Get Inspired: 175+ Motivational Quotes to Encourage Your Success

What is it about motivational quotes that make them so endearing? Every driven person eventually figures out that there’s a whole lot of feel-good time wasters out there that suck us because they feel like work and browsing endless lists of motivational phrases are no exception. And yet, there’s hidden value in finding a concise expression that perfectly distills our own beliefs.

Quotes often feel like our own opinions making a return visit, just augmented by someone with writing talent. And the right quote at the right time can change things—words matter, and motivating phrases can encourage us to get up, overcome tough times, take action, stop procrastinating, escape our comfort zone, and do the hard work that needs doing.

Even genuinely successful people show some reverence to a favorite inspirational quote or two—to get through hard times, remember an important personal principle, or even get some inspiration to be more productive while working from home. In business and life, quotes are short bits of wit and wisdom that are easy to revisit when we need them.

That said, here are a few of our favorite motivational and inspiring quotes from a wide variety of sources. We hope you find a few you like and can revisit often.

175+ Motivational Quotes to Inspire Your Life

Deep Motivational Quotes

“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein

“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“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

“When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.”— Eleanor Roosevelt

“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale

“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

“Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.”—Diane McLaren

Motivational Quotes for Success

Motivational quote from Winston Churchill

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge

“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers

“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

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella

Motivational Quotes for Life

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers

“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown

“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law

“To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” —Dorothy West

“Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins

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