Motivation Motivational Quotes

"Winning takes care of everything."

"Set specific, challenging goals. Keep pushing even when progress feels slow. Hunger for more fuels long-term success."

"Today, do what others won't so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't."

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

"Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable."

"You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed – you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that."

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

"Never be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth."

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"The only person who can really motivate you is you."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"There’s no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move you in another direction."

"Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this."

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

"Embrace adversity and use it as fuel to drive your determination."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

"Don’t just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

"It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up."

"With God all things are possible."

"You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big, and live big."

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

"Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success."

"A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."

"Failure is not the outcome. Failure is not trying."

"If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure."

"You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."

"To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."

"I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart. I am talented. I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass."

"Nothing is given. Everything is earned."

"Confidence comes from effort, not luck. Work hard enough to remove doubt."

"Dreams are not what you see in your sleep. Dreams are things which do not let you sleep."

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."

"If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do."

"The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. It's that simple."

"The most effective way to do it is to do it."

"There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed."

"You have to be fearless and take risks to achieve greatness."

"Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it."

"The greatest thing about tomorrow is I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life … That's the beauty of tomorrow."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."

"Without commitment, you'll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you'll never finish."

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice."

"If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you?"

"Winners never quit and quitters never win."

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

"Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try."

"If you’re good enough, no one is stopping you."

"Grind and sweat, toil and bleed, face the abyss. It's all part of becoming an overnight success."

"The best tip I could tell you is to be active. So many people talk about what they want to do and they just love words. Put actions behind your words. Don’t be a talker, be a doer."

"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."

"It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing."

"I would rather be a failed entrepreneur than someone who never tried. Because even a failed entrepreneur has the skill set to make it on their own."

"Limits exist in the mind more than reality. Determination makes dreams achievable."

"Talent without working hard is nothing."

"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."

"I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

"Hard work, works! Working really hard is what successful people do."

"I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am."

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen."

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

"Winning isn’t everything-but wanting to win is."

"It doesn’t matter how many times you have failed. You only have to be right once."

"If you really want to do something, stop telling yourself you can’t do it."

"Stop whining, start hustling."

"As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future."

"Work hard. Be kind. Take risks."

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"

"So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it."

"There are no shortcuts-everything is reps, reps, reps."

"It all depends on what you’re willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That’s what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities."

"Whatever your dream is, every single day you will be faced with challenges, but you have to keep moving forward."

"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already."

"If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down."

"I want to say to all the young women out there: There will be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame, but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going you’ll look around and you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there, and that will be the greatest feeling in the world."

"You just have to keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing something, seizing the next opportunity, staying open to trying something new."

"I think that if you’re passionate about something and you’re driven and you’re focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life."

"Talent is useless without effort. Daily discipline creates greatness. Champions are built, not born."

"If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of."

"The day you think there is no improvement to be made is a sad one for any player."

"I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time."

"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."

"My secret? See it, and stay focused on it."

"Believe in who you are and what you can accomplish."

"Doubt is only removed by action. If you’re not working then that’s when doubt comes in."

"Believe in yourself and your abilities, even when others doubt you."

"Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you."

"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure."

"Fall down seven times; get up eight."

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

"My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief."

"Fail big! Today’s the beginning of the rest of your life."

"You’re gonna die, do something about it."

"The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena."

"Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"Everything negative-pressure, challenges-is all an opportunity for me to rise."

"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise."

"I don’t like to lose - at anything - yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks."

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

"Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith, there is no anxiety and no doubt – just absolute confidence in yourself."

"No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box."

"You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential."

"The ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

"When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me."

"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson, or anyone in any position can control is their effort."

"Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless."

"It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake."

"All defeats are temporary. There is no one person with a permanent black cloud following them."

"Don’t give up on your dreams just because they’re not happening right now."

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little."

"A dream without a plan is just a wish."

"You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive."

"Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life."

"The only limit to your success is your own imagination."

"Don’t look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I could never do that.’ Look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I’m gonna do that!’"

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough. ... And you will tell them yes."

"We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give."

"A masterpiece isn’t built overnight. Success comes to those who stay consistent."

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

"In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision."

"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that."

"Sometimes you have to be your own hero and save your own little heart."

"Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts."

"Real champions fight through adversity."

"Success is not measured by wins and losses, but by the impact you have on others."

"Confidence breeds success and success breeds confidence."

"I smile at obstacles."

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change."

"Every no gets me closer to a yes."

"Don’t just think outside the box, crush it."

"Without hustle, your talent will only get you so far."

"Most of the gains in life come from suffering in the short term so you can get paid in the long term."

"You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen."

"I’m learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world."

"Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love."

"Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead."

"Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them."

"You can have results or excuses. Not both."

"Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve."

"A lot of people dream, and while they are busy dreaming, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people are busy doing."

"Failure isn’t the enemy. Giving up is. Mistakes teach. Setbacks sharpen skills."

"Things won't go perfect. It's all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes."

"If you can't dream big, ridiculous dreams, what's the point in dreaming at all?"

"Excellence is not a skill. Excellence is an attitude."

"Stay humble, no matter how much success you achieve."

"Without struggle, there is no progress. There has to be a struggle in your life."

"You can always become better."

"Fearlessness comes from knowing deep within that you are capable of anything."

"If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes."

"Do your duty and a little more, and the future will take care of itself."

"If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying."

"Things don’t correct themselves, you’ve got to go out there and work hard to correct them."

"Success can be attained in any branch of human labor. There is always room at the top in every pursuit. Concentrate all your thought and energy upon the performance of your duties."

"Ditch the dream and be a doer."

"Strive for greatness."

"The same thing that’s true in gymnastics is also true in life: You can’t go back. The best you can do is forgive yourself, take a deep breath, and get to work on the next challenge."

"It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self-discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day."

"No excuses. Just results."

"Power’s not given to you. You have to take it."

"You don’t have to work for a big corporation if you don’t want to. Start your own. Start your own business."

"Love your family, work super hard, live your passion."

"If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results."

"Sometimes, you have to make your own way when no one else believes in you."

"Creativity is getting inspiration and having that lightning bolt idea moment, and then having the hard work ethic to sit down at the desk and write it down."

"When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?"

"Be grateful with everything you have and you will be successful in everything you do."

"Never underestimate the power of teamwork and collaboration."

"Believe in your dreams, work hard, and never give up; miracles can happen."

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

"It’s easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is, ‘What do you want for yourself?’"

"Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is."

"The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative."

"The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal, apply the 5-second rule."

"Appreciate hard work and the process of hard work. Because after that’s over and you get the rewards of success, you look back on these moments and you respect those moments the best."

"Failure is an event, not a person."

"I believe in myself so much that nothing is going to stop me."

"Celebrate the achievements of others, as their success can inspire your own."

"Dare to dream big, take risks, and conquer your fears."

"Your focus on hating yesterday is killing your opportunity to love tomorrow."

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you're driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed."

"Be more than motivated-be driven, be obsessed."

"Stay hard… or stay exactly where you are!"

"Don’t tell me how bad you want it. Show me how bad your hands and feet look after grinding for it!"

"Suffering is the price of growth."

"Don’t be afraid to fail big, to dream big."

"Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself."

"It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from; you can make it."

"Every week is different for me, so I understand that I have to turn challenges into opportunities, demonstrating that persistence and courage pay off."

"If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will – even if it’s not immediately obvious."

"As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass."

"Have goals. And understand that, to achieve these goals, you must apply discipline and consistency…not just on Tuesday and then miss a few days."

"There is never a bad time to start a business – unless you want to start a mediocre one."

"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

"When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open."

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

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

"Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance and beautiful silence."

"Don't focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim at what you are willing to earn!"

"You can’t hurt me! But you can keep trying if you want."

"Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action."

"If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow."

"Dreams have no limitations; they are the fuel that drives us forward."

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

"Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart."

"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out."

"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."

"Denial is the ultimate comfort zone."

"No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you."

"Most of this generation quits the second they get talked to. You did this wrong. You did that wrong. Or they get yelled at. It's so easy to be great nowadays because everyone else is weak."

"People say I’m crazy, but what they don’t understand is that I love the misery."

"There’s no shortcut to success, but if there was, it would probably be called ‘suffering’."

"Fear is self-imposed. Destroy it."

"Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice."

"Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you."

"Success demands singleness of purpose."

"Success is waking up every day and doing what you want to do."

"Dreams without goals are just dreams. And they ultimately fuel disappointment."

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work."

"Don’t let fear be a roadblock."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

"Big results require big ambitions."

"Everyone fails sometimes and life isn’t supposed to be fair, much less bend to your every whim."

"You mean to tell me you had a bad day? Some people had a bad life. Get over it!"

"The world is soft. You’re soft. Toughen up!"

"You ain’t earned a damn thing yet. Keep suffering."

"Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the easy path to show up. Keep waiting."

"You’re comfortable? Great. That means you’re doing it wrong."

"Your mind is your worst enemy, but I promise you I’m a close second!"

"Always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper."

"Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it's everything in between that makes it all worth living."

"I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life."

"You only live once. So do what you feel passionate about. Take chances, professionally. Don’t be afraid to fail."

"Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship. So, keep moving, keep growing, keep learning!"

"Great things never come from comfort zones."

"Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits."

"You don't find the happy life. You make it."

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"Don't let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big."

"Don't be afraid to start over. It's a chance to build something better this time."

"It may be satisfactory, but that's another word for mediocrity."

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

"You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates."

"The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real."

"You have to believe in yourself and your abilities. That's the only way to achieve greatness."

"The question you should be asking isn’t, 'What do I want?' or 'What are my goals?' but 'What would excite me?'"

"I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"You are capable of amazing things."

"Don’t wait for the perfect time, you will wait forever. Always take advantage of the time that you’re given and make it perfect."

"The best revenge is massive success."

"You don't have to be perfect to be amazing."

"Diva is a female version of a hustler."

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."

"If you can’t tolerate critics, don’t do anything new or interesting."

"Success is not for the lazy."

"You didn’t grow up driving…you figured it out."

"I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you."

"You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad."

"When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off."

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

"You were not born to be average."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day."

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

"Dedication makes dreams come true."

"You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it."

"Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do."

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

"Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral. Pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change."

"Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

"Hustle is the most important word – EVER."

"If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed. No task is too menial."

"You gotta find that inner strength and just pull that s**t out of you. And get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall on your face and collapse."

"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser."

"The best feeling in the world is seeing the benefits and rewards of hard work."

"I always try to improve and score more goals. I want to be the best."

"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement."

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

"Always have the highest bar for yourself. Wake up everyday and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for the better. Do something that makes someone happy. Create something that inspires someone. Be someone’s light when they are hopeless."