
In a world where challenges abound and the path to success sometimes seems winding and uncertain, motivation plays a crucial role.
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a student, an artist, or simply someone on a journey of personal development, finding the inspiration and courage needed to pursue your dreams and goals can sometimes be challenging.
Fortunately, history is rich with remarkable figures who have left behind powerful and inspiring words.
This collection of 70 inspirational quotes to boost your motivation has been carefully curated to ignite that spark of motivation within you.
These phrases, uttered by recognized leaders, thinkers, artists, and visionaries, serve as powerful reminders of what we can achieve with determination, passion, and perseverance.
Whether used as a daily mantra, a source of reflection, or simply as a pick-me-up in tough times, these quotes have the power to inspire and transform.
Without further ado, dive into this ocean of wisdom and let yourself be inspired by the words of those who have shaped the world through their actions and thoughts.
Here are 70 quotes to feed your mind and galvanize your will to succeed:
1) The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Peter Drucker
2) Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Steve Jobs
3) The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vidal Sassoon
4) Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going.
Jim Ryun
5) Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
6) What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
7) Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Jim Rohn
8) Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Christian D. Larson
9) Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Sam Levenson
10) The road to success is always under construction.
Lily Tomlin
11) It’s not enough to want, you have to act.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
12) You never find what you aren’t looking for.
Helen Keller
13) Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
Napoleon Hill
14) The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
15) Those who say it’s impossible should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Albert Einstein
16) Perseverance, the secret of all triumphs.
Victor Hugo
17) Life is what we make of it. Always has been, always will be.
Fernando Pessoa
18) To succeed, your desire for success must be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby
19) Every dream begins with a dreamer.
Harriet Tubman
20) Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
21) As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
Leonardo da Vinci
22) Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow.
Mary Anne Radmacher
23) Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Tim Notke
24) Abilities are what you can do. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
25) Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
26) Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
27) Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
28) Everything is possible for one who believes.
Mark 9:23
29) If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
Albert Einstein
30) Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.
Charles R. Swindoll
31) Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7
32) You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
33) Action is the foundational key to all success.
Pablo Picasso
34) The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
35) Success is not the absence of failure, but the perseverance through failure.
Alisha Tyler
36) The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Oprah Winfrey
37) Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by using it.
Ruth Gordon
38) Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
Jim Rohn
39) Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Tony Robbins
40) Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Robert Collier
41) Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi
42) Failure is an option. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Elon Musk
43) The greatest secret of success is the ability to get through failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
44) I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do.
Lucille Ball
45) Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford
46) Never be afraid to look up at the sky and dream.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
47) The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
48) Optimism is the faith that leads to success. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller
49) Make your life a dream, and from that dream, a reality.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
50) I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey
51) Success does not come to you, you go to it.
Marva Collins
52) Success is getting up one more time than you fall down.
Oliver Goldsmith
53) Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
54) The biggest risk is not taking any risk.
Mark Zuckerberg
55) The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.
Confucius
56) If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney
57) Motivation comes from within, not from outside.
Zig Ziglar
58) Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T.S. Eliot
59) If I fail, it will not be because I was not motivated enough. It will only be because it was not feasible.
Mark Spitz
60) The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Mark Twain
61) It is not enough to know, one must also apply; it is not enough to want, one must also act.
Wolfgang von Goethe
62) Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what gives life meaning.
Joshua J. Marine
63) Determination is the wake-up call to the human soul.
Winston Churchill
64) It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt
65) Greatness begins with small victories.
Robin Sharma
66) Demand a lot from yourself and expect little from others. So much trouble will be spared to you.
Confucius
67) Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.
Robert Kiyosaki
68) The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
69) Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Albert Schweitzer
70) The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Conclusion
In summary, inspiring quotes are bright stars in our sky, guiding our path toward personal and professional growth.
They remind us that motivation is an inner flame, ready to be reignited at any moment.
Whether you are striving for excellence in your career, seeking personal fulfillment, or overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, these words transcend names and faces to offer us a treasure trove of wisdom.
The key to success lies in perseverance, self-confidence, and the determination to pursue your dreams with unwavering resolve.
These quotes encourage us to tap into our own inner strength, to face challenges with courage, and to move forward with passion.
They remind us that the impossible can become possible when we believe in ourselves.
So, whether in your quest for professional achievements, personal fulfillment, or challenges to overcome, let these quotes inspire you to go further.
Cultivate the motivation within you and let it shine in every aspect of your life.
Your potential is limitless, and your journey to success begins with every small step you take. Ultimately, remember that you have the power to shape your destiny, and these quotes are here to remind you that nothing is out of reach when you strive to achieve your goals.
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