Life is full of challenges and obstacles, but it is also full of opportunities and potential. It is up to us to tap into our inner strength and use it to achieve our goals and dreams. Sometimes, we just need a little motivation to keep us going, to remind us of our worth and our ability to overcome any hardship.
Here are 51 inspiring motivational quotes in English and their meanings to help you stay focused and motivated in various aspects of your life, including career, relationships, health, and personal growth.
1. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt
2. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill
3. If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. -J.M. Power
4. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. -Steve Jobs
5. Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. -Will Rogers
6. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela
7. 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
8. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
9. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky
10. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. -Zig Ziglar
11. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. -Charles R. Swindoll
12. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. -Dr. Seuss
13. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. -Confucius
14. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -Thomas A. Edison
15. The best way to predict the future is to create it. -Peter Drucker
16. Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. -Roy T. Bennett
17. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. -Sam Levenson
18. I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. -Estee Lauder
19. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. -Jim Rohn
21. Be a voice, not an echo. -Unknown
22. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. -Unknown
23. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. -John D. Rockefeller
24. The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato
25. The only way to do good work is to love what you do. -Steve Jobs
26. Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. -Steve Jobs
27. The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the story you tell yourself that you can’t achieve it. -Jordan Belfort
28. Be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
29. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. -Lewis Carroll
30. It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. -Rocky Balboa
31. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela
32. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. -Dr. Seuss
33. We must become the change we want to see. -Mahatma Gandhi
34. Every great achievement was once considered impossible. -Unknown
35. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. -Steve Jobs
36. The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end. -Jiddu Krishnamurti
37. The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. -John W. Holt Jr.
38. 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. -Charles Dickens
39. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao Tzu
40. The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore. -C. JoyBell C.
41. The only way to have a good day is to start it with a positive attitude. -Unknown
42. You get what you give. -Unknown
43. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. -Mahatma Gandhi
44. Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. -Napoleon Hill
45. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. -George Addair
46. The best way to predict your future is to create it. -Abraham Lincoln
47. A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. -Bo Bennett
48. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. -Zig Ziglar
49. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
50. It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln
51. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill
Remember, you have the power to achieve anything you want in life. Stay motivated, stay determined, and believe in yourself. With hard work and dedication, you can turn your dreams into reality.