Many people enjoy putting English phrases on their Facebook or Whatsapp statuses. Phrases that, despite meaning the same as in Spanish, seem to take on another dimension. Some individuals use them to show that they are fluent in the language, others simply because they think they sound better, but the fact is that they are used almost as if they were memes.

The concept of meme was first coined by biologist Richard Dawkins to refer to cultural elements that, as they spread through society from one person to another and become more widespread, are reminiscent of the way genes are transmitted from generation to generation. Short phrases in English are comparable to one of these elements , as they are practically used as conventional ways of expressing feelings or life slogans. Here are some examples.

Short phrases in English

If you also like to use some English phrases in your social networks from time to time, in this article you will find a list of short phrases in this language. If you don’t know English don’t worry, all the quotes are translated.

1. Well done is better than well said

  • Translation: Well done is better than well said

Benjamin Franklin reminds us that words are carried away by the wind.

2. Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing

  • Translation: Successful management requires learning as quickly as the world changes

A phrase that deals with business success.

3. Where there is love there is life

  • Translation: Where there is love, there is life

A beautiful quote from Mahatma Gandhi about the greatness of love.

4. Once you choose hope, anything’s possible

  • Translation: When you choose hope, anything is possible

They say that hope is the last thing you lose. And that’s true.

5. Try it again. Fail again. Fail better

  • Translation: Try again. Fail again. Fail better

Failure is a part of life and it’s a great opportunity to grow.

6. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud

  • Translation: try to be the rainbow in someone else’s cloud

A reflection by Maya Angelou on how beautiful it can be to love someone.

7. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom

  • Translation: Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom

Wise people have learned to be honest .

8. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

  • Translation: If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

A phrase that talks about how we can change the perception of things.

9. Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

  • Translation: Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it

It is always better to share happiness with others.

10. You change your life by changing your heart

  • Translation: You change your life by changing your heart

We can change the world, but first we must change the heart.

11. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today

  • Translation: Dream like you’re going to live forever. Live like you’re going to die today

A phrase that invites you to live the moment with maximum intensity.

12. Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life

  • Translation: Love is life. If you miss love, you miss life

It’s always better to give out love than to give out war.

13. It’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped

  • Translation: It is in your moments of decision that your destiny takes shape

Our choices determine to a greater or lesser extent our future.

14. The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it

  • Translation: The best way to pay for a great moment is to enjoy it

We can only live the present once. So it’s better to enjoy it.

15. You only live once

  • Translation: You only live once

Similar to the previous sentence. It invites you to live the present as if there were no tomorrow,

16. Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity

  • Translation: Always look for the seed of triumph in every adversity

A motivating phrase in English, to be remembered in difficult times.

17. Love as long as you live

  • Translation: Love as you live

Why waste your life hating? Better to give your best.

18. I will go anywhere as long as it is forward

  • Translation: I’ll go anywhere, as long as it’s forward

You have to be proactive, always on the move.

19. Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds

  • Translation: No hard work, nothing grows except weeds

A sentence that invites you to make an effort and to give your best.

20. The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda

  • Translation: The secret of success is determined by our day-to-day agenda.

A phrase from John C. Maxwell that reveals the secret of success.

21. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door

  • Translation: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door

You don’t have to wait for opportunities to come, but go out and look for them.

22. The dreamers are the saviors of the world

  • Translation: Dreamers are the saviors of the world

Having dreams and trying to achieve them is what keeps us motivated.

23. You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear

  • Translation: You always have two options: your commitment against your fear

Uncertainty can always exist, but you have to be brave.

24. Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail

  • Translation: Create and act as if it were impossible to fail

We often put limitations on ourselves.

25. Turn your wounds into wisdom

  • Translation: Transform your wounds into wisdom

A quote that talks about resilience and how important it is.

26. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

  • Translation: There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going

In other words, the cheap ends up being expensive.

27. The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dream

  • Translation: The greatest adventure you can embark on is to live the life of your dreams

If you want to be a happy person, you must pursue your dreams .

28. Enthusiasm moves the world

  • Translation: Enthusiasm moves the world

Enthusiasm can be considered a synonym for motivation.

29. Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you

  • Translation: Keep your face always towards the light of the Sun, and the shadows will fall on your back

Moving forward no matter what happens is what helps us achieve our goals.

30. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often

  • Translation: To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often

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31. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark

  • Translation: It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark

A reflection on the need to prepare for difficult times.Another of those short phrases which, despite their brevity, invite us to think deeply.

32. I would rather die of passion than of boredom

  • Translation : I’d rather die of passion than boredom

The great Vincent van Gogh gives us this beautiful phrase.

33. Light tomorrow with today!

  • Translation: Light up tomorrow with today!

The here and now is what counts. What we do today will have repercussions on tomorrow.

34. You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind

  • Translation: You can’t have a positive life and a negative mind

One of those positive phrases that makes you see life differently.

35. If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough

  • Translation: If you have everything under control, you don’t move fast enough

A certain touch of irony comes from this sentence.

36. Laugh as much as you breathe

  • Translation: Laugh as much as you breathe

Breathing is vital and important, but so is laughing.

37. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant

  • Translation: Do not judge every day by what you reap, but by the seeds you sow

In other words, you reap what you sow. The phrase is by Robert Louis Stevenson

38. You cannot have negative mind and pretend that you’ll be successful

  • Translation: You can’t have a negative mind and think you’ll succeed.

This short phrase in English reminds us that we must make our mentality and our life goals consistent.

39. With pain comes strength

  • Translation: With pain comes strength

Negative experiences are what make us truly grow.

40. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts

  • Translation: Success is not the end, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue what counts

Without a doubt, one of the keys to success is perseverance.

41. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse

  • Translation: I attribute my success to this: I never make excuses

Excuses can limit us in our growth . They are a way of not facing reality.

42. Start wide, expand further, and never look back

  • Translation: Start wide, expand beyond that and never look back

Arnold Schwarzenegger, in addition to being an actor, bodybuilder and governor, also utters personal development phrases like this.

43. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  • Translation: You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough

A quote from Mae West that invites you to do things right.

44. With love and patience, nothing is impossible

  • Translation: With love and patience, nothing is impossible

Patience and love, two qualities that make us special.

45. Be the change you want to see in the world

  • Translation: Be the change you want to see in the world

Start by changing the world yourself.

46. We live with the scars we choose

  • Translation: We live with the scars we choose

When things go wrong for us, we have two options: to give up or to go on stronger than before.

47. Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye

  • Translation: Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible

Sensitive people perceive things that others may not.

48. Only do what your heart tells you

  • Translation: Do only what your heart tells you

If you want to be happy, follow the advice of your heart.

49. Love conquers all

  • Translation: Love conquers all

If anything can conquer the world, that is love . One of the short sentences in English that talk about the importance of feelings.

50. Love is the beauty of the soul

  • Translation: Love is the beauty of the soul

St. Augustine, on how beautiful the soul is.

51. A goal is a dream with a deadline

  • Translation: A goal is a dream with a deadline

The best goals are those that come from the heart.

52. Who seeks shall find

  • Translation: He who seeks finds

A phrase similar to the popular saying: “he who follows her gets her”.

53. If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success

  • Translation: If you don’t have critics you probably won’t succeed

Criticism can often be constructive.

54. With love and patience, nothing is impossible

  • Translation: With love and patience, nothing is impossible

Both qualities are indispensable for success in this life.

55. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life

  • Translation: Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life

If you don’t enjoy the present, you can’t enjoy the future.

56. Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument

  • Translation: Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument

Communication skills are essential to relate to others .

57. Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

  • Translation: Trust in dreams, because in them is hidden the key to eternity

A nice quote that can be used perfectly as a Facebook status.

58. The best dreams happen when you’re awake

Translation: The best dreams happen when you’re awake

Few sentences on this list can surpass in beauty this dictation of Cherie Gilderbloom.

59. The harder I work, the luckier I get

  • Translation: The more I work, the luckier I get

There’s a great relationship between working hard and being lucky.

60. If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it. Teach yourself to be impatient

  • Translation: If you want something genuinely. Teach yourself to be impatient.

True goals are those one pursues with the heart.

61. It is by acts and not by ideas that people live

  • Translation: People live by acts, not ideas

Words are useless if actions do not match them.

62. The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have

  • Translation: What we are is what we do with what we have

Actions define us more than we can say.

63. Well done is better than well said

  • Translation: Well done is better than well said

A phrase that has the same meaning as the previous one. Words are carried away by the wind.

64. Success is where preparation and opportunity meet

  • Translation: Success is where preparation and opportunity meet

Opportunities can arise, but you have to be there to see them coming.

65. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony

  • Translation: Happiness is when what you think, what

    Mahatma Gandhi reminding us what happiness is. .

    66. Change your thoughts and you change your world

    • Translation: Change your thoughts and change your world

    If we want a better world, the first thing we have to do is change our ideas.

    67. There is only one happiness in this life, to love and to be loved

    Translation: There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

    Love makes us happier than hate. Too bad we don’t always have it in mind.

    68. We become what we think about

    • Translation: We are what we think

    Our thoughts have a decisive influence on our behaviour.

    69. Eighty percent of success is showing up

    • Translation: 80% of success is in showing up

    A quote that refers to the importance of action to achieve success.

    70. If there is no struggle, there is no progress

    • Translation: If there is no struggle there is progress

    These words are similar to the phrase: “no pain, no gain”.

    71. Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams

    • Translation: Never let your memories be greater than your dreams

    Dreams are like our engine in life .

    72. Everything you can imagine is real

    • Translation: Everything you can imagine is real

    Pablo Picasso was not only a painter, but also a philosopher.

    73. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them

    • Translation: All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them

    In difficult times, courage and bravery can get us out of the pit.

    74. It’s not what you look at what matters, it’s what you see

    • Translation: It is not what you look at that matters, but what you see

    A great line that’s sure to make you think.

    75. A smile is happiness that you will find under your nose

    • Translation: A smile is happiness that you will find under your nose

    The happiness is reflected in your face thanks to the smile.

    76. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself

    • Translation: Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself

    Personal development depends on each individual, and on the path they decide to take.

    77. You must do the things you think you cannot do

    • Translation: You must do the things you think you cannot do

    To grow, you have to leave the comfort zone . You have to try different things.

    78. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light

    • Translation: It is during our darkest moments that we must focus on seeing the light.

    We begin to see when we’ve been in the dark.

    79. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant

    • Translation: Do not judge every day by what you reap, but by the seeds you sow

    The objectives have to be achieved step by step.

    80. The power of imagination makes us infinite

    • Translation: The power of imagination makes us infinite

    Imagination has immense power. That’s why dreams take us where they do.