51 Motivational Quotes

Are you in need of a little inspiration to kickstart your day, boost your productivity, or help you overcome challenges? Look no further. We’ve gathered an exceptional collection of the top 51 motivational quotes that are sure to ignite your inner fire and propel you towards your goals. Whether you’re seeking words of wisdom from world-renowned leaders, visionary thinkers, or everyday heroes, these quotes offer timeless truths that can transform your perspective and elevate your spirit. Join us on this journey of motivation and let these powerful words encourage you to pursue greatness in every aspect of your life.

1. “All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.” - Henry David Thoreau

2. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” - Tricia Cunningham

3. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” - Viktor E. Frankl

4. “The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ” - Michael Pollan

5. “Life's short. Live passionately.” - Marc A. Pitman

6. “It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.” - Eric Hoffer

7. “motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.” - Frank Herbert

8. “Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself.” - Pablo

9. “You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to your reflexes - that means your [preparation:]. That's where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, you're going to get found out now, under the bright lights.” - Joe Frazier

10. “Tis in ourselves that we are thusor thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the whichour wills are gardeners: so that if we will plantnettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed upthyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, ordistract it with many, either to have it sterilewith idleness, or manured with industry, why, thepower and corrigible authority of this lies in ourwills. If the balance of our lives had not onescale of reason to poise another of sensuality, theblood and baseness of our natures would conduct usto most preposterous conclusions: but we havereason to cool our raging motions, our carnalstings, our unbitted lusts, whereof I take this thatyou call love to be a sect or scion.” - William Shakespeare

11. “An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.” - Bob Nelson

12. “Rather than the strength it takes to not lose, it's the strength to stand back up after a loss that is sometimes more valuable.” - Kyo Shirodaira

13. “Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrödinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to the bizarre unpredictability of Lewis Carroll.” - Daniel H. Pink

14. “Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.” - Daniel H. Pink

15. “The water doesn't know how old you are.” - Dara Torres

16. “The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” - Christopher McCandless

17. “If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we’ll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been.” - Shannon Alder

18. “Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?” - C. Terry Warner

19. “We need something that encourages us to work, we need an intimate aid. This is only possible through meditation.” - Samael Aun Weor

20. “The Rest of Our Life Is Going To Be The Best of Our Life!” - Darrell Yarbrough

21. “Erase self-doubt by working to build your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses.” - Rodolfo Costa

22. “No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 2313) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 2414) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France 17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 2818) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics 25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President” - Pablo

23. “Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.” - Jefferson Smith

24. “Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline." Proverbs 1:7 NLT” - Eddie Johnson

25. “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” - Martha Graham

26. “Forget perfect on the first try. In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths, and remembering that you can do anything once you've practed two hundred times.” - Miriam Peskowitz

27. “You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you” - Maxwell Maltz

28. “Recognize that there's something AMAZING about you. Everyone has something that comes very natural for them - natural gifts and talents. That gift/talent is that thing or things that comes easy for you, but hard for most. The greatness that is stored within was given to you, because it was meant to be used. Whether you've been running from it or haven't discovered it yet, it's there. It's your job to discover and master it. It wasn't given to you in vain, it's part of your purpose.” - Yvonne Pierre

29. “Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.” - Lance Armstrong

30. “If you accept working for 'peanuts' don't complain when you're treated like a monkey.” - Rob Liano

31. “If you want him to do it, you've got to change the picture of the world inside his head.” - Robert Penn Warren

32. “Time is a watchful adversary, who waits enduringly for that merciless hour, hurrying to work the hands of separation.” - Kelly Vang

33. “Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.” - John Green

34. “If you want to be happy, you need to set your mind on happiness.” - Ana Kostovska

35. “All of us at one point end face up in a ditch, but only a few will choose to look up at the stars and dream.” - Shannon L. Alder

36. “Celebrating your achievements and applauding your triumphs is a sure way to refuel your enthusiasm and keep yourself motivated for your future endeavours.” - Dr Roopleen

37. “Happiness is a choice you make when you allow faith through the entry gate and fear through the exit gate.” - Dr Roopleen

38. “There is nothing in this world that you cannot do. Every goal is achievable. You just need to focus on your objectives, be persistent in your efforts and work hard to make it happen. There can be no hurdle uncrossable, no obstacle invincible and no stumbling block insurmountable.” - Dr Roopleen

39. “Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.” - Dr Roopleen

40. “My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race. - John Stephen Akhwari, 1968 Summer Olympic” - John Stephen Akhwari

41. “I have cancer. Cancer doesn't have me.” - Marco Calderon

42. “When we pray we admit defeat.” - Anthony Burgess

43. “Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life.” - Piero Gheddo

44. “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” - Doe Zantamata

45. “Our stubbornness is what’s gotten us this far!” - Ryuhei Tamura

46. “If it is to be, it's up to thee. You are responsible for your success.” - Rob Liano

47. “What You were Once, Was Also Because You Were Someone Else Before that” - Sujit Lalwani

48. “The challenge of life is regretless decision making, relentless pursuit of vision with faith, forgiving others, enduring pain with a smile & achieving goals with an extra MILE” - Sujit Lalwani

49. “When you’ve worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.” - Guy Kawasaki

50. “Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.” - Zig Ziglar

51. “It's about personal development. It's about creating your own character and pushing it to the limit. It's about pushing yourself so far out of your own and everybody else's idea of who you are and what you're capable of, that you no longer believe in limits. It's about reaching beyond your so-called potential, because your potential is never where you or anyone else expects it to be, not even close. It's about being able to say with the last breath of your life “I used all my potential and all my talents and pushed myself to the limit. I could not have fought any harder.” - Charlotte Eriksson