75 Pick Me up Quotes to Give You a Serotonin Boost on a Bad Day

Feeling stuck in a rut is a terrible experience; sometimes, when one is there, one can not see the light. Learn how to find it by reading the 75 quotes below.

Everyone needs a pick me up now and then, whether it's in the form of friends making them laugh, learning how to change their mindset, or accessing that passion that they seemed to have lost somewhere along the way.

These are only some methods that can be applied in many ways to help individuals find their way back to their old happy selves. Read the 75 quotes below to be inspired and find out more.

Misty Copeland’s quote: “Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful, and believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” | AmoDays

Pick Me Up Quotes on Relying on Others

"As you tumble to the ground, pick me up on your way down." — Charlie Walker

"When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople." — Jenson Button

"The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help." — Demi Lovato

"Sometimes all it takes is one smile from the right person to turn a day around." — Susan Gale

"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful, and believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you." — Misty Copeland

Demi Lovato’s quote: “The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.” | Image: AmoDays

"God picks you up. You don't pick yourself up. You're the one who knocked you down, or even if somebody else knocked you down, your willingness to believe that what they said had value was your conspiring with them, with their effort to knock you down—I've never been able to get myself up, and I've noticed that every time I ask God to pick me up—he does." — Marianne Williamson

"You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay; sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day." — Sarah McLachlan

Pick Me Up Quotes on the Importance of Mindset

"If you think you can't, you're right." — Carol Bartz

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power." — William James

"A negative mind will never give you a positive life." — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Carol Bartz’ quote: "If you think you can't, you're right." | Image: AmoDays

"Thoughts become things." — Mike Dooley

"Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe that you deserve it, and believe it's possible for you." — Jack Canfield

"To succeed, we must believe that we can." — Michael Korda

"Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see a shadow." — Helen Keller

Mike Dooley’s quote: “Thoughts become things.” | Image: AmoDays

"People get disturbed not so much by events but by the view which they take of them." — Epictetus

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." — Lou Holtz

"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you." — Dan Millman

"Just keep swimming." — Dory "Finding Nemo"

Ziad K. Abdelnour’s quote: “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” | Image: AmoDays

"A negative thinker sees difficulty in every opportunity. A positive thinker sees an opportunity in every difficulty." — Zig Ziglar

"A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you." — Joyce Meyer

"If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand." — Bob Proctor

Pick Me Up Quotes on Passion, Dreaming, and Ambition

"It always seems impossible until it's done." — Nelson Mandela

"If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough." — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Robert Breault’s quote: "The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze." | Image: AmoDays

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." — Friedrich Nietzsche

"Once you choose hope, anything is possible." — Christopher Ree

"The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze." — Robert Breault

Og Mandino’s quote: "The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them." | Image: AmoDays

"A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success." — Mahatma Gandhi

"Real success is making art your whole life." — Kay WalkingStick

Pick Me Up Quotes on Shutting Out the Noise

"Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions." — Pema Chodron

"Belafonte sent his people to pick me up, and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States—little me!" — Miriam Makeba

Steve Jobs’s quote: “Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.” | Image: AmoDays

"I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself." — Albert Einstein

"I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat." — Sylvester Stallone

"If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can't hear them anymore." — Michele Ruiz

"Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice." — Steve Jobs

William W. Purkey’s quote: “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like its heaven on earth.” | Image: AmoDays

"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are." — Lady Gaga

"Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success." — William J. H. Boetcker

"As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run down by every critic of the period." — Claude Monet

"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like its heaven on earth." — William W. Purkey

Lady Gaga's quote: "Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are." | Image: AmoDays

Pick Me Up Quotes on Willpower and Never Giving Up

"If you're going through hell, keep going." — Winston Churchill

"You just can't beat the person who won't give up." — Babe Ruth

"A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine." — Bob Gibson

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." — Dale Carnegie

Winston Churchill’s quote: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” | Image: AmoDays

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." — Harriet Stowe

"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs, one step at a time." — Joe Girard

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." — Michael Jordan

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." — Thomas Edison

"There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — A. A. Milne

Babe Ruth’s quote: "You just can't beat the person who won’t give up.” | Image: AmoDays

"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat." — Plato

"The greatest weapon against stress is your ability to choose one thought over another." — William James

"Luck plays no role in art world success. It's your own responsibility to create your success, which is a result of making thousands of constant decisions—focused, professional tenacity—day after day of keeping commitments to yourself and to those you make promises to. If you fail, it's all your fault. If you succeed, you deserve all the credit." — Mark Kostabi

Pick Me Up Quotes about Stressing Less

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." — Oprah Winfrey

Eckhart Tolle’s quote: “Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” | Image: AmoDays

"We just need to be kinder to ourselves. If we treated ourselves the way we treated our best friend, can you imagine how much better off we would be?" — Meghan Markle

"The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort, or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal." — Deepak Chopra

"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be." — Eckhart Tolle

Quotes to Give You a Quick Pick Me Up

"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." — Wayne Dyer

"Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've done before." — Bonnie Blair

Lucille Ball’s quote: “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” | Image: AmoDays

"I'm sitting, waiting to get on the freeway, and I'm waiting my [expletive] off. I look over at the side of the road, and there's a hitchhiker with a sign it says, 'Pick me up, and you can drive in the carpool lane.' I got to tell you, he was kind of smelly, but he was a good conversationalist." — Doug Benson

"Like most women, I hate when a guy tries to pick me up by saying, 'You are the hottest girl I've ever seen.' It's totally unrealistic. There are beautiful women everywhere." — Karen McDougal

"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do, and you'll achieve the same results." — Tony Robbins

"Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier." — Bruce Springsteen

Charlie Chaplin ‘s quote: “Nothing is permanent in this world—not even your troubles.” | Image: AmoDays

"Would you let the aliens land, please? They might be here to pick me up." — Bill Hicks

"I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up." — Bobby Bonilla

"My grandmother used to embarrass me more when she would pick me up from school wearing a big fuzzy hat. I didn't like that." — Adam Sandler

"Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." — Lucille Ball

"There's still time to change the road you're on." — Led Zeppelin

Bonnie Blair’s quote: “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.” | Image: AmoDays

"If the police ever try to pick me up, Michael Jackson told me I can hide out at his house." — Gilbert Gottfried

"A man has always wanted to lay me down, but he never wanted to pick me up." — Eartha Kitt

"Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up." — Nina Garcia

"Nothing is permanent in this world—not even your troubles." — Charlie Chaplin

"When one door closes, another one opens." — Alexander Graham Bell

Wayne Dyer’s quote: “Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” | Image: AmoDays

While these methods can be extremely useful, human beings are complex and sometimes may need more help than usual. In this case, speaking to a mental health professional is advisable.

Whatever state we may find ourselves in, it is crucial to at least try to find some level of self-love and acceptance; otherwise, taking any steps will be much more difficult. Read these 125 self-worth quotes to get you going.