100+ Best 5 Word Quotes To Inspire You
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Short sayings can sometimes be more effective than any long essay you could think of.
A simple quote can sometimes help us get through a lot of tough times. It could be the source of inspiration we need daily, stuck to our desks or even the fridge magnet.
5 word quotes are the best! We love a good 5 word quote. It is the easiest way to turn a bad day good. Inspirational quotes for a difficult phase in life, or a love quote for your life partner, inspirational quotes are the best. These 5 word short powerful quotes here prove just that!
See our list of good 5 word quotes for inspiration in every life situation. If you like this list, check our lists of 6 word quotes and 2 word quotes. These word quotes are sure to light that spark in you.
5 Word Love Quotes
Love is delicate. It communicates a lot with a few words. Thus, comes in love quotes! Love quotes are cheesy. It’s almost impossible to ever finish them in five words. Yet, we have done that.
We have curated this list of famous short quotes on love and life, no longer than five words. These 5 word quotes are some of the best quotes about life.
1. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
2. “It hurt because it mattered.”
- John Green
3. “When words fail, music speaks.”
- Hans Christian Andersen
4. “Die with memories, not dreams.”
- Tiny Buddha
5. “Every moment’s a fresh beginning.”
- T.S. Eliot
6. “You had me at ‘hello’.”
- Dorothy Boyd, ‘Jerry Maguire' (1996)
7. “Here’s looking at you, kid!”
- Humphrey Bogart, ‘Casablanca' (1942)
8. “I want the fairy tale.”
- Vivian, ‘Pretty Woman' (1990)
9. “There’s no place like home.”
- Vivian, ‘The Wizard Of Oz' (1939)
10. “A martini. Shaken not stirred.”
- James Bond, ‘Goldfinger' (1964)
11. “Love all, trust a few.”
- Shakespeare
12. “All you need is love.”
- Paul McCartney
13. “Love is sharing your popcorn.”
- Charles Schultz, ‘Charlie Brown’
14. “Love is the only gold.”
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
15. “Patience is the best medicine.”
- John Florio
16. “All great achievements require time.”
- Maya Angelou
Funny 5 Word Quotes
Good things come in small packages. Thus, we decided to list down some of the funniest five word quotes we could find on the internet. Not only are these quotes fun to read, but they are quite cute as well! Take our word for it and share these 5 word quotes-
17. “Time doesn’t exist. Clocks exist.”
- Unknown*
18. “Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise.”
- Unknown*
19. “Water’s like me. It’s lazy.”
- Bob Ross
20. “Life’s a sexually transmitted disease.”
- R.D Laing
21. “Love’s a serious mental illness.”
- Plato
22. “Weather forecast for tonight: dark.”
- George Carlin
23. “Insomnia is my greatest inspiration.”
- Jon Stewart
24. “Some sarcasm’s best told simply.”
- Kevin Hart
25. “Big Brother is watching you.”
- George Orwell
26. “Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
- Alfred Whitehead
27. “Wisdom begins at the end.”
- Daniel Webster
28. “Beauty’s the purgation of superfluities.”
- Michelangelo
5 Word Inspirational Quotes
We read tons of inspirational quotes online. And often, these inspirational quotes work. But they are so long we forget why we started reading them! We decided to build a list of inspiring short quotes.
These are incredibly powerful five word quotes. Read these 5 word quotes for a good day. Pick your favorite 5 word quotes now from every inspirational one below-
29. “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
30. “Every wall is a door.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “Stars can’t shine without darkness.”
- D.H. Sidebottom
32. “One fails forward toward success.”
- Charles Kettering
33. “My life is my argument.”
- Albert Schweitzer
34. “Stay foolish to stay sane.”
- Maxime Lagacé
35. “Impossible is for the unwilling.”
- John Keats
36. “I can and I will.”
- Ayn Rand
37. “My life is my message.”
- Gandhi
38. “Screw it, let’s do it.”
- Richard Branson
39. “Keep going. Be all in.”
- Bryan Hutchinson
40. “Fight till the last gasp.”
- Shakespeare
41. “Never forget about your passion.”
- Unknown*
42. “Relax… Listen to your soul.”
- Unknown*
43. “Learn to let go sometimes.”
- Unknown*
44. “Wake up and be inspired.”
- Unknown*
45. “You always have a choice.”
- Tony Robbins
46. “Everyday is a second chance.”
- Denis Diderot
47. “Accept yourself- always be genuine.”
- Unknown*
48. “Imagination is greater than detail.”
- Unknown*
49. “Another sunshine, another new beginning.”
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
50. “You always have a choice.”
- Randy Pausch
51. “Your aspirations are your possibilities.”
- Robert Browning
52. “Look on the bright side.”
- Graham Chapman
53. “Big egos have little ears.”
- Robert Schuller
54. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
- Oprah
55. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
– Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
56. “Bad decisions make good stories.”
– Ellis Vidler
57. “Let go, or be dragged.”
-Zen proverb
58. “Relax. Nothing is under control.”
- Adi Da
59. “Not creating delusions is enlightenment.”
- Bodhidharma
60. “Life begins where fear ends.”
- Osho
61. “Be present, above all else.”
- Naval Ravikant
62. “Think with your whole body.”
- Taisen Deshimaru
63. “Sleep is the best meditation.”
- 14th Dalai Lama
64. “Patience is a conquering virtue.”
- Geoffrey Chaucer
65. “Time heals what reason cannot.”
- Seneca
66. “One day at a time.”
- Murakami
67. “They stumble that run fast.”
- Shakespeare
68. “Keep calm and carry on.”
- Winston Churchill
69. “Peace begins with a smile.”
- Mother Teresa
70. “Fear’s stupid. So are regrets.”
- Marilyn Monroe
71. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
72. “Hurt me with the truth.”
- Rihanna
73. “Houston, we have a problem.”
- John Swigert, Apollo 13
74. “While there’s life, there’s hope.”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
5 word Motivational Quotes
People tend to think an inspirational and motivational quote will be long. And most of these quotes are.
They’re less inspirational or motivational and more boring! And so, we bring you a list of short five word quotes that are inspiring, which will do the trick for you. Read on for good quotes and pick one 5 word inspirational quote every day-
75. "Never, never, never give up."
- Winston Churchill
76. "In chaos, there is fertility."
- Anais Nin
77. "Turn your wounds into wisdom."
- Oprah
78. "Recognition is the greatest motivator."
- Gerard C. Eakedale
79. "Another sunrise, another new beginning."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
80. "May you be happy always."
- Honore De Balzac
81. "Chance favors the prepared mind."
- Louis Pasteur
82. “What we think we become.”
- Buddha
83. “You become what you believe.”
- Oprah
84. “You are living your story.”
- Unknown*
85. “This will never come again.”
- Steve Hagen
86. “Beauty is only skin deep.”
- Sir Thomas Overbury
87. “Don’t cry over spilled milk.”
- James Howell
88. “All that glitters isn’t gold.”
- Shakespeare
89. “A watched pot never boils.”
- Benjamin Franklin
90. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
- John Heywood
91. “Wisdom begins at the end.”
- Daniel Webster
92. “The truest sayings are paradoxical.”
- Lao Tzu
93. “Prevention is better than cure.”
- Desiderius Erasmus
94. “I think; therefore I am.”
- Rene Descartes
95. “Extreme people get extreme results.”
- Sam Altman
96. “A true man hates no-one.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte
97. “Beauty will save the world.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, ‘The Idiot’
98. “Freedom lies in being bold.”
- Robert Frost
99. “Only the autodidacts are free.”
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
100. “What worries you, masters you.”
- John Locke
101. “Don’t settle, and don’t struggle.”
- Naval Ravikant
102. “All limitations are self imposed.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 5 word quotes, then why not take a look at keep calm quotes, and you are amazing quotes?
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