500 Motivational Quotes for Life, Work, and Success
A collection of motivational quotes and messages from past, present, famous, and unknown authors. Stay positive and keep going!
Best Short Motivational Quotes
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson
"It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen." - Scott Belsky
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson
"Work hard in silence, let success be your noise." - Frank Ocean
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vidal Sassoon
"The future depends on what you do today." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsleigh
"Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference." - Unknown
"The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it." - Unknown
"Don't stop when you're tired. Stop when you're done." - Unknown
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right." - Henry Ford
"Success is not in what you have, but who you are." - Bo Bennett
"I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out." - Theodore Roosevelt
"The road to success is always under construction." - Lily Tomlin
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself." - Jordan Belfort
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
Motivational Quotes for Work
"You get what you work for, not what you wish for." - Howard A. Tullman
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson
"Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself." - Roy T. Bennett
"Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise." - Frank Ocean
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." - Tim Notke
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"Do what you love and the money will follow." - Marsha Sinetar
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
"Opportunities don't happen. You create them." - Chris Grosser
"Action is the foundational key to all success." - Picasso
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." - Albert Schweitzer
"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it." - Unknown
"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do." - Unknown
"The key to success is to start before you're ready." - Marie Forleo
"Success is what happens after you have survived all your mistakes." - Anora Lee
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it." - Jordan Belfort
"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis
Motivational Quotes About Success
"The best revenge is massive success." - Frank Sinatra
"Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference." - Danny Thomas
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Herman Cain
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton
"Action is the foundational key to all success." - Pablo Picasso
"Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall!" - Vince Lombardi
"The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows." - Aristotle Onassis
"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." - John Wooden
"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible." - Joel Brown
"The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking." - Robert H. Schuller
"The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Peter Drucker
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale
"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here." - Venus Williams
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will." - Vince Lombardi
"The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting." - Walt Disney
"You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong." - Warren Buffett
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"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
"The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?" - Larry Flynt
"Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall!" - Nelson Mandela
Quotes about Dealing with Failure
"The road to success is always under construction." - Arnold Palmer
"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aisha Tyler
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." - David Brinkley
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean
"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." - W. Clement Stone
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis
"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Rohn
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence." - Confucius
"Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this." - Chantal Sutherland
"The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory." - Les Brown
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows." - Aristotle Onassis
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." - Wayne Gretzky
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney
Motivational Quotes to Keep You Humble
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale
"It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment." - Tony Robbins
"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
"People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed and the more they find a way to succeed." - Tony Robbins
"Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
"Success is not just the destination, it's the journey." - Zig Ziglar
"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
"Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day." - Marlon Wayans
"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence." - Colin Powell
"Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat." - Malcolm Forbes
"Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many people you brought
"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." - Florence Nightingale
"Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it." - Unknown
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they never quit." - Conrad Hilton
"Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on." - Marlon Wayans
"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." - Steve Jobs
"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles." - Unknown
Motivational Quotes About Life
"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Alisha Tyler
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." - Jon Bon Jovi
"I never dreamed about success, I worked for it." - Estee Lauder
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." - Maya Angelou
"Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you." - Zig Ziglar
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi
"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
"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success." - Bruce Feirstein
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell
"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." - Unknown
"Never give up. Great things take time. Be patient." - Unknown
"Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door." - Kyle Chandler
"If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission." - Anonymous
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." - Anonymous
"I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing." - Martha Stewart
"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein
"Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become." - Jim Rohn
Motivational Quotes About Attitude
"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
"Success is 99% attitude and 1% aptitude." - Celestine Chua
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Herman Cain
"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential." - John Maxwell
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will." - Vince Lombardi
"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand
"Success is not in what you have, but who you are." - Bo Bennett
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day." - Jim Rohn
"As long as you keep going, you'll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success." - Tamara Taylor
"Success is not just being wealthy, but being consistent with your progress." - Chadwick Boseman
"For success, attitude is equally as important as ability." - Walter Scott
"The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." - John D. Rockefeller Jr
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
"Opportunities don't happen. You create them." - Chris Grosser
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you." - Zig Ziglar
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit." - Conrad Hilton
"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aja Brown
Quotes About Opportunity
Don’t wait for the opportunity. Create it. - Unknown
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they never quit. - Conrad Hilton
Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. - Marlon Wayans
The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. - Steve Jobs
The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles. - Unknown
Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure. - Alisha Tyler
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
Success is falling nine times and getting up ten. - Jon Bon Jovi
I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. - Estee Lauder
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. - Maya Angelou
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. - Vince Lombardi
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
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. - Bruce Feirstein
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Colin Powell
Do something today that your future self will thank you for. - Unknown
Never give up. Great things take time. Be patient. - Unknown
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. - Kyle Chandler
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail. - Dorothea Brande
Quotes About Perseverance
If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. - Anonymous
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. - Anonymous
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. - Martha Stewart
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. - Jim Rohn
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. - Truman Capote
Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many people you brought with you. - Wil Rose
Success is not just about making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give. - Vishen Lakhiani
Success is not a destination. It's a journey. - Zig Ziglar
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. - Shahrukh Khan
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. - Bobby Unser
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. - Benjamin Disraeli
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. - Anthony Robbins
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. - Muhammad Ali
Quotes About Making a Difference
I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. - Herbert Bayard Swope
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein
Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference. - Kathy Calvin
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold H. Glasow
The path to success is to take massive, determined action. - Tony Robbins
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. - Brian Tracy
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want. - Tony Robbins
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. - Arthur Ashe
Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. - Marilyn vos Savant
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. - Orison Swett Marden
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. - John C. Maxwell
To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like. - Mike Gafka
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. - David Frost
Success isn't just about accomplishment. It's also about how the things you do in your life motivate and inspire others to do something motivating and inspiring in theirs. - Zero Dean
Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall! - Napoleon Bonaparte
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. - Benjamin Disraeli
Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. - Wilferd Peterson
Motivational Quotes About Goals
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. - Earl Nightingale
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. - Bill Bradley
The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance. - Sun Yat-sen
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. - Alexander Graham Bell
The secret of success is consistency of purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nighting
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. - Steve Jobs
Success is not what you have, but who you are. - Bo Bennett
The real secret to success is enthusiasm. - Walter Chrysler
Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are. - Jim Rohn
Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw
Success is not about your resources. It's about how resourceful you are with what you have. - Tony Robbins
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. - Zig Ziglar
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. - George Sheehan
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
Success is 99% attitude and 1% aptitude. - Celestine Chua
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. - John Maxwell
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. - Ayn Rand
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. - Jim Rohn
Quotes About Improvement
As long as you keep going, you'll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success. - Tamara Taylor
Success is not just being wealthy, but being consistent with your progress. - Chadwick Boseman
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. - Walter Scott
The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller Jr
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember--the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure. - Aja Brown
Success isn't just about making money. It's about making a difference. - Anonymous
The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. - Warren Buffett
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn
Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain. - Anonymous
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. - Swami Vivekananda
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. - Anonymous
If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. - Anonymous
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - Bill Gates
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J.K Rowling
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. - Albert Einstein
Motivational Quotes About Rising Up
Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall! - Nelson Mandela
Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference. - Danny Thomas
Success is a journey, not a destination. - Zig Ziglar
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. - Mark Twain
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - George S. Patton
Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life; it's about what you inspire others to do. - Unknown
Success isn’t just about achievement. It's about the lessons you learn along the way. - Richard Branson
Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. - Steve Jobs
Success is a journey, not a destination. - Ben Sweetland
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. - Robert Collier
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. - Zig Ziglar
A key to success is playing the hand you were dealt like it was the hand you wanted. - Kaitlyn Walsh
Success is not about being a genius, it is about being a relentless hard-worker. - Neil Patel
Success is not about good luck. It is about hard work, perseverance, study, sacrifice and, most of all, love of what you are doing. - Pele
Success isn't owned. It's leased, and rent is due every day. - J.J. Watt
Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. - Marlon Wayans
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. - Thomas Watson
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. - Dr. Joyce Brothers
I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. - Estée Lauder
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan
Quotes About Taking a Chance
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. - George Herbert
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work. - Unknown
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - Confucius
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. - Tony Hsieh
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. - Will Rogers
You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character. - Unknown
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. - Vince Lombardi
If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. - Steve Jobs
People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. - Rob Siltanen
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. - Og Mandino
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. - Maya Angelou
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. - Dr. Henry Link
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. - Henry Ford
Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. - Hasidic Proverb
Creativity is intelligence having fun. - Albert Einstein
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time. - Don Zimmer
Quotes About Courage
Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are. - Theodore Roosevelt
To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage. - Confucius
Reading is to the mind, as exercise is to the body. - Brian Tracy
The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best! - Brian Tracy
For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded. - Jack Canfield
A room without books is like a body without a soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time. - Michael Phelps
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. - Michelle Obama
Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities. - Robert H. Schuller
You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life–think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. - Swami Vivekananda
Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. - Neil Gaiman
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things. - Demi Lovato
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. Kennedy
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. - Mark Zuckerberg
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller
Quotes About Overcoming Fear
Success is not permanent and failure isn't fatal. - Mike Ditka
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. - Robert Kiyosaki
It's not about how hard you can hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. - Rocky Balboa
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. - Anonymous
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. - Venus Williams
Don’t be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone. - Andy Biersack
Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. - Anonymous
The only place where dreams are impossible is in your own mind. - Emile Coue
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. - Richard Branson
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. - Mark Twain
The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. - Michelle Obama
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. - Harry Golden
Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. - Napoleon Hill
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. - Suzy Kassem
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better. - Jim Rohn
Do not watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. - Walter Elliot
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. - Steve Jobs
Motivational Quotes to Help with Criticism
Success doesn't just find you. You have to go out and get it. - Unknown
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. - Mark Zuckerberg
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. - Jim Rohn
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- It is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert Bayard Swope
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Success isn't just about accomplishment. It's also about how the things you do in your life motivate and inspire others to do something motivating and inspiring in theirs. - Germany Kent
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman
If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney
Don't wait. The time will never be just right. - Napoleon Hill
We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret. - Earl Nightingale
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. - Mark Twain
Success is not just about income. It's about influence. - Anonymous
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt
The only failure is not trying. - George Clooney
It's not about money or connections, it's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. - Mark Cuban
Success is the child of audacity. - Benjamin Disraeli
Quotes About Getting Started
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats. - A. Branson Alcott
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Feather
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas Edison
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. - Joyce Brothers
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden
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
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. - Mark Twain
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. - Vera Wang
There's no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. - Zig Ziglar
Dream bigger. Do bigger. - Unknown
Your limitation—it's only your imagination. - Unknown
Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give. - Adam Neumann
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen. - Dax Shepard
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. - Jim Rohn
Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream. - Marlon Wayans
Motivational Quotes About Progress
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. - Robert Kiyosaki
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. - Cyril Connolly
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. - Mark Caine
The road to success is always under construction. - Lily Tom
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. - G.K. Chesterton
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. - Henry Ford
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. - Barack Obama
Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold H. Glasow
Success is … knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. - John C. Maxwell
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert B. Swope
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain
Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise. - Frank Ocean
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. - Swami Vivekananda
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. - Proverb
Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. - Anonymous
Whenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. - Vaibhav Shah
Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. - Albert Einstein
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Quotes About Patience
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. - Abraham Lincoln
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--It is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert Bayard Swope
Success is not just the destination, it's also the journey. - Zig Ziglar
Success isn't just about making money. It's about making a difference. - Unknown
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. - Jim Rohn
The only way to achieve real success is to have passion. - Unknown
Success is largely the failures you avoid. - Health 24
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. - Denis Waitley
Giving your best is more important than being the best. - Zig Ziglar
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. - Tony Dungy
Success is not about making money. It's about making your life a story worth telling. - Brandon Stanton
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. - Paul J. Meyer
You have to be able to get up and dust yourself off and always be going forward. - Rita Moreno
"I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this
Believe you can and you're halfway there."" - Theodore Roosevelt"
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. - Thomas Paine
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. - Rabindranath Tagore
Quotes About Overcoming Hardships
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit. - Conrad Hilton
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. - John F. Kennedy
Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success. - Shiv Khera
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. - Napoleon Hill
Sometimes it's not about being the most talented. Sometimes it's about being the nicest. - Julia Roberts
Success is not about the destination. It's about the journey. - Zig Ziglar
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis
I can, therefore I am. - Simone Weil
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. - John F. Kennedy
Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. - Roy T. Bennett
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. - George Lorimer
Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. — Brian Tracy
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. - William James
If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles. - Wayne Dyer
The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it. - Unknown
The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. - Michelle Obama
Success is not just being wealthy, but being consistent with your progress. - Unknown
Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau
Quotes About Determination
The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker
Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction. - George Lorimer
Do something today that your future self will thank you for. - Sean Patrick Flanery
Little by little, one travels far. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Dream it. Believe it. Build it. - Unknown
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. - Ralph Marston
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. - Vince Lombardi
Success is not just about achieving what you aim for, it's also about what you overcome on your way there. - Unknown
You only fail when you stop trying. - Albert Einstein
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. - Brian Tracy
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. - Chantal Sutherland
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. - George Whitefield
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! - Norman Vincent Peale
I can and I will. Watch me. - Carrie Green
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember -- the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. - Zig Ziglar
To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about hard work every day and thriving on a challenge. - Summer Sanders
Do one thing every day that scares you. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. - Babe Ruth
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. - Oprah Winfrey
Quotes About Diligence
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand
The starting point of all achievement is desire. - Napoleon Hill
Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. - Coco Chanel
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. - Benjamin Disraeli
The successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. - David Brinkley
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. - Zig Ziglar
Fall seven times and stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. It is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert Bayard Swope
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. - Mark Twain
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Nelson Mandela
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
You just can't beat the person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth
Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. - Jerry Dunn
If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. - Paul Bryant
Believe in yourself, push your limits, experience life, conquer your goals, and be happy. - Joel Brown
Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. - Roy T. Bennett
Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish. - Brad Henry
Quotes About Believing in Yourself
Believe in yourself, go after your dreams, and don't let anyone put you in a box. - Daya
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you greater than any obstacle. - Christian D. Larson
Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet. - Swami Vivekananda
Little by little, day by day, what is meant for you WILL find its way. - Unknown
Sometimes we're tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths. - Unknown
Don't stop when you're tired. STOP when you are DONE. - Unknown
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded. - Jack Canfield
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. - Bill Cosby
Success is not just the culmination of the 'big stuff'. It lies in the small things we do every day. - Chris Grosser
Success is doing what you love and making it a career. - Bo Bennett
Success is not about getting it right the first time. It's about getting it right the last time. - Unknown
Your success and happiness lie in you. - Helen Keller
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. - W. Clement Stone
All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point. - Eric Thomas
Success is not about the destination, it's about the journey. - Zig Ziglar
Success is the result of continuous effort. - Unknown
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Success is not just about income. It's about influence. - Unknown
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. - Harriet Tubman
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Lao Tzu
Inspiring Quotes About Doing Good
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand. - Napoleon Hill
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. - C.S. Lewis
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. - Zig Ziglar
Opportunities don't happen, you create them. - Chris Grosser
Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. - Steve Jobs
The only thing you can do to lead others is to be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. - Zig Ziglar
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it. - Henry Ford
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vince Lombardi
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members better. - Tony Dungy
Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. - P. T. Barnum
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
Success is not about being a winner. It's about being consistent. - George Couros
Success is a child of audacity. - Benjamin Disraeli
Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. - Coco Chanel
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. - Shah Rukh Khan
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. - Margaret Thatcher
Quotes About Achievements
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morley
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you will be successful. - Herman Cain
Success isn't owned. It's leased, and rent is due every day. - J. J. Watt
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - George S. Patton
Success is never accidental. - Jack Dorsey
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals. - Jim Rohn
The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. -
Dream it. Believe it. Achieve it. - Unknown
Your only limit is your mind. - Unknown
Great things never come from comfort zones. - Unknown
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing. - Pelé
Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. - Unknown
Each day provides its own gifts. - Marcus Aurelius
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. - Les Brown
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career. - Carlton Fisk
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. - Simone de Beauvoir
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. - Pauline Kael
Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it. - George Bernard Shaw
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney
Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. - Virat Kohli
Quotes about Overcoming Self-doubt
Believe you can and you're halfway there. - T. Roosevelt
Stop doubting yourself, work hard, and make it happen. - Unknown
If we have the attitude that it's going to be a great day it usually is. - Catherine Pulsifer
You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours. - Unknown
Impossible is just an opinion. - Paulo Coelho
Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up. - Isabelle Lafleche
Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it. - Elon Musk
Hold the vision, trust the process. - Unknown
People who wonder whether the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable. - Unknown
Just another Magic Monday - Unknown
One day or day one. You decide. - Unknown
It's Monday... time to motivate and make dreams and goals happen. Let's go! - Heather Stillufsen
It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.- Marcus Zusak
So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership. - Julio-Alexi Genao
No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become Successful. - Jaymin Shah
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. - Abraham Lincoln
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. - Thomas Edison
Every successful person in the world is a hustler one way or another. We all hustle to get where we need to be. Only a fool would sit around and wait on another man to feed him. - K'wan
Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later. - Unknown
Quotes About Working Hard
Hustlers don’t sleep, they nap. - Unknown
Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary. - Ross Simmonds
Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far. - Gary Vaynerchuk
Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it away from you. - Mark Cuban.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. - Tim Notke
