55 Motivational Quotes to Start Your Day

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

1. “ You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script. ”

— Oprah Winfrey

2. “ Spread love everywhere you go. ”

— Mother Teresa

3. “ Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you'll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that's great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that's part of the process. ”

— Naomi Osaka

4. “ Opportunities don't happen, you create them. ”

— Chris Grosser

5. “ Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. ”

— Helen Keller

6. “ Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality. ”

— Les Brown

7. “ It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ”

— Aristotle

8. “ Live out of your imagination, not your history. ”

— Stephen Covey

9. “ Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future. ”

— Tony Robbin

10. “ Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. ”

— Ella Fitzgerald

11. “ What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. “ It is never too late to be what you might have been. ”

—  George Eliot

13. “ What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ” 

— Zig Ziglar

14. “ Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come. ”

— Ellen DeGeneres

15. “ Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. ”

— Vernon Sanders Law

16. “ Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ”

— Wayne Dyer

17. “ We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up. ”

— Awkwafina

18. “ Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden. ”

— Unknown

19. “ Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. ”

— Henry David Thoreau

20. “ 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

21. “ I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me. ”

— Jay-Z

22. “ A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want. ”

— Madonna

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

— Albert Einstein

24. “ You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. ”

— Deepak Chopra

25. “ If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one! ”

— Dolly Parton

26. “ 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

27. “ You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ”

— C.S. Lewis

28. “ You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens. ”

— Mandy Hale

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

— Unknown

30. “ The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today. ”

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

31. “ It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. ”

— Bill Gates

32. “ Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. ”

— Winston Churchill

33. “ It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. ”

— Walter Anderson

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

— Albert Einstein

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

— Tina Fey

36. “ Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness. ”

— Marie Forleo

37. “ Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible! ”

— Audrey Hepburn

38. “ You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. ”

— Wayne Dyer

39. “ I'm not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that. ”

— Ava DuVernay

40. “ We’ve been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can’t put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right? ”

— Jennifer Lopez

41. “ Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. ”

— Mark Twain

42. “ When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly. ”

— Annicken R. Day

43. “ If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right. ”

— Childish Gambino

44. “ You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box. ”

— Duchess Meghan

45. “ If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. ”

— Maria Edgeworth

46. “ Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. ”

— Maya Angelou

47. “ We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. ”

— Albert Einstein

48. “ Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on. ”

— Lady Gaga

49. “ When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go. ”

— Carol Burnett

50. “ Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. ”

— Selena Gomez

51. “ 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

52. “ Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. ”

— Walt Whitman

53. “ Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow. ”

— Mahatma Gandhi

54. “ All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. ”

— Earl Nightingale

55. “ We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. ”

— Joseph Campbell