Motivational Quotes for Success & Daily Inspiration

Motivational quotes on passion

Feeling disconnected at work? You’re not alone. These quotes won’t rewrite your job, but they might just reignite your purpose — and your perspective.

1. “The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.”
2. “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
3. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”
4. “Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around.”
5. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
6. “Let him that would move the world first move himself.”
7. “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
8. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.”
9. “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
10. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
11. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
12. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
13. “There’s no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.”
14. “All day long the superior man is creatively active.”
15. “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
16. “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”
17. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

Motivational quotes on working well

A great job is more than tasks — it’s recognition, trust, and belonging. These quotes offer inspiration to help you rediscover what working well really means.

18. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
19. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
20. “Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
21. “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”
22. “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”
23. “System in all things is the soul of business. To deliberate maturely, and execute promptly is the way to conduct it to advantage.”
24. “As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.”
25. “In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.”
26. “We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”
27. “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
28. “People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
29. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
30. “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
31. “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
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Motivational quotes for inspiration

Some days are about survival — but reconnecting with your bigger goals  can reignite motivation. These quotes help you think bigger, dig deeper, and keep going:

32. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
33. “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
34. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
35. “Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.”
36. “Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?”
37. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
38. “Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.”
39. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
40. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
41. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

Motivational quotes on happiness

Happiness fluctuates — wins one day, stress the next. Prioritizing mental wellness matters. These quotes offer perspective and positivity to help you stay steady through it all:

42. “Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
43. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
44. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
45. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
46. “When things get hard, stop for a while and look back and see how far you’ve come. Don’t forget how rewarding it is. You are the most beautiful flower, more than anyone else in this world.”
47. “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

Motivational quotes on perseverance

Perseverance powers progress — through Feedback, change, or meetings that should’ve been emails. These quotes are here to remind you: you’re tougher than you think:

48. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
49. “Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
50. “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”
51. “The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”
52. “All judgment is relative. It may be right today and wrong tomorrow. The only thing that makes it truly right is the desire to have it constantly moving in the right direction.”
53. “Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.”
54. “You have power over your mind 一 not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
55. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
56. “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
57. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
58. “Nothing in human judgment is final. One may courageously take the step that seems right today because it can be modified tomorrow if it does not work well.”
59. “People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.”
60. “Perseverance brings good fortune.”
61. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
62. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Motivational quotes on growing

Growth keeps work — and life — moving forward. Whether you’re learning, evolving, or aiming higher, these quotes offer the nudge you need to take the next step:

63. “The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.”
64. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
65. “All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me.”
66. “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
67. “Learning never exhausts the mind.”
68. “To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”
69. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
70. “As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”

Motivational quotes on success

Success isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s personal, meaningful, and worth celebrating. These quotes offer a fresh perspective on what achievement really looks like (spoiler: no title required):

72. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
73. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
74. “Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.”
75. “You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt.”
76. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.”
77. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”  
78. “Curiosity is the key to problem solving.”
79. “Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”
80. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
81. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

Motivational quotes on failure

Failure isn’t fun — but it’s part of the process. Every success story has a few stumbles. These quotes might help you reset, refocus, and keep going:

82. “My great concern is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with your failure.”
83. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
84. “I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.”
85. “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
86. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
87. “Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly.”
88. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

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