101 Quotes to Motivate You in Life and Business
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Below you will find a list of 101 Quotes to Motivate You in Life and Business.
Sometimes a litte extra motivation is necessary. They can be the perfect accompaniment for mindset work and vision boards.
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- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – HENRY FORD
- “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – OPRAH WINFREY
- “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” – HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – CHRIS GROSSER
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – OSCAR WILDE
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – WAYNE GRETZKY
- “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – JOE GIRARD
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – WALT DISNEY
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – DR. HENRY LINK
- “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – PAULO COELHO
- “Give light and people will find the way.” – ELLA BAKER
- “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – RALPH MARSTON
- “The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” – JESSICA ENNIS
- “Dare to dream, but even more importantly, dare to put action behind your dreams.” – JOSH HINDS
- “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – ROALD DAHL
- “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” – LAIRD HAMILTON
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – GEORGE ELIOT
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”” – MARY ANNE RADMACHER
- “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
- “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – NAPOLEON HILL
- “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – CHARLES R. SWINDOLL
- “Instead of complaining about your circumstances, get busy and create some new ones.” – RALPH MARSTON
- “You become what you believe.” – OPRAH WINFREY
- “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – RABINDRANATH TAGORE
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – ZIG ZIGLAR
- “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – AYN RAND
- “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.
- “The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.” – TONY ROBBINS
- “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – ANNE FRANK
- “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. CUMMINGS
- “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – WILL ROGERS
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. LEWIS
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- “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – EARL NIGHTINGALE
- “Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.” – ALBERT SCHWEITZER
- “One day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.” – JOHNNY DEPP
- “Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality” – LES BROWN
- “If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient.” – GURBAKSH CHAHAL
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” – WALT DISNEY
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – OSCAR WILDE
- “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – LES BROWN
- “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – DR. SEUSS
- “By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – EDWIN ELLIOT
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – LAO TZU
- “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” – RAYMOND JOSEPH TELLER
- “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples” – MOTHER TERESA
- “Success is a journey not a destination.” – BEN SWEETLAND
- “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – JIM ROHN
- “The path to success is to take massive, determined actions.” – TONY ROBBINS
- “I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.” – KERRY WASHINGTON
- “We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” – ALBERT EINSTEIN
- “Success only comes to those who dare to attempt.” – MALLIKA TRIPATHI
- “Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” – GLORIA STEINEM
- “Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” – MARK TWAIN
- “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S ELIOT
- “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – STEVE JOBS
- “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – TONY ROBBINS
- “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – STEVE JOBS
- “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – OPRAH WINFREY
- “Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.” – JON BON JOVI
- “Commitment is an act, not a word.” – JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
- “Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – STEPHEN COVEY
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- “Believe in yourself. Stay in your own lane. There’s only one you.” – QUEEN LATIFAH
- “Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.” – NATHAN CHEN
- “Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.” – ANTHONY J. D’ANGELO
- “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – TRIVIA CUNNINGHAM
- “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – MARILYN MONROE
- “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” – JOHN WOODEN
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – STEVE JOBS
- “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember — the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” – ZIG ZIGLAR
- “Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – JUDY GARLAND
- “Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. The best moment of my life was the day I realized that I no longer give a damn what anybody thinks. That’s enormously liberating and freeing, and it’s the only way to live your life and do your business” – CINDY GALLOP
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – AMELIA EARHART
- “Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – J.M. BARRIE
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – MAHATMA GANDHI
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- “Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality.” – ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- “I have standards I don’t plan on lowering for anybody, including myself.” – ZENDAYA
- “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – ARISTOTLE
- “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – HENRY FORD
- “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – NELSON MANDELA
- “Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose.” – FRANK TYGER
- “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – JOHN WOODEN
- “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – JIM ROHN
- “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” – STEPHANIE LAHART
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – NELSON MANDELA
- “Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” – TONY ROBBINS
- “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – HERMAN MELVILLE
- “You can’t be hesitant about who you are.” – VIOLA DAVIS
- “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – ZIG ZIGLAR
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- “Don’t go through life, grow through life.” – ERIC BUTTERWORTH
- “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” – ZIG ZIGLAR
- “The only person you should strive to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” – MATTY MULLINS
- “It’s what you practice in private that you’ll be rewarded for in public.” – TONY ROBBINS
- “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
- “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – DALAI LAMA
- “Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.” – ROY T. BENNETT
- “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – OPRAH WINFREY
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – SUZY KASSEM
It was tricky to choose my favourive 101 Quotes to Motivate You in Life and Business but love all of the quotes listed above!
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12 Comments
David
This is rather fabulous.
Katherine McLee
I’m glad you like it!
Debbie
I love this post. So inspiring and thoughtful to motivate each and every day (especially work days.) My favorite quote is “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – DALAI LAMA! Thank you for sharing!
Katherine McLee
Absolutely! Sometimes the right words at the right time can be all we need to inspire us and keep a positive mindset!
Julie Russell
These are amazing quotes to live by! I can’t even pick a favorite because they’re all so good. I look forward to reading more articles!
Katherine McLee
Thank you! I love good quotes and wanted to share some of my favourites!
Catia
These are wonderful quotes! I find that especially as a blogger you need these little boosts to your motivation with all of the ups and downs you face!
Katherine McLee
I’m really glad you like them! We absoltely do, those little boosts can really keep us on track!
Cleo Brass
These are just what I needed! Thanks for sharing
Katherine McLee
Thank you! 😀
Literally Laurie
Fun post and inspirational!
Katherine McLee
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!