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The Best Inspirational and Motivational Quotes #5

One of my favourite things to pin on Pinterest are phone wallpapers and backgrounds. I like to change my phone’s background at least once a week which I know may seem excessive to a lot of people, but I tend to change my wallpaper to suit my mood. I typically like quite feminine phone wallpapers but I love a good quote, and my quote board on Pinterest is one of my most popular boards – everyone else loves a good quote too, it would appear.

I always have my Quote Pinterest board, and my Phone Wallpapers board pinned within my ‘featured’ boards widget on my Pinterest profile so they’re always easy to find should you want to take a look.

As well as pinning free phone wallpapers, I love to make them too with graphics and fonts I’ve purchased from Etsy and Creative Market so I thought I’d share a selection of them here on my blog occasionally incase you fancy saving them, and using them on your phone. A small selection of these wallpapers are edits of royalty free images. Keep on reading if you’d like to download some free phone wallpapers and backgrounds.

I’ve featured a few different posts containing free phone wallpapers on my blog;

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12

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You’ll find a collection of 50 of the best inspiring and motivational quotes which you can download and use as wallpapers on your phone should you wish to. If you’re on your phone and you want to save one, just press hold the screen and select ‘save’ photo or download photo depending on your browser. If you’re on a laptop or computer, just right click the image and select ‘save as’ to save to your downloads folder.

If you have an iPhone there are some instructions here on how you can change the wallpaper of your mobile phone.

If you have an Android phone there are some instructions here on how you can change the wallpaper of your mobile phone.

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She is at a place in her life where peace is her priority, and negativity cannot exist.

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Rise above the storm and you’ll find the sunshine.

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Life is so ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate the silence and absence to value presence. 

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Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever.

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The rest of your life could be the best of your life.

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Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness, whilst bad days give you experience. 

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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. 

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Making mistakes is better than faking imperfections. 

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Your struggles do not define you, but they shape the person you become when you face them and overcome. 

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Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.

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Silence and smile are two very powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems. Silence is the way to avoid many problems.

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Life is a gift, not a guarantee.

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There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you’ve had enough.

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The soul usually knows what to do to heal. The challenge is to silence the mind.

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every oppurtunity, an optimist sees difficulty in every difficulty.  

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You deserve to be happy. You deserve to live a life you are excited about. Don’t let anyone let you forget that. 

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Two things prevent us from happiness; living in the past, and observing others. 

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Happiness is a direction, not a place. 

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Be the reason someone smiles today.

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P.S Don’t forget to have a great time.

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Be happy with what you have, whilst working for what you want. 

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CTRL + ALT + DELETE – Control yourself, alter your thinking and delete negativity.

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It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. 

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People have a lot to say about lives they’ve never lived.

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Let whoever, think whatever. 

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A soul that carries empathy is a soul that has survived enormous pain.

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You are stronger than you think.

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RMBR: Everyone is still healing from things they don’t talk about.

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Every moment matters.

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Thoughts are not facts. Don’t believe everything you think.

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Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

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Stop feeling like you have to justify to everyone. You are who you are, and if that’s not enough for some people,  that’s their problem. Not yours.

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A big secret about happiness: Forget about anybody that has forgotten about you.

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You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light inside of you.

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I’ve learned that in order for good things to come your way, you must believe you deserve them.

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People will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them and build an empire. 

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I pray you quit overthinking, replaying failed scenarios, feeding self doubt and seeing the good in everyone but yourself. You deserve so much more.

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Do what you gotta do to be happy. Never underestimate the importance of your health, and happiness, and never ever, ever apologise for putting yourself first.

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Dreams will not become reality without discipline. 

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The people in your life should be a source of reducing stress, not causing more of it.

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Stop worrying if people like you. DO you like you?

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Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positive, it’ll take their breath away.

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Silence is better than unnecessary drama.

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Never lie to someone that trusts you. Never trust someone that lies to you.

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Perfection is found in accepting your imperfections. 

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Do not get upset about people or situations. Both are powerless without your reaction.

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Life Tip: DO YOU!

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In a world full of a hate, be love.

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Why cheat? If you’re unhappy, leave.

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Self confidence is a super power. Once you start believing in yourself, magic starts happening.


I would like to give thanks to the following very kind Etsy sellers I purchased graphics from, for giving me permission to create wallpapers with their graphics that I purchased.

I really recommend them should you be looking for beautiful vectors, backgrounds, papers or graphics too; NorthSeaStudio, BeracaInk, ChloeSweeneyDesign The Pinsta Lab Fantasy Cliparts Digital Curio Pixel Jungle IHelpUrArt TheDigiRainbow  JulieCampbellDesigns and Lille Studio.

I really hope you like them and I’ll be sure to add new ones as and when I make them..



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