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150 motivational quotes to inspire you

It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela
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
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. H. G. Wells
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. George S. Patton
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. Alfred A. Montapert
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. Elon Musk
I learned that we can do anything, but we can’t do everything… at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything. Dan Millman
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. Sam Levenson
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard
I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi
The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare. Bobby Knight
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward. Victor Kiam
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. Aldous Huxley
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Simone de Beauvoir
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. Mark Caine
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. Robert H. Schuller
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake
Either I will find a way, or I will make one. Philip Sidney
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. W. Clement Stone
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead. George Lucas
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. H. L. Hunt
I am not afraid… I was born to do this. Joan of Arc
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. Ted Turner
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life. Dean Koontz
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
I can, therefore I am. Simone Weil
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. Pauline Kael
You will never win if you never begin. Helen Rowland
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl. Benjamin Jowett
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth. Bradley Whitford
Leap, and the net will appear. John Burroughs
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. Julie Andrews
I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Lauren Bacall
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. Wayne Dyer
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James
Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose? Eliza Dushku
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson
One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. Michael Korda
Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it. Diane Sawyer
Don’t think, just do. Horace
Never complain and never explain. Benjamin Disraeli
The people who influence you are the people who believe in you. Henry Drummond
If you think you can do it, you can. John Burroughs
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. Jessica Savitch
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Les Brown
Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sasha Cohen
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller
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
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. Norman Ralph Augustine
I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. George S. Patton
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
The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future. Philip Emeagwali
There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move! Edgar Cayce
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney
To begin, begin. William Wordsworth
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino
Step by step and the thing is done. Charles Atlas
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison
Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. Allen Ginsberg
There is always room at the top. Daniel Webster
They can conquer who believe they can. Virgil
Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn
You never know what motivates you. Cicely Tyson
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. Wayne Dyer
Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles
He conquers who endures. Persius
When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. Natalie Gulbis
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. Eileen Caddy
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. John F. Kennedy
You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine. Flip Wilson
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall
The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William Butler Yeats
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. Leo Buscaglia
There’s a way to do it better – find it. Thomas A. Edison
If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore
We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. Orison Swett Marden
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. Malala Yousafzai
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield
If you don’t ask, you don’t get. Stevie Wonder
There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. Richard Rorty
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. Emile Zola
Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill
You create your opportunities by asking for them. Shakti Gawain
It’s always too early to quit. Norman Vincent Peale
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
One finds limits by pushing them. Herbert A. Simon
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino
Deserve your dream. Octavio Paz
The more we do, the more we can do. William Hazlitt
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila
Don’t fight the problem, decide it. George C. Marshall
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. John Dewey
Wherever you are – be all there. Jim Elliot
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world. Judy Collins
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. Ralph Marston
We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine
I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want. Muhammad Ali
After a storm comes a calm. Matthew Henry
If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. Jim Rohn
In motivating people, you’ve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example – and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. Rupert Murdoch
Never give in and never give up. Hubert H. Humphrey
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. John Burroughs
The more things you do, the more you can do. Lucille Ball
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Albert Schweitzer
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition. Elbert Hubbard

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