Looking for that burst of motivation? You’ve come to the right place. Here are 62 quotes to remind you why you shouldn’t stop until you achieve your goals.
• “The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.” – Michelle Obama
• “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” – Oprah Winfrey
• “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins
• “I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.” – Warren Buffett
• “We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.” – Sheryl Sandberg
• “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
• “If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” – Lou Holtz
• “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
• “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” – Barbara Corcoran
• “You can always find a solution if you try hard enough.” – Lori Greiner
• “Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.” – Serena Williams
• “A goal properly set is halfway reached.” – Zig Ziglar
• “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
• “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” – Jeffrey Gitomer
• “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot
• “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
• “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo
• “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.” – Mario Cuomo
• The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
• “A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim.” – Thomas Fuller
• “The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.” – Colin Powell
• “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
• “If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” – Thomas J. Watson
• “Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.” – Robin Sharma
• “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
• “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde
• “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
• “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
• “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” – Stephen King
• “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” – Napoleon Hill
• “Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Muhammad Ali
• “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” – Jeffrey Gitomer
• “Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.” – Dennis DeYoung
• “By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands — your own.” – Mark Victor Hansen
• “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretsky
• “Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.” – Amelia Earhart
• “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
• “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
• “The question I ask myself almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?” – Mark Zuckerberg
• “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
• “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
• “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life that you want, you’re going to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” – Kevin Ngo
• “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” – Teddy Roosevelt
• “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
• “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone
• “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
• “I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I’m sleeping. You become what you think about the most.” – Daymond John
• “Recast your current problems into proactive goals.” – Suze Orman
• “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps
• “Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. There are all lessons in life.” – Kristi Yamaguchi
• “You’re always working to improve, and you’re always being critiqued on your next performance. It’s not about what you’ve done. There’s always room to grow.” – Misty Copeland
• “The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” – Barack Obama
• “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” – Barbara Corcoran
• “Dreams are little nudges from your soul.” – Victoria Moran
• “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
• “But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you’re afraid.” – Arianna Huffington
• “I don’t focus what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.” – Venus Williams
• “Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.” – Ralph Marston
• “There’s nothing wrong with being driven. And there’s nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.” – Shonda Rhimes
• “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey
• “It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.” – Pat Summitt
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