109 Motivational Quotes

In a world that often feels fast-paced and overwhelming, a few wise words can provide the perfect boost to keep us going. Whether you’re seeking inspiration to kickstart your day, motivation to pursue your goals, or simply a reminder of the strength within you, the right quote can work wonders. We've scoured countless sources to bring you a handpicked selection of the 109 most powerful motivational quotes. Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and recharged as you journey through these transformative words of wisdom.

1. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” - Frank Herbert

2. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” - Jim Rohn

3. “Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.” - Les Brown

4. “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.” - Henry David Thoreau

5. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill

6. “The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.” - John Lubbock

7. “Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” - Miguel de Unamuno

8. “Everyone has too much of something, whether it’s time, talent or treasure. Everyone does have their own half, you just have to find it.” - Hannah Salwen

9. “Have you had a failure or rejection? You could get bitter. That's one way to deal with it. Or...you could just get BETTER. What do you think?” - Destiny Booze

10. “NEVER be surprised by your own success!” - Steve Maraboli

11. “Think of the patience God has had for you and let it resonate to others. If you want a more patient world, let patience be your motto” - Steve Maraboli

12. “Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success!” - Steve Maraboli

13. “Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with.” - Steve Maraboli

14. “Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map.” - Steve Maraboli

15. “You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.” - Steve Maraboli

16. “Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!” - Steve Maraboli

17. “Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness.” - Steve Maraboli

18. “LAW 25Re-Create YourselfDo not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.” - Robert Greene

19. “I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out. For my part I consider that it is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her; and it is seen that she allows herself to be mastered by the adventurous rather than by those who go to work more coldly. She is, therefore, always, woman-like, a lover of young men, because they are less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command her.” - Niccolo Machiavelli

20. “Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it’s when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author.” - Steve Maraboli

21. “There has never been a meaningful life built on easy street.” - John Paul warren

22. “Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed.” - John Paul warren

23. “Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON.” - John Paul warren

24. “إذا أردت أن تتفاعل حقاً مع من تعاملهم ، يجب أن تفهمهم قبل أن تطلب منهم أن يفهموك” - ستيفن كوفي

25. “The purpose of empowerment is to urge you towards freedom, to help each of you to break free of all limitations. It is that freedom that will give you eternal happiness and finally connect you with the unconditional realization of TRUTH.” - Steve Maraboli

26. “The future is greatly different than your life now, the actions that you take must also be greatly different. You cannot do the same thing and get something different.” - Steve Maraboli

27. “Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.” - Steve Maraboli

28. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” - Zig Ziglar

29. “Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.” - Phillip C. McGraw

30. “Do you love yourself enough to BE what you love yourself enough to WANT?” - Steve Maraboli

31. “Do not compromise yourself and put your goodness in the same impermanent category as whatever circumstance happening. Be the best you in every circumstance.” - Steve Maraboli

32. “Small thinking and big dreams is an oxymoron” - John Paul warren

33. “I can only strive for what is important” - Rosie Thomas

34. “If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.” - Steve Maraboli

35. “Once you understand how powerful you are within, you exponentially increase the power and potentiality of everything outside of you.” - Steve Maraboli

36. “You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.” - Darren Shan

37. “Faith moves mountains, love transforms hearts.” - John Paul warren

38. “It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.” - Zig Ziglar

39. “Our own self-esteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want.” - Stephen Richards

40. “Winning is great, but if it's not enough then then you'll never have enough!” - Stephen Richards

41. “This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self.” - Stephen Richards

42. “Gone are the days when 19-inch biceps would once command respect. A Jedi doesn’t walk around with their arms flexed and with a thousand yard stare in their eyes. They walk with a good posture, their head held high and with a serious, yet friendly, look on their face.” - Stephen Richards

43. “Jedi are conversationalists and negotiators, bringing people together and solving problems. Jedi listen and feel to what others are saying.” - Stephen Richards

44. “Grateful souls focus on the happiness and abundance present in their lives and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards them.” - Stephen Richards

45. “Once we open our eyes to the infinite magic that the universe has in abundance, we are sure to be enthralled by what we see and this miraculous creation gets us closer to our dreams and to the world as a whole.” - Stephen Richards

46. “It is not enough if you just live life as it comes to you like a floating leaf in a pond. Make use of the powers bestowed in you and soar like an eagle.” - Stephen Richards

47. “Without desires and dreams, your thoughts do not matter and you can think whatever you want to.” - Stephen Richards

48. “You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right” - Jack Canfield

49. “To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” - Criss Jami

50. “It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum.” - Steve Backley

51. “Fear is the Fatal killer of Desire.” - zig ziggler

52. “I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.” - Steve Maraboli

53. “Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality.” - Steve Maraboli

54. “Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset.” - Ogwo David Emenike

55. “The slogans “hang on” and “press on” have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity.” - Ogwo David Emenike

56. “Your opinion is not my reality.” - Steve Maraboli

57. “الفاشلون يتحدثون عن آلامهم والناجحون يتحدثون عن آمالهم” - ياسر حارب

58. “كلما زادت وُعورة الطريق كانت نهايته أجمل” - ياسر حارب

59. “العُظماء هم الذين انتصروا على أنفسهم قبل أن ينتصروا على الآخرين” - ياسر حارب

60. “السعادةُ لا تأتي بشروط” - ياسر حارب

61. “اليأس هو آخر محاولة قبل النجاح” - ياسر حارب

62. “Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.” - Steve Maraboli

63. “التفاؤل قَدَرٌ لم يتحقق بعد” - ياسر حارب

64. “معرفتك لأسباب فشلك ستوصلك إلى القمة ومعرفتك لأسباب نجاحك ستبقيك عليها” - ياسر حارب

65. “الانشغال بالألم هو توقّفٌ مؤقَتٌ عن الحياة وهو إقحامٌ ساذج للعجز في عقولنا والعظماء فقط من يرون في الألم أكبر دافع للمقاومة” - ياسر حارب

66. “ننامُ كثيرا أفلا نحلمُ قليلا” - ياسر حارب

67. “Pursue your goal. Opinions be damned.” - Stacy Verdick Case

68. “Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another.” - Elizabeth von Arnim

69. “There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination.” - Ogwo David Emenike

70. “You can keep pondering on which thing to do first or which path to take or by simply taking action now of most any kind, you may just find yourself on the way to where you most needed to go.” - April Bryan

71. “When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows.” - Ogwo David Emenike

72. “While spirituality provides an efficient and endless fuel for your mind and body, you must burn that fuel with human action towards your goals, dreams, and desires.” - Steve Maraboli

73. “Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.” - Deborah Day

74. “Happiness is a journey, not a journey's end.” - Ogwo David Emenike

75. “Happiness does not completely depend on comforts or opulence. Even a pauper can be happier than a prince.” - Ogwo David Emenike

76. “To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.” - Ogwo David Emenike

77. “Just as hate can follow you through your life, love can lead you.” - Val Edward Simone

78. “Learn to live, love and laugh....And to enjoy a good story when there is one to be heard.” - Val Edward Simone

79. “You are the perfect creation of God. Don't allow you to be down. God is experiencing through you.” - Amit Ray

80. “There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.” - Orson Scott Card

81. “Sometimes, there is a lot of darkness in this world. As I see it, you have two choices. You can be a part of that darkness or you can be the light. Be the light.” - Tom Giaquinto

82. “To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple:1) Count your blessings first2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better3) Go step by step, One day at a time.4) Create/make your own opportunities.5) Believe in your abilities at all times,6) Qutting is not an option. Keep Going.7) Finish what you started” - Pablo

83. “Viața nu e suport pentru artă. Invers stau lucrurile.” - Stephen King

84. “To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.” - Steve Maraboli

85. “Stop living within the confines of how others define you! You weren't created to live their life; you were created to live yours - so LIVE it! You can reignite that fire within and bring the passion back into your goals, dreams, ambitions, careers, and relationships by reclaiming control of your own life. Be unapologetically YOU!” - Steve Maraboli

86. “No man or Genie on earth had "created" anything, we merely assembled God's Atoms, by learning it's properties, with his aid, so if anyone said that we had "invented" anything - he had Invented a lie; an unwise man.... thinks we have created an atom.” - Albert Einstein

87. “A little knee time first thing in the day keeps u standing all day!” - Evinda Lepins

88. “Keep Moving...Move forwardLet go Give inDecideand just DoProgress every dayAnd make one step forward no matter what's in your wayKeep moving, till one day you wake up and you're there.” - Emma Daley

89. “Life never changes, until you take a step in a different direction - Kit McCann” - Kit McCann

90. “Sesungguhnya kebaikan (ketaatan kepada Allah) itu merupakan keceriaan di wajah, cahaya di hati, kelapangan pada rezeki, dan kecintaan di hati manusia. Adapun keburukan (kemaksiatan) merupakan kemuraman di wajah, kegelapan di hati, kelemahan di badan, dan kebencian di dalam hati manusia.” - Ibnu Abbas radhiyallaahu 'anhu

91. “Do not be a product of your environment; instead be the creator of the product in your environment” - Justice Okafor

92. “You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are.” - Habeeb Akande

93. “Indeed His blessings are in the struggle.” - Habeeb Akande

94. “Happiness is a state of mind and not a state of possession. Be as you are and you will be happy, if you try to be someone else you will be miserable.” - Apoorve Dubey

95. “Sometimes you don’t choose greatness, it chooses you. And when it does, it requires a certain level of understandin', courage and a degree of blind hope.” - Jay Grewal

96. “Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.” - Confucius

97. “True and lasting motivation can’t, unfortunately, come from outside. It must arise from a very deep place within us. This life-changing motivation verily forces its way out of us, demanding that we take action. That is the motivation that propels people to monumental acts of courage, willpower, perseverance, and, ultimately, change.” - Jim Taylor

98. “Living in the past kills your future.” - Habeeb Akande

99. “Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'… countless books unwritten… countless songs unsung... I want to live my life in such a way that when my body is laid to rest, it will be a well needed rest from a life well lived, a song well sung, a book well written, opportunities well explored, and a love well expressed.” - Steve Maraboli

100. “The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own.” - Steve Maraboli

101. “Respect can only be given to those who have earned it by working for it.” - Habeeb Akande

102. “There shall be no more death, Because we have already seen all that, Its old and we are tired of it, And now we need something new, And this new thing is Eternal Life” - Boris Pasternak

103. “There are some things you don’t have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on." -- Jim Rohn” - Jim Rohn

104. “If you can’t believe then you can’t achieve and belief is intrinsic to every human; so what are you waiting for? Go ahead and get what you believe to achieve.” - Mumtaz Kazmi

105. “Sometimes, the only way to solve your problems in life, the only way to conquer your fears, is if you face them. If you face your problems, they just flee. But if you flee instead, run away from them, they only get bigger, and they can totally destroy you.” - Elizabeth Newton

106. “Everything which made Abraham Lincoln the loved and honored man he was, it is in the power of the humblest American boy to imitate.” - New York Times April 19 1865

107. “The sweetest victory is that won when everyone counted you out because they believe you can not make it.” - N.K. David

108. “Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” - Norman B. Rice

109. “Our past gives us the experience and perspective to embrace today and plan for tomorrow” - Levett & Pia Washington