101 Motivational Quotes to Inspire You Today

Motivation Quotes

If you feel that you can’t reach your goals and dreams, read these 101 motivational quotes from great achievers that will inspire you today. These motivational quotes will help you reach your potential.

  1. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
  2. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
  3. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
  4. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller
  5. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”― Eleanor Roosevelt
  6. “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day it usually is.” – Catherine Pulsifier
  7. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk
  8. “Hold the vision, trust the process.” – Unknown
  9. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”― Abraham Lincoln
  10. “Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” – Unknown
  11. “Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.” – Unknown
  12. “Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.”
  13. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.”
  14. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.”
  15. “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.”
  16. “It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.”
  17. “Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.”
  18. “Sometimes we’re tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.”
  19. “The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.”
  20. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
  21. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
  22. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” – Vincent Van Gogh
  23. “The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman
  24. “If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
  25. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
  26. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Kurt Cobain
  27. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
  28. “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
  29. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” – Oscar Wilde
  30. “Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be.” – Benjamin Hardy
  31. “If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” – Kenneth Goldsmith
  32. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
  33. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
  34. “Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” – Unknown
  35. “Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.” – Unknown
  36. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
  37. “Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell
  38. “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” – Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
  39. “What defines us is how well we rise after falling.”
  40. “We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
  41. “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
  42. “Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up.” – Gabby Douglas
  43. “Don’t dream about success. Get out there and work for it.”
  44. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
  45. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
  46. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  47. “I never lose. Either I win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela
  48. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” – Ken Poirot
  49. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss
  50. “You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
  51. “When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.”
  52. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” – Estee Lauder
  53. “You’re so much stronger than your excuses”
  54. Don’t compare yourself to others. Be like the sun and the moon and shine when it’s your time.
  55. Don’t tell everyone your plans, instead show them your results.
  56. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
  57. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie
  58. “You can do anything you set your mind to.” – Benjamin Franklin
  59. “You never know what you can do until you try.” – William Cobbett
  60. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Wayne W. Dyer
  61. “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” – Nishan Panwar
  62. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
  63. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela
  64. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
  65. “Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg
  66. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
  67. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
  68. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
  69. “Quitters never win. Winners never quit!” Dr. Irene C. Kassorla
  70. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill
  71. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
  72. “Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” – Debby Boone
  73. “Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.”
  74. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
  75. “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” – Marie Forleo
  76. “It’s not about having enough time, it’s about making enough time.”― Rachael Bermingham
  77. “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” – Barack Obama
  78. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as a reality.” – Bruce Lee
  79. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill
  80. Whenever you feel like a failure, just remember that even Coca Cola only sold 25 bottles their first year
  81. “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
  82. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe
  83. “Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.”
  84. When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.
  85. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”― Groucho Marx
  86. “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”
  87. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”― Mark Twain
  88. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  89. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
  90. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
  91. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell
  92. “It’s okay to be a glowstick: Sometimes we have to break before we shine.” – Jadah Sellner
  93. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”― Roy T. Bennett
  94. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
  95. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar
  96. “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” – Vince Lombardi
  97. “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.” – Michael Jordan
  98. “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” – Billie Jean King
  99. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
  100. “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” –Robert T. Kiyosaki
  101. “You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.

Conclusion

These motivational quotes can help you realize how capable you are in reaching your goals. Never stop achieving your dreams. If others can do it, so you can. Bookmark this page and share it with others who need this.

These motivational quotes from great achievers will remind you that all challenges you are experiencing right now are normal. The important thing to keep in mind is that the greatest source of motivation will come from you.

Keep learning. Either from your own failure or from others. Learn from reading books, listening to audiobooks, or any means that can expand your knowledge.

“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.”