Yes, being a young adult in their twenties is a hilariously confusing experience.
There are a million jokes you could make about the struggle of balancing a social life, a full time job and making your dinner every night.
But all jokes aside, it’s tough out here for us twenty somethings.
Some of us just graduated and have no clue what to do with our lives. Others are having a quarter life crisis and now see that the definition of success they’ve been fed their whole lives is wayyy off from what they really want.
Some (or all of us?) are literally just trying to get out of bed in the morning and start the day!!!
What I’m trying to say is, we’re all doing our best with the resources and knowledge that we have in this present moment.
So here are 38 inspirational quotes to remind every young adult out there that even if it REAALLLY doesn’t feel like it sometimes, you’ve got this!
Positive Quotes for Young Adults
1.”Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
2.”The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
3.”There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
4.”Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
5.”Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
6.”The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” – Unknown
7.”Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
8.”Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
9. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
10.”The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Unknown
11.”Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
12.“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”- Beyoncé
13.”It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
14.”Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
15.”You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
16.”Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
17.”You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
18.”Hard work and determination are the foundation for all success.” – Unknown
19.“If you can’t dream big, ridiculous dreams, what’s the point in dreaming at all?”- Ronda Rousey
20.”Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
21.”Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
22.“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”- Hariet Tubman
23.“I have lots of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.” -Oprah Winfrey.
24.“Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.” — John Wooden.
25.“Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Ray Kroc
26.“I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.” — Venus Williams.
27.“Treat yourself like you’d treat your best friend … Be your own best friend.”- Jameela Jamil
28.“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, ’cause we were born this way!”- Lady Gaga
29.“If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are, we can all be freer.”- Emma Watson
30.“I like me. I like my story and all the bumps and bruises. That’s what makes me uniquely me.”- Michelle Obama
31.“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” — Nelson Mandela.
32.“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.” — Seth Godin.
33.“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.” — Walter Cronkite
34.“I remind myself to be kind to myself, and as slightly ridiculous as it may sound, to treat myself in the same gentle way I’d want to treat a daughter of mine. It really helps.”- Emma Stone
35.”You have to be able to love yourself because that’s when things fall into place.”- Vanessa Hudgens
36.“Nobody is perfect. I just don’t believe in perfection. But I do believe in saying, ‘This is who I am and look at me not being perfect!’ I’m proud of that.”- Kate Winslet
37.“When I say ‘embrace your weirdness’, it means embrace the things you don’t like about yourself. For a time, to me, that was almost everything. But I’ve learned to embrace all the things I find about myself, if they’re good and even if they’re bad. After all, I fall in love with someone because of their flaws. And I’ve learned to love myself because of my flaws, too.”- Cara Delevingne
38.“Never be ashamed! There’s some who will hold it against you, but they are not worth bothering with.” — J. K. Rowling.
