30 Short Quotes for Instagram Bios (Under 150 Characters)
30 hand-verified short quotes for Instagram bios — from Wilde, Twain, Jobs, Mandela, and Tyra Banks. Every line under 150 characters.
Curated May 2026 · Sources: Wikiquote (Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain pages), Curated short quotes from other QbyQ manifests
Under 100 Characters
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
“Real artists ship.”
“Will is a skill.”
“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
“Hope is a waking dream. ”
“Begin; to begin is half the work.”
“What's well begun, is half done.”
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”
“True love stories never have endings. ”
“Love is a great beautifier. ”
“There is no remedy for love but to love more. ”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“Self-love is the source of all our other loves. ”
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”
“It's not your job to like me — it's mine.”
Witty Bio Lines
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
“Life is too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.”
“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
“If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”
“Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.”
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
“When in doubt, tell the truth.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
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