Top 707 Motivation Quotes

When momentum runs low, the right words can be the push that gets you moving again. This collection of motivational quotes is built for those moments: short, sharp reminders that action beats hesitation and that starting is half the battle.

You would never know if you could ever be. If you never try, you would never see.
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco
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You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
Unknown
Unknown
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Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson
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Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning.
Marshall Ganz
Marshall Ganz
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Look up, get up and don't ever give up.
Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin
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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
Robert Greene
Robert Greene
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When you try to be everything to everyone, you accomplish being nothing to anyone.
Bonnie Cullum
Bonnie Cullum
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"The very first company I started failed with a great party. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn't fail. It still didn't really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal."
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
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Action will destroy your procrastination.
Og Mandino
Og Mandino
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At some point, everything's gonna go south on you... everything's going to go south and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... and you solve the next one... and then the next. And if
you solve enough problems, you get to come home.
you solve enough problems, you get to come home.
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Start now. Start where you are. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with fear. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don't stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.
Jenna Kutcher
Jenna Kutcher
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Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
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Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.
Dario Argento
Dario Argento
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Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always
learning, fully aware and super present.
learning, fully aware and super present.
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There's no such thing as boundaries; only limits that get pushed further and further.
Travis Foshanna
Travis Foshanna
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It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken - it's not broken, it's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. It's outdated.
Susanna Mira
Susanna Mira
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I want to do one thing, and do it well.
Jan Koum
Jan Koum
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Every end is a new beginning.
V.E. Schwab
V.E. Schwab
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Let's go back, back to the Beginning...
Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
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When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp
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There's magic in being seen by people who understand - it gives you permission to keep going. Self-expression sometimes requires other people. Becoming ourselves is a collective journey.
Nick Vujicic
Nick Vujicic
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January is my favorite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings.
Anne Truitt
Anne Truitt
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The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.
Robert A. Johnson
Robert A. Johnson
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With endings come new beginnings.
Alexandra Potter
Alexandra Potter
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I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.
Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton
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Come into the mountains, dear friend Leave society and take no one with you But your true self Get close to nature Your everyday games will be insignificant Notice the clouds spontaneously forming patterns And try to do that with your life.
Unknown
Unknown
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Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin...
Suzanne Weyn
Suzanne Weyn
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You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.
Flora Whata Schwartz
Flora Whata Schwartz
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My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.
Vivian Bach
Vivian Bach
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It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day - that's the hard part. But it does get easier.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
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Always begin with the end in mind.
Ellen Muth
Ellen Muth
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Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi
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Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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I wish I knew how to quit you.
Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx
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No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins
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Try harder every day to be better than the day before.
Julie Gillard
Julie Gillard
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
John Green
John Green
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Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
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The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.
O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
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Will it make the boat go faster? Then do it!
Ben Hunt-Davis
Ben Hunt-Davis
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The day will happen whether or not you get up.
John Ciardi
John Ciardi
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Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.
Joost Elffers
Joost Elffers
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What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.
Jim Katzenbach
Jim Katzenbach
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Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.
Cullen Hightower
Cullen Hightower
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Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.
George Saunders
George Saunders
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Average is the enemy of excellence, and average commitment will prevent you from enduring to the end.
Kevin W Pearson
Kevin W Pearson
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Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.
Dalai Lama XIV
Dalai Lama XIV
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You would never know if you could ever be. If you never try, you would never see.

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning.

Look up, get up and don't ever give up.

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

When you try to be everything to everyone, you accomplish being nothing to anyone.

Action will destroy your procrastination.

Start now. Start where you are. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with fear. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don't stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.

Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.

Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.

Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always

There's no such thing as boundaries; only limits that get pushed further and further.

It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken - it's not broken, it's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. It's outdated.

I want to do one thing, and do it well.

Every end is a new beginning.

Let's go back, back to the Beginning...

When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong.

There's magic in being seen by people who understand - it gives you permission to keep going. Self-expression sometimes requires other people. Becoming ourselves is a collective journey.

January is my favorite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings.

The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.

With endings come new beginnings.

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.

Come into the mountains, dear friend Leave society and take no one with you But your true self Get close to nature Your everyday games will be insignificant Notice the clouds spontaneously forming patterns And try to do that with your life.

Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin...

You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.

My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.

It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day - that's the hard part. But it does get easier.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Always begin with the end in mind.

Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Try harder every day to be better than the day before.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

Will it make the boat go faster? Then do it!

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.

What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.

Average is the enemy of excellence, and average commitment will prevent you from enduring to the end.

Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.

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