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150+ Motivational Quotes – Positive Motivational Quotes for Success
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” — Kyle Chandler
“Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.” — Eknath Easwaran
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” — Jim Rohn
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ― Ayn Rand
“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.” — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — Les Brown
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” — Elon Musk
“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” — Carl von Clausewitz
“Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.” — Christopher Reeve
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ― Carol Burnett
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” ― Ayn Rand
“The strength in your mind determines the quality of your life.” ― Edmond Mbiaka
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” — Jessica Savitch
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” — Tony Robbins
“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” — Winston Churchill
“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” — Philip Sidney
“A goal gets us motivated, while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.” ― Aristotle
“You will never win if you never begin.” — Helen Rowland
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” — Confucius
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” — Ayn Rand
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.” ― Washington Irving
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry Ford
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” — John Dewey
“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” — Natalie Gulbis
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ― Jim Ryun
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” — Jim Rohn
“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” — Norman Ralph Augustine
“Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?” — Eliza Dushku
“Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.” — Christopher Morley
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ― Tim Notke
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” ― Pablo Picasso
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas A. Edison
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” — John F. Kennedy
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” — H. L. Hunt
“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” — Victor Kiam
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Confucius
“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” — Michael Phelps
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston Churchill
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
“There is one grand lie – that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.” — Wayne Dyer
“The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.” — Bobby Knight
“There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.” — Richard Rorty
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe
“You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine.” — Flip Wilson
“If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.” — Bud Wilkinson
“You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” ― Zig Ziglar
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” — Vince Lombardi
“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” — Zig Ziglar
“Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” — Henry Ford
“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ― Napoleon Hill
“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.” — Muhammad Iqbal
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” — Peter Marshall
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ― Og Mandino
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” — Zig Ziglar
“Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.” — Kara Goucher
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” — W. Clement Stone
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” ― Michael Korda
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” ― Les Brown
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.” ― Dale Carnegie
“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” — Ted Turner
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” ― Paul Valery
“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.” — Orison Swett Marden
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ― Helen Keller
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” — Robert H. Schuller
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” — H. G. Wells
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” — Albert Camus
“No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.” — Jack Kornfield
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” ― Tony Robbins
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” ― Jim Rohn
“Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That’s how they expand.” — Robin Sharma
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” — Wayne Dyer
“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” — George Whitefield
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ― Jim Rohn
“Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.” — Tony Robbins
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill
“Know or listen to those who know.” — Baltasar Gracian
“One finds limits by pushing them.” — Herbert Simon
“Having a long term goal provides a catalyst for motivation at every waking moment.” ― Peter J. Daniels
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” — Maya Angelou
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” — Tommy Lasorda
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ― Jim Rohn
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” — George S. Patton
“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” — Les Brown
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” ― Jessica Savitch
“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.” ― Steve Maraboli
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” — George S. Patton
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” ― Tony Robbins
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” — Michael Korda
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston
“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” — Sugar Ray Robinson
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” — George S. Patton
“Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.” — Woody Hayes
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” — Og Mandino
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ― Walt Disney
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ― Jim Rohn
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” ― Washington Irving
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.” — Benjamin Jowett
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius
“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” — Og Mandino
“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” — Wayne Dyer
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ― Arthur C. Clarke
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” — Julie Andrews
“God always strives together with those who strive.” — Aeschylus
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.” — Homer Rice
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
“When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!” — Tony Robbins
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi
“There’s a way to do it better – find it.” — Thomas A. Edison
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” ― Helen Keller
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James
“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
