The Best Motivational Quotes Of All Time
If you’re looking for something to pick you up and make you smile, check out this list of the best motivational quotes of all time.
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Discover 25 of the best motivational quotes of all time.
So, I had this fab idea hit me out of nowhere at the start of the week.
Funny how idea after idea has been coming to me in short, sharp bursts. Soon, I’ll need to write about the process that makes this possible. I wasn’t always an idea-generating machine and it feels amazing to be in control of my life once again.
Come August, this particularly fab idea will become public but until then, it’s my little secret.
Now, what’s that got to do with the topic at hand?
Well, it involves a lot of reaching out to people – a lot of networking. Something I’ve never been good at.
I don’t take rejection very well.
Some people hear a “no” and just shrug their shoulders and go on their merry way.
Me?
I have a tendency to wallow in self-pity. What’s wrong with me? Why don’t they want to work with me? Am I doing something wrong?
You know how it goes, I’m sure.
So, I personally need motivation and inspiration. A lot of them.
And sometimes, I need a reminder on how to motivate and inspire myself.
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Best Motivational Quotes of All Time
There are many ways to motivate yourself and you have to find what works best for you.
Personally, I love words. I wouldn’t be a blogger otherwise.
So, words to me really have power.
Hence, the best motivational quotes of all time.
I absolutely love them and hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Jim Rohn
1. “When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”
2. “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.”
3. “If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.”
4. “It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.”
5. “The major key to your better future is you!”
Christie Marie Sheldon
1. “If you pay attention consciously to what’s going on inside you, on what are you thinking, you can actually change your world.”
2. “Play is an expression of who you are. You are every ounce of your energy and you move it through your body by being the highest vibrations of joy and from loving life. The benefit to you is that if you act like you’re having fun for long enough and you let that energy run through your body, you’re awakening the magnificence and abundance within.”
3. “The thing with manifesting is that you have to be willing to be present and you have to ask for things to show up.”
4. “Cultivate your confidence, grow your power, become the amazing gift that you are to yourself and share it with the world.”
5. “There is no request that is too big or too small.”
Jack Canfield
1. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
2. “Our job is not to figure out the ‘how’. The ‘how’ will show up out of our commitment and belief in the ‘what’.”
3. “People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence.”
4. “You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don’t walk the first time they try, but eventually, they get it right”
5. “Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you deserve it and believe it’s possible for you. And then close your eyes and every day for several minutes, and visualize having what you already want, feeling the feelings of already having it. Come out of that and focus on what you’re grateful for already, and really enjoy it. Then go into your day and release it to the Universe and trust that the Universe will figure out how to manifest it.”
Lisa Nichols
1. “You deserve to be happy. You deserve to be joyful. You deserve to be celebrated. But in order to do that, you must first fall madly in love with yourself.”
2. “Your job is to let your light shine brightly.”
3. “Fear is not meant to stop you, it’s meant to wake you up, to keep you up at night preparing and prepping for your goals.”
4. “Everyone is inherently worthy of value. Nothing that you do or that happens in life can qualify your greatness. It’s your birthright to feel free and to express yourself joyfully. You have a right to be happy. You have a right to feel love. You have a right to have mad, passionate love for, not only yourself but for others.”
5. “No longer will I dim my light so that others won’t feel insecure in my presence. No longer will I dim my light to make sure I’m acceptable. No longer will I dim my light for fear of other people’s perception of me. Today, I embrace, I get who I am. And I own who I am. And I realise that dimming my light does not serve the planet.”
Michael Bernard Beckwith
1. “Mediocrity always attacks excellence.”
2. “Fall forward, in your failing, and rise up with a soul on fire!”
3. “You can start with nothing. and out of nothing and out of no way, a way will be made.”
4. “I believe that you’re great, that there’s something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, there’s something that is within you, there’s power within you, that’s greater than the world. It will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence, if you let it. Now, that is what I know for sure.”
5. “There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not enough good to go around. There’s lack and there’s limitation and there’s just not enough.’
The truth is that there’s more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative ideas. There is more than enough power. There is more than enough love. There’s more than enough joy. All of this begins to come through a mind that is aware of its own infinite nature.
There is enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it will show up for you. That’s the truth.”
Final Thoughts
Whenever I encounter an obstacle or anything challenging, I come back to these people and read these words again and until I feel my energy – and my faith in myself – rise and expand.
Happiness and hope for a positive future bubble up and I say the mantra that I learned from Christie Marie Sheldon, “I am unstoppable. I will do whatever it takes to _____.”
What do you do when you need to motivate yourself?
Pop them in the comments below. We’d love to hear from you!
These quotes have really made me realize how much time has been wasted in my life by only looking at the negative side of it. Life has never been bad, I just make it look like it is by the negative energy to made it. Your site is quickly becoming one of my favourite bookmark for stuffs like this. Awesome collection of quotes.
Regards!
Thanks for dropping by, Jordan. We’re glad you like it.
Hi there,
You have a pot of inspiration from the people who are successful motivators.
It feels like the ugly uncertainties and fear in life is surrendering to them.
Great question? How do I get motivated?
Life history of Marie Curie made me a chemist but no Nobel prize in this life.
Reading Swami Vivekananda built me internally with his powerful messages. They are drilled and have settled permanently within me.
Jim Rohn- influenced me for a while.
My own father is the light of my life- who told me one line. Be a star, does not matter how small you are. Emit your own light.
Now I am my own inspiration and motivation as I believe after >5 decades of learning. I look back to see how far I have reached and look forward which looks gloomy sometimes. But I have crossed so many of them. If I extrapolate I am there.
“Be a star, does not matter how small you are. Emit your own light.” – I love it!. Thanks for sharing, Anusuya. 🙂
Nice mantra! Along these same motivational lines, it is critical to focus on what you actually do want. I recently had to listen to someone repeating aloud that they were “not going to get sick, not going to get sick, not going to get sick.” While I understood their goal, it felt the focus was all on the negative and unlikely to have the desired result. I suggested that they instead try repeating “i am going to stay healthy, i am going to stay healthy.” Focusing on the desired positive outcome always feels like a stronger and more effective motivator than giving energy to the thing you want to avoid.
You hit the nail right on the head there, Aly. 🙂
Hi
The funny thing is that people can get motivated in many ways, some get it from others whilst some get it from inner strength. I have read and heard many quotes from people, some good and some bad. To some people quotes are empty they’re rhetoric, whilst others may be moved to do certain things.
My personal favourite is Francis Bacon, as his words always ring true. As they say, a lot of words have been spoken all over the world throughout the ages, so we are only scratching the surface of the knowledge and wisdom we can learn.
Thanks
Antonio
Thanks for commenting, Antonio. I’ll have to look into Francis Bacon. 🙂
Hi! Excellent collection of motivational quotes. I also collect quotes that speak to me deeply, usually about reading or love or personal growth, but that’s not what I use to get motivated.
I try and set a habit and routine to get and keep motivated, even on the days I’m not motivated to do anything! Like right now, I’m absolutely freaking melting in the Louisiana heat this summer. I pretty much hibernate inside where it’s cooler, despite my air conditioning struggling with the heat outside. I work with horses, 7 mornings a week, in the barns, outside where it’s hot and I’m sweating for six hours a day. So by the time I’m done, I am completely and utterly wiped. How do you stay motivated through that?
It’s a struggle right now. I am more apt to take a nap than get up and work on my website. I’m a Montana girl living in the humid, hot-as-hell South and this year, I started taking my blogging seriously and I am really, truly struggling against exhaustion from the heat and motivation.
I’m happy to see struggling with motivation isn’t only happening with me sometimes. I need to find a system like yours, thanks so much!
A Montana girl! Can I just say that Montana is in my bucket list. One day I’ll get to visit and maybe stay a few months. 🙂
As for pushing through despite discomfort, I’ll have to refer you to this post written by Ryan Biddulph. He explains what overwhelm is and how edging out of your comfort zone is an essential key to overcoming it. Hope it helps.
Well, I think it is normal for one to feel bad. This world is full of negativity and definitely we will all have a share of i, but at the long run, it’s important how we deal with ourselves and I think words(whether spoken or written) can help to make someone get up again. I like all this quotes. There are many out there but this few are really unique. Because they work for you, I’ll bookmark this page and make sure to read them too when I feel bad. It’ll become my little secret to get up on bad days. Thanks alot.
Henderson, you are so right! It is normal to feel bad and we really need to be more accepting of this fact. Thanks for stopping by.