Best Motivational Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

“One of the hidden benefits of me being a student manager at Kentucky was me having the responsibility of driving Rick Pitino to his motivational speaking engagements.”

“The Village Voice gave me an outlet. They encouraged writers to publish idiosyncratic, intellectually ambitious journalism in voices that ranged from demonic to highfalutin. And they paid me well once the magazine was unionized. Getting paid is motivational.”

“I'm able to do motivational speaking all over the world and do so many positive things with my life because of my journey and the battles I've fought. Without cancer, I would have never had some of these opportunities, and I wouldn't be the man I am today.”

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”

“A will finds a way.”

“My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational.”

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

“I've a great family, two children to take care of. Then, of course, I do commentary for TV. I do speak about various women's issues around the world - like LGBT, motivational speeches. I have a lot on my plate right now. But eventually, yes, I would like to pass on the knowledge and something that I would like to do.”

“Speeches? I don't ever feel like I'm giving a speech. I don't look at myself as a motivational speaker.”

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”

“Church is definitely still present in my life. Every Sunday I'm tuned in and then throughout the week I read scriptures, I read motivational messages.”

“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.”

“I taught myself how to be a speaker on Google. I just Googled 'how to be a motivational speaker.'”

“It's always too early to quit.”

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

“As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.”

“I used to watch a lot of motivational films and videos to remain positive.”

“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

“I can't put this down. I'm reading it in Spanish but I am still having English lessons. It is a motivational book about basketball legend Michael Jordan. His determination was inspiring. It helps me focus and drives me on.”

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”

“The Duke family, those are my brothers, and it's something I'll always take with me. Coach K, he gives me a lot of motivational things and checks in on me and my family. He knows where my heart is.”

“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”

“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.”

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”

“I am not afraid... I was born to do this.”

“The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.”

“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”

“I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”

“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”

“When one must, one can.”

“Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”

“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.”

“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”

“To begin, begin.”

“Don't think, just do.”

“Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.”

“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”

“The more things you do, the more you can do.”

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”

“Always desire to learn something useful.”

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.”

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.”

“Wherever you are - be all there.”

“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

“There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!”

“The dog that trots about finds a bone.”

“You will never win if you never begin.”

“Hitch your wagon to a star.”

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

“Leap, and the net will appear.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”

“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”

“I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”

“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”

“Never complain and never explain.”

“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”

“He conquers who endures.”

“I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.”

“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”

“I can, therefore I am.”

“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”

“Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”

“Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.”

“Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.”

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”

“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.”

“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.”

“From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.”

“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”

“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.”

“Step by step and the thing is done.”

“One finds limits by pushing them.”

“Never give in and never give up.”

“Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.”

“Deserve your dream.”

“Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.”

“Don't fight the problem, decide it.”

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.”

“Either move or be moved.”

“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.”

“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.”

“If you've got a talent, protect it.”

“Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.”

“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”