The right words at the right time can inspire you to not give up on yourself, but to keep doing whatever it takes to achieve your goals. If you’re on the verge of giving up or struggling to move forward some motivational quotes can be a game-changer for the pursuit of your goals.
So whether you’re lacking motivation or just need a little push to move forward, get ready to get seriously motivated!
They are just words, you may argue. Yes, of course, they are just words, simple beautiful phrases.
However, the positivity and encouragement they contain - in a world swamped with negativity and discouragement - can help give you the energy you need.
What’s more, you can also use these quotes to console a friend who is feeling down.
WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES HANDY
Bad days happen to everyone, don't they?
One morning you just wake up in a bad mood; another you start the working day with many good intentions, but you are nipped in the bud by unexpected events and hassles.
A part of you, then, would like to blow everything up and run away.
Do you know what you need in these cases?
Just a little more motivation.
Yes, because whatever stage you are at in your life, sometimes a little push is just what can save you.
Being told "You can do it" is always helpful - especially when you feel blue.
Here I am, today I am here for this very reason!
I want to give you some stimuli that can enhance your determination even when you feel like you don't have anymore.
These are some of the most beautiful motivational quotes, chosen to propel you to do more, be more, and achieve your goals today.
They are enriched with some of my personal comments.
These motivational quotes I am going to share will give you the jumpstart your day needs.
So don’t forget to bookmark this page; even better, print the quotes that resonate most with you and keep them handy.
BEST MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO KEEP HANDY
I have arranged them into 5 different categories that correspond to the factors success depends on.
FACTOR NO. 1: BECOME THE CREATOR OF YOUR LIFE
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“Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them”. - Madam C. J. Walker
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“Opportunities don't happen, you create them”. - Chris Grosser
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for”. - Oprah Winfrey
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“The greatest skill you can develop is decreasing the time between idea and execution”. - Dan Koe
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“Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin”. - Grace Hansen
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“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place”. - Nora Roberts
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“There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen”. - Jim Lovell
Each of these quotes invites you to take massive action.
Do not wait for favorable circumstances or for a stroke of luck, take the initiative and live your best life.
Follow Jim Lovell’s advice; be a person who makes things happen!
FACTOR NO.2: YOU CAN NOT EXPERIENCE SUCCESS WITHOUT FAILURE AS THEY ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
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“You always pass failure on your way to success”. - Mickey Rooney
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“Often, you’ll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn’t the opposite of success – it’s a stepping stone to success”. - Arianna Huffington
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“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again”. - Nelson Mandela
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“The art of victory is learned in defeat”. - Simón Bolívar
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“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure”. - Napoleon Hill
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“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default”. - J.K. Rowling
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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed”. - Michael Jordan
Thinking of being successful without ever making mistakes or being disappointed is naive, not to say childish.
No one can escape failure. If you let it keep you down, and you shy away from achieving your goals, you would then fail. In fact, failure isn’t final till you give up. On the contrary, if you learn from it, and continue on your path toward greatness, it wasn’t a true failure but a lesson.
The fear of failure is one of the worst enemies for your realization.
Not only because you learn by making mistakes, but above all, because the more you do, the more you have the possibility that - among the thousand defeats - there will be many victories. At the end of the day, this is what really matters.
FACTOR NO. 3: THE POWER LIES WITHIN YOU, NOT OUTSIDE
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“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside”. - Wayne Dyer
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“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters”. - Epictetus
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”. - Charles R. Swindoll
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“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future”. - Deepak Chopra
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”. - Viktor E. Frankl
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“Do not get upset with people or situations, both are powerless without your reaction”. - Anonymous
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“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude”. - Maya Angelou
It's easier said than done, but you have to take responsibility for your emotions.
Your attitude towards everything that happens to you is the only thing you can really control. And happiness is not a condition, but a choice you make every single day. Because there is only one person over whom you have full power, i.e. yourself!
FACTOR NO. 4: BE 10 TIMES BOLDER
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“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten”. - Tony Robbins
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“If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done”. - Thomas Jefferson
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“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong”. - Mandy Hale
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“All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end”. - Robin Sharma
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“Resistance to change is very much governed by your comfort zone. Just because something is comfortable does not for a moment mean it’s what you want, or even good for you for that matter.” - Robin H-C
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“The hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you’re familiar with and take the risk to live the life you dream about.” - Anonymous
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“The comfort zone is nothing else but a graveyard for your dreams & ideas”. - Anonymous
What would you do if you weren't afraid? You would push yourself where you want, without being held back by fears and worries.
However, getting out of your comfort zone is hard.
Humans’minds are wired to expect the worst-case scenario. Your brain wants to keep you safe, so you have a natural negativity bias - a stronger reaction to real or anticipated negative events.
When you are scared of something that appears to you as “a leap in the dark”, ask yourself these two questions:
1) “What would I do if I were 10 times bolder”?
2) “What is the worst thing that could happen to me if I did this”?
After answering these 2 simple, yet powerful, questions, a lot of that fear will be gone.
What holds us back are not life-threatening fears, but only limitations we build up in our heads.
So feel the fear, and act anyway. Don’t get to the end of your life regretful for having played safe, without discovering what you were capable of.
FACTOR NO. 5: ENJOY THE JOURNEY, DON’T RUSH THE PROCESS
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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop”. - Confucius
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“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward”. - Martin Luther King Jr.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. - Lao Tzu
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“The most important thing is to keep going. The second most important thing is to choose the right direction”. - Maxime Lagacé
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“Direction is more important than speed. You can go fast in the wrong direction”. - Redfoo
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“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success”. - Israelmore Ayivor
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“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success”. - Biz Stone
We often think that we need to hit the ball out of the park and start doing "big" things right away.
Yet, even one of the most successful men in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos started what later on would become trillion-dollar company shipping packages from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, on July 5, 1994.
We tend to see the successes of others and we forget what they had to go through to achieve the level of success they got. We only see the tip of the iceberg, but not what is hidden beneath the surface.
It takes patience and perseverance, you must proceed step by step and day by day to “climb a mountain”.
You must never lose sight of your goals and never stop pursuing them.
Then, one day, without even realizing it you will be an achiever, a completely different YOU.
In this regard, I would like to recommend you a beautiful book "Giant Steps - 365 small actions to make big changes in your life" by Anthony Robbins.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Sometimes it's not easy to stay motivated, especially when life gets in the way.
However, it takes just a few motivational quotes suitable for your situation, to give yourself a shock, get yourself back up and start over again with a smile.
These quotes I shared today are a means to help you stay positive, productive, and happy as you move through your journey.
Every time you feel a little down and think it is not worth fighting for your goals, come back to this post.
It will remind you that it is always worth chasing your dreams.
You can make it, never forget it!
Warning: don't just read these quotes quickly, take some time to reflect on them instead and make sure you act accordingly.
Before you go, let me know in the comments below what quote has struck a chord within you.
I would also love to know if you have any effective quotes you use to keep yourself motivated.
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This is one of my favourite quotes. It is not motivational but it helps me a lot when I tend to see evil intentions in behaviours of other people.
Love that quote too ❤️ Thanks for sharing it!!