The Top 25 Motivational Quotes & Sayings
Nothing will take you further in life than a positive attitude. You cannot control what life hands you, but you can certainly control how you react to it. Motivational quotes that stroke our resolve and spark our courage — play a role in keeping positivity on track in your life.
As you read the following sayings and quotes, you can come to the realization that every man and woman faces problems that they see no solution for. Every person who ever attempted anything has tasted failure. Some people use that failure to flavor their successes. The common thread for all of these people quoted is they believed in their own power. They believed in their right to fail and their ability to push on to victory.
Below you will find 25 quotes that we have found to be powerful and motivational.
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” — Oscar Wilde
2. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” — Lolly Daskal
3. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” — John D. Rockefeller
4. “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” –Anonymous
5. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!” — T. Harv Eker
6. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn
7. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” — George Bernard Shaw
8. “You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.” — Booker T. Washington
9. “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” — Vince Lombardi
10. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” — Anatole France
11. “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
12. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan
13. “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” — Denis Waitley
14. “The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” — Napoleon Hill
15. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” — Steve Jobs
16. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” — Tony Robbins
17. “I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” — Martha Stewart
18. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
19. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
20. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” — Michael John Bobak
21. “If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” — Thomas J. Watson
22. “I find that the harder I work — the more luck I seem to have.” — Thomas Jefferson
23. “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” — Ray Goforth
24. “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” –Anonymous
25. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” — Tony Robbins
As you push forward in this life, keep your eye on where you are going and never let anyone hold you back. Opportunity will present itself to us; but only those open to it will see it, utilize it and benefit by it.
Many great people were told they could not accomplish what they wanted to do. Many people have been told they are foolish and have been called “dreamers”. But it is the “dreamers” of the world who have brought us to the place we are today. If it were not for dreamers, we would not have cell phones, automobiles, smart televisions and computers. We would not be able to travel by plane or to see the planets. It is dreamers who propel us into the future. It is their hard work that makes our lives so much easier.
