Although we don’t recommend using inspirational email signature quotes in your company email signature, they do serve a purpose in personal or informal email communication. That purpose may be to make someone laugh with a funny quote or to make someone feel better with an inspirational quote. That is why we have put together a list of the best and most popular quotes that you can add to your email signature.
If you don’t have an email signature yet, you can always create a free one here and place your favorite quote into it.
Inspirational Quotes
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
Positive Quotes
“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” – Jenn Proske
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” – Hans Selye
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” – Brian Tracy
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” – Walt Disney
“Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.” – Alek Wek
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” – Bennett Cerf
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
Funny Quotes
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead
“A woman’s mind is cleaner than a man’s: She changes it more often.” – Oliver Herford
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” – Mark Twain
“Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I.” – Oscar Levant
“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” – Katharine Hepburn
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
“Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” – Laurence J. Peter
Life Quotes
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins
“There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.” – Chris Rock
“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand
“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.” – Hugh Prather
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
Business Quotes
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” – Michael LeBoeuf
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” – Don Marquis
“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
“If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.” – Jeff Bezos
“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” – Peter Drucker
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs
“If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” – B. C. Forbes
“Great companies are built on great products.” – Elon Musk
Inspirational quotes are excellent.
Thank You!
Entertaining and inspirational quotes 🙂
All too often the email signature is overlooked as a way to add a creative and individual touch while still being in keeping with your personal or professional brand. This is a fantastic article and I love how the quotes here were categorized (my fave one was the Lyndon B Johnson one). Thanks for this wonderful resource – it’s a great help for anyone, whether for a personal email or a work email signature.