2023 is in the books and after a well-deserved break, we’ll be looking for a dose of inspiration to keep us motivated on the journey into 2024.
Whether you’re pursuing business success, or simply striving for personal growth, the wisdom and experiences of famous athletes, business moguls, and celebrities can provide valuable insights. Let’s dive into these 59 motivational quotes that can ignite your passion and drive your success.
59 Motivational Quotes
- Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
- “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.” – Pelé
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
- “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
- “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.” – Steve Jobs
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
- “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Anonymous
- “The most important thing is to be true to yourself.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “You become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” – John Madden
- “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” – Gary Player
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé
- “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.” – Arthur Ashe
- “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Arthur Ashe
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “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.” – Steve Jobs
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
- “The most important thing is to be true to yourself.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Anonymous
- “The most effective way to do it is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
- “If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.” – Anonymous
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “Success is not the destination; it’s the journey.” – Zig Ziglar
We hope you enjoyed the 59 Motivational Quotes. Have any you’d like to share?
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