500+ Motivational Quotes Give You More Energy and Success Everyday

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Buddha Quotes

  • “Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!”
  • “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.”
  • “Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.”
  • “Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.”
  • “A disciplined mind brings happiness.”
  • “All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
  • “Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
  • “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”
  • “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
  • “Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin.”
  • “It is better to do nothing, than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.”
  • “We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis…”
  • “There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”
  • “Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.”
  • “The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range?”
  • “Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
  • “Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
  • “Nothing remains without change.”
  • “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.”
  • “Faith and prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible things possible.”
  • “Leave behind confused reactions and become patient as the earth; unmoved by anger, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.”
  • “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
  • “Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done. We alone are responsible for our lives.”
  • “Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.”
  • “Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth.”
  • “Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.”
  • “Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
  • “Give, even if you only have a little.”
  • “Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.”
  • “The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.”
  • “With mindfulness, strive on.”
  • “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”
  • “If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.”
  • “Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
  • “You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”
  • “Life is suffering.”
  • “If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.”
  • “It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.”
  • “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance.”
  • “When you attain victory over yourself, not even the gods can turn it into defeat.”
  • “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
  • “What we think, we become.”
  • “Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
  • “I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.”
  • “Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.”
  • “May all beings have happy minds.”
  • “Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.”
  • “Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.”
  • “In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.”
  • “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.”
  • “Live with no sense of ‘mine,’ not forming attachment to experiences.”
  • “Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
  • “One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.”
  • “If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?”
  • “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.”
  • “Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
  • “To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.”
  • “All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
  • “They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.”
  • “Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.”
  • “If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”
  • “As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.”
  • “The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range.”
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  • “The root of suffering is attachment.”
  • “Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.”
  • “As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.”
  • “It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.”
  • “All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.”
  • “Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.”
  • “All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
  • “Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
  • “Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.”
  • “He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.”
  • “As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.”
  • “Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.”
  • “Whatever living beings there may be — feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born — may all beings have happy minds.”
  • “If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
  • “Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.”
  • “Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follow a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”
  • “If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.”
  • “Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise, and virtuous.”
  • “One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.”
  • “Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.”
  • “Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will.”
  • “It seems that although we thought ourselves permanent, we are not. Although we thought ourselves settled, we are not. Although we thought we would last forever, we will not.”
  • “Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.”
  • “Conquer anger through gentleness, unkindness through kindness, greed through generosity, and falsehood by truth.”
  • “Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.”
  • “Like someone pointing to treasure is the wise person who sees your faults and points them out. Associate with such a sage.”
  • “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
  • “Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.”
  • “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”
  • “I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me.”
  • “You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.”
  • “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
  • “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
  • “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
  • “Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
  • “Be truthful; do not yield to anger. Give freely, even if you have but little. The gods will bless you.”
  • “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
  • “Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.”

Hope Quotes:

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
― Bill Keane

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

Best motivational quotes to inspire

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.”
―Octavia Butler

“The best way out is always through.”
―Robert Frost

“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
—Jesse Owens

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
—Frederick Douglass

“Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.”
―Bill Walsh

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”
—Ruth Gordo

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie

“Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.” —Paul Graham

“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas

“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge

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

“Worry is a misuse of imagination.” —Unknown

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ―Maya Angelou

Success Quotes
  • “I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” —Edna Mode
  • “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Unknown
  • “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” —Steve Furtick
  • “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
  • “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston
  • “You carry the passport to your own happiness.” —Diane von Furstenberg
  • “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” —Drake
  • “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart
  • “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
  • “I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.” —Jay-Z
  • “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” —Arianna Huffington
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  • “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong
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  • “I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
  • “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
  • “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
  • “If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.” —Childish Gambino
  • “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
  • “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
  • “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
  • “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
  • “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
  • “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
  • “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
  • “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers
quotes for Success
  • “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
  • “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm
  • “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan
  • Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. – Pablo Picasso
  • There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway
  • The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. – Coco Chanel
  • What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? – Vincent Van Gogh
  • One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. – Lewis Carroll
  • You shouldn’t dream your film, you should make it! – Steven Spielberg
  • Nothing will work unless you do. – Maya Angelou
  • Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. – Amelia Earhart
motivational quotes
  • Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. – Julia Child
  • I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison
  • Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Love the life you live. Live the life you love. – Bob Marley
  • Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. – Helen Keller
  • You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Smile and the world smiles with you. – Stanley Gordon West
  • If you know exactly what you’re going to do, what’s the good in doing it? – Picasso
  • I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes. – Virginia Woolf
  • If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami
  • I’m not trying to do something different, I’m trying to do the same thing but in a different way. – Vivienne Westwood
  • There is no better designer than nature. – Alexander McQueen
  • Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift. – Aretha Franklin
  • The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens. – Beyoncé
  • In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. – Sun Tzu
  • I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied – about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works – and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling. – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Happiness Inspirational Quotes

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”  – Edith Wharton

“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball

“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” – Hafez

“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore

“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller

Inspirational Quotes – Believing in Yourself

“Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats

“No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Best Inspirational Quote for Success

79. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln 

Love Quotes

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” – André Gide

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou

“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle

Perseverance Inspirational Quotes

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi

“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” – Demi Lovato

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot 

96. “No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady

97. “Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson

98. “Leave no stone unturned.” – Euripides

99. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

100. “It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald

101. “If it matters to you, you’ll find a way.” – Charlie Gilkey

102. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Dr. Robert Schuller

103. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey 

104. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

105. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

106. “Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

107. “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr. 

108. “Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” – Tim Cook

109. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

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

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” -Estee Lauder

“Don’t think about making art. Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” -Andy Warhol

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” -Audre Lorde

“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.” – Roald Dahl, “My Uncle Oswald”

“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” -Herb Kelleher, Co-founder of Southwest Airlines

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“Sometimes, you’ve got to work a little, so you can ball a lot.” -Tom Haverford

“Go to your desire and don’t hang around here.” -Jack Kerouac, “Big Sur”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined!” -Thoreau

“Now tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” -Mary Oliver

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” -Dolly Parton

“Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” -Michael Jordan

“To be contented—that’s for the cows.” -Diana Vreeland

“The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” -Vince Lombardi

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” -Steve Jobs

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of, ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” -Marissa Mayer

“Make it work.” -Tim Gunn

“Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.” -Patti Smith

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” – Tracy Jordan

“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” -Oprah Winfrey

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Sheryl Sandberg

“Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.” -Bill Murray

“Life is short. Don’t be lazy.” -Sophia Amoruso

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel García Márquez

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” -Stephen Hawking

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle

Start your Day more Energetic with Motivational Quotes

  • “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” —Zig Ziglar
  • “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picasso
  • “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” —Angela Bassett
  • “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
  • “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” ―David Ogilvy
  • “I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.” —Barbara Elaine Smith
  • “If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.” —Tobias Lütke
  • “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” —Charlie Munger

Ecommerce Motivation

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” —Tina Fey

“When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.” —Melissa McCarthy

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin

“The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.” —David Hurley

“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ―Winston Churchill

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

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi

“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” —Walt Disney

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

“Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain

“If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill

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

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” —Augustine Og Mandino

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ―Abraham Lincoln

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” —Stephen Covey

“Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage.” —Unknown

“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” ―Epicurus

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” —Mary Anne Radmacher

“If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.” ―Clayton M. Christensen

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” —Laird Hamilton

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.” —Vincent van Gogh

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” —Maria Edgeworth

“Resilience is when you address uncertainty with flexibility.” —Unknown

“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” —Raymond Joseph Teller

“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” —Paul Bryant

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” —Henry David Thoreau

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale

“You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.” —John Graham

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

“To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” —Dorothy West

“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” ―Anne Lamott

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” —Warren Buffet

“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” ―Mortimer J. Adler

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ―A.A. Milne

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” ―Martha Graham

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella

“Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself.” ―Jason Fried

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ―Benjamin Franklin

“The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis

“You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin.” ―Gordon B. Hinckley

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson

“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” —Mia Hamm

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. —Henry Ford

Becoming is better than being. —Carol Dweck, Mindset

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. —Herman Melville, Moby Dick

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. —Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl  

Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. —Rafiki, The Lion King

If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe. —Abraham Lincoln

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. —John Milton, Paradise Lost

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. —Stephen Hawking

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. —Stanley McChrystal

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. —Michael Scott, The Office

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

Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong. —Babe Ruth, The Sandlot

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. —Michael Jordan

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Fight till the last gasp. —William Shakespeare, Henry VI

Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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

The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. —Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. —Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do?  Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. —Dory, Finding Nemo

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. —Salvador Dali

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing. — Ernest Hemingway

Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. —Jim Hensen

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… —Dr. Suess, Oh the Places You’ll Go

Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. —Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation—the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing—is essential for high levels of creativity. —Daniel H. Pink, Drive

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson

Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and again and bring their friend. — Walt Disney

So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible. —Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. —Albert Einstein

Innovation distinguishes from a leader and a follower. Steve Jobs

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —George Addai

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing. Aristotle

It is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. Spoon Boy, The Matrix

Quality is job one. Henry Ford

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. Joss Whedon

The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

Speak softly and carry a big stick. Theodore Roosevelt

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain

It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride. Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not. Dr. Suess, the Lorax

“A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.” Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

“You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.” —Irish Proverb

“Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind—and the mind is adaptable.” —Daniel Kish

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” —Roald Dahl

To be Contd…………..

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