“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” — Imam Ali
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” — Jim Watkins
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” — Goi Nasu
“The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you’re no longer willing to stay where you are.” - selfmadequotes
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” — Lao Tzu
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” — Muhammad Ali
“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” — Kevin Ngo
“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” — Karen E. Quinones Miller
“When 99% of people doubt your idea, you’re either gravely wrong or about to make history.” — Scott Belsky
“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.” — Muhammad Ali
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” — Dalai Lama XIV
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” — William Arthur Ward
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.” — Will Smith
“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.” — Dalai Lama XIV
“Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.” — Ernest Hemingway
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.” — Judy Garland
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
“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 Jr.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway
“Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” - selfmadequotes
“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor ” — Alexis Carrel
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it’s supposed to be.” — Socrates
“You have to remember something: everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” — Hunter S. Thompson
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” — Thomas Jefferson
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” — Bertrand Russell
“Everybody says they’re trying to get their piece of the pie. They don’t realize that the world is a kitchen – you can make your own pie.” — Terry Crews
“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” — John Green
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” — Socrates
“As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.” — Eckhart Tolle
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.” — Jean-Luc Picard
“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.” — Muhammad Ali
“Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.” — Nolan Bushnell
“In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.” — Kevin Smith
“However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There’s no way I can single-handedly save the world or, perhaps, even make a perceptible difference – but how ashamed I would be to let a day pass without making one more effort.” — Isaac Asimov
“Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
“Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” ―Brad Sugars
“Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It’s about preparation, courage, understanding, nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.” ―Joe Torre
“When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” ―Nicki Minaj
“Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” ―Michael Jordan
“Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” ―Vince Lombardi
“One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” ―Kylie Francis
“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ―Zig Ziglar
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
“Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.”
“Your only limit is your mind.”
“Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” - selfmadequotes
“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen
“The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ―Roy T. Bennett
“What is coming is better than what is gone.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
“I’m still learning.” ―Michelangelo
“To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.” ―Chinese Proverb
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ―Mark Twain
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ―Brian Herbert
“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”
“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.”
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”―George R.R. Martin
“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” ―Jim Henson
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.’ ―Albert Einstein
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ―Marcus Aurelius
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ―Will Rogers
When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ―William James
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ―Carol Burnett
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ―Jim Rohn
“Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.”
“I didn’t learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because I told them.” ―Ursula Burns
“Take the risk or lose the chance.”
“Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” ―Frank Ocean
“At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.” ―Frida Kahlo
“Everything is hard before it is easy.” ―Goethe
“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.”
“When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” ―Unknown
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so … get on your way!” ―Dr. Seuss
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ―Robin Williams
“Failure isn’t the end of the road. It’s a big red flag saying to you ‘Wrong way. Turn around.’” ―Oprah Winfrey
“Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?” ―Komal Kapoor
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” ―Winston Churchill
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all ―in which case, you fail by default.” ―J.K. Rowling
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ―Confucius
“Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” ―Bruce Lee
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” ―Oprah Winfrey
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” ―Tony Robbins
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” ―Bill Gates
“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ―Barack Obama
“After all this time? Always.” ―J.K. Rowling
“Time always exposes what you mean to someone.”
“Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at the right time, it is also about taking actions at the right time.” ―Amit Kalantri
“The greatest gift you could give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life you can’t get back.”
“The trouble is, you think you have time.” —Buddha
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” ―William Shakespeare
“Time is money.” ―Benjamin Franklin
“Time is what we want most and what we use worst.” ―William Penn
“How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe.”―Matt Haig
“I want to be remembered as the one who tried.” ―Dr. Dorothy Height
“The key to success is to start before you are ready.” ―Marie Forleo
“Forget your excuses. You either want it bad or don’t want it at all.”
“If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. If you schedule it, it’s real.” ―Tony Robbins
“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
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ―Shiv Khera
“There are two rules for success: 1. Never reveal everything you know.” ―Roger H. Lincoln
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ―Socrates
“Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.” - selfmadequotes
“Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” ―Sophia Amoruso
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” —Jim Rohn
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” ―Maya Angelou
You’re already a financial trader. You might not think of it in just this way, but if you work for a living, you’re trading your time for money. Frankly, it’s just about the worst trade you can make. Why? You can always get more money, but you can’t get more time.” ―Tony Robbins
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ―Jen Sincero
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” ―Clare Boothe Luce
“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” ―Henry David Thoreau
“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for 10 years.” ―Warren Buffett
“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” ―Dave Ramsey
“Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” ―George Burns
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ―Rob Siltanen
“Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” ―Debby Boone
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ―Maya Angelou
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ―John F. Kennedy
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ―George Bernard Shaw
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” ―Mandy Hale
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”―Margaret Mead
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
“I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” ―Estée Lauder
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” ―Pablo Picasso
“It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” ―Joyce Meyers
“If there is no wind, row.” ―Latin Proverb
“It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” ―Charles A. Jaffe
“What’s on the other side of fear? Nothing.” ―Jamie Foxx
“Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.” ―William Arthur Ward
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” ―Lemony Snicket
“Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” ―Walter Brunell
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try.” ―Beverly Sills
“Practice makes progress, not perfect.”
“If you can’t make a mistake you can’t make anything.” ―Marva Collin
“If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” ―David A. Bednar
“Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
“I really appreciate people who correct me, because without them, I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” ―Mufti Menk
“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” ―William Faulkner
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” ―Lady Gaga
“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
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” ―Dwayne Johnson
“You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.” ―Ali Krieger
“Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.” ―Phillip Sweet
“Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” ―Tena Desae
“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ―Louise L. Hay
“Be an encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” ―Roy T. Bennett
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ―Jlm Rohn
“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm
“People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do." —Dr. Seuss
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
“No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan
“I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” ―Bruce Lee
“The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” ―Mark Twain
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ―Mother Teresa
“If you’ve never eaten while crying, you don’t know what life tastes like.” ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.”
“The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” ―William Arthur Ward
“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
“‘You could rattle the stars,’ she whispered. ‘You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.’”―Sarah J. Maas
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.” ―Derek Jeter
“Wealth isn’t about having a lot of money, it's about having a lot of options.” ―Chris Rock
“Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die.” ―Brian Vaszily
“It’s not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.” ―Jenny Craig
“You can’t have a million dollar dream on a minimum wage work ethic.”
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ―Sam Levenson
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” ―G.K. Nielson
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ―Abraham Lincoln
“You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.”
“It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.” ―Epictetus
“If you think someone could use a friend. Be one.”
“Be silly, be honest, be kind.’ ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Make today the day you learn something new.”
“Do the right thing even when no one is looking.”
“Believe you can and you will.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi
“Dream beautiful dreams, and then work to make those dreams come true.” ―Spencer W. Kimball
“Be a fruit loop in a world of Cheerios.”
“What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.” ―Robin Williams
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ―Bruce Lee
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” ―Dhirubhai Ambani
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” ―Richard Nixon
“I always thought it was me against the world and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.” ―Kendrick Lamar
‘Nothing is stronger than a broken man rebuilding himself.”
“What hurts you blesses you.” ―Rumi
“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot
“If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” ―Richard Branson
“Done is better than perfect.” ―Sheryl Sandberg
“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” ―Joan Rivers
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” ―Judy Garland
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. “ ―Jennifer Lopez
“When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” ―Sara Blakely
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” ―Janis Joplin
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes―understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ―Arianna Huffington
“On my own I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” ―Oprah Winfrey
“Every day women and men become legends.” ―”Glory,” John Legend and Common
“Cause the grass is greener under me bright as technicolor, I can tell that you can see.” ―”Sorry Not Sorry,” Demi Lovato
“I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me.” ―”New Romantics,” Taylor Swift
“It’s my life. It’s now or never. I ain’t gonna live forever. I just want to live while I’m alive.” ―”It’s My Life
“Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” ―”Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a life for me and I’m feeling good.” ―”Feeling Good,” Michael Buble
“Life’s a game made for everyone and love is the prize” ―”Wake Me Up,” Avicii
“Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.” ―”Try,” P!nk
“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance … I hope you dance.” ―”I Hope You Dance
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” ―Good Will Hunting
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” ―Pirates of the Caribbean
“Spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” ―The Breakfast Club
“No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” ―The Greatest Showman
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” ―The Godfather
“I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” ―Pretty in Pink
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”―Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” ―Mary Poppins
“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” ―The Lion King
“Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”―Harper Lee
“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”―Roy T. Bennett
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ―J.R.R. Tolkien