299 Inspirational Quotes for Motivation

A quote is a phase or a passage from a book or speech that an author has said or written. I believe that quotations can be a source of wisdom and inspiration for people.

Here are my picks for the top 299 inspirational quotes.

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

Motivational Quotes

11. “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

12. “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

13. “Everything you can imagine is real.”―Pablo Picasso

14. “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

15. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

16. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” ―Lewis Carroll

17. “Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” —Socrates

18. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right―for you’ll be criticized anyway.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

19. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ―Dalai Lama XIV

20. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ―Abraham Lincoln

21. “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” —Catherine Pulsifier

22.“Impossible is just an opinion.” —Paulo Coelho

23. “Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” —Isabelle Lafleche

24. “Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

25. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” —Elon Musk

26. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller

27. “It’s Monday … time to motivate and make dreams and goals happen. Let’s go!” —Heather Stillufsen

28. “It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.” ―Marcus Zusak

29. “Goodbye, blue Monday.” ―Kurt Vonnegut

30. “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

31. “When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” —Ella Woodword

32. “No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become ‘Successful.’” ―Jaymin Shah

32. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” ―Abraham Lincoln

33. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ―Thomas Edison

34. “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

35. “Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” ―Ross Simmonds

36. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” ―Gary Vaynerchuk

37. “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.” ―Mark Cuban

38. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ―Aristotle

39. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ―Sheryl Sandberg

40. “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

41. “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

42. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ―Anne Frank

43. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ―Michael Jordan

44. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ―Vincent Van Gogh

45. “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

46. “Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.’ ―A.C. Benson

47. “Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” ―Stanley McChrystal

48. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ―Lou Holtz

49. “The hard days are what make you stronger.” ―Aly Raisman

50. “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

51. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ―Theodore Roosevelt

52. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” ―Shonda Rhimes

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

54. “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

55.“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi

56. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ―Kurt Cobain

57. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ―Roy T. Bennett

58. “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” ―Frank Ocean

Motivational Quotes for work

59. “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.

60. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ―Tim Notke

61. “If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough.” ―Mario Andretti

62. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ―Thomas Edison

63. “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ―Jimmy Johnson

64. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ―Oscar Wilde

65. “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” ―Benjamin Hardy

67. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” ―Kamari aka Lyrikal

68. “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

69. “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” ―Mother Teresa

70. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ―Earl Nightingale

71. “If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” ―Kenneth Goldsmith

72. “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

73. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill

74. “Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

75. “Amateus sit around and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” ―Stephen King

76. “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

77. “Nothing will work unless you do.” ―Maya Angelou

Encouraging quotes for motivation

78. “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” ―Christine Caine

79. “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” ―Anne Frank

80. “When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters―one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” ―John F. Kennedy

81. “Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ’Til your good is better and your better is best.” ―St. Jerome.

82. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ―Albert Einstein

83. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ―Arthur Ashe

Motivational quotes for success

84. “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

85. “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

86. “Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” ―Gabby Douglas

87. “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

88. Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.

89. “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” ―Warren Buffett

90. “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

91. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” ―Chris Grosser

92. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ―Maya Angelou

Motivational quotes for living

93. “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ―Katharine Hepburn

94. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” ―Herb Brooks

95. “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

96. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” ―Abraham Lincoln

97. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” ―Mark Twain

98. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

99. “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” ―Buddha

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

101. “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” ―Nelson Mandela

102. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot

103. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” ―C.S. Lewis

Motivational quotes for business

104. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” ―Tim Ferriss

105. “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ―Martin Luther King Jr.

106. “When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.” —

107. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” ―Estée Lauder

108. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” ―Lalah Deliah

109. “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

110. “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” ―Helen Keller

111. “Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” ―Arabic proverb

112. “The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.” ―Frank Sinatra

You can do it quotes

113. “Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” ―John Wooden

114. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ―Theodore Roosevelt

115. ‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” ―George Eliot

116. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ―Walt Disney

117. “Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” ―Baz Luhrmann

118. “You can do anything you set your mind to.” ―Benjamin Franklin

119. “All we can do is the best we can do.” ―David Axelrod

120. “You never know what you can do until you try.” ―William Cobbett

121. “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

122. “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

124. “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” ―Nishan Panwar

125. “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

126. “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

127. “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

128. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ―C.S. Lewis

129. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ―Rumi

130. “I can and I will. Watch me.” ―Carrie Green

Famous motivational quotes

131. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” ―Albert Einstein

132. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela

133. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ―Jack Welch

134. “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

135. “What is life without a little risk?” ―J.K. Rowling

136. “Only do what your heart tells you.” ―Princess Diana

137. “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

138. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” ―Florence Nightingale

139. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ―Ayn Rand

140. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” ―Sonia Sotomayer

Motivational quotes from movies

141. “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

142. “We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” ―Mary Poppins

143. “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”―Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

144. “I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” ―Pretty in Pink

145. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” ―The Godfather

146. “No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” ―The Greatest Showman

147. “Spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” ―The Breakfast Club

148. “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” ―Pirates of the Caribbean

149. “Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” ―Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

150. “You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” ―Good Will Hunting

Motivational quotes for women

151. “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

152. “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ―Malala Yousafzai

153. “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

154. “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” ―Janis Joplin

155. “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” ―Sara Blakely

156. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. “ ―Jennifer Lopez

157. “Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” ―Judy Garland

158. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

159. “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” ―Joan Rivers

160. “Done is better than perfect.” ―Sheryl Sandberg

Motivational quotes for men

161. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” ―Richard Branson

162. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot

163. “What hurts you blesses you.” ―Rumi

164. “I always thought it was me against the world and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.” ―Kendrick Lamar

165. “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” ―Richard Nixon

166. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” ―Paulo Coelho

167. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” ―Dhirubhai Ambani

168. “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

169. “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.” ―Robin Williams

Funny motivational quotes

170. Never let anyone treat you like you’re regular glue. You’re glitter glue.

172. “If you fall―I’ll be there.” ―Floor

173. “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ―Dalai Lama

174. “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.” ―Steven Wright

175. “I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.’ ―Groucho Marx

176. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” ―Kyle Chandler

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

Deep meaning motivational quotes

178. “‘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

179. “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

180. “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

181. “If you’ve never eaten while crying, you don’t know what life tastes like.” ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

182. “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ―Mother Teresa

183. “Once you do know what the question actually is, you’ll know what the answer means.”―Douglas Adams

184. “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” ―Mark Twain

185. “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” ―Pema Chodron

189. ‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” ―Bruce Lee

Best quotes for starting a new year

190. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay

191. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan

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

193. “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel

194. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King

195. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall

196. You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” —Dr. Seuss

197. “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu

198. “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm

Quotes for office

199. “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ―Jlm Rohn

200. “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

201. “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ―Louise L. Hay

202. “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

203. “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

204. “You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.” ―Ali Krieger

205. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” ―Dwayne Johnson

206. “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

207. “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

208. “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

Motivation quotes for students

209. “I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” ―Mufti Menk

210. “Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” ―Sheryl Sandberg

211. “If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” ―David A. Bednar

212. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ―Nelson Mandela

213. “If you can’t make a mistake you can’t make anything.” ―Marva Collin

214. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try.” ―Beverly Sills

215. “Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” ―Walter Brunell

216. “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” ―Lemony Snicket

217. “Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.” ―William Arthur Ward

Motivational quotes about chance

218. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi

219. “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

220. “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” ―Mandy Hale

221. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ―George Bernard Shaw

222. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ―Leo Tolstoy

223. “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

224. “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ―Maya Angelou

225. “Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” ―Debby Boone

226. “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

227. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” ―George Burns

228. “You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” ―Dave Ramsey

229. “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for 10 years.” ―Warren Buffett

230. “That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” ―Henry David Thoreau

231. “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” ―Clare Boothe Luce

234. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ―Jen Sincero

235. “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

236. “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

237. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” —Jim Rohn

Motivational quotes about success

238. “Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” ―Sophia Amoruso

239. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ―Socrates

240. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ―Socrates

242. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ―Shiv Khera

243. “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

244. “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

245. “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” ―Marie Forleo

246. “I want to be remembered as the one who tried.” ―Dr. Dorothy Height

Motivational quotes about time

247. “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

248. “Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” ―William Penn

249. “It’s not about having enough time, it’s about making enough time.”―Rachael Bermingham

250. “Time is money.” ―Benjamin Franklin

251. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” ―William Shakespeare

252. “The trouble is, you think you have time.” —Buddha

253. “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

254. “After all this time? Always.” ―J.K. Rowling

Motivational quotes about failure

255. “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ―Barack Obama

256. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” ―Bill Gates

257. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” ―Tony Robbins

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

259. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” ―Bruce Lee

260. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ―Confucius

261. “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

262. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” ―Winston Churchill

263. “Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?” ―Komal Kapoor

264. “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

267. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ―Robin Williams

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

269. “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so … get on your way!” ―Dr. Seuss

270. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” ―Goethe

271. “At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” ―Frida Kahlo

272. “Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” ―Frank Ocean

273. “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 Burn

Motivational quotes about learning

274. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”―George R.R. Martin

275. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ―Brian Herbert

276. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ―Mark Twain

277. “To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” ―Chinese Proverb

278. “I’m still learning.” ―Michelangelo

279. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ―Mahatma Gandhi

280. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” ―Nelson Mandela

Positive motivational quotes

281. “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

282. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius

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

284. “It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen

Motivational quotes about winig

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

286. “One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” ―Kylie Francis

287. “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” ―Vince Lombardi

288. “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” ―Michael Jordan

289. “When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” ―Nicki Minaj

290. “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ―Billie Jean King

291. “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

292. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela

293. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” ―Mike Murdock

294. “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” ―Robert T. Kiyosaki

Motivator quotes

295. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ―George Eliot

296. “Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” ―Brad Sugars

297. “Revenge is a powerful motivator.” ―Marcus Luttrell

298. “Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.” ―Miya Yamanouchi

299. “I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ―Stephen Covey

Reference: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/motivational-quotes

Last Updated on 21 September 2023 by Tuomas Data