I love sharing kid-friendly inspirational quotes on our family letter board to give us all a little food for thought and encouragement throughout the day. After all, words have power, and the right words can inspire, motivate, and encourage us to do and be our best!
Let's share our favorite quotes for kids about kindness, learning, life, doing our best, and any other positive affirmations or motivational sayings that would be perfect for our family white boards, kids lunch notes, or room decor.
Whether we're quoting a true life hero or beloved fictional character, add your favorite inspirational quotes for kids below!
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~Maya Angelou
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You've always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself. ~Glinda the Good Witch, The Wizard of Oz
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In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa
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Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. ~Jesse Jackson
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If you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. ~Conan O'Brien
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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ~Dr. Seuss
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"Remember Barbara , it's always darkest before dawn." Told to me by my 7th grade math teacher, Mrs. Langford, after I had excitedly told her I finally understood an Algebra equation.
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I love this. Never underestimate the power of a good teacher to inspire and touch our lives in profound ways!
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There is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time. ~Desmond Tutu
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It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another..." - Ephesians 4:32 "Comparison is the thief of joy" - Theodore Roosevelt "The most important decision you will ever make is to be in a good mood." - Voltaire
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That Teddy Roosevelt quote packs so much punch in just a few words. It feels especially apt, I think, in these days of social media which make it so easy to make comparisons - even when you don’t mean to, and even when you know that what you see is filtered and limited!
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Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. - Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
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Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. ~Julia Child
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Do what you have to do; so you can do what you want to do! -Actor:Denzel Washington's Mother
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Frankly, there isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story. ~Fred Rogers
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama XIV
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When one can see no future, all one can do is the next right thing. ~Pabbie, Frozen 2
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John Wooden
