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.

If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
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You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
Verus Williams
Verus Williams
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Each betrayal begins with trust.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Focus on progress not perfection.
Bill Phillips
Bill Phillips
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Without discipline, there's no life at all.
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
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Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can't do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period.
Will Smith
Will Smith
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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour
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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
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Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.
Shiv Khera
Shiv Khera
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
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If you're good at something, never do it for free.
Jonathan Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
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Get rich or die tryin'.
Curtis Jackson
Curtis Jackson
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Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
Martin E.P. Seligman
Martin E.P. Seligman
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Decide. Commit. Act. Succeed. Repeat.
Tim S. Grover
Tim S. Grover
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Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl
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Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley
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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
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Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth.
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
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Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
Dave Barry
Dave Barry
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A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.
Gary Ray
Gary Ray
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Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr
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Think big. Start small. Scale fast.
Eric Ries
Eric Ries
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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Marilyn Vos Savant
Marilyn Vos Savant
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It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac
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To change the world, Start with one step. However small, the first step is hardest of all.
Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
Jamie Jackson
Jamie Jackson
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Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura
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I'd always end up broken down on the highway. When I stood there trying to flag someone down, nobody stopped. But when I pushed my own car, other drivers would get out and push with me. If you
want help, help yourself - people like to see that.
want help, help yourself - people like to see that.
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Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable.
Damien Patrick
Damien Patrick
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Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'
Unknown
Unknown
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I'm not trying to make friends. I'm trying to make money.
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
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Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning.
Santosh Kalwar
Santosh Kalwar
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No excuses. Just do the work.
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan
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If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
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I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
John Ortberg Jr.
John Ortberg Jr.
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Every expert was once a beginner.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
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You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.
Mark Allen
Mark Allen
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Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless.
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
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People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.
lecray
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A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Where words leave off, music begins.
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine
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I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
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So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.
P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
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