Motivational Quotes

One major purpose to read quotes is to motivate ourselves. To learn more about what the various famous personalities have to say about motivating your own self, check out the Motivational Quotes in the Quotes Gallery section, combined with beautiful Nature Photographs.

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

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

“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” — Carl von Clausewitz

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” — George S. Patton

“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” — John Dewey

“Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.” — Christopher Morley

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

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” ― Paul Valery

“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ― Jim Ryun

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

“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!” — Tony Robbins

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

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” — Winston Churchill

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.” — Orison Swett Marden

“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

“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

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ― Og Mandino

“There’s a way to do it better – find it.” — Thomas A. Edison

“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

“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” — Wayne Dyer

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ― Carol Burnett

“Know or listen to those who know.” — Baltasar Gracian

“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.” — Muhammad Iqbal

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman

“The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.” — Bobby Knight

“One finds limits by pushing them.” — Herbert Simon

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn

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

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” — Michael Korda

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” — Ayn Rand

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” — Confucius

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland

“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” — Michael Phelps

“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

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” — Les Brown

“Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.” — Eknath Easwaran

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.” — Benjamin Jowett

“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

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.” ― Washington Irving

“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

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ― Napoleon Hill

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

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” — Philip Sidney

“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 never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” — Ted Turner

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

“A goal gets us motivated, while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.” ― Aristotle

“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” — Natalie Gulbis

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

“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

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” — Julie Andrews

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” — Og Mandino

“God always strives together with those who strive.” — Aeschylus

“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” — Victor Kiam

“There is one grand lie – that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.” — Wayne Dyer

“Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.” — Tony Robbins

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

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” — Henry Ford

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

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett

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

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” — W. Clement Stone

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Confucius

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry Ford

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” — Peter Marshall

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” — John F. Kennedy

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” ― Jim Rohn

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

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

“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” — George S. Patton

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” — Wayne Dyer

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

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” ― Les Brown

“Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That’s how they expand.” — Robin Sharma

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” — Vince Lombardi

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” — Robert H. Schuller

“You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine.” — Flip Wilson

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” ― Michael Korda

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” — H. L. Hunt

“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” — Jim Rohn

“Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.” — Christopher Reeve

“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

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

“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

“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” — George S. Patton

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” — Elon Musk

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

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore

“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.” ― Steve Maraboli

“Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.” — Kara Goucher

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

“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” — Albert Camus

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” — Jessica Savitch

“Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.” — Woody Hayes

“If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.” — Bud Wilkinson

“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” — Sugar Ray Robinson

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” — Zig Ziglar

“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

“Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?” — Eliza Dushku

“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

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.” — Elbert Hubbard

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” — H. G. Wells

“You will never win if you never begin.” — Helen Rowland

“No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.” — Jack Kornfield

“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats

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

“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” — Norman Ralph Augustine

“There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.” — Richard Rorty

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

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