160+ “You Got This” Quotes for Friends, Students, & Colleagues

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The ultimate list of motivational quotes to give someone strength

Co-authored by Kim Chronister, PsyD and Aimee Payne, MFA

Last Updated: April 30, 2025 Fact Checked

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Looking for a quote to help encourage someone in your life? Well, you’ve come to the right place! This article gives you over 160 “you got this” quotes to help everyone in your life face their fears, have a laugh, or start their day with a positive outlook. Plus, we’ll walk you through how best to encourage someone with the help of licensed clinical psychologist Kim Chronister and licensed mental health counselor Laura Richer.

Top “You Got This” Quotes

• “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
• “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
• “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
• “Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
• “Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T. S. Eliot

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Section 1 of 11:

“You Got This” Quotes for Her

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   Inspire her to greater heights with a wise and uplifting quote. Whether she’s going through a tough time or just needs a little pick-me-up after a busy day, telling her you believe in her can make a big difference. Share one of these positive quotes to remind them you know they can handle anything the world throws at them:

   • “I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.” – Dolly Parton
   • “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it’s right.” – Rosa Parks
   • “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” – Amelia Earhart
   • “Women, whether subtly or vociferously, have always been a tremendous power in the destiny of the world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
   • “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
   • “What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not.” – Rupi Kaur
   • “Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.” – Jane Austen
   • “I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.” –Martha Jane Canary (aka Calamity Jane)
   • “Some leaders are born women.” – Geraldine Ferraro
   • “A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.” – Gina Carey
   • “Women have always been the strong ones of the world.” – Coco Chanel
   • “Am I good enough? Yes, I am.” – Michelle Obama
   • “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
   • “I have as much muscle as any man and can do as much work as any man.” – Sojourner Truth
   • “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.” – Melinda French Gates
   • “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
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“You Got This” Quotes for Him

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   Send him an encouraging message to cheer him on. Sometimes, all someone needs is to know that they aren’t alone. Try one of these encouraging quotes to remind him you’re in his corner, ready to pump him up when he needs it:

   • “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
   • “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
   • “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.” – Douglas MacArthur
   • “One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
   • “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
   • “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
   • “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
   • “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” – Dale Carnegie
   • “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between, he does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan
   • “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” – Confucius (Kong Qiu)
   • “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.” – Harry S. Truman
   • “A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
   • “One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
   • “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
   • “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali
   • “When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

Section 3 of 11:

“You Got This” Quotes for Friends

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   Express how proud you are of a friend’s accomplishments. Looking through something that’s stressing them out through a more positive lens can help them feel more optimistic about it. A positive quote from a caring friend can help them get into a more positive frame of mind. Check out the following quotes to see if any fit your friend’s circumstances:

   • “Don’t make friends who you are comfortable with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” – Thomas J. Watson
   • “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
   • “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   • “A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.” – Heidi Wills
   • “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
   • “I get by with a little help from my friends.” – The Beatles
   • “Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.” – Oscar Wilde
   • “Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.” – Henry David Thoreau
   • “A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.” – Heidi Wills
   • “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain
   • “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anaïs Nin
   • “Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” – Misty Copeland
   • “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
   • “In the sweetness of friendship, let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
   • “Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” – Tennessee Williams
   • “I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me, and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” – Abraham Lincoln
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“You Got This” Quotes for Students

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   Recognize their hard work to keep them motivated. Focusing on a student’s dedication and determination helps them understand they have the power to improve. This is especially true for younger students who are learning something completely new. The following quotes can help kids and adult learners believe in themselves and their abilities:

   • “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
   • “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
   • “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
   • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
   • “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A. A. Milne
   • “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – Gail Devers
   • “If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” – Malcolm Gladwell
   • “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” – Stephen Hawking
   • “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
   • “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Les Brown
   • “There is no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – General Colin Powell
   • “Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.” – Virat Kohli
   • “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
   • “I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” – Natalie Portman
   • “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
   • “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

Section 5 of 11:

“You Got This” Quotes for Coworkers

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   Use a quote to boost their self-confidence and productivity. Making people feel good about their work is an effective way to help them feel valued and motivated to continue their hard work. Share one of these positive quotes to give your colleague a boost of energy and confidence:

   • “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
   • “Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
   • “If a mind thinks with a believing attitude, one can do amazing things.” – Norman Vincent Peale
   • “You only get one chance at life, and you have to grab it boldly.” – Bear Grylls
   • “You must want to be a butterfly so badly you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” – Trina Paulus
   • “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” – Mark Twain
   • “There is virtue in work, and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.” – Alan Cohen
   • “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
   • “Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
   • “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln
   • “Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities.” – Sophia Amoruso
   • “Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey
   • “If you are not where you want to be, do not quit. Instead, reinvent yourself and change your habits.” – Eric Thomas
   • “Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page
   • “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John C. Maxwell
   • “Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
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Funny “You Got This” Quotes

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   Give them a laugh while you encourage them with a funny quote. There’s a reason people say “laughter is the best medicine.” Giving someone a good laugh lowers their stress levels, relaxes their muscles, improves their mood, and strengthens their resilience. Tickle their funny bone with one of these funny yet uplifting quotes:

   • “Rule no.1 is: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule no. 2 is: It’s all small stuff.” – Robert Eliot
   • “I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade, and try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White
   • “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright
   • “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
   • “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
   • “Hustle until your haters ask if you’re hiring.” – Steve Maraboli
   • “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” – Katharine Hepburn
   • “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
   • “It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then, I was too famous.” – Robert Benchley
   • “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.” – Jack Handey
   • “I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with ’em later." – Mitch Hedberg
   • “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” – Reba McEntire
   • “The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin
   • “When I was growing up, I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
   • “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.” – Anita Roddick
   • Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.” – Ellen DeGeneres
   • “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey

Section 7 of 11:

Short “You Got This” Quotes

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   Get straight to the point with a quote that’s short and direct. Asking for help when they’re dealing with negative feelings is hard for many people. Even a short positive quote, like the ones below, can help remind someone that you believe in them.

   • “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
   • “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
   • “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
   • “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
   • “The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” – Stephen Richards
   • “Ignite the mind’s spark to rise the sun in you.” – Florence Nightingale
   • There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
   • “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” – Margaret Thatcher
   • “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” ― Beverly Sills
   • “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” – Lucille Ball
   • “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
   • “Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
   • “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
   • “If you do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” – Katharine Hepburn
   • “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
   • “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” – Serena Williams
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“You Got This” Quotes for Good Luck

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   Wish them the best of luck with the perfect quote. There’s some evidence that people who believe they’re lucky are more motivated to succeed. Encourage someone and reinforce the idea that good fortune is on their side with one of the following quotes about good luck:

   • “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden
   • “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Benjamin Franklin
   • “Ability is of little account without opportunity.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
   • “Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   • “Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.” – Earl Wilson
   • “Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.” – Langston Coleman
   • “Luck is believing you’re lucky.” – Tennessee Williams
   • “Luck is the residue of design.” – Branch Rickey
   • “Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
   • “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” – Edward Gibbon
   • “Chance favors the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur
   • “We each come by the gifts we have to offer by an infinite series of influences and lucky breaks we can never fully understand.” – MacKenzie Scott
   • “Luck is very important. Of course, you can’t wait for luck, because it won’t come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.” – Jack Ma
   • “I think luck gets you onto the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.” – Eric Bana
   • “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” – Cormac McCarthy

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“You Got This” Quotes for Morning

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   Choose a cheerful quote to help them start the day off right. Having a positive mental state improves your health and makes you live longer. Help someone you care about start their day with a smile with one of the good morning “you got this” quotes below:

   • “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
   • “Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand-new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
   • “You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
   • “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” – E. B. White
   • “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” – Meister Eckhart
   • “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
   • “Make each day your masterpiece.” John Wooden
   • “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
   • “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
   • “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” – Miles Davis
   • “The morning was full of sunlight and hope.” – Kate Chopin
   • “Every morning, I wake up saying, 'I’m still alive, a miracle.' And so I keep on pushing.” – Jim Carrey
   • “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T. S. Eliot
   • “The sun is new each day.” – Heraclitus
   • “There is enough strength within you to overcome anything in life.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
   • “Overnight success takes about fifteen years.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
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“You Got This” Quotes for Facing Fears

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   Tell them you’ve got their back with the perfect quote. According to Richer, it’s important to validate a person’s feelings when they’re afraid of something and then offer them positive encouragement. Try one of these positive quotes to help give them the courage to face their fears:

   • “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
   • “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Tim Ferriss
   • “Courage does not always roar; sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
   • “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
   • “Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.” – Judy Blume
   • “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
   • “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
   • “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth
   • “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
   • “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth
   • “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” – Tracee Ellis Ross
   • “There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes.” – John Maxwell
   • “If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.” – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
   • “Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.” – William Shakespeare
   • “You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” – Brene Brown
   • “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Zig Ziglar

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Offering Encouragement to Someone

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   Be generous with your praise for even the smallest efforts. Sometimes, people overlook the little things others do that add up to a big effort. According to Chronister, “People are rarely reinforced and crave to be seen in many cases.” Recognizing and encouraging another person’s small efforts can help them feel appreciated and motivate them to continue participating.

   • Make a point of paying them sincere compliments when you can. Chronister says, “In order to make a compliment stand out and be more unique, highlight something you’ve recently learned about their skill set or psychology.”
   • If you aren’t sure what to say, Chronister recommends simply telling them you’re grateful for their presence, their energy, or their words.
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   Phrase comments and feedback positively. “When you're offering someone your encouragement, you want to be positive, and then…not diminishing their experience,” advises Richer. Tell them how well they performed a task, faced their fears, or overcame obstacles.

   • It’s important to recognize someone’s efforts and give them encouragement even when they haven’t done everything perfectly.
   • If they’ve made a mistake, look for what they did well and comment on the good work they did before giving constructive feedback.
   • If you’re in a bad mood and feel like you’re going to make a negative or sharp comment, take a deep breath and try to shake your bad mood before giving someone feedback.
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   Use open and welcoming body language. Chronister recommends, “Try to consciously make adjustments to what you are thinking about the person and how you are displaying that in your non-verbals so that you are giving off a warm, or at least neutral, impression.”

   • Open and welcoming body language might include smiling, keeping your hands comfortably at your side instead of crossed over your chest, and natural eye contact.
   • When they’re speaking, occasionally nod your head to let them know you’re listening and on their side to encourage them to keep talking.
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