37 Great Inspirational Quotes about Motivation, Doing your best is more important than being the best. ~ Zig Ziglar
A great attitude becomes a great mood. A great mood becomes a great day. A great day becomes a great year. A great year becomes a great life.
If you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are! ~ Iyanla Vanzant Great Inspirational Quotes about Motivation, photo credits Pinterest
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. George Lorimer
Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started. David Allen
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. Francis Chan
There are two kinds of people in this world; those who want to get things done, and those who don’t want to make mistakes. John C. Maxwell
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. Mark Twain
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou
All the wonders you seek are within yourself. ~ Sir Thomas Browne
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed. ~ Chuang Tzu
If you continue to think they way you’ve always thought, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always got. Kevin Trudeau
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. Grant Cardone
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. Booker T. Washington
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Theodore N. Vail
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~ Mary Dunbar
Live in such a way that if someone spoke badly of you, no one would believe it. ~ Unknown
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. Denis Watiley
Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful, and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble. Orrin Woodward
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh
Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through. ~ Chinese Proverb Great Inspirational Quotes
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear. ~ Socrates
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. Benjamin Mays
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. Stephen Covey
There is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. Jane Smiley
Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down. ~ Wilson Mizner
Men are only as great as they are kind. ~ Elbert Hubbard
All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. ~ Proverb
Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti
“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” – Norman R. Augustine
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Great Inspirational Quotes about Motivation
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.
Every new day is another chance to change your life.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Roadacher-Hershey
Excellence can be obtained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible. ~ Unknown
Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. ~ Unknown Great Inspirational Quotes about Motivation
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ~ Angela Schwindt