Quotes for Inspiration To Keep Going When the Going Gets Tough
Sometimes it’s the simplest of things that can give you the dose of motivation and inspiration you need to achieve your dreams… or even just get started on today’s to-do list. That’s why I’ve created this list of quotes to inspire you to keep moving forward.
Disclaimer: I’ve attributed these quotes to the people most commonly associated with them, but in some cases, those attributions may be inaccurate due to the fuzzy history of the quote.
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” — Alexander Graham Bell
“If there are nine rabbits on the ground, if you want to catch one, just focus on one.” — Jack Ma
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” — Earl Nightingale
“Soon is not as good as now.” — Seth Godin
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." — Colin R. Davis
“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” — Tim Ferriss
“The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They’re full of eagerness, zest, and productivity. You can be, too.” — Norman Vincent Peale
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” — Oprah Winfrey
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” — George Lorimer
“Lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” — Dale Carnegie
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King
“Someday is not a day of the week.” — Janet Dailey
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill
“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
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” —Laird Hamilton
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” —Farrah Gray
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” — Maya Angelou
“Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” — David Ogilvy
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” — George S. Patton
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And 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. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“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.” — Ariana Huffington
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“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
“Productivity is the deliberate, strategic investment of your time, talent, intelligence, energy, resources, and opportunities in a manner calculated to move you measurably closer to meaningful goals.” — Dan S. Kennedy
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” — Zig Ziglar
Final Thought: Need a daily dose of motivation? Print these quotes and hang them in your workspace so that you can refer to them any time you need a little jolt of inspiration and motivation.
