quotes for motivation in english | quotes for success in english

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

– William James

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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

– Theodore Roosevelt

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"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

– Albert Einstein

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

– C.S. Lewis

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"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

– George Eliot

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"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

– Jim Rohn

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"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive."

– Maya Angelou

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"You are enough just as you are."

– Meghan Markle

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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

– Michael Altshuler

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"You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing."

– Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

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"Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done."

– Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy

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"That is one good thing about this world ... there are always sure to be more springs."

– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

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"These things are good things."

– Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

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"Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it."

– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

– Oscar Wilde

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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

– Marilyn Monroe

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"You cannot change what you are, only what you do."

– Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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"People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be."

– Harvey Mackay

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"Walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps."

– Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

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"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

– Babe Ruth

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"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

– Alexander Graham Bell

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"Lay plans for something big by starting with it when small."

– Lao Tzu

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"It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success."

– David Feherty

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

– Thomas A. Edison

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"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."

– Eleanor Roosevelt

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."

– Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!

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"You rarely win, but sometimes you do."

– Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

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"I've got nothing to do today but smile."

– Simon and Garfunkel

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"I believe great people do things before they are ready."

– Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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"I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go."

– Langston Hughes

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"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

– Bruce Lee

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"For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end."

– Michelle Obama, Becoming

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"Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink."

– Lilly Pulitzer

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"Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to believe in our own ability, to be a little more ambitious? I think the world would change."

– Reese Witherspoon

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"You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness."

– Diane von Furstenberg

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"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better."

– J.K. Rowling

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"Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them."

– Mia Hamm