Motivational Quotes

Here is a collection of motivational quotes

“It always seems impossible until its done”.
– Nelson Mandela

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best”.
-St. Jerome

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can”.
-Nikos Kazantzakis

“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want”.
– Muhammad Ali

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”.
– Og Mandino

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others”.
– Ayn Rand

“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

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

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

“Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth”.
– Bradley Whitford

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence”.
– Confucius

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”.
– Helen Keller

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible”.
-Tony Robbins

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living”.
– Nelson Mandela

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand”.
– Woodrow Wilson

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do”.
– Pope John XXIII

“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along”.
– George Herbert

“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open”.
– Pauline Kael

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them”.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?”
– Kahlil Gibran
“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