
Hang tough! Herein we present 450+ of the best motivational quotes out there. May these quotes prove helpful and worthy. If they do, please share widely. And may you kick butt and take names on all the obstacles you encounter today. Wishing you a productive, happy, and successful day!
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Longer Version:
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it's just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats -- maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats -- but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
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.
There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.
We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It's not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.
A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.
Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame.
I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don't.
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.
To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.
Motivate yourself and commit to being better as each decade of your life passes by; Live what you teach; do what you promise to do.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Just stick with it. What seems so hard now will one day be your warm up.
The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're no longer willing to stay where you are.
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.
Success isn't given. It's earned. In the kitchen, in the gym, in the workout, all day. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear.
Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.
Good ideas are common -- what's uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about.
I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.
If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.
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.
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.
Motivated people always find a way. Unmotivated people will always find a way not to.
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.
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.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.
Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.
Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business:
1. Be forward thinking
2. Be inventive, and daring
3. Do the right thing
4. Be honest and straight forward
5. Be willing to change, to learn, to grow
6. Work hard and be yourself
7. Lead by example.
Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.
Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are enough.
Everyday presents a new opportunity to grow and press forward to your success. Stay the course believing that where you are right now doesn't matter, as long as you are moving in the right direction.
The 7 Steps to Transformation:
1. Dream it.
2. Envision it.
3. Think it.
4. Grow it.
5. Become it.
6. Live it.
7. OWN it.
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.
You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.
The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.
