Words… they’re powerful. One word can carry the meaning of someone’s entire purpose, existence, or motivation. Communities and companies often express their entire mission through one word. Today, in this post, we have collected the most inspiring one word quotes in the English language for you.
I hope that these one word quotes and mottos will help motivate you and you’ll find one that connects with you greatly. Special thanks to Merriam Webster dictionary for helping me with the definitions.
For me, my one word quote for 2023 is Freedom. This year, I am aiming to finally live my life like I want to and give time to what I genuinely love. This blog is a manifestation of this goal and I often affirm the word Freedom to myself. It keeps motivating me and I keep going on.
So, I hope you find your word today. Here are 150+ one word quotes for you:
One Word Quotes
Able – having the skill, means, power, or opportunity to do something
Abundance – an ample quantity; affluence
Ace – of first or high rank or quality
Achieve – to attain a desired end or aim; become successful
Action – activity or movement towards achieving an aim
Adventure – a daring and/or exciting experience
Affable – characterized by ease and friendliness
Affirmation – the act of affirming something as correct; emotional support or encouragement
Appreciate – to recognize the worth or value of something or someone
Ardor – extreme vigor or energy
Attitude – a way of thinking, feeling, and acting about something
Audacious – intrepidly daring
Awareness – knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience
Beautiful – of a very high standard; pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
Benevolence – disposition to do good
Belief – acceptance, confidence, and faith that something is true
Belong – to be a part of something together
Best – excelling all others
Blaze – a dazzling display
Bliss – absolute, perfect happiness
Bloom – a state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor or of high development or achievement
Bold – showing or requiring a fearless daring spirit; standing out prominently
Brilliant – exceptionally talented or accomplished
Calm – a feeling of tranquillity and peace, free of anger or strong negative emotions
Can – be inherently able or designed to
Capable – having the qualities required for performance or accomplishment
Champion – one who shows marked superiority
Charm – a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights
Commit – to carry into action deliberately
Confidence – a feeling of trust and conviction in oneself
Consistency – the ability to remain on track and keep trying toward something
Courage – mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty
Discipline – to train or develop by instruction and exercise, especially in self-control
Dedication – the ability to remain committed to a task or purpose
Desire – to long or hope for
Destiny – a predetermined or inevitable course of events
Devotion – the state of being ardently dedicated and loyal
Divine – very pleasing to the senses and/or God-like powers
Dream – a strongly desired goal or purpose
Dynamic – marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
Encourage – to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope
Enjoy – to have a good time
Energy – dynamic quality; a usually positive spiritual force
Enough – a sufficient number, quantity, or amount
Enthusiasm – strong excitement of feeling
Empathy – the action of understanding and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another without having the feelings, thoughts, and experiences fully communicated
Equality – the state of being equal to others in status and opportunities
Excellence – very good of its kind; eminently good; FIRST-CLASS
Expression – something that manifests, embodies or symbolizes something else
Extraordinary – going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary
Fabulous – of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature
Faith – a strong belief and trust in something
Focus – the ability to keep attention on something for the time required
Forgive – the ability to stop resentment or anger to move forward to better emotions
Freedom – the power to act, speak and think as one wants
Fresh – full of or renewed in vigor
Friendship – a state of being friends, caring for others, and a mutual bond.
Fun – a state of feeling enjoyment, delight, and pleasure in life
Genuine – sincerely and honestly felt or experienced
Glory – a height of prosperity or achievement
Golden – of a high degree of excellence; radiantly youthful and vigorous
Glow – to shine with or as if with intense heat
Grace – the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful
Grand – marked by a regal form and dignity
Gratitude – the quality of being thankful for all the good in life
Happy – enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment; to be content with what is
Harmony – internal calm
Healthy – physical, mental, or emotional well-being
Heart – love; courage or enthusiasm especially when maintained during a difficult situation
Honest – real; worthy of praise; with all sincerity
Hope – a feeling of trust and expectation that something will happen for the best
Humane – marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
Illuminate – to supply or brighten with light; to enlighten spiritually or intellectually
Imagine – to form or have a mental picture or idea of something
Impact – a significant or major effect
Incredible – so good that it’s almost impossible to believe or beyond expectations
Independent – not requiring or relying on others
Innovate – to make changes; do something in a new way
Inspire – the ability to encourage others to do or feel something
Integrity – always doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching
Intuition – a hunch or feeling that can guide our decisions for the best
Invigorate – give new energy or strength to
Iridescent – a lustrous or attractive quality or effect
Jewel – one that is highly esteemed
Joy – a state of happiness or felicity
Justice – the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
Kindness – the quality of being considerate, friendly, and helpful
Knowledge – the range of one’s information or understanding
Laughter – to find amusement or pleasure in something
Light – something that enlightens or informs
Live – making the very best of living one’s authentic life
Love – the intense feeling of affection; warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion
Loyalty – a strong feeling of support and allegiance to someone or something
Magic – unexplained events that are wonderful and exciting; something that seems to cast a spell
Magnificent – impressive to the mind or spirit; exceptionally fine
Manifest – the ability to create or bring something into reality, which is evident to the eye
Marvel – one that causes wonder or astonishment
Master – to become skilled or proficient in the use of; to gain a thorough understanding of
Meaning – significant quality; something meant or intended
Motivate – to provide a reason for doing something – to others or oneself
Natural – based on an inherent sense of right and wrong; existing in or produced by nature
New – having recently come into existence
Noble – possessing outstanding qualities
Novel – original or striking especially in conception or style
Now – in this present movement of time
Nurture – to supply with nourishment
Open – to become enlightened or responsive; to give access
Opportunity – a set of circumstances that makes it possible for something
Optimism – to anticipate the best possible outcome
Paramount – superior to all others
Patience – to bear pains or trials calmly or without complaint; steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity
Partnership – working towards something together with another person
Passion – a strong emotion of interest or want
Peace – Freedom
Perseverance – the ability to keep doing something despite challenges and obstacles
Positive – having a good effect
Prayer – a request for help or assistance
Priceless – having a value beyond any price
Quality – degree of excellence
Radiant – vividly bright and shining
Rejuvenate – to provide new energy
Real – having objective independent existence; genuine
Reset – to start again differently
Resilience – the ability to recover from difficulties, adapt, adjust, and keep going forward
Respect – the feeling of deep admiration for something or someone
Rest – to take the necessary time to recharge
Rise – to become heartened or elated; ascend; to respond warmly
Serendipity – the development of events by chance happily and beneficially
Serene – a calm, peaceful feeling without strong negative emotions of any kind
Simplify – to diminish the complexity
Soul – the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe
Stability – firmly established; the strength to stand or endure
Strength – the state of being powerful physically, mentally, or emotionally
Strive – to attempt to achieve or obtain something that is wanted
Success – the accomplishment of an intended purpose.
Support – to give or receive help and assistance towards doing something
Team – a group working together to achieve a mutual aim
Today – the present day, the now, and in this moment
Transform – to change in character or condition
Trust – a firm belief in the truth of something or someone
Try – an attempt or effort to do something
Unity – the state of being united or joined together as a whole
Uplift – to improve the spiritual, social, or intellectual condition of
Upward – toward a higher or better condition or level
Value – to consider or rate highly; relative worth, utility, or importance
Virtue – a particular moral excellence
Vision – the act or power of imagination; unusual foresight
Win – to succeed in arriving at a place or a state
Wealth – the abundance of valuable material possessions or resources
Whole – seemingly complete or total
Wonder – a cause of astonishment or admiration
Wow – a striking success
Worth – of substantial or significant value or merit
Yes – an affirmative answer.
Zeal – eagerness and ardent interest in the pursuit of something