Motivational Quotes
Why do we even need motivational quotes? The answer is we need to be reminded of how creative and powerful we can be. Whether we want to be more productive, motivate our employees, get out of our comfort zone to get work done, stop procrastination, start a business, etc. we need empowering words to take us through hard times.
Here are 600+ Motivational Quotes to inspire you to greatness and be your best self.
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- “We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein
- “Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” — Mark Twain
- “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.”— Eleanor Roosevelt
- “When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale
- “Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.”—Diane McLaren
Motivational quotes about success
- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
- “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
- “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
- “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge
- “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers
- “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
- “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella
Motivational quotes for life
- “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
- “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown
- “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs
- “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law
- “To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” —Dorothy West
- “Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins
Motivational quotes for work
- “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell
- “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
- “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
- “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho
- “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
- “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
- “It’s not about better time management. It’s about better life management” — Alexandra of The Productivity Zone
Motivational quotes for women
- “On my own, I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” ―Oprah Winfrey
- “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ―Malala Yousafzai
- “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” ―Janis Joplin
- “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” ―Sara Blakely
- “Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” ―Judy Garland
- “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” ―Joan Rivers
- “Done is better than perfect.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
- Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.” — Cindy Gallop
- We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do.” — Arlan Hamilton
- “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
- “The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could.” — Unknown
- “Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko
- “Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” — Lady Gaga
- “I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be.” ―Michelle Obama
- “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ” ― Roseanne Barr
- “No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!” ― T D Jakes
- “A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.” ― George Meredith
- “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
- “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” – Sheryl Sandberg
- “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright
- “Women must learn to play the game as men do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” — Ayn Rand
Motivational quotes for men
- “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” — Confucius
- “Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
- “One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
- “One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” – Confucius Kongzi
- “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” – Dale Carnegie
- “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
- “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
- “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” ―Richard Branson
- “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot
- “What hurts you blesses you.” ―Rumi
- ‘Nothing is stronger than a broken man rebuilding himself.” ―Unknown
- “I always thought it was me against the world and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.” ―Kendrick Lamar
- “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” ―Richard Nixon
- “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” ―Paulo Coelho
- “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” ―Dhirubhai Ambani
- “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ―Bruce Lee
- “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.” ―Robin Williams
Motivational Quotes For Kids
- “Be a fruit loop in a world of Cheerios.” ―Unknown
- “Dream beautiful dreams, and then work to make those dreams come true.” ―Spencer W. Kimball
- “Be the change you want to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
- “Believe you can and you will.” ―Unknown
- “Do the right thing even when no one is looking.” ―Unknown
- “Make today the day you learn something new.” –Unknown
- “Be silly, be honest, be kind.’ ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “If you think someone could use a friend. Be one.” ―Unknown
- “It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.” ―Epictetus
- “You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” ―Unknown
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ―Abraham Lincoln
- “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” ―G.K. Nielson
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ―Sam Levenson
- “You can’t have a million dollar dream on a minimum wage work ethic.” ―Unknown
- “You must do the kind of things you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It’s not what you do once in a while, it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.” ―Jenny Craig
- “Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die.” ―Brian Vaszily
- “Wealth isn’t about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options.” ―Chris Rock
- “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.” ―Derek Jeter
Motivational quotes for students
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
- “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” — George Lorimer
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart
- “You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.” —John Graham
- “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” —Augustine Og Mandino
Funny motivational quotes
- “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
- “Be a positive energy trampoline – absorb what you need and rebound more back.” — Dave Carolan
- “People often say motivation that doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
- “Work your bank account until looks like a phone number.” — Unknown
- “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” — Oscar Wilde
- “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” — Winnie the Pooh
- “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer
- “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
- “Always be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the “m” is silent.” ―Unknown
- Never let anyone treat you like you’re regular glue. You’re glitter glue.
- “If you fall―I’ll be there.” ―Floor
- “When Plan A doesn’t work, don’t worry, you still have 25 more letters to go through.” ―Unknown
- “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ―Dalai Lama
- “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” ―Steven Wright
- “A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” ―Unknown
- “I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.’ ―Groucho Marx
- “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” ―Kyle Chandler
Team Motivational Quotes
- “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” — Michael Jordan
- “Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.” — Vince Lombardi
- “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” — Andrew Carnegie
- “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford
- “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
- “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” — Patrick Lencioni
- “I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” — Jean-Francois Cope
Short Motivational Quotes
- “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” — Dalai Lama
- “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosser
- “Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.” — Gary Vaynerchuk
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
- “Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality” — Les Brown
- “If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.” Mark Cuban
- “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen R. Covey
Motivational Monday quotes
- “One day or day one. You decide.” —Unknown
- “It’s Monday … time to motivate and make dreams and goals happen. Let’s go!” —Heather Stillufsen
- “It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.” ―Marcus Zusak
- “Goodbye, blue Monday.” ―Kurt Vonnegut
- “So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more positive partnership.” ―Julio-Alexi Genao
- “When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” —Ella Woodword
- “Monday c’est Mon Day.” —Unknown
- “All Motivation Mondays need are a little more coffee and a lot more mascara.” —Unknown
- “I’m alive, motivated and ready to slay the day #MONSLAY.” —Unknown
Hustle Motivational Quotes
- “No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become ‘Successful.’” ―Jaymin Shah
- “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” ―Abraham Lincoln
- “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ―Thomas Edison
- “Every successful person in the world is a hustler one way or another. We all hustle to get where we need to be. Only a fool would sit around and wait on another man to feed him.” ―K’wan
- “Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” ―Unknown
- “Hustlers don’t sleep, they nap.” ―Unknown
- “Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” ―Ross Simmonds
- “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” ―Gary Vaynerchuk
- “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.” ―Mark Cuban
- “Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.” ―Unknown
- “Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!“ – David Dweck
- “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.” – Germany Kent
- “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” — William James
- “One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.” — Edmond Mbiaka
- “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
- “You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin.” ―Gordon B. Hinckley
- “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love…” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
Friday motivational quotes
- “Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”—Kate Summers
- “Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.” —S. O’Sade
- “Every Friday, I like to high five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.” —Nanea Hoffman
- “When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails) take a break you will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break.” —Catherine Pulsifer
- “Make Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of knowing that you just didn’t put in time to the next paycheck.” —Byron Pulsifer
- “I challenge you to let every day be a Friday. Permit yourself to be happy every day.” —Joel Osteen
- “This Friday, finish your work and be done. Look forward to the weekend and have some fun!” —Kate Summers
- “Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” —Lauren Oliver
- “It’s Friday morning, mankind! Good vibe, don’t frown and let the monster see you smile!” —Napz Cherub Pellazo
- “Don’t worry about letting the dogs out. It’s Friday! Let them have a great weekend, too.”―Anthony T. Hincks
Best Motivational Quotes To Start Your Day
- “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” —Zig Ziglar
- “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picasso
- “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” —Angela Bassett
- “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
- “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” ―David Ogilvy
- “I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.” —Barbara Elaine Smith
- “If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.” —Tobias Lütke
Positive Quotes For Motivation
- “Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” ―Anne Lamott
- “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” —Warren Buffet
- “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” ―Mortimer J. Adler
- “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ―A.A. Milne
- “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” ―Martha Graham
- “Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself.” ―Jason Fried
- “He that can have patience can have what he will.” ―Benjamin Franklin
- “The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis
- “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson
- “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” —Mia Hamm
Daily Motivational Quotes
- “Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs
- “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein
- “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain
- “If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
- “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ―Jim Rohn
- “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ―Abraham Lincoln
- “Live out of your imagination, not your history.” —Stephen Covey
- “Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage.” —Unknown
- “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” ―Epicurus
- Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
- “If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.” ―Clayton M. Christensen
Inspirational Quotes For Life
- “I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.” —Jay-Z
- “Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. The best moment of my life was the day I realized that I no longer give a damn what anybody thinks. That’s enormously liberating and freeing, and it’s the only way to live your life and do your business” — Cindy Gallop
- “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ―Arthur C. Clarke
- “Worry is a misuse of imagination.” —Unknown
- “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ―Maya Angelou
- “I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” —Edna Mode
- “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Unknown
- “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” —Steve Furtick
- “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
- “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” —Arianna Huffington
- “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong
- “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
- “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne Dyer
- “We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.” — Arthur Ashe
- “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” — Bill Gates
Encouraging Quotes For Life And Business
- I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been given a no. Only to find that a better, brighter, bigger yes was right around the corner.” — Arlan Hamilton
- “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” — Ariana Huffington
- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
- “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” — Wayne Dyer
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
- “Hustle beats talent when talent doesn’t hustle” – Ross Simmonds
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
- “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas A. Edison
- “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston
- “You carry the passport to your own happiness.” —Diane von Furstenberg
- “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” —Drake
- “Ideation without execution is delusion.” — Robin Sharma
- “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale
- “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” —Laird Hamilton
- “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.” —Vincent van Gogh
- “If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” —Maria Edgeworth
- “Resilience is when you address uncertainty with flexibility.” —Unknown
- “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” —Raymond Joseph Teller
- “It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” —Paul Bryant
- “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” —Henry David Thoreau
- “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” — C.S. Lewis
Best Motivating Quotes
- “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
- “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron
- “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ―Octavia Butler
- “The best way out is always through.” ―Robert Frost
- “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
- “Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.” ―Bill Walsh
- “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” —Ruth Gordo
- “Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.” —Paul Graham
- “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
- “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas
- “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese
- “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy
Motivational New Year Quotes
- You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” — Dr. Seuss
- “I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
- “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
- “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
- “If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.” —Childish Gambino
- “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
- “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
- “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
- “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
- “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
- “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
- “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
- “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
- “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm
- “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan
Success Quotes
- “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” —Tina Fey
- “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” —Charlie Munger
- “When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.” —Melissa McCarthy
- “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin
- “The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.” —David Hurley
- “I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton
- “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ―Winston Churchill
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
- “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
- “Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” —Walt Disney
- “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” —Helen Keller
Motivational quotes for entrepreneurs
- “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” —Mark Twain
- “I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
- “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” —Mary Kay Ash
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” ―Chinese Proverb
- “Only the paranoid survives.” —Andy Grove
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth
- “I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push this company in the next 24 hours.’” —Leah Busque
- “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” —Michele Ruiz
- “Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it. Sauté it. Whatever. MAKE.” —Joss Whedon
- “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 it’s heaven on earth.” —William W. Purkey
- “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”―Neil Gaiman
- “Everything you can imagine is real.”―Pablo Picasso
- “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ―Helen Keller
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” ―Lewis Carroll
- “Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” —Socrates
- “Do what you feel in your heart to be right―for you’ll be criticized anyway.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ―Dalai Lama XIV
- “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ―Abraham Lincoln
- “The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” —Unknown
- “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” —Catherine Pulsifier
- “You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.” —Unknown
- “Impossible is just an opinion.” —Paulo Coelho
- “Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” —Isabelle Lafleche
- “Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” —Elon Musk
- “Hold the vision, trust the process.” —Unknown
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller
- “People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” —Unknown
Motivational Quotes For Employees
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ―Aristotle
- “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
- “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” ―Marissa Mayer
- “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” ―Vincent Van Gogh
- “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ―Anne Frank
- “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ―Vincent Van Gogh
- “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” ―Simon Sinek
- “Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.’ ―A.C. Benson
- “Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” ―Stanley McChrystal
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ―Lou Holtz
- “The hard days are what make you stronger.” ―Aly Raisman
- “If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” ―Wayne Dyer
- “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” ―Shonda Rhimes
- “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ―Kurt Cobain
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ―Roy T. Bennett
- “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” ―Frank Ocean
- “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ―H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ―Tim Notke
- “If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough.” ―Mario Andretti
- “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ―Jimmy Johnson
- “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ―Oscar Wilde
- “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” ―Benjamin Hardy
- “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” ―Kamari aka Lyrikal
- “Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” ―Leah LaBelle
- “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” ―Mother Teresa
- “If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” ―Kenneth Goldsmith
- “The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” ―Oprah Winfrey
- “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
- “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” ―Unknown
- “Amateus sit around and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” ―Stephen King
- “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” ―Steve Jobs
- “Nothing will work unless you do.” ―Maya Angelou
- “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” ―Christine Caine
- “Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” ―Unknown
- “Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.” ―Unknown
- “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” ―Anne Frank
- “Don’t quit yet, the worst moments are usually followed by the most beautiful silver linings. You have to stay strong, remember to keep your head up and remain hopeful.” ―Unknown
- “When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters―one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” ―John F. Kennedy
- “Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ’Til your good is better and your better is best.” ―St. Jerome.
Short Motivational Quotes For Life And Inspiration
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ―Albert Einstein
- “Dreams don’t work unless you do.” ―John C. Maxwell
- “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” ―Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
- “What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” ―Lionel from the movie Maid in Manhattan
- “Make each day your masterpiece.” ―John Wooden
- “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” ―Confucius
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ―Oprah Winfrey
- “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” ―Helen Keller
- “Begin anywhere.” ―John Cage
Motivational quotes for success And Life
- “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.” ―Thomas J. Watson
- “Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” ―Gabby Douglas
- “To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It’s about embracing the pain that you’ll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.” ―Summer Sanders
- Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.
- “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” ―Warren Buffett
- “You can cry, scream, and bang your head in frustration but keep pushing forward. It’s worth it.”” —
- “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” ―Muhammad Ali
- “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ―Maya Angelou
- “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ―Katharine Hepburn
- “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” ―Herb Brooks
- “Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” ―Yuri Kochiyama
- “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” ―Abraham Lincoln
- “Never regret anything that made you smile.” ―Mark Twain
- “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
- “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” ―Buddha
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ―Suzy Kassem
- “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” ―Nelson Mandela
- “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot
- “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” ―C.S. Lewis
- Motivational Quotes for Life
- Business motivational quotes
- “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” ―Tim Ferriss
- “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ―Martin Luther King Jr.
- “It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but a good amount of it actually is.” ―Unknown
- “When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.” —
- “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” ―Estée Lauder
- “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” ―Lalah Deliah
- “If you’re too comfortable, it’s time to move on. Terrified of what’s next? You’re on the right track.” ―Susan Fales-Hill
- “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” ―Helen Keller
- “Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” ―Arabic proverb
- “The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.” ―Frank Sinatra
- Business Motivational QuotesGeneral motivational quotes
- “You’re so much stronger than your excuses.” ―Unknown
- “Don’t compare yourself to others. Be like the sun and the moon and shine when it’s your time.” ―Unknown
- “Don’t tell everyone your plans, instead show them your results.” ―Unknown
- “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” ―Maya Angelou
- “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ―Steve Martin
- “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” ―Hillary Clinton
- “This is a reminder to you to create your own rule book, and live your life the way you want it.” ―Reese Evans
- “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” ―Angelina Jolie
- You can do it quotes
- “Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” ―John Wooden
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
- ‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” ―George Eliot
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ―Walt Disney
- “Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” ―Baz Luhrmann
- “Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” ―Unknown
- “You can do anything you set your mind to.” ―Benjamin Franklin
- “All we can do is the best we can do.” ―David Axelrod
- “You never know what you can do until you try.” ―William Cobbett
- “Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” ―Mark Twain
- Inspirational motivational quotes
- “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” ―Wayne W. Dyer
- “It’s OK to outgrow people who don’t grow. Grow tall anyways.” ―Unknown
- “When you feel like giving up just remember that there are a lot of people you still have to prove wrong.” ―Unknown
- “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” ―Nishan Panwar
- “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” ―Chantal Sutherland
- “A walk to a nearby park may give you more energy and inspiration in life than spending two hours in front of a screen.” ―Tsang Lindsay
- “If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.” ―Tony Gaskins
- “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ―C.S. Lewis
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ―Rumi
- “I can and I will. Watch me.” ―Carrie Green
- Inspirational Motivational QuotesFamous motivational quotes
- “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela
- “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ―Jack Welch
- “The only thing standing in the way between you and your goal is the BS story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” ―Jordan Belfort
- “What is life without a little risk?” ―J.K. Rowling
- “Only do what your heart tells you.” ―Princess Diana
- “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” ―Grace Hopper
- “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” ―Florence Nightingale
- Motivational quotes from books
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”―Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
- “Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” ―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
- “Don’t think or judge, just listen.”―Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
- “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ―Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ―Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
- “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”―Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ―Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
- “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ―J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
- “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”―Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”―Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- Motivational quotes from movies
- “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” ―The Lion King
- “We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” ―Mary Poppins
- “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”―Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- “I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” ―Pretty in Pink
- “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” ―The Godfather
- “No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” ―The Greatest Showman
- “Spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” ―The Breakfast Club
- “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” ―Pirates of the Caribbean
- “Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” ―Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- “You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” ―Good Will Hunting
- Motivational Quotes from MoviesMotivational song lyrics
- “And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance … I hope you dance.” ―”I Hope You Dance,” Lee Ann Womack
- “Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.” ―”Try,” P!nk
- “Life’s a game made for everyone and love is the prize” ―”Wake Me Up,” Avicii
- “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a life for me and I’m feeling good.” ―”Feeling Good,” Michael Buble
- “Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” ―”Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
- “It’s my life. It’s now or never. I ain’t gonna live forever. I just want to live while I’m alive.” ―”It’s My Life,” Bon Jovi
- “I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me.” ―”New Romantics,” Taylor Swift
- “Cause the grass is greener under me bright as technicolor, I can tell that you can see.” ―”Sorry Not Sorry,” Demi Lovato
- “Every day women and men become legends.” ―”Glory,” John Legend and Common
Deep Meaning Motivational Quotes
- “‘You could rattle the stars,’ she whispered. ‘You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.’”―Sarah J. Maas
- “It is only when we take chances when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest.” ―Walter Anderson
- “The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” ―William Arthur Ward
- “When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.” ―Unknown
- “If you’ve never eaten while crying, you don’t know what life tastes like.” ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ―Mother Teresa
- “Once you do know what the question actually is, you’ll know what the answer means.”―Douglas Adams
- ‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” ―Bruce Lee
Positive quotes for a vibrant office
- “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ―Jlm Rohn
- “Be an encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” ―Roy T. Bennett
- “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ―Louise L. Hay
- “Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” ―Tena Desae
- “Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.” ―Phillip Sweet
- “You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.” ―Ali Krieger
- “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” ―Dwayne Johnson
- “One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” ―Stephen Hawking
- “Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” ―William Faulkner
Inspirational Quotes For Students And Entrepreneurs To Press On
- “I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” ―Mufti Menk
- “Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
- “If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” ―David A. Bednar
- “If you can’t make a mistake you can’t make anything.” ―Marva Collin
- “Practice makes progress, not perfect.” ―Unknown
- “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try.” ―Beverly Sills
- “Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” ―Walter Brunell
- “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” ―Lemony Snicket
- “Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.” ―William Arthur Ward
Short Success Quotes For Not Giving Up
- “The best revenge is massive success.” ―Frank Sinatra
- “What’s on the other side of fear? Nothing.” ―Jamie Foxx
- “Quitters never win. Winners never quit!” —Dr. Irene C. Kassorla
- “It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” ―Charles A. Jaffe
- “If there is no wind, row.” ―Latin Proverb
- “It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” ―Joyce Meyers
- “Action is the foundational key to all success.” ―Pablo Picasso
- “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” ―Napoleon Hill
Motivational Quotes About Change
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
- “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”―Margaret Mead
- “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” ―Mandy Hale
- “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ―George Bernard Shaw
- “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
- ―Leo Tolstoy
- “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ―John F. Kennedy
- “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ―Maya Angelou
- “Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” ―Debby Boone
- “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ―Rob Siltanen
Motivational Quotes About Money And Success
- “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” ―George Burns
- “You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” ―Dave Ramsey
- “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for 10 years.” ―Warren Buffett
- “That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” ―Henry David Thoreau
- “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” ―Clare Boothe Luce
- “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ―Jen Sincero
- “You’re already a financial trader. You might not think of it in just this way, but if you work for a living, you’re trading your time for money. Frankly, it’s just about the worst trade you can make. Why? You can always get more money, but you can’t get more time.” ―Tony Robbins
- “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” ―Maya Angelou
- “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” —Jim Rohn
- “Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” ―Sophia Amoruso
- “Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.” ―Unknown
- “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ―Socrates
- “There are two rules for success: 1. Never reveal everything you know.” ―Roger H. Lincoln
- “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ―Shiv Khera
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do” ―Pele
- “If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. If you schedule it, it’s real.” ―Tony Robbins
- “Forget your excuses. You either want it bad or don’t want it at all.” ―Unknown
- “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” ―Marie Forleo
- “I want to be remembered as the one who tried.” ―Dr. Dorothy Height
Motivational Quotes About Time And Its Value
- “How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe.”―Matt Haig
- “Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” ―William Penn
- “It’s not about having enough time, it’s about making enough time.”―Rachael Bermingham
- “Time is money.” ―Benjamin Franklin
- “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” ―William Shakespeare
- “The trouble is, you think you have time.” —Buddha
- “The greatest gift you could give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life you can’t get back.” ―Unknown
- “Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at the right time, it is also about taking actions at the right time.” ―Amit Kalantri
- “Time always exposes what you mean to someone.” ―Unknown
- “After all this time? Always.” ―J.K. Rowling
- Motivational quotes about failure
- “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ―Barack Obama
- “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” ―Bill Gates
- “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” ―Tony Robbins
- “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” ―Bruce Lee
- “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all ―in which case, you fail by default.” ―J.K. Rowling
- “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” ―Winston Churchill
- “Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?” ―Komal Kapoor
- “Failure isn’t the end of the road. It’s a big red flag saying to you ‘Wrong way. Turn around.’” ―Oprah Winfrey
- Motivational Quotes About Failure
- Motivational quotes about life
- “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ―Robin Williams
- “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so … get on your way!” ―Dr. Seuss
- “When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” ―Unknown
- “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” ―Unknown
- “Everything is hard before it is easy.” ―Goethe
- “At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” ―Frida Kahlo
- “Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” ―Frank Ocean
- “Take the risk or lose the chance.” ―Unknown
- “I didn’t learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because I told them.” ―Ursula Burns
Motivational Quotes Of The Day
- “Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.” ―Unknown
- “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ―Carol Burnett
- “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ―Charles R. Swindoll
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ―William James
- When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.
- “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ―Will Rogers
- “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ―Marcus Aurelius
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
- “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.’ ―Albert Einstein
- “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” ―Jim Henson
Motivational Quotes About Learning And Reading
- “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”―George R.R. Martin
- “Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.” —Unknown
- “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.” ―Unknown
- “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ―Brian Herbert
- “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ―Mark Twain
- “To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” ―Chinese Proverb
- “I’m still learning.” ―Michelangelo
- “What is coming is better than what is gone.” ―Unknown
- “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ―Roy T. Bennett
- “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius
- “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown
- “The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James
- “It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen
- “Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” ―Unknown
- “Your only limit is your mind.” ―Unknown
- “Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.” ―Unknown
- “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” ―Unknown
Motivational Quotes About Winning
- “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ―Zig Ziglar
- “One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” ―Kylie Francis
- “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” ―Vince Lombardi
- “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” ―Michael Jordan
- “When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” ―Nicki Minaj
- “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ―Billie Jean King
- “Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It’s about preparation, courage, understanding, nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.” ―Joe Torre
- “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela
- “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” ―Mike Murdock
- “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” ―Robert T. Kiyosaki
- “Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” ―Brad Sugars
- “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.” ―Unknown
- “Don’t tell people about your dreams. Show them your dreams.” ―Unknown
- “Revenge is a powerful motivator.” ―Marcus Luttrell
- “Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
- “I will not erase all my hard work this week because it’s the weekend.” ―Unknown
- “It might not be easy, but it’ll be worth it.” ―Unknown
- “Make your fear of losing your greatest motivator.” ―Unknown
- “You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.” —Unknown
- “I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ―Stephen Covey
- “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” — Carol Burnett
Inspirational Quotes For Life And Success
- “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” — Audrey Hepburn
- “There is nothing impossible to they who will try.” — Alexander the Great
- “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” — Michael Altshuler
- “Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” — Nicole Kidman
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
- “Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell.” — Amal Clooney
- “You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box.” — Duchess Meghan
- “I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened … it’s normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please.” — Taylor Swift
- “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” — Oprah Winfrey
- “At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.” — Dr. Phil
- “People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.” — Carrie Ann Moss
- “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” — Michelle Obama
- “Spread love everywhere you go.” — Mother Teresa
- “Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on.” — Lady Gaga
- “If you make your internal life a priority, then everything else you need on the outside will be given to you and it will be extremely clear what the next step is.” — Gabrielle Bernstein
- “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.” — Mandy Hale
- “You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.” — Kesha
- “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.” — Brene Brown
- “I’m going to be gone one day, and I have to accept that tomorrow isn’t promised. Am I OK with how I’m living today? It’s the only thing I can help. If I didn’t have another one, what have I done with all my todays? Am I doing a good job?” — Hayley Williams
- “I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House
- “Belief creates the actual fact.” — William James
- “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” — Ava DuVernay
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle
- “Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness.” — Marie Forleo
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment.” — Marianne Cantwell
- “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
- “Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.” — Marlee Matlin
- “Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance.” — Morgan Freeman
- “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale
- “I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion.” — Pink
- “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” — Roald Dahl
- “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou
- “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
- “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come.” — Ellen DeGeneres
- “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- “Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
- “Nobody built like you, you design yourself.” — Jay-Z
- “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I tell myself, ‘You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.”‘ — Serena Williams
- “Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” — Henry David Thoreau
- “Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures.” — Joelle Speranza
- “Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.” — Beyoncé
- “There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a f—k.” — Amy Schumer
- “Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” —William Ellery Channing
- “When it comes to luck, you make your own.” — Bruce Springsteen
- “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks
- “The moral of my story is the sun always comes out after the storm. Being optimistic and surrounding yourself with positive loving people is for me, living life on the sunny side of the street.” — Janice Dean
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” — Dr. Henry Link
- “Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process.” — Naomi Osaka
- “We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.”— Amy Dickinson
- “I’ve noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I’m grateful in the end.” — Colleen Hoover
- “Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t, and then feel entitled.” — Mindy Kaling
- “We’ve been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can’t put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right?” — Jennifer Lopez
- “When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” — George Harrison
- “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “I’m realizing how much I’ve diminished my own power. I’m not doing that no more.” — Alicia Keys
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
- “I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving.” — Tina Turner
- “How wild it was, to let it be.” — Cheryl Strayed
- “The simple act of listening to someone and making them feel as if they have truly been heard is a most treasured gift.” — L. A. Villafane
- “You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” — Amy Poehler
- “Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid.” — Joan Jett
- “We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up.” — Awkwafina
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” — Camilla Eyring Kimball
- “We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, [it ‘s] the choices we make after.” — Elizabeth Smart
- “You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances, and certainly not by your race or gender.” — Mariah Carey
- “When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly.” — Annicken R. Day
- “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” — Toni Morrison
- “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” — Deepak Chopra
- “Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.” — Eckhart Tolle
- “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” — Madonna
- “We have to let go of who we think we should be and embrace what is.” — Achea Redd
- “Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness.” — Selena Gomez
- “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” — Sir Francis Bacon
- “I don’t look ahead. I’m right here with you. It’s a good way to be.” — Danny DeVito
- “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” — Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa
- “I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential.” — Nicki Minaj
- “We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We’ve gotta listen more and talk less. We’ve gotta know that this is everybody’s responsibility.” — Meghan Rapinoe
- “Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.” — Aretha Franklin
- “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
- “Let love rule.” — Lenny Kravitz
- “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” — John Muir
- “The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
- “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” — Muhammad Ali
- “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
- “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore