Need quotes for social media?
Or perhaps you need some happy thoughts or motivation.
Perfect! Here are thousands of engaging and inspiring quotes grouped by topic, so you can find just the ones you – and your followers – need.
Plus a list of the 40 Best Quote Sites, ranked by reader preference, with previews of the top sites so you can compare easily.
Whether you tweet or text one, make quote pictures, or even use quotes as Instagram captions, you’ll love these collections.
Because everyone loves engaging quotes!
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• Success Mindset Quotes (just below)
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Success Mindset Quotes
These quotes are perfect for business people, entrepreneurs, and those who just want to succeed at life.
If you’re using them for a business social media account, check out how to choose quotes that fit your brand.
You may also want to learn how to use inspirational quotes on social media.
Famous Success Quotes
Check out these famous success quotes that get – and keep – you on track!
One colorful infographic, plus 19 quote graphics you can pin to Pinterest.
Hustle Quotes
Ready to hustle hard to success? It’s the fastest way to win at life and business!
Here you’ll find all the motivation and inspiration you’ll ever need: 200 quotes about hustling!
Confidence Quotes
Find all the quotes to help you become the best version of yourself – strong, powerful, and successful.
These inspirational quotes are a stepping stone to self esteem. Use them to inspire friends, followers, and even yourself.
Motivational Quotes
Need motivation? Or maybe your audience does. These are perfect if you’re a coach!
Find 101 text quotes that you can copy and paste, a dozen quote pictures to pin, and an infographic of the top 20 motivational quotes.
Struggle Quotes
Hard times are a given. Sometimes the only way to get through the difficult times is by improving your attitude.
Copy-paste one of 200 struggle quotes to tweet or text a friend. They also make great Facebook status updates.
Creativity Quotes
One of these 180 creative sayings can “rouse you into productivity and creativity.” (Mary Garden)
So don’t wallow in your creative block – get out there and make something! As Elizabeth Gilbert would say (and did), “It doesn’t have to be amazing, it just has to be authentic.”
Customer Service Quotes
Ready to improve customer relations? It’s good business!
Here you’ll find over a hundred quotes to inspire better customer service.
Quotes about Good Feelings
Keep the good vibes flowing! While the quotes linked below are a bit more personal in nature, most will work for business accounts as well.
Positive Quotes
There’s nothing like positive thinking to improve your life!
Use these 133 positive sayings as affirmations for yourself, and your friends and followers, to improve your mood and outlook on life.
Plus find 33 uplifting images like the one above you can Pin to Pinterest!
Joy Quotes
Love to choose joy? Or maybe you’d like to inspire others to look on the brighter side.
These inspirational quotes about joy are just the ticket! Jump into 100 quotes of joy.
Love Yourself Quotes
Everyone could use a self esteem boost now and then.
These quotes can help increase feelings of self worth. Dive into the goodness!
Smile Quotes
Seeking smile quotes? They’re perfect to perk up your mood, or that of your friends and followers!
200 sayings about smiles, plus a rainbow of 50 smile picture quotes.
Anxiety Releasing Quotes
Seeking more inner peace? Try these anxiety quotes!
Anyone going through a tough time will find these inspirational quotes helpful.
So take a deep breath and jump in!
Social Media Quotes
Funny Facebook Quotes
Facebook users love to laugh. Who doesn’t? They say it’s the best medicine.
So give ’em a dose of these funny sayings and status updates.
Social Media Break Quotes
When you need to step away, these are the messages you need. Pick one to post so everyone knows what’s up.
Funny One Liners
Need more funny one liners to perk up your social media posts? Try paraprosdokians!
Say what?
Paraprosdokians are clever, surprising sayings, where the ending presents an unexpected twist.
Check out this extensive list and pick out a few favorites for your fans.
Good Morning Quotes
Start your friends and followers’ day with a great greeting.
They’re perfect for Facebook status updates, Instagram captions, texts to friends, or making quote graphics.
Dog Best Friend Quotes
Pet pictures get phenomenal response on Facebook and Instagram!
Add one of these quotes as a caption for a 1-2 punch.
Car Quotes and Captions
If your friends love cars as much as you do, treat them to one of these quotes.
Walking Quotes and Captions
Words of wisdom about walks to accompany your strolls!
Days of the Week Quotes
What else rocks on social media? Daily quotes with days of the week hashtags!
Seasonal Quotes
For even more social media post ideas, check out these quotes for every season.
Because, who doesn’t love holidays?
These pages of themed quotes will help you come up with some great graphics to get in the spirit of the season.
January Quotes
February Quotes
March Quotes
April Quotes
Summer Quotes
July Quotes (coming soon!)
Fall Quotes
December Quotes
Colorful Quotes
I have so many resources for people who know the importance of color! Listed below you’ll find the quotes collections for color lovers.
Rainbow Quotes
There’s nothing quite like the promise of a rainbow after a storm to help us believe there are better days coming.
Peruse over 200 quotes plus colorful images.
Nature Quotes
Quotes from Famous People
Links to quotes from people you know and love. Plus one more, famous movie quotes from the 80s.
Taylor Swift’s Lovely Lyrics
A fan of Taylor’s poignant words? Peruse 50 quotes in categories like friendship, life, love and more.
With fabulous artwork too!
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Funny Mark Twain Quotes are Ideal for Social Media!
A master of wit, Twain is a quote lover’s delight.
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Twain was an American writer, lauded by The New York Times as the “greatest humorist [the United States] has produced.”
So get ready to laugh! But beware –
Mark Twain quotes can be sharp and sarcastic.
Pin it for later!
Honest Abe
Good old Abe left us a lot of wise words – and some funny ones too!
Not just for February holidays, Lincoln’s quotes are great to share all year ’round. Check them out!
Pin it for later!
Real or Fake Einstein?
Einstein quotes abound online. The only problem is – Einstein never said most of them!
Check out the real and fake ones here!
Pin it for later!
Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote
And now for the big quote sites. We’ll go in-depth to a few of the biggest, then let you vote on your own faves in the list of 40 at the end.
Probably the best known of the quote sites, BrainyQuote offers numerous quotes, plus picture quotes you can share to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Originally published in 2001, BrainyQuote is one of the oldest and most established quotation sites on the web.
Note that the pictures are in horizontal format only, and will link back to their website when shared. As they should, since they put in the work of making them. You can easily make your own picture quotes to promote your own business and/or website.
You can even use apps to add text to your photos.
“BrainyQuote is the world’s largest quotation site. We educate and entertain audiences of all ages with family-friendly quotations from history’s most prominent figures through to today’s newsmakers – famous celebrities, athletes, politicians, authors, and everything in between.”
You can search by topic, author, what’s trending, Quote of the Day, and more.
Wikiquote for Quotes in 30 Languages
Search for quotes by topic and get detailed info on where the quote originated – which book or speech, year, etc.
You can also click on the author to find more from him or her.
No quote pictures here, and personally, I found it hard to find a nice, short, popular quote.
But if you need quotes in obscure or multiple languages, you’ll want to give it a go.
Movie Quotes at QuoDB
Find any quote in millions of movie lines!
Start a search with any word of the quote that you know.
Find any quote in millions of movies and series. All quotes are time-based, contextualized, and linked with the imdb movie database
Registered users can save favorites, list, edit the current lines or submit their owns titles to our database.
There are no quote graphics with this one, but you can see a small image of the DVD case.
GoodReads for member-ranked quotes
Search quotes by keyword or author, or browse by tag.
The search results will be sorted by popularity among Goodreads members.
Note that Goodreads members don’t necessarily represent the general public. It’s primarily a site for members to find and discuss books. Thus the favorite quotes might lean towards what book lovers love!
It’s a fairly clean and simple site if that suits your needs.
Some of the top-voted quotes are very, very long.
As far as images, you’ll find a thumbnail of the author and a few unobtrusive ads.
Best Quotes for Social Media: Conclusion
You’ve found all the quotes you’ll ever need, so use this resource liberally. Pin an image to Pinterest so you can return for more.
People love good quotes on social media! Quotes are the most retweeted posts on Twitter, and can go viral on Facebook.
Hashtags help, so even those who aren’t your followers can find and retweet your quotes. Check our guide on how to use hashtags.
Keep scrolling down for the full list of 40 quote sites.
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John Read says
Excellent post!!. Great quote collections… It’s really helpful to us. I follow the blog for tips and guidelines.
Patty says
Great list of resources, very useful for someone like me enjoying sharing short snippet of wisdom on social media. I’ve found a website that curate quotations from current events, with reliable sources a bit more serious but nice way to get some news without being overwhelmed.
Juli says
Interesting list. There is one site I think would be a great addition: Quoteikon.
Not just quotes, they write some great bio’s on the quote authors also. The detail makes it stand out.
Ciro says
With your words, you create a world around you.
(Navajo proverb)
Taps says
Very good Collection Louise.
Tui Lei Hai says
Most of these site do not cite the sources of the quotations. In fact there are so many misquotes and even fake ones as well.
Louise Myers says
This is true. But I’m not sure there’s any way millions of quotes could be verified, or that it matters. Unless someone is intentionally inventing fake quotes!
Jocelyn says
Check out owlquote.com! There are some good inspirational and motivational quotes there to brighten up your day 🙂
Have a great day Louise!
Damien says
Hi Louise,
Thank you for sharing these great quotes websites. I have bookmarked your page as a positive resource to come to again and again.
Damien
Louise Myers says
Terrific!
John says
nice collection for quotes, i’m loving it
Tim Ozzy says
Great list! I love quotes.
Koester Lee says
I also like quotes,such as love quotes,picture quotes,and I had a website about quotes,You are doing a great job.
Marius Memu says
Nice list. Here is other website you could add to your list: quoteabout.net
Louise Myers says
Thanks Marius, will do.
Alexandru Roznovat says
Hello!
Have you seen those photos with beautiful messages displayed over them? Come up with your own clever quote or inspirational message, choose your photo and BOOM!
On PixTeller you can create an image from scratch or you can use as template one of the many themes available.
You are doing a great job. Keep going like this!
Best Wishes,
Alexandru Roznovat
Louise Myers says
Looks interesting, Alexandru!
Solomon says
you can share 50,000 quotes at famous quotes and you can also pin them or save them to your hardisk 🙂 hope that helps
Louise Myers says
Nice site Solomon! Thanks for visiting.
James McGuire says
So many quotes! I wonder if anyone has read all of them? Personally, I’m a big fan of picture quotes.
Cheers,
James
PS Nice site Louise!
Louise Myers says
Thanks James!
Sorry I can’t recommend the site you mentioned, as I don’t want folks to run afoul of copyright infringement. I highly recommend people make their own picture quotes. It’s pretty easy, instructions here: https://louisem.com/1655/love-quote-graphics-how-to-make-quote-pictures
Ileane says
Hi Louise, this is a great collection. I like to share quotes mostly on Facebook and it’s nice to have easy access to some that I can just grab when I need a boost. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Glad you enjoyed them Ileane! Thanks for visiting 🙂