Life is an adventure filled with lows, highs, happiness and struggles that will test your integrity and resilience to overcome challenges and if you keep going life will teach you lessons that will make you even stronger on your way up.
Check out our best list of inspiring and motivational quotes to motivate you everyday and to start your day with a blast:
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That’s the only thing. Ernest J. Gaines
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace. Ernie Banks
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake. Frank Wilczek
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. Frederico Fellini
It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars. Garrison Keillor
When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures, so I did 10 times more work. George Bernard
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. George Bernard Shaw
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves. Germaine Greer
Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. Harvey Fierstein
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman
I think there’s a great beauty to having problems. That’s one of the ways we learn. Herbie Hancock
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Herman Cain
The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does. Hugh Macleod
As long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind. Isabelle Holland
Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open up a window and look out to see who’s there. Jalal ad-Din Rumi
People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound. James Allen
You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are… your simple presence can make others happy. Jane Roberts
We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston
Do not judge and you will never be mistaken. Jean Jacques Rousseau
I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change. Jim Rohn
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Jim Rohn
The day you stop crying on your misfortune is the day you will be free. Joel Chow
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time. Johann W. von Goethe
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. John D. Rockefeller
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. John Foster Dulles
Growth is the only evidence of life. John Henry Newman
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. John Schaar
It does not matter if we have material wealth. What really matters is – what do we do with it? John Wood
One step back does not mean defeated. It just means that you will take the same step forward again but wiser. Jossie Estrella
Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien
If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. Julia Sorel
Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around wondering about yourself. Katharine Hepburn
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration. Kurt Lewin
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. Lee Iacocca
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got. Lee Iacocca
If you are clear about what you want, the world responds with clarity. Loretta Staples
Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone. Louis L’Amour
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. Lyndon B. Johnson
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. Marianne Williamson
People fail forward to success. Mary Kay Ash
If you really want to be happy, nobody can stop you. Mary Tricky
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. Mason Cooley
It has to start someplace, it has to start some time, what better place than here, what better time than now. Mellow Yellow
Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t. Melody Beattie
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler
Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming. It’s about the choices you’ve just made, and the ones you’re about to make, it’s about the things you choose to say – today. Mike Dooley
There are really only two conditions of the human mind: Very, very happy. Or, about to become very, very happy. Which are you today? Mike Dooley Goal
My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life. Miles Davis
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Moliere
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the art of peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Morihei Ueshiba
Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask, but when we are challenged to be what we can be. Morris Adler
It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. Mother Teresa
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Napoleon Hill
The universe never says no to your thought about yourself. It only grows it. Neale Donald Walsch
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. Nido Qubein
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale
Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them. Norman Vincent Peale
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes
To reach our goal, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must sail and not drift, not lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey
Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe. Oprah Winfrey
Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself. Oprah Winfrey
Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself. Oprah Winfrey
The first part of success is ‘Get-to-it-iveness’; the second part of success is ‘Stick-to-it-iveness.’ Orison Swett Marden
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. Orson Welles
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. Patricia Neal
Don’t expect. Encourage. Paul B. Taubman, II
The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness. Paulo Coelho
The problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do, but the absence of doing it. Peter Drucker
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Before you can score you must first have a goal. Proverb
You have a solemn obligation to take care of yourself, because you never know when the World will need you. Rabbi Hillel
You cannot see anything that you do not first contemplate as a reality. Ramtha
Your outer circumstances are the mirror of your inner world. Change your inner world, and you change your outer world. Remez Sasson
Be a fountain, not a drain. Rex Hudler
No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it. Richard Bach
Never let yesterday use up today. Richard H. Nelson
Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves. Robert Rodriguez
I don’t believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. Ronald Reagan
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Seneca
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact – not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. Shimon Peres
The little things are infinitely the most important. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition. Sir William Osler
Deep inside your center core is truth, light, love, there is no guilt there, there is no fear there. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. Stan Smith
People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives. Stedma
The way we see the problem is the problem. Stephen Covey
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. Sydney Smiles
Time is not a line, but a series of now points. Taisen Deshimaru
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
The amount of love you show to your neighbor reflects how much you love yourself. Tessy Igbinoghene
Do what you can with what you have where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh
The greatest things on earth have been done little by little. Thomas Guthrie
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have. Thomas Jefferson
When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you. Tin Cup
A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Tony Robbins
Change is created by those whose imaginations are bigger than their circumstances. unknown
If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away. unknown
Organize your life around your dreams – and watch them come true. unknown
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. unknown
The greatest definition for concentration I ever heard is: wherever you are, be there! unknown
Your life would be very empty if you had nothing to regret. Vincent Van Gogh
The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting. Walt Disney
Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Walter Anderson
There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. Wayne Dyer
Life is something like this trumpet. If you don’t put anything in it, you don’t get anything out. W. C. Handy
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. W. Clement Stone
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips
I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities. Whoopi Goldberg
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt. William Van Horne
I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. W. Somerset Maugham
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Zen Saying
Motivating gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivating a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip. Zig Ziglar
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Zig Ziglar
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake – you can’t learn anything from being perfect. Adam Osborne
How can I be more like you? She asked the guru. And the guru answered: The best way to be more like me is to be more like you. Alan Cohen
In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness That makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. Albert Clarke
Your imagination is your preview to life’s coming attractions. Albert Einstein
Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success. Alonzo Newton Benn
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. Anais Nin
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
Courage is saying, ‘Maybe what I’m doing isn’t working; maybe I should try something else.’ Anna Lappe
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. Annie Lennox
I’ve learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. Anonymous
Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. Anonymous
Many fine things can be done in a day if you don’t always make that day tomorrow Anonymous
Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go. Anonymous
When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power. Anthony de Mello
The one thing that matters is the effort. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. Antoine De Saint-Exupery
I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me. Anwar el-Sadat
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. Aristotle
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. Arnold Bennett
You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. Arthur Ashe
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don’t set any condition. Arthur Rubinstein
The beauty of all things lies in your ability to appreciate them. Author Unknown
The secret of happiness is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. Author Unknown
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth
If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence. Barbara Cook
Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts. Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success in life is for a person to be ready for opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. Bernard Meltzer
 This became a credo of mine…attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. Bette Davis
The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. Blaine Lee
All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it! Bob Newhart
Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life. Your vision explains how you are living your purpose. Your goals enable you to realize your vision. Bob Proctor
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. Brian Tracy
Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience. Brian Tracy
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Buddha
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. Charles Caleb Colton
It is the `follow through’ that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop. Charles F. Kettering
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. Charles F. Kettering
I dream, therefore I become. Cheryl Renee Grossman
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. Claude M. Bristol
Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Comte de Buffon
The only opinion about your dream that really counts is yours. The negative comments of others merely reflect their limitations – not yours. Cynthia Kersey
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can. Danny Kaye
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. David Viscott
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Denis Watley
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it. Dianne Houston
One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have – we just need to learn to tap into and trust it. Donna Karan
God has no other hands than ours. Dorothee Solle
Smile, it’s free therapy. Doug Horton
Eliminate the time between the idea and the act. Dr. Edward Kramer
The easiest thing in the world is to be you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position. Dr. Leo Buscaglia
Within you now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you change your beliefs. Dr. Maxwell Maltz
Just remember – when you think all is lost, the future remains. Dr. Robert H. Goddard
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way. Dr. Seuss
Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. Dr. Wayne Dyer
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing. Dr. Wayne Dyer
If we only knew that we could have anything we wanted we would set more goals. Earl Nightingale
We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic. E. Merrill Root
It is impossible not to feel good about yourself if you make someone smile. Enzo D’Alimonte
Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new. Epictetus
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer