2014-05-13

The best quotes are more than just ink on a page. They bleed straight into your veins and motivate you to change your life for the better.

If you read all of the quotes on this page I guarantee that you will be ready to rock the world. Behold, the 100 most motivational quotes of all time…

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. Rumi

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler



Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday. Unknown

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand

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

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Marilyn Vos Savant



The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost

If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker

Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra



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Don’t fear failure, in great attempts it is glorious even to fail. Bruce Lee

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated. Maya Angelou

The secret to getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain

If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will. John Atkinson

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Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetimes worth of lessons. Wallace Stegner

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. Miguel de Cervantes

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

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford

If you want to go fast, go alone.. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

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

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius

Success is ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill

The only thing in your control is effort. That’s all, and that’s everything. Mark Cuban

There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. Dalai Lama XIV

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C.S. Lewis

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And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche

Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Napoleon Hill

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

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

A goal property set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

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

Little by little, one travels far. J.R.R. Tolkien

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’! Audrey Hepburn

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

All life is a chance. So take it! the person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie

To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all – but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing. Abraham Lincoln

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. Walt Whitman

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain

Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah

Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. Pablo Picasso

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine

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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we truly are. Arthur Golden

If you can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for. Tupac

Impatience is the thief of success. Rebekah L. Pierce

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. Fight Club

Try and fail, but never fail to try. Jared Leto

If not us, then who? If not now, then when? John E. Lewis

Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Eric Mangini

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. Walt Disney

Man’s main task is to give birth to himself. Erich Fromm

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. Bruce Lee

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily Zig Ziglar

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

Life is a journey, not a destination. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisble to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies. Tupac

The trouble is you think you have time. Buddha

Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

The thing about motivation is that you don’t really find it finds you. Ariana Medina

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change and become a better version of yourself. Madonna

Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice. Minna Thomas Antrim

If you want something you never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done. Drina Reed

We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, ‘here and now’ without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank. Jose Ortega y Gasset

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. Rita Mae Brown

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

There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise W.E.B. Du Bois

Great spirits have always encountered violent oppression from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become. Jim Rohn

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. Lao Tse

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Japanese Proverb

The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston

When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake. Stephanie Barron

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. Napoleon Bonaparte

Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Alexis Carrel

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