Motivation Quotes

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Motivation Quotes

These motivation quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

-- Karen Lamb

"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

-- Karen Lamb

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

-- Paulo Coelho

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

-- Paulo Coelho

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

-- Lao Tzu

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

-- Lao Tzu

"The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're no longer willing to stay where you are."

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."

-- Suzy Kassem

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."

-- Suzy Kassem

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

-- Bruce Lee

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

-- Bruce Lee

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

-- Albert Einstein

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

-- Albert Einstein

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

-- Confucius

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

-- Confucius

"An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you."

-- Goi Nasu

"An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you."

-- Goi Nasu

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

-- Tim Notke

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

-- Tim Notke

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

-- C.G. Jung

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

-- C.G. Jung

"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."

-- Azim Premji

"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."

-- Azim Premji

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

-- Ryan Blair

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

-- Ryan Blair

"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

-- Jim Watkins

"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

-- Jim Watkins

"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

-- Earl Nightingale

"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

-- Earl Nightingale

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

-- Zig Ziglar

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

-- Zig Ziglar

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

-- Walter Bagehot

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

-- Walter Bagehot

"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything."

-- Imam Ali

"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything."

-- Imam Ali

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

-- Neale Donald Walsch

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

-- Neale Donald Walsch

"If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise."

"I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football."

-- Lionel Messi

"I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football."

-- Lionel Messi

"Every time I start a year, I start with the objective of trying to achieve everything."

-- Lionel Messi

"Every time I start a year, I start with the objective of trying to achieve everything."

-- Lionel Messi

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These motivation quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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Some of the most celebrated motivation quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Swami Vivekananda, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular motivation quotes include: "If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning" -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

"The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're no longer willing to stay where you are."

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you."

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything."

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

"If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."

"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise."

"I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football."

"Every time I start a year, I start with the objective of trying to achieve everything."

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