Motivational words about life for success

Motivational words about life for success

1. Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. —Henry Ford

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2. Becoming is better than being. —Carol Dweck, Mindset

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3. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. —Herman Melville, Moby Dick

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4. The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. —Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

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5. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl  

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6. Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. —Rafiki, The Lion King

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7. If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe. —Abraham Lincoln

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8. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. —John Milton, Paradise Lost

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9. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. —Stephen Hawking

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10. Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. —Stanley McChrystal

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11. Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me. —Michael Scott, The Office

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12. The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me? —Ayn Rand

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13. Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong. —Babe Ruth, The Sandlot

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14. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. —Michael Jordan

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15. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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16. Fight till the last gasp. —William Shakespeare, Henry VI

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17. Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

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18. Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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19. Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. —Judy Garland

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20. The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. —Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)

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21. Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. —Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby

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22. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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23. Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do?  Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. —Dory, Finding Nemo

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24. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. —Marie Curie

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25. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. —Salvador Dali

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26. If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing. — Ernest Hemingway

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27. Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. —Jim Hensen

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28. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson

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29. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… —Dr. Suess, Oh the Places You’ll Go

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30. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. —Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

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31. For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation—the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing—is essential for high levels of creativity. —Daniel H. Pink, Drive

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32. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson

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33. Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and again and bring their friend. — Walt Disney

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34. So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible. —Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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35. Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. —Albert Einstein

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36. Innovation distinguishes from a leader and a follower. —Steve Jobs

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37. The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. —J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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38. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —George Addai

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39. I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. —Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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40. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours. —Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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41. There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing. —Aristotle

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42. It is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. —Spoon Boy, The Matrix

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43. Quality is job one. —Henry Ford

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44. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. —Joss Whedon

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45. The best way out is always through. —Robert Frost

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46. It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali

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47. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams

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48. Speak softly and carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt

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49. Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ―Mark Twain

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50. It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride. ―Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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51. There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. —Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

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52. Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not. —Dr. Suess, the Lorax

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53. A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone. —Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

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54. You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind. —Irish Proverb

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55. Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind—and the mind is adaptable. —Daniel Kish

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56. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. —Roald Dahl

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57. Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that an ordinary individual couldn’t make a difference in the world. I think that’s just a horrible thing. —John Skoll

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58. Imitation is suicide. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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59. If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. —Simon Sinek

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60. Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. —Harper Lee

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61. Genius is born—not paid. —Oscar Wilde

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62. Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. —A.C. Benson

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63. The Answer to the Great Question… Of Life, the Universe and Everything… Is… Forty-two. —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide

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64. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. —Thomas Edison

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65. I’ve learned about the poetry and the wisdom and the grace that can be found in the words of people all around us when we simply take the time to listen. —Dave Isay

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66. It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. —Joseph Campbell

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67. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that. —Ellen Degeneres

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68. It’s easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it’s hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees. —Tony Fadell

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69. Learning never exhausts the mind. —Leonardo Da Vinci

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70. If you’re alive, you’re a creative person. —Elizabeth Gilbert

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71. My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. —Pablo Picasso

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72. The power of imagination makes us infinite. —John Muir

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73. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. —Seneca

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74. Never ruin an apology with an excuse. —Benjamin Franklin

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75. Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. —Dwight D. Eisenhower

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76. There are no two words in the English language more harmful than “good job.” —Terence Fletcher, Whiplash

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77. Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. — Elizabeth Lesser

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78. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. —Buddha

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79. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. —Truman Capote

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80. An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done. —R.A. Mashelkar

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81. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. —Henry David Thoreau

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82. As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning. —Margaret Heffernan

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83. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen Covey

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84. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. —Jack London

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85. “I’m bored” is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say “I’m bored.” —Louis C.K

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86. If we can challenge convention, we can solve any problem. —Josh Valman

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87. Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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88. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and – SNAP – the job’s a game! —Mary Poppins

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89. If you hit the target every time, it’s too near or too big. —Tom Hirshfield

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90. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. —Margaret Mead

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91. You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. —Mahatma Gandhi

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92. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Plato

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93. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves. —Chanakya

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94. What I love most about rivers is, you can’t step in the same river twice. —Pocahontas, Disney’s Pocahontas

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95. Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over. —F. Scott Fitzgerald

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96. It’s time to try defying gravity. —Elphaba, Wicked

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97. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. ―Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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98. Goonies never say die! —Mickey, The Goonies

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99. If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. —Buddha

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100. Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Dr. Robert Schuller

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101. I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich. —Jim Carrey

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102. Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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103. Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked? ― Dustin, Stranger Things

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104. When they give you lined paper, write the other way. ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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105. How many times do I have to teach you: just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved. — Shuri, Black Panther

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 106. Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.— Conan O’Brien

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107. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. — Kahlil Gibran

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108. You be greater than your feelings. I don’t demand this of you—life does. Otherwise, you’ll be washed away by feelings. You’ll be washed out to sea and never seen again. — Phillip Roth, Indignation

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109. I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. —Hermann Hesse, Siddartha

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110. A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce

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111. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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112. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig. ― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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113. Fulfillment isn’t found over the rainbow—it’s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional landmines and choose joy and gratitude instead. — RuPaul

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114. Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.  ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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115. Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.  ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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116. Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. — Nikola Tesla

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1117. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. — Carl Sagan

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118. A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. — Charles Darwin

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119. At the last dim horizon, we search among ghostly errors of observations for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. The urge is older than history. It is not satisfied and it will not be oppressed. — Edwin Hubb

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120. Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved. ― Jane Goodall

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121. Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it. In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t. — Gertrude B. Elion, Biochemist and Nobel Prize Winner

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122. If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say.  —  Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist and Nobel Prize Winner

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123. Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery or the deed, is living and can live on. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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124. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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125. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill. ― Ai Weiwe

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126. If I create from the heart, nearly everything works: if from the head, almost nothing.  —  Marc Chagall

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127. Look at life with the eyes of a child.  —  Henri Matisse

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128. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth. ― William Faulkner

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129. No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. —  Robin Williams

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130. Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. — Thomas Jefferson

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131. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confuciusm, Confucius: The Analect

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132. Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso

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133. Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence. — Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

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133. Be so good they can’t ignore you. — Steve Martin

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134. Hire character. Train skill. — Peter Schutz

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135. The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents. — Antos Parrish

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136. I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. —  Lucille Ball

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137. We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts. — Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

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138. A little imagination combined with massive action goes a long way. – Grant Cardone

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139. A company doesn’t exist to serve its own people; a company exists to serve the needs of the people who use its products or services. ― Richard Sheridan, Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love

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140. Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves. ― Ryan Holiday, The Ego Is the Enemy

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141. Failure it appears is not the regret that haunts most people; it is the choice not to risk failure at all. ― Dr. John Izzo