Over 150 Great Motivational Quotes to Get You Going

I got up this morning and it was one of those days. You know the ones. They are just tough to get going, but you know you need to do it. So I thought to myself I need a little motivation to get me going. I decided to look up some great motivational quotes to help me get started with my day. Here are over 150 great motivational quotes I found.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. — Theodore Roosevelt
Who you spend your time with will have a great impact on what kind of life you live. Spend time with the right people. – Joel Osteen
Done is better than perfect. -Sheryl Sandberg
The Only Limit To Our Realization Of Tomorrow Will Be Our Doubts Of Today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. -Brian Tracy
Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. ― Roy T. Bennett
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill
You can’t litter negativity everywhere and then wonder why you’ve got a trashy life. – Unknown
We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Barbara De Angelis
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. -Robert Kiyosaki
You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events. – Joel Osteen
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. – Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar
People Who Are Crazy Enough To Think They Can Change The World, Are The Ones Who Do. – Rob Siltanen
Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality. -Travis Bradberry
Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today. – Will Rogers
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
What You Lack In Talent Can Be Made Up With Desire, Hustle And Giving 110% All The Time. – Don Zimmer
It is less about becoming a better person, and more of being better, as a person. ― J.R. Rim
By making yourself a life-long learner you’ll keep discovering new and exciting things about yourself and others. ― Rachel Robins
The Way Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing. – Walt Disney
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. -Andy Warhol
There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more. – Robert M. Hensel
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. – Denis Waitley
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. — Dalai Lama
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar
If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will. -Bob Hooey
It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. – Thomas Carlyle
How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable? -Seth Godin
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. -Abraham Lincoln
No matter how hard times may get, always hold your head up and be strong; show them you’re not as weak as they think you are. – Unknown
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion. -Simon Sinek
Things Work Out Best For Those Who Make The Best Of How Things Work Out. – John Wooden
The golden rule for every businessman is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place. -Orison Swett Marden
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. — Stephen Covey
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. -Dale Carnegie
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life. -Mary Kay Ash
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement Stone
You Are Never Too Old To Set Another Goal Or To Dream A New Dream. – C.S. Lewis
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. – Unknown
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou
Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. ― Jim Rohn
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino
Fake It Until You Make It! Act As If You Had All The Confidence You Require Until It Becomes Your Reality. – Brian Tracy
Experience is the teacher of all things. – Julius Caesar
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word — excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. -Pearl Buck
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. -Ayn Rand
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —Dalai Lama
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. – Chantal Sutherland
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ― Roy T. Bennett
Reading Is To The Mind, As Exercise Is To The Body. – Brian Tracy
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. – Tony Robbins
Someday is not a day of the week. -Denise Brennan-Nelson
Action is the foundational key to all success. -Pablo Picasso
Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and enjoying it for everything that it is. – Mandy Hale
Do What You Can With All You Have, Wherever You Are. – Theodore Roosevelt
I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it. -Estée Lauder
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. -Og Mandino
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. -J.M. Barrie
Develop An ‘Attitude Of Gratitude’. Say Thank You To Everyone You Meet For Everything They Do For You. – Brian Tracy
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius
The Man Who Has Confidence In Himself Gains The Confidence Of Others. – Hasidic Proverb
Whether You Think You Can Or Think You Can’t, You’re Right. – Henry Ford
Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman — not the attitude of the prospect. -W. Clement Stone
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. -Tim Notke
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. -Henry Ford
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. – Swati Sharma
It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person. -Kenneth J Hutchins
A Room Without Books Is Like A Body Without A Soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Today’s Accomplishments Were Yesterday’s Impossibilities. – Robert H. Schuller
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. -Vince Lombardi
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ― Paulo Coelho
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. – Norman Vincent Peale
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did. – Mark Twain
Entrepreneurs Are Great At Dealing With Uncertainty And Also Very Good At Minimizing Risk. That’s The Classic Entrepreneur. – Mohnish Pabrai
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ― Napoleon Hill
If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily. ― Jack Canfield
Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins. -Edith Wharton
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. — Aristotle Onassis
Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out. – Unknown
To be most effective in sales today, it’s imperative to drop your ‘sales’ mentality and start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you. -Jill Konrath
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie
When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. -Eric Thomas
You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move. – Eric Thomas
It’s not just about being better. It’s about being different. You need to give people a reason to choose your business. -Tom Abbott
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. – Estee Lauder
Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. – Bob Riley
It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs. – Jillian Michaels
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. -J. Paul Getty
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. -George Eliot
Hire character. Train skill. -Peter Schutz
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. — Dale Carnegie
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – Nelson Mandela
A Clear Vision, Backed By Definite Plans, Gives You A Tremendous Feeling Of Confidence And Personal Power. – Brian Tracy
For Every Reason It’s Not Possible, There Are Hundreds Of People Who Have Faced The Same Circumstances And Succeeded. – Jack Canfield
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua Marine
To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage. – Confucious
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. -Julie Andrews
You Learn More From Failure Than From Success. Don’t Let It Stop You. Failure Builds Character. – Unknown
The Secret of Change Is to Focus All of Your Energy, Not on Fighting the Old, But on Building the New – Socrates
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. -Napoleon Hill
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own. – Mark Victor Hansen
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. —Jamie Paolinetti
Free yourself from your past mistakes, by forgiving yourself for what you have done or went through. Every day is another chance to start over. – Unknown
Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin
Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead. -Bette Davis
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. – Zig Ziglar
If you chase anything in life chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse of a better life. Chase the things that make you want to be a better person. Chase the things that inspire you to think, create and live joyfully. Chase the things that reinforce in your soul that you can make a difference. Chase the things that make you want to transform your heart from selfish to selfless. When you chase that kind of storm you are chasing rainbows. ― Shannon L. Alder
Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P. T. Barnum
We Generate Fears While We Sit. We Overcome Them By Action. – Dr. Henry Link
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi
If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles. – Wayne Dyer
You Don’t Have To Be Great To Start, But You Have To Start To Be Great. – Zig Ziglar
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. – Pele
The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents. -Antos Parrish
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale
One Of The Lessons That I Grew Up With Was To Always Stay True To Yourself And Never Let What Somebody Else Says Distract You From Your Goals. – Michelle Obama
Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too. – Unknown
Without a customer, you don’t have a business — all you have is a hobby. -Don Peppers
I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. – Lucille Ball
Creativity Is Intelligence Having Fun. – Albert Einstein
Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far. -Gary Vaynerchuk
Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. — Brian Tracy
Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Wishing Is Not Enough; We Must Do. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Imagine Your Life Is Perfect In Every Respect; What Would It Look Like? – Brian Tracy
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou
I Think Goals Should Never Be Easy, They Should Force You To Work, Even If They Are Uncomfortable At The Time. – Michael Phelps
Everyone lives by selling something. -Robert Louis Stevenson
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. – Mark Twain
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams – Franklin D. Roosevelt
If You Are Working On Something That You Really Care About, You Don’t Have To Be Pushed. The Vision Pulls You. – Steve Jobs
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les Brown
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life. ― Tony Robbins
When change happens, you have a choice for how you are going to respond. You can either lose your composure and react impetuously or use the event or situation as a learning opportunity to shift your mindset and respond appropriately. Begin to notice your responses when changes occur and do your best to choose a breakthrough over a breakdown. ― Susan C. Young
The Only Way To Do Great Work Is To Love What You Do. If You Haven’t Found It Yet, Keep Looking. Don’t Settle. – Steve Jobs
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ― Robert F. Kennedy
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. – Michaelangelo
I find it sad that too many do not understand themselves, or their potential. They don’t even take the time to get to know their unconsciousness. You can truly learn so much, by simply getting to know the you that is behind the reality of yourself. ― Lionel Suggs
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment. -Stephen Covey
If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself? ― Miguel Ruiz
You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. -Shonda Rhimes
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis of Assisi
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. – Les Brown
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. – Charles Buxton
Security Is Mostly A Superstition. Life Is Either A Daring Adventure Or Nothing. – Helen Keller

With 163 great motivational quotes I came across this morning I may have gone a little overkill, but hey they all have a great message and maybe one of those will strike a chord with you and help you get motivated to get some things done today!

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