76 Inspiring and motivational welcome may quotes

After a long winter and many April showers, the chances are that you are more than ready for the new beginning that the month of May brings.

May has always been my favorite spring month. Where we live in the northern hemisphere, we are finally clear of the never ending downpour of rain that each April day seems to bring.

It’s the perfect time for a fresh start!

To help you embrace the new adventures awaiting you throughout the month of May, I have put together this collection of 76 motivational welcome May quotes.

Just like our list of April quotes, this collection of May motivational quotes is a great way to set new goals and new intentions for the month while stepping outside of your comfort zone with positive thoughts and confidence.

Get outside where the sun shines and enjoy the longer days while taking advantage of this beautiful new month!

76 Motivational Welcome May Quotes

“May your mistakes be stepping stones to success, for they hold valuable lessons.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” – J.P. Morgan
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? Whenever the answer is ‘no’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – Steve Jobs
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” – C. Joybell C.
“Life is a canvas. Paint it with positive action, and you’ll create a masterpiece that reflects the greatness of your journey.”
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca
“May your journey be full of discovery, and may you find beauty in unexpected places.” – Sheryl Sandberg
“The early days of Spring are an opportunity for a fresh new perspective.”
“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
“Spring is the fairest of seasons, adorned in nature’s palette, painting the world with her fairest colors.”
“Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire” – John Milton
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” – Fennel Hudson

“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” - Fennel Hudson

Inspirational May Quotes

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.” – John Milton
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“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
“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
“May your love be unconditional, for it has the power to transform lives.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.” – Haruki Murakami
“Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. – James Thomson
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.”
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses.” – C. JoyBell C.
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity!” – Albert Einstein
“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” – Lao Tzu
“A dead end is just a good place to turn around.” – Naomi Judd

“A dead end is just a good place to turn around.” – Naomi Judd

My Favorite Spring Quotes

“You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.” – James R. Sherman
“May the work you do be a reflection of the passion inside you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum
“Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.” – Lao Tzu
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald
“All things seem possible in May” – Edwin Way Teale
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” – Mark Twain
“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“You become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.” – Victor Hugo
“Every day is a series of choices.”
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore
“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley
“The most beautiful springs are those that come after the most horrible winters.” – Mehmet Murat İldan
“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

May Quotes About Hope

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Sweet May hath come to love us. Flowers, trees, their blossoms don.” – Heinrich Heine
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
“May your choices be guided by your heart, for it knows the way.” – Aarti Khurana
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
“It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.” – John Guare
“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Let the beauty of May renew your spirit and inspire your journey.”
“Most people think that faith means believing something; oftener it means trying something, giving it a chance to prove itself” – Henry Ford
“Simply with a change of mind you can change your life.” – Deepak Chopra
“Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.” – Olivia Newton-John
“The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.” – S. Brown
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird, that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes
“Hope is like the sun. If you only believe it when you see it you’ll never make it through the night.” – Leia Organa (Star Wars)

Using Motivational Welcome May Quotes

My hope for you is that this list of inspirational quotes and the new month are the first step toward a fresh beginning for you.

With longer days and summer being right around the corner, this is the perfect time to set and start working toward new goals and new intentions.

What will you do with your brand new start?

Check out our list of inspirational new month quotes for more motivation to take advantage of the fresh beginning that this new month brings! And get ready for the first month of the summer with our list of 100 positive June quotes!

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