Need some motivation to help you achieve your goals?
Here is a list of the best positive motivational quotes that will help boost your confidence and uplift your spirit so you believe in yourself, stay positive, keep going, and never give up.
Lets face it…
We all get down from time to time because life is not easy.
There are many challenges that we must face that can cause us a great deal of pain and frustration.
When this happens, it is important to find ways that you can reset and shift your thinking so that you get back on track.
Your mind is a powerful tool and when you are able to tap into its power and put your focus towards what you want to accomplish, anything is truly possible.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, student, athlete, parent, teacher, business person, fitness enthusiast, or just want to improve your life in some way, these motivational words and encouraging quotes will inspire you to stay positive so you can become successful and achieve great things in your life.
On this page, you will find the top success motivational quotes, sayings, phrases, and messages (with images and pictures) that are quite deep and will touch upon strength, goals, dealing with hard times, achievement, overcoming adversity, self esteem, positive thinking, fear of failure, hard work, overcoming self-doubt, determination, discipline, focus, and more!
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Short Motivational Quotes
Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. – Lance Armstrong
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Rohn
A little progress each day adds up to big results. – Satya Nani
If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit. – Unknown
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. – Oliver Goldsmith
Don’t stop until you’re proud. – Unknown
Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead. – Unknown
Courage is one step ahead of fear. – Coleman Young
Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. ― Jim Rohn
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day-in and day-out. – Robert Collier
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. – Kenji Miyazawa
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations. – Zig Ziglar
Hustle until you no longer have to introduce yourself. – Unknown
You don’t find will power, you create it.
Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.
Be so good they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin
If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.
Self Motivation Quotes
Look in the mirror. That’s your competition. – John Assaraf
The first and greatest victory is to conquer self. – Plato
It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. – Jillian Michaels
The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. – Unknown
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe
You don’t want to look back and know you could have done better. – Unknown
Never give up. Great things take time. Be patient.
With confidence you have won before you have started. – Marcus Garvey
Success is what comes after you stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined. – Unknown
It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get back up. – Vince Lombardi
Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. – Unknown
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair
Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise. – Unknown
When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed. – Jeffrey Walker
If you want it, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. – Unknown
Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday. – Unknown
Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you. – Unknown
You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest.
You don’t always get what you wish for. But you always get what you work for.
Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers
We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Barbara De Angelis
When you fear your struggles, your struggles consume you. When you face your struggles, you overcome them. – Unknown
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. – Swati Sharma
Motivational Quotes To Keep Going
Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient. – Unknown
Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis of Assisi
You don’t gain anything from stressing. Remember that.
The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. – Unknown
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Rohn
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. – Drew Houston
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. – Steve Jobs
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino
You are so much more than what you are going through. – John Tew
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius
If you feel like giving up, just look back on how far you are already.
Passion first and everything will fall into place. – Holly Holm
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich
Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come. – Unknown
If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit. – Unknown
Strength is the product of struggle. You must do what others don’t to achieve what others wont. – Henry Rollins
Whatever is worrying you right now, forget about it. Take a deep breath, stay positive and know that things will get better. – Unknown
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. – Pele
Success is what happens after you have survived all of your disappointments. – Unknown
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn
Good things come to those who believe. Better things come to those who are patient. The best things come to those who never give up. – Unknown
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. – Chantal Sutherland
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. – Zig Ziglar
Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out. – Unknown
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. – Norman Vincent Peale
When you fear your struggles, your struggles consume you. When you face your struggles, you overcome them. – Unknown
The path to success is to take massive, determined action. – Tony Robbins
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end. – Roy T. Bennett
Motivational Quotes For Life
Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.
Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations. – Zig Ziglar
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time. – Unknown
Success is what comes after you stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined.
Success is what happens after you have survived all of your disappointments. – Unknown
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn
You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life. – Unknown
Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. – Arnold H. Glasgow
Failure is not the opposite of success. Its part of success. – Unknown
Remember it’s just a bad day, not a bad life.
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua Marine
Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. – Bob Riley
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
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- Quotes Via Email In The Morning
- Affirmations
Tips On Staying Motivated & Inspired
1. Embrace The Journey
Life is a long journey and all too often people get caught up in trying to attain something or get somewhere that they forget that the goal is the journey.
You see…
No matter where you are at in life right now, no matter where you are going, the whole point of the “end result” is the journey itself.
According to many of the big name motivational speakers and inspirational speakers, it’s along this journey that you discover more of who you are.
It’s during the process that you learn and grow as a person.
Life is going to be filled with many ups and downs so the best thing to do is buckle up and enjoy the ride.
2 Know What You Want
If you don’t know what you want, then you don’t know where you are going.
For you to be able to enjoy the journey, you do need a destination in mind so that your desire can pull you in that direction.
And sometimes the best way to know what you want, is by knowing what you don’t want.
Never discount learning experiences where you discover that you don’t like something. There is great value in this experience because now you know what you don’t want.
If you have not done so already, write down five goals or things you would like to accomplish in the next five years.
3 Follow Your Excitement
The best way to figure out what you do want in life is by following your passion and excitement.
All too often this type of message gets lost in New Age rhetoric but it is actually a powerful tool if you strip away all of the “woowoo” from it and keep it this simple:
Every day, you will have many things to choose from. Choose the one that is the most exciting that you can take action on without expectation of what is to come from it and see where it leads you.
When you can no longer take it any further, move on to the next exciting thing.
Your excitement is like a compass needle pointing you in a specific direction that says, “Go this way.”
So follow your passion and excitement and see where it leads you.
4. Keep A Positive Mind & Healthy Body
Life is filled with lots of negativity.
It will be your job to surround yourself with positive energy and people.
And, it will be your job to fill your body with the right foods that keep you feeling healthy and clean.
Your mind and a body is a vessel: what you put in is what you get out.
If you want to live a life filled with joy and passion, fill your mind and body with good things.
5. Practice Gratitude
If you don’t take the time to stop and smell the roses, life can seem mundane (even though its not).
All too often, people get lost in their day-to-day activities and then life becomes boring or a drag.
Their are no boring situations, just bored minds.
If you stay in a state of gratitude and are thankful for each moment, then you will be in a state where you can attract better things in your life.
You are an antennae that is broadcasting and receiving energy.
Remain in a state of gratitude and you will attract that in your life.
Motivational Articles & Resources
- What Is Motivation?
- How To Get Motivated
- Goal Setting
- What should I do with my life?
- How to find your passion
- How to find your life purpose
- What is the meaning of life?
- How to change your life
