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Last Updated on January 14, 2021 by scottkandh

Sometimes you need that little extra push. These 300+ Motivational Quotes to Reach your potential each day by Nicole Martins Ferrerira, – published on 5 Oct 2020 are just the ticket you need to provide that motivation that you might need in a pinch.

Every day I’m going to embellish these quotes by providing at least 3 – 5 brand new fresh images. This is going to be a daunting task that’s going to take at least three months to have an image for every single quote. Along the way, I’ll be on the lookout for more quotes to add to the framework that has already been put together by Nicole Ferrerira. With a little bit of luck, I should have this completed in its entirety by the end of the year.

Table of Contents

Motivational Quotes for Entrepreneurs

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

2. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

3. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

4. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash

5. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

6. “Only the paranoid survive.” – Andy Grove

7. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

8. “I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘how far can I push this company in the next 24 hours.’” – Leah Busque

9. “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” – Michele Ruiz

10. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

11. “Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” – Joss Whedon

Motivational Quote of the Day

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

2. Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”― Neil Gaiman

3. “Everything you can imagine is real.”― Pablo Picasso

4. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller

5. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”― Eleanor Roosevelt

6. “It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”― Lewis Carroll

7. “Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” – Socrates

8. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

9. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ― Abraham Lincoln

10. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. ― Eleanor Roosevelt.”

11. “I shop because it is my patriotic duty to support the American economy.” – Unknown

Quote of the Day

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” – Unknown

“If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” – Catherine Pulsifier

“You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.” – Unknown

“Impossible is just an opinion.” – Paulo Coelho

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” – Isabelle Lafleche

“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk

“Hold the vision, trust the process.” – Unknown

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

“People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Unknown

Monday Motivation Quotes

“Just another Magic Monday” – Unknown

2. “One day or day one. You decide.” – Unknown

3. “It’s Monday… time to motivate and make dreams and goals happen. Let’s go!” – Heather Stillufsen

4. “It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.”― Marcus Zusak

5. “Goodbye blue Monday.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

6. “So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.” ― Julio-Alexi Genao

7. “When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.” – Ella Woodword

8. Monday c’est Mon Day

9. All Motivation Mondays need are a little more coffee and a lot more mascara

10. I’m alive, motivated and ready to slay the day #MONSLAY

11. This is Jim Thorpe. Look closely at the photo- you can see that he’s wearing different socks and shoes. This wasn’t a fashion statement. It was the 1912 Olympics, and Jim, an American Indian from Oklahoma represented the U.S. in track and field. On the morning of the second day of competitions, his shoes were stolen. It is said that his coach found two random shoes for him to wear. That’s the pair that he’s wearing in the photo. But one of the shoes was too big, so he had to wear an extra sock. Jim won two gold medals in the following two days…. all while wearing the mismatched shoes.

This is a perfect reminder that you don’t have to resign to the excuses that have held you back. So, what if life hasn’t been fair? What are you going to do about it today? Whatever you woke up with this morning; stolen shoes, ill health, failed relationships, failed business, don’t let it stop you from running your race. You can experience more in life if you’ll get over the excuses and get on with living. You can have reasons, or you can have results…but you can’t have both. Author Unknown

Hustle Quotes

“No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become “Successful.”― Jaymin Shah

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”― Abraham Lincoln

3. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”― Thomas Edison

4. “Every successful person in the world is a hustler one way or another. We all hustle to get where we need to be. Only a fool would sit around and wait on another man to feed him.” ― K’wan

5. “Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” – Unknown

6. “Hustlers don’t sleep, they nap.” – Unknown

7. “Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” – Ross Simmonds

8. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

9. “Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it away from you.” – Mark Cuban

10. “Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.” – Unknown

Motivational Quotes for Employees

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

2. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg

3. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer

4. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

5. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

6. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

7. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” – Vincent Van Gogh

8. “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” – Simon Sinek

9. “Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.’ – A.C. Benson

10. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz

Super Motivational Quotes

“The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman

2. “If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer

3. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

4. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes

5. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer

6. “I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be.” – Michelle Obama

7. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

8. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Kurt Cobain

9. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett

10. “Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” – Frank Ocean

Motivational Quotes for Work

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

2. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

3. “If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti

4. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison

5. “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

6. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” – Oscar Wilde

7. “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” – Benjamin Hardy

8. “Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” – Kamari aka Lyrikal

9. “Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” – Leah LaBelle

10. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien

Quote of the Day for Work

“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” – Mother Teresa

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale

“If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” – Kenneth Goldsmith

“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill

“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” – Unknown

“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

“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

Encouraging Quotes to Motivate You

“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine

“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” – Unknown

“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.” – Unknown

“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” – Anne Frank

“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” – Garrison Keillor

“Don’t quit yet, the worst moments are usually followed by the most beautiful silver linings. You have to stay strong, remember to keep your head up and remain hopeful.” – Unknown

“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – John F Kennedy

“Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” – St. Jerome.

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

Short Motivational Quotes

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

2. “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” – Dr. Wayne D. Dyer

3. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

4. “What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Lionel from Maid in Manhattan Movie

5. H.O.P.E. = Hold On. Pain Ends.

6. Make each day your masterpiece. – John Wooden

7. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart” – Confucius

8. “Turn your wounds into wisdom” – Oprah

9. “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller

Motivational Quotes for Success

“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

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” – Thomas J. Watson

2. “Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” – Gabby Douglas

3. “To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It’s about embracing the pain that you’ll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.” – Summer Sanders

4. Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.

5. “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett

6. You can cry, scream, and bang your head in frustration but keep pushing forward. It’s worth it.

7. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

8. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

9. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

Motivational Quotes for Life

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn

2. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks

3. “Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” – Yuri Kochiyama

4. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” – Abraham Lincoln

5. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain

6. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

7. “If you want to fly give up everything that weighs you down.” – Buddha

8. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

9. “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

10. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” – Ken Poirot

11. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis

Business Motivational Quotes

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

2. “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

3. “It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but a good amount of it actually is.” – Unknown

4. When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.

5. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” – Estee Lauder

6. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Deliah

7. “If you’re too comfortable, it’s time to move on. Terrified of what’s next? You’re on the right track.” – Susan Fales-Hill

8. “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” – Helen Keller

9. “The big lesson in life is never be scared of anyone or anything.” – Frank Sinatra

Motivational Quotes

You’re so much stronger than your excuses

2. Don’t compare yourself to others. Be like the sun and the moon and shine when it’s your time.

3. Don’t Quit, don’t give up.

4. Don’t tell everyone your plans, instead show them your results.

5. “I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life.” – Louise Hay

6. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

7. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

You Can Do It Quotes

“Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” – John Wooden

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” – George Eliot

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” – Baz Luhrmann

“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” – Unknown

“You can do anything you set your mind to.” – Benjamin Franklin

“All we can do is the best we can do.” – David Axelrod

“You never know what you can do until you try.” – William Cobbett

“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” – Mark Twain

Inspirational Motivational Quotes

“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Wayne W. Dyer

2. It’s okay to outgrow people who don’t grow. Grow tall anyways.

3. When you feel like giving up just remember that there are a lot of people you still have to prove wrong.

4. “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” – Nishan Panwar

5. “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

6. “A walk to a nearby park may give you more energy and inspiration in life than spending two hours in front of a screen.” – Tsang Lindsay

7. “If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.” – Tony Gaskins

8. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

9. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi

10. “I can and I will. Watch me.” – Carrie Green

Famous Motivational Quotes

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

2. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela

3. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” – Jack Welch

4. “The only thing standing in the way between you and your goal is the BS story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort

5. “What is life without a little risk?” – J.K. Rowling

6. “Only do what your heart tells you.” – Princess Diana

7. “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” – Grace Hopper

8. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” – Florence Nightingale

9. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

10. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” – Sonia Sotomayer

Motivational Quotes from Books

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

2. “Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” – Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

3. “Don’t think or judge, just listen.”― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

4. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

5. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

6. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

7. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

8. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

9. “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

10. “Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Motivational Quotes from Movies

“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” – The Lion King

“We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with questions.” – Mary Poppins

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”– Ferris Bueller

“I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” – Pretty in Pink

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – The Godfather

“No one has ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” – The Greatest Showman

“Spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” – The Breakfast Club

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” – Pirates of the Caribbean

“Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” – Snow White

“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” – Good Will Hunting

Motivational Song Lyrics

“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance… I hope you dance.” – I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack

“Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.” – Try, P!nk

“Life’s a game made for everyone and love is the prize” – Wake Me Up, Avicii

“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a life for me and I’m feeling good.” – Feeling Good, Michael Buble

“Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” – Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield

“A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make’ – The Greatest Showman

“It’s my life It’s now or never I ain’t gonna live forever I just want to live while I’m alive” – It’s My Life, Bon Jovi

“I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me” – New Romantics, Taylor Swift

“Everyday women and men become legends” – Glory, John Legend and Common

Motivational Quotes for Women

“On my own I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” – Oprah Winfrey

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington