535+ Motivational quotes to inspire your life in 2023

• “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
• “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
• “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
• “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
• “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
• “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge
• “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers
• “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden
• “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
• “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella

• “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
• “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
• “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown
• “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs
• “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law
• “To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” —Dorothy West
• “Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins

Motivational quotes for work

• “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell
• “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
• “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
• “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho
• “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
• “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
• “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
• “It’s not about better time management. It’s about better life management” — Alexandra of The Productivity Zone

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• “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” —Charlie Munger
• “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” —Tina Fey
• “When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.” —Melissa McCarthy
• “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin
• “The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.” —David Hurley
• “I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton
• “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ―Winston Churchill
• “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
• “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt
• “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
• “Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” —Walt Disney
• “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” —Helen Keller

Motivator quotes

• “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ―George Eliot
• “Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.” ―Brad Sugars
• “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.” ―Unknown
• “Don’t tell people about your dreams. Show them your dreams.” ―Unknown
• “Revenge is a powerful motivator.” ―Marcus Luttrell
• “Motivation may be what starts you off, but it’s habit that keeps you going back for more.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
• “I will not erase all my hard work this week because it’s the weekend.” ―Unknown
• “It might not be easy, but it’ll be worth it.” ―Unknown
• “Make your fear of losing your greatest motivator.” ―Unknown
• “You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.” —Unknown
• “I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ―Stephen Covey.

Inspirational new year quotes

• You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” — Dr. Seuss
• “I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
• “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
• “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
• “If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.” —Childish Gambino
• “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
• “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
• “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
• “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
• “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
• “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
• “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
• “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
• “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm
• “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan

Motivational quotes about winning

• “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ―Zig Ziglar
• “One thing’s for sure, if you don’t play, you don’t win.” ―Kylie Francis
• “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” ―Vince Lombardi
• “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” ―Michael Jordan
• “When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do.” ―Nicki Minaj
• “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” ―Billie Jean King
• “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
• “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” ―Nelson Mandela
• “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” ―Mike Murdock
• “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” ―Robert T. Kiyosaki

Positive motivational quotes

• “What is coming is better than what is gone.” ―Unknown
• “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
• “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius
• “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown
• “The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James
• “It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen
• “Your mind is powerful. When you fill it with positive thoughts your whole world will change.” ―Unknown
• “Your only limit is your mind.” ―Unknown
• “Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.” ―Unknown
• “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” ―Unknown

More motivating quotes

• “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
• “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron
• ‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” – Bruce Lee
• “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ―Octavia Butler
• “The best way out is always through.” ―Robert Frost
• “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens
• “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
• “Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.” ―Bill Walsh
• “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” —Ruth Gordo
• “Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.” —Paul Graham
• “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
• “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas
• “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese
• “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy

• “Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs
• “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein
• “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain
• “If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
• “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ―Jim Rohn
• “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ―Abraham Lincoln
• “Live out of your imagination, not your history.” —Stephen Covey
• “Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage.” —Unknown
• “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” ―Epicurus
• Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
• “If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.” ―Clayton M. Christensen

• “Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” ―Anne Lamott
• “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” —Warren Buffet
• “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” ―Mortimer J. Adler
• “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ―A.A. Milne
• “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because 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 will be lost.” ―Martha Graham
• “Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself.” ―Jason Fried
• “He that can have patience can have what he will.” ―Benjamin Franklin
• “The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis
• “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson
• “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” —Mia Hamm

• “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” —Zig Ziglar.
• “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picasso
• “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” —Angela Bassett
• “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
• “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” ―David Ogilvy
• “I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.” —Barbara Elaine Smith
• “If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.” —Tobias Lütke

• “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
• “Be a positive energy trampoline – absorb what you need and rebound more back.” — Dave Carolan
• “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
• “Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.” — Unknown 
• “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” — Oscar Wilde
• “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” — Winnie the Pooh
• “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer
• “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin

• “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” — Michael Jordan
• “Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.” — Vince Lombardi
• “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” — Andrew Carnegie
• “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford
• “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
• “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” — Patrick Lencioni
• “I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” — Jean-Francois Cope