Word motivation for life

Motivational quotes can help you reach your potential each day. Sure, they’re just words. But they’re positive words. And if you’re on the verge of giving up or struggling to push yourself to the next level, sometimes that’s just what you need. 

So whether you’re trying to finish a project, start a new side hustle, or hit that big life goal, knowing how to motivate yourself and train your brain for success can help. 

So, let’s dive into what motivation is, how to motivate yourself, and the motivational quotes that’ll get you back on track. These motivational quotes will give you the jumpstart your day needs, so don’t forget to bookmark this page. 

What is motivation?

Motivation is your desire to do something with your personal life, at work, in school, in sports, or in any hobbies. The motivation to do something can help you achieve your big goals and dreams, whatever they may be.

Knowing how to motivate yourself can help you accomplish anything you set your mind to, so let’s get to that next with some quotes to inspire you. 

400+ motivational quotes to inspire your success in 2022

Motivational quotes for entrepreneurs

1. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
2. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” —Mark Twain
3. “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
4. “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
5. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ―Chinese Proverb
6. “Only the paranoid survive.” —Andy Grove
7. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth
8. “I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push this company in the next 24 hours.’” —Leah Busque
9. “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” —Michele Ruiz
10. “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.” ―Arianna Huffington
11. “Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it. Sauté it. Whatever. MAKE.” —Joss Whedon

Motivational quote of the day

1. “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
2. “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
3. “Everything you can imagine is real.”―Pablo Picasso
4. “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
5. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” ―Lewis Carroll
7. “Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” —Socrates
8. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right―for you’ll be criticized anyway.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
9. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ―Dalai Lama XIV
10. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ―Abraham Lincoln

Quote of the day

1. “The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” —Unknown
2. “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” —Catherine Pulsifier
3. “You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.” —Unknown
4. “Impossible is just an opinion.” —Paulo Coelho
5. “Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” —Isabelle Lafleche
6. “Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
7. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” —Elon Musk
8. “Hold the vision, trust the process.” —Unknown
9. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller
10. “People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” —Unknown

Monday motivational quotes

1. “One day or day one. You decide.” —Unknown
2. “It’s Monday … time to motivate and make dreams and goals happen. Let’s go!” —Heather Stillufsen
3. “It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.” ―Marcus Zusak
4. “Goodbye, blue Monday.” ―Kurt Vonnegut
5. “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
6. “When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” —Ella Woodword
7. “Monday c’est Mon Day.” —Unknown
8. “All Motivation Mondays need are a little more coffee and a lot more mascara.” —Unknown
9. “I’m alive, motivated and ready to slay the day #MONSLAY.” —Unknown

Friday motivational quotes

1. “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
2. “Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!” —Kate Summers
3. “Every Friday, I like to high five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.” —Nanea Hoffman
4. “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
5. “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
6. “I challenge you to let every day be a Friday. Permit yourself to be happy every day.” —Joel Osteen
7. “This Friday, finish your work and be done. Look forward to the weekend and have some fun!” —Kate Summers
8. “Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.” —Lauren Oliver
9. “It’s Friday morning, mankind! Good vibe, don’t frown and let the monster see you smile!” —Napz Cherub Pellazo
10. “Don’t worry about letting the dogs out. It’s Friday! Let them have a great weekend, too.”―Anthony T. Hincks

Hustle motivational quotes

1. “No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become ‘Successful.’” ―Jaymin Shah
2. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” ―Abraham Lincoln
3. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ―Thomas Edison
4. “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
5. “Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” ―Unknown
6. “Hustlers don’t sleep, they nap.” ―Unknown
7. “Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” ―Ross Simmonds
8. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” ―Gary Vaynerchuk
9. “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.” ―Mark Cuban
10. “Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.” ―Unknown

Motivational quotes for employees

1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ―Aristotle
2. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
3. “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
4. “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
5. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ―Anne Frank
6. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ―Michael Jordan
7. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ―Vincent Van Gogh
8. “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
9. “Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.’ ―A.C. Benson
10. “Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” ―Stanley McChrystal
11. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ―Lou Holtz

Super motivational quotes

1. “The hard days are what make you stronger.” ―Aly Raisman
2. “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
3. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
4. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” ―Shonda Rhimes
5. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” ―George Lorimer
6. “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
7. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
8. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ―Kurt Cobain
9. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ―Roy T. Bennett
10. “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” ―Frank Ocean

Motivational quotes for work

1. “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.
2. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ―Tim Notke
3. “If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough.” ―Mario Andretti
4. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ―Thomas Edison
5. “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ―Jimmy Johnson
6. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ―Oscar Wilde
7. “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” ―Benjamin Hardy
8. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” ―Kamari aka Lyrikal
9. “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

Quote of the day for work

1. “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” ―Mother Teresa
2. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ―Earl Nightingale
3. “If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” ―Kenneth Goldsmith
4. “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
5. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
6. “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
7. “At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” ―Unknown
8. “Amateus sit around and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” ―Stephen King
9. “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
10. “Nothing will work unless you do.” ―Maya Angelou

Encouraging quotes to motivate you

1. “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
2. “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
3. “Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” ―Gabby Douglas
4. “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
5. Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.
6. “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” ―Warren Buffett
7. “You can cry, scream, and bang your head in frustration but keep pushing forward. It’s worth it.”” —
8. “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
9. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” ―Chris Grosser
10. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ―Maya Angelou

Motivational quotes for life

1. “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ―Katharine Hepburn
2. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” ―Herb Brooks
3. “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
4. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” ―Abraham Lincoln
5. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” ―Mark Twain
6. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
7. “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” ―Buddha
8. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ―Suzy Kassem
9. “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” ―Nelson Mandela
10. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot
11. “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

Business motivational quotes

1. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” ―Tim Ferriss
2. “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ―Martin Luther King Jr.
3. “It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but a good amount of it actually is.” ―Unknown
4. “When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.” —
5. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” ―Estée Lauder
6. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” ―Lalah Deliah
7. “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
8. “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” ―Helen Keller
9. “Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” ―Arabic proverb
10. “The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.” ―Frank Sinatra

General motivational quotes

1. “You’re so much stronger than your excuses.” ―Unknown
2. “Don’t compare yourself to others. Be like the sun and the moon and shine when it’s your time.” ―Unknown
3. “Don’t tell everyone your plans, instead show them your results.” ―Unknown
4. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” ―Louise Hay
5. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” ―Maya Angelou
6. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ―Steve Martin
7. “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
8. “This is a reminder to you to create your own rule book, and live your life the way you want it.” ―Reese Evans
9. “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

1. “Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” ―John Wooden
2. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
3. ‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” ―George Eliot
4. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ―Walt Disney
5. “Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” ―Baz Luhrmann
6. “Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” ―Unknown
7. “You can do anything you set your mind to.” ―Benjamin Franklin
8. “All we can do is the best we can do.” ―David Axelrod
9. “You never know what you can do until you try.” ―William Cobbett
10. “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

1. “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
2. “It’s OK to outgrow people who don’t grow. Grow tall anyways.” ―Unknown
3. “When you feel like giving up just remember that there are a lot of people you still have to prove wrong.” ―Unknown
4. “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” ―Nishan Panwar
5. “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
6. “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
7. “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
8. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ―C.S. Lewis
9. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ―Rumi
10. “I can and I will. Watch me.” ―Carrie Green

Famous motivational quotes

1. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” ―Albert Einstein
2. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela
3. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ―Jack Welch
4. “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
5. “What is life without a little risk?” ―J.K. Rowling
6. “Only do what your heart tells you.” ―Princess Diana
7. “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
8. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” ―Florence Nightingale
9. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ―Ayn Rand
10. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” ―Sonia Sotomayer

Motivational quotes from books

1. “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”―Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
2. “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”
3. “Don’t think or judge, just listen.”―Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
4. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ―Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
5. “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
6. “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!
7. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ―Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
8. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ―J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
9. “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
10. “Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”―Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Motivational quotes from movies

1. “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
2. “We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” ―Mary Poppins
3. “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”―Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
4. “I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” ―Pretty in Pink
5. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” ―The Godfather
6. “No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” ―The Greatest Showman
7. “Spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” ―The Breakfast Club
8. “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” ―Pirates of the Caribbean
9. “Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” ―Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10. “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 song lyrics

1. “And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance … I hope you dance.” ―”I Hope You Dance,” Lee Ann Womack
2. “Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.” ―”Try,” P!nk
3. “Life’s a game made for everyone and love is the prize” ―”Wake Me Up,” Avicii
4. “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
5. “Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” ―”Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
6. “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
7. “I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me.” ―”New Romantics,” Taylor Swift
8. “Cause the grass is greener under me bright as technicolor, I can tell that you can see.” ―”Sorry Not Sorry,” Demi Lovato
9. “Every day women and men become legends.” ―”Glory,” John Legend and Common

Motivational quotes for women

1. “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
2. “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ―Malala Yousafzai
3. “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.” ―Arianna Huffington
4. “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” ―Janis Joplin
5. “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” ―Sara Blakely
6. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. “ ―Jennifer Lopez
7. “Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” ―Judy Garland
8. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
9. “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” ―Joan Rivers
10. “Done is better than perfect.” ―Sheryl Sandberg

Motivational quotes for men

1. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” ―Richard Branson
2. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot
3. “What hurts you blesses you.” ―Rumi
4. ‘Nothing is stronger than a broken man rebuilding himself.” ―Unknown
5. “I always thought it was me against the world and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.” ―Kendrick Lamar
6. “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” ―Richard Nixon
7. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” ―Paulo Coelho
8. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” ―Dhirubhai Ambani
9. “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
10. “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.” ―Robin Williams

Motivational quotes for kids

1. “Be a fruit loop in a world of Cheerios.” ―Unknown
2. “Dream beautiful dreams, and then work to make those dreams come true.” ―Spencer W. Kimball
3. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
4. “Believe you can and you will.” ―Unknown
5. “Do the right thing even when no one is looking.” ―Unknown
6. “Make today the day you learn something new.” –Unknown
7. “Be silly, be honest, be kind.’ ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “If you think someone could use a friend. Be one.” ―Unknown
9. “It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.” ―Epictetus
10. “You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” ―Unknown

Best motivational quotes

1. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ―Abraham Lincoln
2. “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” ―G.K. Nielson
3. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ―Sam Levenson
4. “You can’t have a million dollar dream on a minimum wage work ethic.” ―Unknown
5. “You must do the kind of things you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “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
7. “Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die.” ―Brian Vaszily
8. “Wealth isn’t about having a lot of money, it’s about having a lot of options.” ―Chris Rock
9. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.” ―Derek Jeter

Funny motivational quotes

1. “Always be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the “m” is silent.” ―Unknown
2. Never let anyone treat you like you’re regular glue. You’re glitter glue.
3. “If you fall―I’ll be there.” ―Floor
4. “When Plan A doesn’t work, don’t worry, you still have 25 more letters to go through.” ―Unknown
5. “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ―Dalai Lama
6. “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” ―Steven Wright
7. “A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” ―Unknown
8. “I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.’ ―Groucho Marx
9. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” ―Kyle Chandler
10. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ―Thomas A. Edison

Deep meaning motivational quotes

1. “‘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
2. “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
3. “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
4. “When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.” ―Unknown
5. “If you’ve never eaten while crying, you don’t know what life tastes like.” ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6. “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ―Mother Teresa
7. “Once you do know what the question actually is, you’ll know what the answer means.”―Douglas Adams
8. “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” ―Mark Twain
9. “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” ―Pema Chodron
10. ‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” ―Bruce Lee

Motivational quotes for starting a new year

1. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
2. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan
3. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
4. “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
5. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
6. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
7. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
8. You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.» —Dr. Seuss
9. “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
10. “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm

Positive quotes for office

1. “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ―Jlm Rohn
2. “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
3. “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”  ―Louise L. Hay
4. “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
5. “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
6. “You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.” ―Ali Krieger
7. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” ―Dwayne Johnson
8. “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
9. “Some women choose to follow men, and some women 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
10. “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

Motivational quotes for students

1. “I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” ―Mufti Menk
2. “Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
3. “If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” ―David A. Bednar
4. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ―Nelson Mandela
5. “If you can’t make a mistake you can’t make anything.” ―Marva Collin
6. “Practice makes progress, not perfect.” ―Unknown
7. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try.” ―Beverly Sills
8. “Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” ―Walter Brunell
9. “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” ―Lemony Snicket
10. “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

1. “The best revenge is massive success.” ―Frank Sinatra
2. “What’s on the other side of fear? Nothing.” ―Jamie Foxx
3. “Quitters never win. Winners never quit!” —Dr. Irene C. Kassorla
4. “It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” ―Charles A. Jaffe
5. “If there is no wind, row.” ―Latin Proverb
6. “It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” ―Joyce Meyers
7. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” ―Pablo Picasso
8. “I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” ―Estée Lauder
9. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” ―Napoleon Hill

Motivational quotes about change

1. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
2. “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
3. “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” ―Mandy Hale
4. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ―George Bernard Shaw
5. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
6. ―Leo Tolstoy
7. “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
8. “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ―Maya Angelou
9. “Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” ―Debby Boone
10. “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

1. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” ―George Burns
2. “You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” ―Dave Ramsey
3. “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for 10 years.” ―Warren Buffett
4. “That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” ―Henry David Thoreau
5. “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” ―Clare Boothe Luce
6. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ―Jen Sincero
7. “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
8. “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
9. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” —Jim Rohn

Motivational quotes about success

1. “Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” ―Sophia Amoruso
2. “Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.” ―Unknown
3. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ―Socrates
4. “There are two rules for success: 1. Never reveal everything you know.” ―Roger H. Lincoln
5. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ―Shiv Khera
6. “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
7. “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
8. “Forget your excuses. You either want it bad or don’t want it at all.” ―Unknown
9. “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” ―Marie Forleo
10. “I want to be remembered as the one who tried.” ―Dr. Dorothy Height

Motivational quotes about time

1. “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
2. “Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” ―William Penn
3. “It’s not about having enough time, it’s about making enough time.”―Rachael Bermingham
4. “Time is money.” ―Benjamin Franklin
5. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” ―William Shakespeare
6. “The trouble is, you think you have time.” —Buddha
7. “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
8. “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
9. “Time always exposes what you mean to someone.” ―Unknown
10. “After all this time? Always.” ―J.K. Rowling

Motivational quotes about failure

1. “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ―Barack Obama
2. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” ―Bill Gates
3. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” ―Tony Robbins
4. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” ―Oprah Winfrey
5. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” ―Bruce Lee
6. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ―Confucius
7. “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
8. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” ―Winston Churchill
9. “Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?” ―Komal Kapoor
10. “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 life

1. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ―Robin Williams
2. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ―Albert Einstein
3. “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so … get on your way!” ―Dr. Seuss
4. “When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” ―Unknown
5. “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” ―Unknown
6. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” ―Goethe
7. “At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” ―Frida Kahlo
8. “Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” ―Frank Ocean
9. “Take the risk or lose the chance.” ―Unknown
10. “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

1. “Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.” ―Unknown
2. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ―Jim Rohn
3. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ―Carol Burnett
4. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ―Charles R. Swindoll
5. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ―William James
6. When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.
7. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ―Will Rogers
8. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ―Marcus Aurelius
9. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
10. “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
11. “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” ―Jim Henson

Motivational quotes about learning

1. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”―George R.R. Martin
2. “Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.” —Unknown
3. “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.” ―Unknown
4. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ―Brian Herbert
5. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ―Mark Twain
6. “To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” ―Chinese Proverb
7. “I’m still learning.” ―Michelangelo
8. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
9. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” ―Nelson Mandela

Positive motivational quotes

1. “What is coming is better than what is gone.” ―Unknown
2. “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
3. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius
4. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown
5. “The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James
6. “It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen
7. “Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” ―Unknown
8. “Your only limit is your mind.” ―Unknown
9. “Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.” ―Unknown
10. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” ―Unknown

Motivational quotes about winning

1. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ―Zig Ziglar
2. “One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” ―Kylie Francis
3. “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” ―Vince Lombardi
4. “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” ―Michael Jordan
5. “When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” ―Nicki Minaj
6. “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ―Billie Jean King
7. “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
8. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela
9. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” ―Mike Murdock
10. “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” ―Robert T. Kiyosaki

Motivator quotes

1. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ―George Eliot
2. “Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” ―Brad Sugars
3. “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.” ―Unknown
4. “Don’t tell people about your dreams. Show them your dreams.” ―Unknown
5. “Revenge is a powerful motivator.” ―Marcus Luttrell
6. “Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.”  ―Miya Yamanouchi
7. “I will not erase all my hard work this week because it’s the weekend.” ―Unknown
8. “It might not be easy, but it’ll be worth it.” ―Unknown
9. “Make your fear of losing your greatest motivator.” ―Unknown
10. “You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.” —Unknown
11. “I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ―Stephen Covey

How to motivate yourself: 3 simple tricks

1. Create a positive environment

Music can be as powerful a motivator as motivational quotes. 

Each morning when you wake up, play a few pump-up songs before you start your day to get you going. You can listen to productivity music on Spotify to help you get going. By getting in the right mindset, you can inch closer to motivating yourself.

When I want to get in the zone, I listen to “Time” by Hans Zimmer, which has no lyrics but has an intensity that helps me focus. If I’m feeling like I’m in a rut, motivational songs like “You’re a Superstar” by Love Inc. pick me up.

2. Celebrate your small wins

When you think of your big goal, sometimes you start feeling overwhelmed. Why? Because big goals don’t get achieved right away. Instead, create mini-goals to help excite you along the way. This way, you can be more goal oriented and build a habit of being more effective. 

Celebrating your small wins will help you stay motivated through your journey. Plus, celebrating is always super fun. Maybe you break your goal down to 10 small-sized goals with tasks that get you on track to achieve them.

For each of the 10 goals, you can add a small celebration. Maybe a glass of champagne for one or a dessert with a sparkler on top for another. Don’t forget to check out some of our motivational quotes about success. 

3. Surround yourself With motivated people

American entrepreneur John Rohn once said, “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Whether or not that’s true is debatable. The reality is being around the right kind of people can only help you grow. 

If you’re surrounded by those who love your ambition, you’ll be more ambitious and achieve more. If you’re surrounded by loved ones who tell you your goals are stupid and tell you to change them, use that as motivation to prove them wrong.

Be around those who help you feel comfortable being the ambitious, go-getter you are, so you can become the successful person you’re meant to be.

Use inspirational quotes to supercharge your life

These motivational quotes are just the first step of your journey to becoming more motivated. Bookmark this page to keep you motivated on days when you need an extra kick to keep you going. You’ve got what it takes to push you through any challenge you may face. 

Whether you’re looking to accomplish a massive goal or complete a project, these motivator quotes can help remind you why you’re doing it. The most important thing to remember is that the greatest source of motivation will come from you. It’s time to go get what you deserve.

Leave a comment below to share your favorite motivational quotes.

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Change is either changing for the better or it is slowly changing for the worse.

 “Change happens in an instant.  It happens the moment you decide to change.”

Life motivation is derived from the verb “motivate,” which means “move.” It is the burning desire that compels you to take action. It is so deeply intertwined with what you believe to be true and right in life that it moves you from a simple desire to a moment of decision. Have you ever watched a working dog? The only motivation is YOU.

You are going to be different tomorrow.  Stop feeling stuck.  When you decide to be different, you will find motivation seeping into thoughts and into your actions. Motivation causes you to take action, it becomes an inner drive fueling you forward.

We all believe something.  When was the last time you asked yourself, “What do I believe? What role does faith play in my life? Why was I placed on this earth? What is my purpose in life?”

Remembering that motivation is a verb meaning to “move” or take “action.” Family, friends, co-workers and the people all around us are key motivators for how we act. Surround yourself with great people and you will surround yourself with great motivation.

Powerful Words That Give You Life Motivation

So, how to find life motivation? These 22 motivational words will inspire you:

1. Goals

It should be no surprise that goals motivate us and inspire us.  The most powerful goals are self-directed goals.  Self-directed internal goals.  They include understanding your priorities and purpose in life, knowing what you believe to be most important and using those goals as a daily guide for how you will choose to live your life.

2. New

Choosing to learn something new every day will give you a reason to grown and change.  This could be something as simple as driving to work via a different route or signing up for guitar lessons.

3. Challenge

Challenges are frequently seen as some sort of contest like the final four during March Madness.  Challenges draw out the best in us.  A simple challenge might be to decide to go to bed fifteen minutes earlier for thirty days to see if it improved your daily productivity.

4. Truth

Truth does not waver.  Something either is true or it is not.  Truth provides a firm foundation to stand on.  Truth strengthens, encourages, and will guide you correctly.

5. Determination

You’ve met them.  Those rare individuals who are determined to continue regardless of how difficult the circumstances.  Determination literally means you are willing to put a “stake” in the ground.  It is not a casual choice.  There are very few things humans will determine to mark as permanent placeholders for their beliefs.

6. Laughter

Laughter heals the soul.  Why is it that children laugh hundreds of times a day and adults laugh only _____ times?   Laughter occurs when something unexpected happens that causes your brain to emit a signal to your lungs to expel a short burst of air causing you to make audible noises that are a signal of joy all across the world.

7. Perseverance

Perseverance reminds me of a road or a bridge – a specific course or path we all walk down.  When you feel hopeless and lost, that is when perseverance counts the most.  Perseverance is consciously choosing to stay on your path even in the midst of incredible difficulties.

8. Freedom

Having a sense of control or autonomy over your time and your actions is a powerful motivator.  Freedom liberates you to dream and imagine and create.  Freedom of stress is one of the most sought after psychological goals.

9. Tenacity

Tenacity is a word originating with the meaning of adhesiveness.  There are frequent times you will find you need to “stick together”.  Tenacity never gives up.  It never lets go. Willpower lives in the core of your being.  Willpower moves you, motivates you and causes you to take action for good or for bad. This inner drive is the control center for many of the decisions you will choose to make moment to moment.

10. Faithful

Faithfulness is a rare quality in today’s world.  It is choosing to remain reliable, trusted and constant.  It carries a sense of attachment and devotion to people, causes, organizations and beliefs.  Faithfulness is a foundational motivator.

11. Endurance

This word literally means to have the ability to endure suffering over long periods of time.  Grit is stone broken down, but it is still stone.  It speaks to the indomitable toughness it can take to push through life’s most difficult trials.  Endurance when accepted can build character, patience, wisdom, empathy and compassion.

12. Novel

Novelty is also one of the most unexpected motivators.  When you experience something for the very first time or you see something you have never seen before you may find yourself swept away with emotion.  The birth of a child.  An unexpected gift.  A surprise ending to a difficult moment in life.

13. Tragedy

Life is full of heartache and indescribable pain.  War, illness, death, divorce, financial problems, and injustice.  Tragedy regardless of the pain is full of opportunities to learn and grow and find renewal and hope.  Tragedy shows you are never alone.

14. Learning

Any gap in understanding will motivate you to want to fill that knowledge gap.  If you want to know more about leadership – read books by great leaders.  To learn how to train a dog – hire a dog trainer and take lessons.  The incremental acquirement of new knowledge becomes a self-motivating driver.

15. Anticipation

The act of looking forward to something important happening in your life.   When you are just given a glimpse of a future success or opportunity the anticipation releases an incredibly powerful chemical called dopamine into your system.  Everything you have ever wanted in your life you were first motivated to strive for attaining it because you anticipated the feeling of importance it would mean to you.  Dopamine is the brain chemical of anticipation.

16. Courage

Lt. Col. (retired) Dave Grossman shared a single quote of where the bravery of being an Army Ranger came from for him.  He said, “Courage is just being willing to take one more step.” Sometimes the only motivation you need is to take just one more step.

17. Hope

When used as a noun hope only a feeling, but when used as a verb hope becomes the focal point of your motivation.  Sometimes in life all you have is hope.  And, in those moments hope will be more than enough.

18. Time

Time is not merely a framework for how the minutes, hours and days pass by – each day is like having a blank canvas sitting in an art room filled with unlimited options.  Improving your motivation through improving your time management will require you to reduce the number of choices you have to let into your life.  You will find simplicity and peace in narrowing your focus and increasing your energy and attention only on accomplishing the tasks that bring motivation and meaning in your life.

19. Love

The foundation of life is love..  There is no way to create a life of meaning without love.  There is no motivation, no reason to move or change or engage in life without love.  The foundation of motivation is love.

And, Three That Might Surprise You

20. Brain

The prefrontal cortex is the thinking part of the brain. This is where life happens! In this space just behind your forehead, ideas are created, thoughts are pondered, imagination grows (or dies), judgments are made. This part of the brain is highly specialized in humans; this is where you define meaning, plan for the future, and imagine. Your values, priorities, purpose, goals, drive, learning, love, and hope all live here.  Motivation is a decision.

21. Attention

You experience the depths of motivation when your attention focused so intently on completing a task or a project or a hobby that challenges you to such a point that time stands still.

When you are in that moment – swept away from stress and worry – concentrating with full attention – you don’t need motivation – you are experiencing motivitation.  At that moment you are motivated.  You are in the process of taking action.

And, in those amazing moments you realize the life-changing power of motivation.  You understand the difference between existing and thriving.  And, in that moment – life oozes out of you.  And, motivation is contagious.

22. Time Management

Your personal time management skills affect the levels of motivation you experience in life.  Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter is a sports psychology expert and coach to Olympic athletes, as well as being a world-class athlete in her own right. She says, “It starts with a dream; motivation comes from within.  It has to be an inner desire, an inner fire, a willingness to achieve something you are passionate about.”

Far too many people only focus on the hard parts of life that motivation can guide us through.  By improving your time management you can create daily blocks of time to focus your time and attention on the part’s of life that motivate you.

Action Steps:

• Assess your current schedule
• Determine which activities motivate you and which activities drain you of energy
• Take time to think about what you really want out of life (preferably away from work or home)
• Clarify what you want in life by writing down personal or professional goals
• Create a plan of action – prioritize or sequence the individual action steps you need to take to accomplish your new goals
• Use a pen and paper to schedule when you will take these actions.
• Then take action.
• Remember “motivation” comes from the word “motive” which means to “move” – or to take “action.”

Final Thoughts

As you may have noticed already, life motivation doesn’t really come from huge changes; rather, they come from daily habits and small things you can do.

Don’t just remember these 22 words. Take actions based on the suggestions above to find your life motivation and stay motivated.

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Всем нам время от времени нужна поддержка. Да, плохие времена бывают, мы совершаем ошибки и бываем готовы опустить руки. Но главное — не терять надежды и двигаться вперед не смотря ни на что. Будь то карьера, личная жизнь, спортивные достижения или изучение английского языка!

В этой статье вы найдете разнообразные мотивирующие цитаты на английском с переводом на любой случай: учеба, бизнес, личная жизнь и многое другое.

Кстати, в названии мы использовали, пожалуй, одну из самых известных мотивационных фраз XX века. Плакат с надписью «We can do it» был создан в 1943 году художником Дж. Говардом Миллером для повышения морального духа рабочих по заказу компании Westinghouse Electric, одной из ведущих электротехнических компаний в США прошлого столетия.

Во время второй мировой войны плакат не получил должного внимания, однако его популярность резко возросла в 1980-хх, и он стал использоваться как лозунг многих феминистских и политических движений. Позже изображение «Клепальщицы Рози» стало культовым: в 1994 году Смитсоновский университет поместил его на обложку журнала, в 1999 году изображение попало на почтовые марки, часто использовалось в рекламных образах. И по сей день плакат является одним из самых востребованных изображений в Национальном архиве США.

Для тех, кому не хватает решительности Рози с плаката и нужно больше мотивации — мы постарались собрать в одном месте максимум полезных цитат. Эти английские мотивирующие фразы с переводом помогут вам не только разнообразить свою речь, но и действительно вдохновят на новые свершения. Enjoy motivational quotes (наслаждайтесь мотивационными цитатами)!

Про учебу (About studying)

Наверняка вам знакомо такое высшее учебное заведение, как Гарвард. Этот университет в США является одним из самых успешных и известных в мире. Диплом Гарварда — это своеобразный показатель таланта и успеха. Среди известных выпускников много выдающихся людей, чьи имена знает весь мир: Марк Цукерберг, Билл Гейтс, Джордж Буш, Теодор Рузвельт и другие.

Так почему бы не вдохновиться на учебу их фразами? Мотивирующие цитаты на английском от студентов Гарварда:  

• If you fall asleep now, you will dream. If you study now, you will live your dream — Если ты сейчас уснешь, тебе приснится сон. Но если ты будешь сейчас учиться, твои сны/мечты станут явью.
• When you think it’s too late, the truth is, it’s still early — Когда ты думаешь, что уже слишком поздно, на самом деле, все еще рано.
• The pain of studying is only temporary. But the pain of not knowing — ignorance — is forever — Мука учения всего лишь временна. Мука незнания — невежество — вечна.
• Studying is not about time. It’s about effort — Учеба — это не время. Учеба — это усилия.
• Life is not all about studying. But if you can’t even conquer this little part of life, then what else can you possibly do? — Жизнь — это не только учеба, но если ты не можешь преодолеть даже эту маленькую часть жизни, на что ты вообще годишься?
• It’s those who are earlier than the others, those who put in more effort, who can enjoy the feeling of success — Те, кто делает все раньше других, те, кто прилагает больше усилий, те могут наслаждаться чувством успеха.
• Not everyone can truly succeed in everything. But success only comes with self-management and determination — Не все могут преуспеть во всем. Но успех приходит только с самоорганизованностью и решительностью.
• If you don’t walk today, you’ll have to run tomorrow — Если ты не идешь сегодня, то будешь вынужден бежать завтра.
• People who invest in the future are realists — Люди, которые инвестируют в будущее — реалисты.
• The level of education is in direct correlation with your salary — Твоя зарплата прямо пропорциональна твоему уровню образования.
• When today is over, it will never come back — Сегодня никогда не повторится.
• Even now, your enemies are eagerly flipping through books — Даже сейчас твои соперники усердно листают книги.

Про успех (About success)

Каждый человек хочет добиться успеха в том, что он делает. Неважно, преподает ли он иностранный язык детям младших классов, составляет свадебные букеты или записывает музыку — все мы хотим делать свое дело хорошо и получать удовольствие от процесса. Иногда стоит напоминать самим себе, что успех не приходит сразу, за него надо побороться. Как себя подбодрить? Вдохновиться успехами известного человека, например.

• I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself (Albert Einstein) — Я благодарен всем, кто сказал мне «нет». Благодаря им я делаю все сам (Альберт Эйнштейн).

• The best revenge is massive success (Frank Sinatra) — Лучшая месть — это грандиозный успех (Фрэнк Синатра).

• In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can (Nikos Kazantzakis) — Для того, чтобы преуспеть, мы первым делом должны верить, что мы можем (Никос Казантзакис).

• Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me (Carol Burnett) — Только я могу изменить свою жизнь. Никто не может сделать это за меня (Кэрол Бернетт).

• Motivation will almost always beat mere talent (Norman R. Augustine) — Мотивация почти всегда побеждает просто талант (Норман Р. Августин).

• In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity (Albert Einstein) — В центре проблемы находится возможность (Альберт Эйнштейн).

• Success doesn’t come to you. You go to it (Marva Collins) — Успех не приходит к вам. Это вы идете к нему (Марва Коллинз).

• Success is 99% failure (Soichiro Honda) — Успех на 99% состоит из неудач (Соитиро Хонда).

• Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison) — Гений — это 1% вдохновения и 99% пота (Томас Эдисон).

• If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one (John Galsworthy) — Если вы не думаете о будущем — у вас его не будет (Джон Голсуорси).

• The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing (Walt Disney) — Чтобы начать, нужно перестать говорить и начать делать (Уолт Дисней).

• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty (Winston Churchill) — Пессимист видит трудность в каждой возможности. Оптимист видит возможность в каждой трудности (Уинстон Черчилль).

• If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you (Steve Jobs) — Если вы работаете над чем-то увлекательным, что вас действительно волнует, вас не нужно подталкивать. Видение само тянет вас (Стив Джобс).

• The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (Steve Jobs) — Люди, которым хватает безрассудства думать, что они могут изменить мир — и есть те, кто его меняют (Стив Джобс).

• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe) — Одних знаний недостаточно; мы должны их применять. Одного желания недостаточно; мы должны действовать (Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте).

• I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it (Estée Lauder) — Я добилась этого не желая или надеясь, а работая (Эсте Лаудер).

• Action is the foundational key to all success (Pablo Picasso) — Действие — основополагающий ключ к любому успеху (Пабло Пикассо).

Про жизнь (About life)

Иногда нам нужны не наставления на тему успеха и работы, а простые жизненные высказывания и моральная поддержка.

• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain) — Двадцать лет спустя вы будете больше жалеть о том, чего не сделали, чем о том, что сделали. Так что отбросьте в сторону запреты. Возьмите быка за рога. Исследуйте. Мечтайте. Открывайте. (Марк Твен)

• Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. (Eleanor Roosevelt) — Великие умы обсуждают идеи. Средние умы обсуждают события. Мелкие умы обсуждают людей. (Элеанор Рузвельт)

• Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great (Henry IV) — Великие обжоры и великие засони не способны на что-либо еще великое. (Генрих IV)

• May you live all the days of your life (Jonathan Swift) — Проживайте каждый день своей жизни. (Джонатан Свифт)

• An optimist is a man who is chased up a tree by a lion but enjoys the scenery anyway (Walter Winchell) — Оптимист — это человек, который лезет на дерево, спасаясь от льва, но все равно наслаждается пейзажем. (Уолтер Уинчелл)

• Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today (Will Rogers) — Не позволяйте вчерашнему дню забирать слишком много у сегодняшнего. (Уилл Роджерс)

• Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right (Henry Ford) — Думаете ли вы, что можете или думаете, что не можете — вы правы. (Генри Форд)

• Creativity is intelligence having fun (Albert Einstein) — Творчество — это то, как интеллект развлекается. (Альберт Эйнштейн)

• You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream (Clive Staples Lewis) — Невозможно быть слишком старым, чтобы поставить новую цель или обрести новую мечту. (Клайв Стейплз Льюис)

• Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving (Albert Einstein) — Жизнь — как езда на велосипеде. Чтобы сохранять баланс, нужно продолжать двигаться. (Альберт Эйнштейн)

• Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities (Robert H. Schuller) — Сегодняшние достижения — это вчерашние невероятности. (Роберт Г. Шуллер)

• You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great (Zig Ziglar) — Вам не нужно быть великим, чтобы начать, но вам нужно начать, чтобы стать великим. (Зиг Зиглар)

• Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins (Edith Wharton) — Остерегайся рутины. Это мать всех смертных грехов. (Эдит Уортон)

• Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it (Lindsey Vonn) — Жизнь меняется очень быстро и в лучшую сторону, если вы ей позволяете. (Линдси Вонн)

• Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful (Joshua J. Marine) — Испытания делают жизнь интересной, а их преодоление наполняет ее смыслом. (Джошуа Д. Марин)

• No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world (Robin Williams) — Что люди бы вам ни говорили — слова и идеи могут изменить мир. (Робин Уильямс)

• Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do (Oprah Winfrey) — Делай что нужно, пока не сможешь делать то, что хочешь. (Опра Уинфри)

Другие мотивирующие фразы на английском с переводом:

• Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people — Лидерство — это способность получать необычайные достижения от обычных людей.

• Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word — Честность — это самое ценное и уважаемое качество лидера. Всегда держите свое слово.

• Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow — Обернись к солнечному свету, и ты не увидишь тени.

• Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful — Некоторые люди ищут прекрасное место. Другие — делают место прекрасным.

• Work while they sleep. Learn while they party. Save while they spend. Live like they dream — Работай, пока они спят. Учись, пока они развлекаются. Накапливай, пока они тратят. Живи так, как они мечтают.

• You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens — Не всегда нужен план. Иногда нужно просто дышать, довериться, отпустить и посмотреть, что случится.

• Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory — Иногда вы не сможете понять ценность момента, пока он не станет воспоминанием.

• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way — Если ты не способен делать великие дела — совершай маленькие дела великолепным образом.

• A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall — Чемпион определяется не победами, а тем, как он восстанавливается после поражения.

• Motivation comes from working on things we care about — Мотивация приходит от работы над вещами, которые нам важны.

• Never apologize for having high standards, people who really want to be in your life will rise to meet them — Никогда не извиняйся за свои высокие стандарты. Люди, которые действительно хотят быть в твоей жизни, постараются им соответствовать.

• Don’t wait. The time will never be just right — Не ждите. Самое подходящее время никогда не наступит.

• Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right — Перестаньте бояться того, что может пойти не так и думайте о том, что может пойти как надо.

• Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion — Усердно трудиться над чем-то, что нас не волнует, называется стрессом; усердно работать над чем-то, что мы любим, называется страстью.

Inspirational quotes can help motivate us and create a positive outlook on life and work when we need it most. They do so by harnessing the power of positive thinking. Reframing our brains to think positively is a key step in leading a happy and successful life.

You make a choice when you decide how you will react to any given situation. If you’re choosing (sometimes subconsciously) to complain and think negatively, your natural reaction will be to dwell on the negatives of every situation.

When you actively choose to think positively, regardless of how absolutely ridiculous it may seem, you will turn the situation into a development plan for growth, helping you become a better problem-solver and leader. Over time and after reframing your mind to think positively about problems, you’ll stay motivated, inspired, and empowered to take on any challenge that comes your way!

While reading through this list of the best motivational quotes in English, I recommend writing down some of the best inspirational and motivational quotes that resonate with you and your current situation. After writing them down, find the most motivational thought or the most inspiring passage, read it out loud, and then really try to understand the meaning.

You may find these inspirational quotes may come in handy when you’re having a hard day and need a little extra encouragement a and motivational line!  So read these, write some down, and refer to them often.

Inspirational Quotes

The power of positive thinking is remarkable. When you think of something that brings you joy, your brain actually releases endorphins. Those endorphins fill you with the feeling of well-being.

Positive thinking helps you frame your mindset and change your life.

But when we feel down, it’s often difficult to conjure up things that make us happy. That’s why having some positive inspirational quotes or a motivated line on hand can be helpful in situations like that.

From short inspirational quotes and widely relatable anecdotes to motivational quotes specifically about work and life in general, here is a list of some of my favorite inspirational quotes.

Inspirational Quotes for Your Personal Life

“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

“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

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”― Allen Saunders

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”― George Bernard Shaw

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot ― it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” ― Maya Angelou

Inspirational Quotes for Positive Thinking

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” —Lou Holtz

“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational Quotes for a Happy Life

“You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” James Dean

“You do not find the happy life. You make it.”— Camilla Eyring Kimball

“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

“Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.”-Dalai Lama

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational Quotes for the Darkest Moments

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” -Dale Carnegie

“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown

“Fairytales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed.” – G K Chesterton

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

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Inspirational Quotes From Fairy Tales

“Just because it’s what’s done doesn’t mean it’s what should be done!”- Cinderella

“With a smile and a song, life is just like a bright sunny day. Your cares fade away.” – Snow White

“It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Alice, Alice In Wonderland

“When we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now…” – Hans Christian Andersen, The Snow Queen

“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.” -Charles Dickens

 Inspirational Quotes for Taking a Difficult Risk

“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“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

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”- Brian Tracy

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”- George Addair

Inspirational Quotes to Build Confidence

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”– Helen Keller

“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.” –  Dr. Henry Link

“The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” – Hasidic Proverb

“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer

“Fake it until you make it! Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality.” – Brian Tracy

Inspirational Quotes to Help You Catch Excellence

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”— Vince Lombardi

“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” –  Malala Yousafzai

“The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney

“Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.” – Brian Tracy

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” –Vince Lombardi

Inspirational Quotes to Overcome Bad News

When one door closes, sometimes we need to turn the knob to open another… –  J.A. Tran

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

“Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today.” – Will Rogers

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.” – Brian Tracy

Inspirational Quotes for Positive Thoughts

“We become what we think about” – Earl Nightingale

“There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.” – Brian Tracy

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything you do.” – Brian Tracy

Inspirational Quotes to Build Self Confidence

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”― Marilyn Monroe

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela

“Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” —E.E. Cummings

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” Zig Ziglar

Inspirational Quotes by William James

“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James

“Belief creates the actual fact.” — William James

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”― William James

“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”― William James

Inspirational Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”― Henry David Thoreau

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”― Henry David Thoreau

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” ― Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational Quotes by Oprah Winfrey

You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” ― Oprah Winfrey

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”― Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational Quotes About Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational Quotes by Albert Einstein

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”― Albert Einstein

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.” – Albert Einstein

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

Inspirational Quotes to Stay Motivated

“Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” – Robert H. Schuller

“For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.” – Jack Canfield

“The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best!” – Brian Tracy

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” – Helen Keller

“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Motivational Quotes

Motivational quotes, like the inspirational quotes above, are meant to inspire action. These quotes have the potential to encourage you to become the best version of yourself.

Let your positivity and optimism inspire you and lead you to success. That’s my favorite way to achieve success.

These quotes are here to help motivate you to reach your peak performance. Read them when you need a push to work towards your goals.

You experience external change only once you change internally. Start today and watch how everything around you begins to change!

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“The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.” – Brian Tracy

“To see what is right and not do is a lack of courage.” – Confucius.

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” —Thomas Carlyle

“Make your life a masterpiece, imagine no limitations on what you can be, have, or do.”  – Brian Tracy

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” — Henry Ford

Motivational Quotes to Be a Successful Person

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.” – Paulo Coelho

“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”- Brian Tracy

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou

“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” Henry Link

“Imagine your life is perfect in every respect; what would it look like?” – Brian Tracy

Motivational Quotes to Develop Success

“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” Chuck Palahniuk

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Reading is to the mind, as exercise is to the body.” – Brian Tracy

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” —George Lorimer

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

Motivational Quotes to Pursue a New Dream

“Waiting insistently in front of a tightly closed door is unfair to all of the open doors! Give a chance to the open doors!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss

“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

Motivational Quotes for Moving Forward

“Every closed door isn’t locked and even if it is…YOU just might have the key! Search within to unlock a world of possibilities!”― Sanjo Jendayi

“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

“It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.” Mahatma Gandhi

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”― Robert Frost

“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” – Michael Phelps

Motivational Quotes to Stay on the Right Track

“Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.”— Nicole Kidman

“The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly. ” – Brian Tracy

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” – Michelle Obama

“Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It takes courage to examine your life and to decide that there are things you would like to change, and it takes even more courage to do something about it.” – Sue Hadfield

English Motivational Quotes to Stay Positive

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden

“It hurt because it mattered.” – John Green

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” -Zig Ziglar

“Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears…”― Nitya Prakash

Motivational Quotes for a Positive Life

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.”  – Lindsey Vonn

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali

Motivational Quotes for a Successful Outcome

“The only limits you have are the limits you believe.” Wayne Dyer

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie

“Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Change the world by being yourself.” – Amy Poehler

“Change the game, don’t let the game change you.” – Macklemore

Short Motivational Quotes

Self-doubt kills talent. Edie McClurg

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt

“You get what you give.” – Jennifer Lopez

“Your life only gets better when you get better.”- Brian Tracy

“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn

Motivational Quotes for Work

“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” — Michael Jordan

“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.” – Steve Jobs

“Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That’s the classic entrepreneur.” – Mohnish Pabrai.

“Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” – Brian Tracy

Motivational Quotes to Change the World

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”— Maya Angelou

“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”- Rob Siltanen

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”- Mahatma Ghandi

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffet

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” – Brian Tracy

Motivational Quotes for the Whole Human Race

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate. Marvin Gaye

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

“Light tomorrow with today!” –  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”  – Mae Jemison

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West

Motivational Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Motivational Quotes by Winston Churchill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”― Winston S. Churchill

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ― Winston Churchill

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” ― Winston S. Churchill

Motivational Quotes by Thomas Edison

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. There is no substitute for hard work.”  – Thomas Edison

“A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.” – Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”― Thomas A. Edison

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.”― Thomas Edison

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ― Thomas A. Edison

Stay on Track With Daily Inspirational Quotes

These positive quotes can push you towards progress and help you accomplish the goals you create for yourself.

Use these words of inspiration whenever you feel like you need a boost. They can guide you through any challenge and allow you to face any situation head-on.
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About Brian Tracy — Brian is recognized as the top sales training and personal success authority in the world today. He has authored more than 60 books and has produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on sales, management, business success and personal development, including worldwide bestseller The Psychology of Achievement. Brian’s goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin and Youtube.

Every member of the human race knows that life can present difficult challenges, often taking all the fun out of our day to day lives. To overcome these obstacles there are a lot of good strategies you can employ, and very often the answer lies within. 

One great way to dig deep and overcome your difficulties is to get motivated! You may need motivation for work, home life, or simply to gain the extra positive energy necessary to develop success and get through the week. 

Enjoy the inspirational quotes below, and remember that the only limit to achieving our desires is one of imagination! Create your own happy life by filling it with purpose, and you can achieve excellence and fulfill your own dreams and your own life plan on your terms.

Motivational Quotes: Information to Inspire Your Life

There Is No Greater Thing You Can Do With Your Life And Your Work Than Follow Your Passions – In A Way That Serves The World And You.

RICHARD BRANSON (more Richard Branson quotes)

Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

ROALD DAHL

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

DOLLY PARTON

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

HELEN KELLER

Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it’s giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness.

HODA KOTB

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

OPRAH WINFREY (more Oprah Winfrey quotes)

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

REBA MCENTIRE

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking: “What’s in it for me?”

BRIAN TRACY

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

OPRAH WINFREY

As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy. Waking up stressed and miserable is not a good way to live.

RICHARD BRANSON

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘”What are you doing for others?””

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (more Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes)

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

MICHAEL JORDAN

“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.”

MAYA ANGELOU

“It’s not what we have in life but who we have in our life that matters.”

MARGARET LAURENCE

“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”

ELIZABETH GILBERT

“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

DR. SEUSS

“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 that has been opened for us.”

HELEN KELLER

“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”

CHARLES SWINDOLL

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

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

“Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.”

WARREN BUFFETT (more Warren Buffett quotes)

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

WARREN BUFFETT

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

DALE CARNEGIE

Work for that feeling that you have accomplished something…Don’t waste your time on this earth without making a mark.

JOE ROGAN

“Life is not fair, get used to it!”

BILL GATES

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

“Live for each second without hesitation.”

ELTON JOHN

We define ourselves far too often by our past failures. That’s not you. You are this person right now. You’re the person who has learned from those failures.

JOE ROGAN

“You don’t need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.”

WAYNE DYER

Success Quotes To Inspire and Help You Overcome Roadblocks

For some, there is only one motivation that they need, and that’s providing for their family. For others (like Elon Musk, for example) motivation can be harder to come by – especially if your goal is to move the human race forward and onto Mars!. 

Everyone feels like quitting at some point, and no one has all the answers. And even though it can be tempting to get under the blanket and shut out the world sometimes, quitting won’t make the challenges go away. If you give zero effort, you’ll have exactly the same number of chances at getting what you want.

Use these motivational quotes for work, for your personal life, and for anything that requires that extra boost of motivation.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour.

ELON MUSK (more Elon Musk quotes)

Talent is god-given. Be humble. Fame is Man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

JOHN WOODEN

Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

WAYNE DYER

The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.

WINSTON CHURCHILL (more Winston Churchill quotes)

If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.

JACK CANFIELD

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

NAPOLEON HILL (more Napoleon Hill quotes)

A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.

TONY ROBBINS (more Tony Robbins quotes)

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.

MARK VICTOR HANSEN

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

JOHN LENNON

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

CHARLES BUXTON

You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move.

ERIC THOMAS

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.

CALVIN COOLIDGE

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

PAULO COELHO

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

ROY T. BENNETT

The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.

SWATI SHARMA

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.

DALE CARNEGIE

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

JIMMY DEAN

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

AUDREY HEPBURN

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

HENRY FORD

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

GEORGE ADDAIR

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

LES BROWN

Someone else’s success does not equal a failure for you.

JOE ROGAN

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

STEVE JOBS

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

ALICE WALKER

You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end.

JESSICA HERRIN, FOUNDER AND CEO OF STELLA & DOT

Inspirational Quotes About Persevering Through Difficulty: From Albert Einstein to Babe Ruth

It may be just an opinion, but a so-called “minimum wage work ethic” will not get you want you want (or deserve!). Use the following handpicked motivational quotes to inspire you to not give up, but rather, to come through the other side and emerge as a winner!

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

LEBRON JAMES

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

THOMAS EDISON

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

ARISTOTLE ONASSIS

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

VINCE LOMBARDI

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

HENRY FORD

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

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

CONFUCIUS

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

C.S. LEWIS

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

NELSON MANDELA

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

NELSON MANDELA

Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.

BOB RILEY

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

MAHATMA GANDHI

You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.

JOEL OSTEEN

Every problem is a gift –- without problems we would not grow.

TONY ROBBINS

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did.

MARK TWAIN (more Mark Twain quotes)

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.

JILLIAN MICHAELS

The man who says he can, and the man who says he can’t are both correct.

CONFUCIUS

Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!

RICHARD E. GRANT

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

BABE RUTH

If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can.

TONY ROBBINS

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

GEORGE ELIOT

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

RICHARD BRANSON

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY

Motivational Quotes for Women – From Eleanor Roosevelt to Lady Gaga

We all look forward to strong, successful and independent women. But have you ever wondered how they managed to become strong and successful? 

Here are some motivational quotes about success for you to achieve your ambitious goals from some of the most impressive women throughout history.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

MAYA ANGELOU (more Maya Angelou quotes)

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

MARGARET MEAD (more Margaret Mead quotes)

Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.

CELINE DION

Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can.

HILLARY CLINTON

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

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

I’ve always been famous, it’s just no one knew it yet.

LADY GAGA (more Lady Gaga quotes)

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

JOAN CRAWFORD

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold.

VANNA BONTA

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

HELEN KELLER

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

RUTH BADER GINSBERG

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and enjoying it for everything that it is.

MANDY HALE

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

MARTHA STEWART

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

ANITA RODDICK

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

AMELIA EARHART

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

MAYA ANGELOU

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.

VIVIAN GREENE

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

We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

BARBARA DE ANGELIS

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

CATHERINE THE GREAT

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

DIANE MARIECHILD

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

CHARLOTTE WHITTON

I want to do is because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

AMELIA EARHART

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

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

MARGARET THATCHER (more Margaret Thatcher quotes)

Motivational Quotes for Business 

Starting a business is tough, but if you want to change the world and make money while you’re at it, you might need some inspirational quotes and motivational quotes to get you going. You can not only plan to be a success, you can plan to succeed beyond your wildest dreams! Who knows – you could be the next Steve Jobs! Let these quotes for business inspire you, remind you of why you started in the first place, and get you out of your comfort zone.

Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

GEORGE HERBERT

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

ZIG ZIGLAR

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

HELLEN KELLER

Play by the rules, but be ferocious.

PHIL KNIGHT

Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.

ANTHONY ROBBINS

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

WARREN BUFFETT

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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

You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move.

ERIC THOMAS

Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

ASHTON KUTCHER

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

MARK TWAIN

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

GEORGE WHITEFIELD

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.

JIM ROHN

Fortune always favours the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

P. T. BARNUM

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

THOMAS A. EDISON

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

DALE CARNEGIE

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

ZIG ZIGLAR

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

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

HELEN KELLER

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

WINSTON CHURCHILL

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

STEPHEN COVEY

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

COLIN R. DAVIS

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.

CHRIS GROSSER

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

HERMAN MELVILLE

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

MICHAEL JORDAN

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

RICHARD BRANSON

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.

COLIN POWELL

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

VIDAL SASSOON

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.

SETH GODIN

Motivational Quotes for College Students – Quotes About Life in School and Beyond

Being a college student is stressful. After all, preparing for the real world is not an easy job! We can all use a little bit of help getting through, so check out these motivational quotes about life to keep you resilient.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

NELSON MANDELA

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

OG MANDINO

It never gets easier. You just get better.

JORDAN HOECHLIN

The true success is the person who invented himself.

AL GOLDSTEIN

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

MICHAEL JOHN BOBAK

Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

W. CLEMENT STONE

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.

WASHINGTON IRVING

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.

THEODORE N. VAIL

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

Dalai Lama

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

CHRISTIAN D. LARSON

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

WALT DISNEY

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

CONFUCIUS

Every problem is a gift –- without problems we would not grow.

TONY ROBBINS

Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

JIM ROHN

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did.

MARK TWAIN

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

JOSHUA MARINE

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

DENIS WAITLEY

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.

JILLIAN MICHAELS

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

GEORGE ELIOT

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

RICHARD BRANSON

College is the reward for surviving high school.

JUDD APATOW

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

MALCOLM X

Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.

JOHN GREEN

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest when you haven’t planted.

DAVID BLY

College inspired me to think differently. It’s like no other time in your life.

LARA OLEYNIK

Motivational Quotes from Celebrities

Everyone looks for a little wisdom and inspiration now and then, even celebrities. Here are some of the top motivational quotes from celebrities to push you forward on your journey to success. Allow these inspirational quotes to fill your mind with clarity and purpose, straight from Hollywood.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.

GEORGE CLOONEY

Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

ASHTON KUTCHER

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.

LUCILLE BALL

Don’t give it five minutes if you’re not going to give it five years.

MEGHAN MARKLE​

Every day is not a success. Every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.

REESE WITHERSPOON

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

COCO CHANEL

I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.

KANYE WEST

Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.

KARL WALLENDA

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

DENIS WAITLEY

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 have failed by default.

J.K. ROWLING

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

ELLEN DEGENERES  

Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.

CELINE DION

Stick around. Don’t lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it.

MARK RUFFALO

I’d rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl’s heart.

NIALL HORAN

I don’t like to share my personal life… it wouldn’t be personal if I shared it.

GEORGE CLOONEY

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

ELVIS PRESLEY

I’ve always been famous, it’s just no one knew it yet.

LADY GAGA

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

JOAN CRAWFORD

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold.

VANNA BONTA

Your imperfections make you beautiful, they make you who you are. So just be yourself, love yourself for who you are and just keep going.

DEMI LOVATO

No matter how talented you are, not everybody is going to like you. But that’s life, just stay strong.

JUSTIN BIEBER

Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love.

EMMA WATSON

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.

CHRIS PINE

I’ve learned it’s important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.

RYAN GOSLING

I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.

EMMA STONE

I’m a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE

I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.

RIHANNA

Motivational Quotes for Entrepreneurs

Planting a sapling and starting your own business are similar in terms of growth. First, you need to invest money and time. Then, gently taking care of your new project, you must build with no expectations in return. During the entrepreneurial journey, you may require constant motivation. 

Here is a collection of motivational quotes for entrepreneurs to help you keep the fires burning bright. Hopefully, these inspirational quotes will help you so that you never lose the passion you need to succeed.

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

ESTÉE LAUDER

Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad.

KEVIN ROSE, CO-FOUNDED DIGG

Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life is too short to think small.

TIM FERRISS

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

G.K. CHESTERTON

I don’t know the word ‘quit.’ Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

SUSAN BUTCHER

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

STEVE JOBS

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it’s starting a new business, whether it’s leaving home, whether it’s getting married, or whether it’s flying into space.

CHRIS HADFIELD

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

WILL RODGERS

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

BARACK OBAMA

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

VINCE LOMBARDI

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

ANDREW CARNEGIE

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

WALT DISNEY

Success depends on employees. For me knowing and connecting with my employees is very important.

DIVINE NDHLUKULA, FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DDNS SECURITY OPERATIONS LTD

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

JAMIE PAOLINETTI

Do not focus on numbers. Focus on doing what you do best. It’s about building a community who want to visit your site every day because you create value and offer expertise.

CASSEY HO, FOUNDER OF BLOGILATES.COM

You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end.

JESSICA HERRIN, FOUNDER AND CEO OF STELLA & DOT

In the age of transparency, honesty, and generosity, even in the form of an apology, generate goodwill.

ALEXANDER ASSEILY, FOUNDER OF JAWBONE

If you know too much before the start, then you will get overwhelmed. Come up with an original idea, and don’t copy because there will be no passion. You need that otherworldly passion. Just start.

JENI BRITTON BAUER

Don’t try to do everything by yourself, but try to connect with people and resources. Having that discipline and perseverance is really important.

CHIEU CAO

It’s necessary to find a mentor who can invest time to know your personal capabilities and business model.

NIGEL DAVIES, FOUNDER OF CLAROMENTIS

Don’t get distracted. Never tell yourself that you need to be the biggest brand in the whole world. Start by working on what you need at the present moment and then what you need to do tomorrow. So, set yourself manageable targets.

JAS BAGNIEWSKI, CO-FOUNDER OF EVE SLEEP

You have to get good at ceding control and not taking things personally. Even seasoned entrepreneurs have struggled with that. I think it’s about not taking failures personally and also not taking successes personally.

LEILA JANAH, FOUNDER OF SAMASOURCE AND LXMI

Your ability to attract, evaluate, and forge strong working relationships with co-founders, early employees, and investors often mean the difference between failure and success.

CLARA SHIH, CO-FOUNDER OF HEARSAY SYSTEMS

My advice is to focus on the importance of forging a long-term relationship, whether with colleagues, partners, or customers. It is often easy to get caught up in short-term decisions.

SHEILA LIRIO MARCELO, FOUNDER OF CARE.COM

If you’re starting something on your own, you better have a passion for it, because this is hard work.

SALLIE KRAWCHECK, CO-FOUNDER OF ELLEVEST

Be nicer to your customers than your competitors.

RICHARD REED, CO-FOUNDER OF INNOCENT DRINKS