Best Inspirational Quotes For Killer Social Media Posts

Looking for the best inspirational quotes?

Something about them resonates with us, lifts us out of a funk, and gives us direction.

I used to get caught in a cycle of negative thinking. I found quotes like these helpful to refocus my brain and make me think, I can do that!

We’ll cover:

• Why post inspirational quotes on social media?
• How to post quotes to get more engagement.
• Where to get quote graphics for social media.
• 50 best inspirational quotes.
• Plus, lots of quote images for your viewing enjoyment!

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Should You Post Inspirational Quotes on Social Media?

Inspirational quotes can boost your engagement on social media! According to social media influencer Aaron Lee:

Quotes work well because people can easily relate to them, so they get liked and shared easily.

Some of the biggest social media influencers, like Guy Kawasaki, Kim Garst, and Sandi Krakowski, love to share inspirational quote graphics on their accounts.

Count me as a believer! I always get super engagement on posts with inspiring messages. And audience engagement is critical to organic (unpaid) reach on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and more.

Inspo quotes can definitely generate a lot of engagement. A search on BuzzSumo for inspirational quotes shows that this kind of content generates a ton of shares.

However, encouraging others is part of me. I do believe in authenticity on social media, so if being an encourager doesn’t appeal to you, then posting inspiring quotes may not be for you.

Due to my nature, I’d love to encourage you to rethink this! 😉 Inspiring others can be a blessing for you as well as them. But it must come from a place of sincerity.

Regardless of whether you choose to post quote graphics, you must vary your social media content. Your followers don’t want to hear only about your products and services. Always tooting your own horn is a sure way turn off your follower growth and engagement.

Be sure to post valuable content that’s entertaining, inspiring, or educational, to build and maintain your personal or business brand.

How to Post Inspirational Quotes on Social Media

Keeping your accounts active with a variety of content is important. But you can’t just throw stuff out there haphazardly.

To successfully post inspirational quotes on your business social media, follow these tips:

1 | Use your own: Posting others’ images is not only copyright infringement, but it also makes your brand look cheap.

2 | Stay aligned to your brand: Post quotes that represent your business philosophy.

3 | Incite engagement: Ask a question in your caption! Do you agree, have you tried this, etc.

4 | Don’t overshare: One per day on the social platform(s) you use is plenty.

5 | Check your stats: Follow up by referring to your analytics so you know what’s working – or not.

Where to Get Inspirational Quotes for Social Media

Make Your Own Quote Images

If you want to make your own, try these easy-to-use resources:

20+ EASY Ways to Make Picture Quotes Online!

Apps that Add Text to Photos

How To Make Quote Images That Boost Your Business

Be an Artist Patron

If you only plan to post an occasional quote image, you could join Patreon in support of an artist.

You MUST read and comply with the allowed uses. I recommend double checking with the artist, as I did with Dani of Positively Present.

In general, you can use them for non-commercial purposes and must credit the artist.

Learn more about becoming a patron on Patreon.

50 Best Inspirational Quotes to Post on Social Media

Feel free to copy and paste the text quotes into your favorite design tool or social media status update. Do not download the images.

An oak is not felled at one blow.
~ Spanish Proverb

An unexamined life is not worth living.
~ Socrates

And all may do what has by man been done.
~ Edward Young

Ask yourself this question; “Will this matter a year from now?”
~ Richard Carlson

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
~ Chinese Proverb

Careful thinking and hard work will solve nearly all your problems. Try and see for yourself.
~ Ullery

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.
~ Marcia Wieder

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
~ Lucretius

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
~ W. Clement Stone

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
~ William B. Sprague

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
~ Christian Nestell Bovee

Dream big and dare to fail.
~ Norman Vaughan

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
~ Henry David Thoreau

Eighty percent of success is showing up.
~ Woody Allen

Every artist was first an amateur.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
~ Babe Ruth

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
~ Thomas C. Haliburton

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
~ Epictetus

For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
~ Matthew Prior

Fortune favors the brave.
~ Publius Terence

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
~ Henry David Thoreau

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
~ Albert Einstein

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
~ Leon J. Suenes

He turns not back who is bound to a star.
~ Leonardo Da Vinci

He who hesitates is lost.
~ Proverb

Hope is the dream of the waking man.
~ French Proverb

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
~ Stephen Covey

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
~ Florence Nightingale

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
~ Charlotte Brontë

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is… Try to please everybody.
~ Herbert Bayard Swope

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.
~ W.C. Fields

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
~ Latin Proverb

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
~ St. Clement of Alexandra

If you would create something, you must be something.
~ Goethe

Impatience never commanded success.
~ Edwin H. Chapin

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
~ William James

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
~ Publilius Syrus

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
~ Norman Vincent Peale

Inspiration and genius are one and the same.
~ Victor Hugo

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
~ Agnes Repplier

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
~ Goethe

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
~ Aristotle

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.
~ Josh Billings

It is precisely the possibility of realizing a dream that makes life interesting.
~ Paulo Coelho

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
~ Charles Swindoll

Storms make oaks take roots.
~ Proverb

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
~ Albert Einstein

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
~ Kenneth Hildebrand

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
~ Paul Valery

Success is the child of audacity.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational Quotes Infographic

Check out the compilation of quotes below: world-famous philosophers, writers, businesspeople and more, hit the nail on the head with these words that so many of us can relate to.

This artful infographic of Inspirational Quotes is compliments of SuccessStory.com. I was pleased to be asked to share it with my readers. Check it out and see which quotes resonate with you.

You may “pin” any graphic on this page – as long as you keep the link intact.

Don’t download or edit these quote images – that’s copyright infringement.

Which do you think are the best inspirational quotes? Share your favorite in a comment!