Inspirational Quotes
100+ Motivational quotes to inspire your positive mindset for success in life
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We have carefully chosen 50 motivational quotes on life to empower you with the guidance and inspiration you need to reach your full potential!
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| Inspirational Quotes |
""1""
"If people knew how hard I
worked to get my mastery,
it wouldn't seem so wonderful
after all."
— Michelangelo
""2""
"Do the best you can until
you know better.
Then when you know better, do better."
— Maya Angelou
""3""
"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
""4""
"I do not know anyone who
has got to the top without
hard work. That is the recipe.
It will not always get you
to the top,
but should get you pretty near."
— Margaret Thatcher
""5""
"Hard work spotlights the character
of people: some turn up their
sleeves, some turn up their noses,
and some don’t turn
up at all."
— Sam Ewing
""6""
"The only thing standing between
you and outrageous success
is continuous progress you
need discipline."
— Dan Waldschmidt
""7*"
"Talent is cheaper than table
salt. What separates the
talented individual from the
successful one is a lot of hard work."
— Stephen King
""8""
"Hard work is a
prison sentence only if it
does not have meaning.
Once it does, it becomes the
kind of thing that makes you
grab your wife around the
waist and dance a jig."
— Malcolm Gladwell
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| — Malcolm Gladwell |
""9""
"The fight is won or lost far
away from witnesses
— behind the lines, in the gym,
and out there on the road,
long before I dance under those lights."
— Muhammad Ali
""10""
"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
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| — Dale Carnegie |
""11""
"The only place where success
comes before work is in the
dictionary."
— Vince Lombardi
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| — Vince Lombardi |
""12""
"There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation,
hard work, and learning from failure."
— Colin Powell
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| — Colin Powell |
""13""
"Strive not to be a success,
but rather to be of value."
— Albert Einstein
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| — Albert Einstein |
""14""
“Try not to become a man of
success. Rather become
a man of value.”
― Albert Einstein
""15""
“Success is stumbling from failure
to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston S. Churchill
""16""
“Don't spend time beating on
a wall, hoping to transform
it into a door. ”
― Coco Chanel
""17""
“If A is a success in life,
then A equals x plus y plus z.
Work is x; y is play; and z
is keeping your mouth shut”
― Albert Einstein
""18""
“It is hard to fail, but it is
worse never to have tried to
succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
""19""
“If you want to live a happy life,
tie it to a goal, not to people
or things.”
― Albert Einstein
"""20*"
“It is our attitude at the beginning
of a difficult task which,
more than anything else,
will affect its successful outcome.”
– William James
""21""
“Success depends upon
previous preparation,
and without such preparation,
there is sure to be failure.”
— Confucius
""22""
“Our greatest weakness lies
in giving up. The most certain
way to succeed is always to
try just one more time.”
– Thomas A. Edison
""23""
“It is better to fail in originality
than to succeed in imitation.”
– Herman Melville
""24""
“In most things success
depends on knowing how long it
takes to succeed.”
– Montesquieu
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| – Montesquieu |
""25""
“I don’t believe in failure.
It’s not failure if you enjoyed
the process.”
– Oprah Winfrey
""26""
“Success is not how
high you have climbed, but
how you make a positive
difference to the world.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
""27""
“The worst part of success
is trying to find someone
who is happy for you.”
― Bette Midler
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| Bette Midler |
""28""
“I'm a success today because
I had a friend who believed in
me and I didn't have the heart
to let him down.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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| ― Abraham Lincoln |
""29""
“However difficult life may
seem, there is always
something you can do and
succeed at.”
— Stephen Hawking
""30""
"Whatever we believe about
ourselves and our ability
comes true for us."
— Susan L. Taylor
""31""
"People who say it cannot be
done shou"ld not interrupt
those who are doing it."
— George Bernard Shaw
""32""
"He who would learn to
fly one day must first learn
to stand and walk and run
and climb and dance; one cannot
fly into flying."
— Nietzsche
""33""
"The harder the conflict, the more
glorious the triumph."
— Thomas Paine, American Founding Father
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| Thomas Paine, American Founding Father |
""34""
"Never be limited by other
people’s limited imaginations."
— Dr. Mae Jemison
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| Dr. Mae Jemison |
""35""
"Start where you are. Use
what you have. Do what you can."
— Arthur Ashe
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| Arthur Ashe |
""36""
“You can do what you have
to do, and sometimes you
can do it even better than
you think you can.”
- Jimmy Carter
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| - Jimmy Carter |
""37""
“It's hard to beat a person
who never gives up.”
— Babe Ruth
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| — Babe Ruth |
""38""
“You may be the only person left
who believes in you, but it's enough.
It takes just one star to pierce
a universe of darkness.
Never give up.”
— Richelle E. Goodrich
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| — Richelle E. Goodrich |
""39""
"The minute you decide to
do what you love to do, you
have made a life plan for
yourself and a career choice."
— Huda Kattan
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| — Huda Kattan |
""40""
“Earn Nicely, spend wisely
and you will live happily.”
― Auliq Ice
""41""
Match your talent with
opportunities that you
are passionate about.”
― Germany Kent
""42""
“When opportunities
knock on your door, don't
wait too long to decide
because when you take too
much time, the decision will be
made for you
— typically, this will not be to your benefit.”
― Jen Alvares
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| ― Jen Alvares |
""43""
“A rare skill can help
you pay more bills than usual.”
― David Angway
""44""
“Ever day you spend at work
is a foundation for your future.”
― Abhishek Ratna, No Parking. No Halt. Success Non Stop!
""45""
“No career counselor or
internship will be able to
help you with your career if you
don't have an aim, purpose,
and passion for what
you want to do in life.”
― Germany Kent
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| ― Germany Kent |
""46""
“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
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| — Lady Gaga |
""47""
“Leaders never use the word
failure. They look upon setbacks
as learning experiences.”
– Brian Tracy
""48""
“It does not matter how
slowly you go as long as you
do not stop.”
— Confucius
""49*"
“Wanting to be someone
else is a waste of the person
you are.”
— Kurt Cobain
""50""
"You can't build a reputation
on what you're going to do."
—Confucius
""51""
“If you’re offered a seat
on a rocket ship, don’t ask
what seat! Just get on.”
– Sheryl Sandberg
""52""
“Opportunities don’t happen,
you create them.”
– Chris Grosser
""53""
“Find out what you like
doing best, and get someone
to pay you for doing it.”
– Katharine Whitehorn
""54""
Feeling confident or
pretending that you feel
confident is necessary to
reach for opportunities.
It’s a cliché, but opportunities
are rarely offered; they’re seized.
– Sheryl Sandberg
""55""
“I am not a product of my
circumstances. I am a
product of my decisions.”
—Stephen Covey
""56""
“Getting fired is nature’s
way of telling you that you
had the wrong job in the first place.”
—Hal Lancaster
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| Hal Lancaster |
""57""
“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
""58""
“If opportunity doesn’t knock,
build a door.”
—Milton Berle
""59""
“So often in life, things that you
regard as an impediment
turn out to be great, good fortune.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
""60""
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me
and I remember. Involve me
and I learn.”
— Benjamin Franklin
""61""
“You are never too small
to make a difference.”
— Greta Thunberg
""62""
“Individually, we are one drop.
Together, we are an ocean.”
— Ryunosuke Satoro,
Japanese author.
""63""
“I can’t change the direction
of the wind, but I can adjust
my sails to always reach
my destination.”
– Jimmy Dean
""64""
"As I look back on my life,
I realise that every time I thought
I was being rejected from
something good, I was actually
being redirected to something better."
— Dr. Steve Maraboli
""65""
"Perseverance is not a long
race;
it is many short races one after
the other."
— Walter Elliot
""66""
"Develop success from
failures. Discouragement
and failure are two of the
surest stepping stones to success."
— Dale Carnegie,
""67""
"You’re not obligated
to win. You’re obligated to
keep trying to do the best
you can every day."
— Marian Wright Edelman
""68""
"Success isn't always
about greatness. It's
about consistency.
Consistent hard work leads
to success. Greatness will come."
— Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
""69""
"Our greatest weakness lies
in giving up. The most certain
way to succeed is always to
try just one more time."
— Thomas Edison
""70""
Your hardest times often
lead to the greatest moments
of your life. Keep going.
Tough situations build strong
people in the end.”
- Roy T. Bennett
""71""
“If you have a dream,
don’t just sit there. Gather
courage to believe that you
can succeed and leave no stone
unturned to make it a reality.”
— Dr. Roopleen
""72""
“No. Don't give up hope just yet.
It's the last thing to go.
When you have lost hope, you
have lost everything. And when
you think all is lost, when all is
dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
— Pittacus Lore
""73""
“Change course, but don’t give up.”
- Roy T. Bennett
""74""
“We keep moving forward,
opening new doors, and
doing new things, because
we're curious and curiosity
keeps leading us down new paths.”
—Walt Disney
""75""
“Courage doesn't always roar,
sometimes it's the quiet
voice at the end of the day whispering
'I will try again tomorrow.”
— Mary Anne Radmacher
""76""
"It's fine to celebrate
success but it is more
important to heed the lessons
of failure."
— Bill Gates
""77""
“I have not failed. I've just
found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison
""78"*
“Pain is temporary. Quitting
lasts forever.”
― Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins, Every Second Counts
""79""
“Only those who dare to
fail greatly can ever achieve
greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
""80""
“Just because you fail
once doesn't mean
you're gonna fail at everything.”
― Marilyn Monroe
""81""
“Failure is a bend in
the road, not the end of
the road. Learn
from failure and keep moving forward.”
― Roy T. Bennett
""82""
“Winners are not afraid of
losing. But losers are. Failure
is part of the process of
success. People
who avoid failure also
avoid success.”
― Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
""83""
“The one who falls
and gets up is stronger
than the one who never tried.
Do not fear failure but rathe
r fear not trying.”
― Roy T. Bennett,
The Light in the Heart
""84""
“Leaders never use the
word failure. They look
upon setbacks
as learning experiences.”
– Brian Tracy
""85""
“Failure is not the
opposite of success,
it’s part of success”
― Arianna Huffington
""86""
“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
87""
“Failure isn’t an option.
I’ve erased the word ‘fear’
from my vocabulary, and I
think when you erase fear,
you can’t fail.”
–Alicia Keys
""88""
“Never be afraid of failure.
And don’t stop yourself from
doing something you want to
do because of what others
might think. Only you know
yourself best.”
–Suki Waterhouse
""89""
“Failure doesn’t mean you are a
failure it just means you
haven’t succeeded yet.”
― Robert H. Schuller
""90""
“I think everyone should experience
defeat at least once
during their career. You
learn a lot from it.”
― Lou Holtz
""91""
“All men make mistakes,
but a good man yields when
he knows his course is wrong,
and repairs the evil. The only
crime is pride.”
― Sophocles, Antigone
""92""
“There is no failure
except in no longer trying.”
― Elbert Hubbard
""93""
“The master has failed more
times than the beginner has
even tried.”
― Stephen McCranie
""94""
“Nothing is impossible,
the word itself says, “I’m possible!”
— Audrey Hepburn
""95""
"Winners never quit,
and quitters never win."
― Vince Lombardi
""96""
"Life is 10% what happens
to you and 90% how you react to it."
— Charles R. Swindoll
""97""
"Obstacles can't stop you.
Problems can't stop you.
Most of all, other people can't
stop you. Only you can stop you."
— Jeffrey Gitomer
""98""
"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
""99""
"If we had no winter,
the spring would not be
so pleasant. If we did not
sometimes taste adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome."
— Josh Billings
""100"
"He who is not courageous
enough to take risks will
accomplish nothing in life."
— Muhammad Ali
""102""
"Impossible is just an opinion."
— Paulo Coelho
""102""
"On any given Monday
I am one sale closer and
one idea away from being a millionaire."
— Larry D. Turner
""103""
"Setting goals is the first step
in turning the invisible into the visible."
—Tony Robbins
""104""
"Sometimes, you have
to give up. Sometimes,
knowing when to give up,
when to try something else,
is genius. Giving up doesn’t
mean stopping. Don’t ever stop."
— Phil Knight
""105""
"You can't get there by bus,
only by hard work and risk and
by not quite knowing what you're doing.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover will be yourself."
— Alan Alda
""106""
"I am who I am today
because of the choices I made yesterday."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
""107""
“You can dance in the storm.
Don't wait for the rain to be over
before because it might
take too long. You can do
it now. Wherever you are,
right now, you can start, right now;
this very moment.”
- Israelmore Ayivor
""108""
“There are five important things
for living a successful and
fulfilling life: never stop dreaming,
never stop believing, never give up,
never stop trying, and never
stop learning.”
- Roy T. Bennett
""109""
“Every master was once
a disaster.”
– David T.S Wood
""110""
“When it comes to your dreams,
every risk is worth it.”
– Joel Brown
""111""
“Gain control of your
time, and you will gain
control of your life.”
John Landis Mason
""112""
“Be grateful for what you
already have
while you pursue your goals.”
― Roy Bennett
""113""
“If you don’t have a goal in mind,
you can’t expect to achieve it.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life
""114""
“Focus on yourself and
your goals and don’t get
distracted by dishonesty
and disloyalty from people,
who only waste your time and energy!”
― Lily Amis
""115""
“Your focus should be
on becoming a type
of person you want to
be, not a specific goal”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits
""116""
“Life is not about a goal
to be achieved, but a goal
to be reached.”
― Pawan Pandit, Alive Sentence
""117""
You define your own life.
Don’t let other people
write your script.”
— Oprah Winfrey
""118""
“Goals must stretch and test
your cognitive skills for
results achievement.”
— Invajy
""119""
“If you want to be happy
, set a goal that commands
your thoughts, liberates your
energy and inspires your hopes.”
—Andrew Carnegie
""120""
“People with ambition don’t
give a damn what other people
think of them.”
― Diane Setterfield
""121""
“My belief in life is that you
need only three things to get
to the top- Talent,
Ambition and Initiative.”
― Ankit Patni
""122""
"When it is obvious that
the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust
the action steps."
― Confucius
"""123""
"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
""124""
"No matter how many
goals you have achieved,
you must set your sights
on a higher one."
― Jessica Savitch
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| Jessica Savitch |
""125""
“What lies behind us and what
lies before us are tiny
matters compared to what lies within us.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
126""
Build your own dreams,
or someone else will hire you
to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray
