Best Quotes on Motivation

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

You become stronger with every problem you face and every obstacle you overcome.

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation—to take care of the people who rely on me.

Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it.

At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Effort will yield its own reward, even if the gods decree otherwise.

Dream is not what you see in sleep, it is the thing which doesn't let you sleep.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

The number one cause of failure is the fear of failure.

Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

தோல்வி நிலையென நினைத்தால் மனிதன் வாழ்வை நினைக்கலாமா?

Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.

The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

If you can't, you must. If you must, you can.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.

If you are born, you must achieve something before you die. History must speak of you.

You must be willing to do what others won't do, to have what others won't have.

The deeper the water, the taller the water lily; the greater the effort, the greater the man.

Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.

Do it with passion, or not at all.

Confidence and hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you a successful person.

Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.

Even if we face a thousand obstacles and are thrown into a pit of suffering, we will not lose our spirit.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

By changing nothing, nothing changes.

The only way round is through.

வெள்ளத் தனைய மலர்நீட்டம் மாந்தர்தம் உள்ளத் தனையது உயர்வு.

Living a life that has a greater purpose and living up to it is the ultimate degree that we should strive for.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.

There is no excuse for not trying.

Instead of being intimidated by the limitations, be inspired to find new ways around them.

All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.

The journey, not the destination matters.

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

எழு, விழி, குறிக்கோளை அடையும் வரை நில்லாதே.

The people who succeed are irrationally passionate about something.

உன்னை அறிந்தால் நீ உன்னை அறிந்தால் உலகத்தில் போராடலாம்.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.

There is no value-judgment more important to a man—no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation—than the estimate he passes on himself.

வானத்தைப் பார். நாம் தனித்து இல்லை. இந்தப் பிரபஞ்சம் முழுவதும் நம்முடன் இருக்கிறது. கனவு காண்பவர்களுக்கும், உழைப்பவர்களுக்கும் அது அள்ளித் தருகிறது.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little; do something.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Most of the important things in the world have been accompanied by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

Don't be afraid to go slowly. Be afraid of stopping.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Don't just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?'

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Simple words, repeated daily, can change your life.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

Discipline equals freedom.

The temptation to give up is strongest just before victory.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Believe you can and you will be halfway there.

The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart.

I am thankful to all who said no to me. It is because of them that I'm doing it myself.

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

Do something worth remembering.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Resilience is not what happens to you. It's how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.

Don't stop when you're tired. Stop when you're done.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it.

Walk towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Your dream has to be bigger than your fear.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Show up even when you don't want to show up.

I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.

This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Paths are made by walking.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Even if you stumble and fall down, it doesn't mean you've chosen the wrong path.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Failing is another stepping stone to greatness.

Some of your greatest lessons come from your darkest moments.

The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do.

Every drop in the ocean counts.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.

Opportunity comes when you continually push forward.

We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.

People who avoid failure also avoid success.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are upraised.

Everyday is a second chance.

Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

FEAR has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it - teach yourself.

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.

Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough.

Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

The greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power.

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm

You know the more one does the more one can do.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'. Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

There's more to life than being a passenger.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.

A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow

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

Never let the things you can't do stop you from doing what you can.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

A little progress each day adds up to big results.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Each day your life grows a day shorter. Make every move count.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.

Don't stumble over something that's behind you.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you've learned, the closer you are to your outcome.

Turn the pain into power.

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

If you're not in love with what you're doing, you're not going to be very good at it. You have to be excited to wake up in the morning.

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.

Every morning, I wake up saying, 'I'm still alive, a miracle.' And so I keep on pushing.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.