can do so little, together we can do so muchย
87. The only thing worse than being blind is having sight, but no visionย
88. Because you are alive, everything is possible
Life mottos about kindness
89. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves
90. Be kind whenever possible. Its always possibleย
91. Ask yourself: have you been kind today?
92. Nurture the garden of loving kindnessย
93. Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find outย
94. You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by forceย
95. Be the reason someone believes in kindness
96. Make kindness the norm
97. Always be a little kinder than necessary
98. All love eventually becomes helpย
99. Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness
100. Be kind to every kind, not just mankindย
101. Be someoneโs sunshine when their skies are grey. ย
102. If youโre helping someone and expecting something in return, youโre doing business, not kindness
103. Thereโs no such thing as a small act of kindness
104. Your inner wise self loves you unconditionallyย
Which life mottos will you practice?
I hope they inspired you and gave you a boost in wanting to live life courageously. Plant them in your heart, whichever resonated with you the most and practice them throughout your daily life.ย
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