Culture and Lifestyle 50 Inspiring Quotes for the Month of May "You are enough just as you are." By Jorie Nicole McDonald Jorie Nicole McDonald Jorie Nicole McDonald leads editorial video efforts for Southern Living. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she creates engaging visual content for the website and various social media platforms. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 21, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Getty Images Read these inspiring quotes for May for a fresh perspective on life. Whether you're looking for a bit of encouragement as the seasons change or a classic reminder that everything will be okay, these positive quotes will surely lift your spirits and fill your heart. Write them in a notecard or set them as the screensaver on your phone for an everyday prompt. Phrases from celebrities, authors, and famous, notable individuals make us reflect on our lives with a new perspective. With 50 choices, there is an inspiring quote for everyone. Quotes About Hope 01 of 50 Southern Living "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." – Aristotle 02 of 50 Southern Living "If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." - Roald Dahl 03 of 50 Southern Living "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt 04 of 50 Southern Living "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Zig Ziglar 05 of 50 Southern Living "No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel." - Demi Lovato 06 of 50 Southern Living "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis 07 of 50 Southern Living "Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen." - Deep Roy 08 of 50 Southern Living "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." - John Barrymore 09 of 50 Southern Living "There is nothing impossible to him who will try." - Alexander the Great 10 of 50 Southern Living "Don't wait. The time will never be just right." - Napoleon Hill 11 of 50 Southern Living "Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive." – Hafez 12 of 50 Southern Living "You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens." - Mandy Hale Quotes About Perseverance 13 of 50 Southern Living "You are enough just as you are." - Meghan Markle 14 of 50 Southern Living "A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall." - Serena Williams 15 of 50 "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." - Helen Keller 16 of 50 Southern Living "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill 17 of 50 Southern Living "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." - Carol Burnett 18 of 50 Southern Living "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein 19 of 50 Southern Living "It isn't where you came from. It's where you're going that counts." - Ella Fitzgerald 20 of 50 Southern Living "Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it." - Lindsey Vonn 21 of 50 Southern Living "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Altshuler 22 of 50 Southern Living "Life has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go." - Nicole Kidman 23 of 50 Southern Living "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." - Jim Rohn Quotes About Inspiration 24 of 50 Southern Living "The power of imagination makes us infinite." - John Muir 25 of 50 Southern Living "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality." - Malala Yousafzai 26 of 50 Southern Living "Motivation comes from working on things we care about." - Sheryl Sandberg 27 of 50 Southern Living "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean 28 of 50 Southern Living "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." - William James 29 of 50 Southern Living "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald 30 of 50 Southern Living "We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell 31 of 50 Southern Living "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive." - Maya Angelou 32 of 50 Southern Living "You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt 33 of 50 Southern Living "Spread love everywhere you go." - Mother Teresa 34 of 50 Southern Living "It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot 35 of 50 Southern Living "Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination." - Mae Jemison 36 of 50 Southern Living "Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly." - Quentin Blake Quotes About Optimism 37 of 50 Southern Living "Each person must live their life as a model for others." - Rosa Parks 38 of 50 Southern Living "With the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything." - Reese Witherspoon 39 of 50 Southern Living "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." - Martin Luther King Jr. 40 of 50 Southern Living "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James 41 of 50 Southern Living "You do not find the happy life. You make it." - Camilla Eyring Kimball 42 of 50 Southern Living "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss 43 of 50 Southern Living "The most wasted of days is one without laughter." - E. E. Cummings 44 of 50 Southern Living "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible!'" - Audrey Hepburn 45 of 50 Southern Living "Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." - Maya Angelou 46 of 50 Southern Living "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." - Helen Keller 47 of 50 Southern Living "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." - Robin Williams 48 of 50 Southern Living "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi 49 of 50 Southern Living "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more." - Oprah Winfrey 50 of 50 Southern Living "Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." -Hazrat Inayat Khan Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit