Quotes & Sayings About Motivation Inspiration

Finishing work makes you a man, finishing difficult work makes you a hero. — Amit Kalantri

I've really learned to appreciate the magic of challenging yourself. Seeing yourself somewhere new. There's a whole world out there. — Stacie Hammond

I often talk about unconditional love towards others. But the truth is I have always looked for favorable conditions when it comes to self-love and happiness.
Now that is what you call a true confession! — Saurabh Sharma

It can be done. It will be done. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a Canvas. Every action of ours is a stroke of paint and at the end, how beautiful our painting is will depend upon all our strokes, all our Actions. -RVM — R.v.m.

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it. — Ray A. Davis

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. — Roy T. Bennett

Love yourself.
Be true to yourself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What matters is not how many miles you run ... What matters is whether you are having Fun!-RVM — R.v.m.

Your inner nature is your kind nature, when you give unconditionally, when you are inspired or feel truly motivated and full of vitality — Gyalwa Dokhampa

This is the new year the new you. You can pass through another year, coasting on cruise control. Or you can step out of your comfort zone, trying things you have never done before, & make 2012 as the year that you elevate from where you are & soar high. Make it happen! — Pablo

Nothing holds back human progress as frequently as the misbelief that the words 'impossible' and 'improbable' are synonyms. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness.
It's the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. — Amy Collette

One need to be inspired, to inspire. — Krishna Sagar

Don't live your life like an attempt, because if you fail there is no second attempt. — Amit Kalantri

Chase your dreams and see how far you can reach. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The light must illuminate. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Obstacles accelerate transformation — Pooja Ruprell

The only thing that makes advice great is when you apply it and it works so try, try try. — Rob Liano

Success demands a price that only a few are willing to pay ... blood, flesh, time, money, pride, heartbreak and energy. Anyone who has ever succeeded has the battle scars to prove the sacrifices they've made. — Toni Sorenson

We must passionately learn, unlearn and relearn. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors ... Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality. — Rory Stewart

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200. — Hans Rosling

It is a dream of mankind to fly like a bird. — Marcus Fischer

Preparation is essential to achieving your goals in life. You don't want to miss a great opportunity because you were not prepared. Determination and motivation will put you on the right track. You've got the passion, that driving desire to be successful. But, you must take certain steps to put you in a position to be readily available for the reward. — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Those who are fortunate to be educated, must light the flame of fire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Real love allows for failure and suffering. — Sharon Salzberg

Not all things that fall down break. Some develop wings. — Neelam Saxena Chandra

He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions! — Darnaya Darice

May you have strength to complete studies. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A great piece of comedy is a verbal magic trick. — Chris Bliss

Every new morning brings new freshness and new renewal. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-love is having appreciation for oneself, respecting oneself, and caring for oneself, and the actions that help us mature also help it grow. — Tisha Marie Payton, MHR

Today, do what you talked about doing yesterday. — Bianca McCormick-Johnson

But I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. — David Sedaris

When a person finds life hard, he needs motivation and inspiration; but if he finds life's journey easy, then he needs meditation and introspection to know the true quality of his life. — Anuj

The height of your achievements is determined by the depth of your self-belief, the strength of your resolve and the intensity of your efforts. — Roopleen

First-generation children were strongly influenced by their immigrant parents approach to choice. For them, choice was not just a way of defining and asserting their individuality, but a way to create community and harmony by deferring to the choices of people whom they trusted and respected. — Sheena Iyengar

Dear 2016,

If I has any defeats in your term, I am glad they were on my terms!

Best,
The Defeated Winner — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum. — George Lois

RVM's Thought for the Day-Whenever a problem arrives, do three things - Face it, Fight it and Finish it. — R.v.m.

My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in the darkest corners of the world. — Janine Di Giovanni

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible. — Hans Rosling

Why can't we all live together in love and in peace? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time. — Jane Goodall

Time is money, and honey. — Doctor You

We all have dream cars,dream houses and jobs but as soon as we stop dreaming we wake up go take a pee. the world is waiting out here don't just dream,make it a dream. — Mohlalefi J Motsima

Whatever you attempt, if your attitude sucks, so will you. — Rob Liano

Today is a Tomorrow that we thought about Yesterday. Don't worry about Tomorrow. Take care of Today because if you take care of Today, Tomorrow will take care of itself.-RVM — R.v.m.

Our economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table. — Jennifer Granholm

He who perseveres like an infant that falls down and keeps getting up, shall eventually find the way."~ Amunhotep El Bey — Amunhotep El Bey

When you've worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. — Guy Kawasaki

Stretch yourself a bit to know the difference between humans and heroes. — Amit Kalantri

I said, 'Don, what's sustainable about feeding chicken to fish?' — Dan Barber

Life takes everything from you - to give you everything. — Daya Kudari

When you are worried about thinking why you can't, you are losing the reasons why you should. — Ameya Agrawal

The greatest possessions I leave for my children are books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Without the desire to be patient patience doesn't happen,
Just like without the desire to grow, LIFE doesn't happen! — Sujit Lalwani

There are two billion fellow human beings who live on less than $2 a day. — Hans Rosling

The world is now too dangerous for anything less than utopia. — R. Buckminster Fuller

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. — Lou Holtz

Helping professionals, therapists, life coaches, healers can greatly assist you in changing your life for the better, but they pale in comparison to the power thats gained from developing a relationship with yourself. It's you that holds the power for change — Renae A. Sauter

Keep working while grace abound. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Knowing why you're doing something provides the inspiration and motivation to give the extra perspiration needed to persevere when things go south..
..Purpose provides the ultimate glue that can help you stick to the path you've set. When what you do matches your purpose, your life just feels in rhythm, and the path you beat with your feet seems to match the sound in your head and heart. Live with purpose and don't be surprised if you actually hum more and even whistle while you work. — Gary Keller

Doing it all the time, whether or not we are in the mood, gives us ownership of our writing ability. It takes it out of the realm of conjuring where we stand on the rock of isolation, begging the winds for inspiration, and it makes it something as do-able as picking up a hammer and pounding a nail. Writing may be an art, but it is certainly a craft. It is a simple and workable thing that can be as steady and reliable as a chore - does that ruin the romance? — Julia Cameron

In perhaps 50 years, 60 years, we can finish completely this civilization, and offer to our children the possibility to invent a new story, a new poetry, a new romanticism. — Philippe Starck

Surrender means cleaning the window so light can enter. — Kamal Ravikant

We must take responsibility for ourselves, for who we become, for how we live each day. — Kitt Weagant

Do you know what it takes to do [a global art project]? People, energy, glue. — JR

He seemed touched by a larger spirit, his course guided by something beyond him, so talented, so able, so good-natured that he did not even inspire envy in a city rich with envy. — David Halberstam

Nothing is finished unless it is started. So just start where you are. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only two kinds of men in the world: dwarves and Prince Charmings. And the odds are seven to one against your finding the prince. — Emily Levine

People are already disappointed by their acquaintances, they can not handle anymore hate from stranger, so show some instantaneous kindness and forgiveness to them. — Amit Kalantri

Inbetween yesterday's regret and tomorrow's dream is today's opportunity. Seize the chance! — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

I accept the fact that there is always a way out in every situation we find ourselves but, until we begin to ponder, panacea will be very scarce — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Whatever phase of life you are in, make time to pause and reflect where you are heading to. It is a good time to insert a comma now and realign yourself to your inner self before your life ends in a full stop. — Roopleen

Motivation fades because it's emotion driven. Mobilization doesn't fade because it's ambition driven. Connect with your passion! - L. R. W. Lee — L.R.W. Lee

Don't imprison yourself through self-doubt. Break out of your self-imposed prison with intentional action. — Tony Curl

He who has a mind has thoughts and he who has thoughts has vision! Think vision. Produce vision! — Darnaya Darice

By loving and leaving all that oil has done for us ... we are able to then begin the creation of a world which is more resilient, more nourishing, and in which we find ourselves fitter, more skilled and more connected to each other. — Rob Hopkins

Keep the inspiration alive and reach for what you want — Anamika Mishra

When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond
myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

We all have a dual nature,some of us are just better able to control the energy we expend on each part of it." Lessons for an Urban Goddess — Laney Zukerman

The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it. — Tricia Cunningham

Smile and Slay.
You have to slay it in life or life will slay you. — Janna Cachola

Single life is the best life until you get hit by lonely nights. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Faith melts all fears. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-knowledge is the greatest education. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The biggest and first obstacle any artist faces is not believing they can do something. You have the talent. Just believe you are capable of doing it, because you are. Writing anything, for anyone, regardless of expertise, is like crossing the Atlantic in a canoe. What you are doing is saying "I don't know how to row". Start rowing, you will get there. Just know it will take time and perseverance, but you will get there! — Aaron Denius Garcia

Farmers in America ... are pretty large in general. Their farms are also large. But farmers in the rest of the world are quite skinny, and that's because they're starving. — Ellen Gustafson

If we don't manage to implement the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as ourselves, I doubt that we'll have a viable world to hand on to the next generation. — Karen Armstrong

Let your light shine. — Pooja Ruprell

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.' — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Take the next little step-the smaller you make it, the more likely you'll take it.. — Jill Badonsky

People always ask me
"Son what does it take
To reach out and touch your dreams?"
To them I always say
Are you hungry?
Are you thirsty?
Is it a fire that burns you up inside?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming
With that one thing on your mind?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Cause if you want it all
You've got to lay it all out on the line — Tim McGraw

The words you use can influence your life. Positive words are well spring of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education. — Kathryn Schulz

The world is your oyster...YOU determine the value of the pearl! — Jolene Church

Heroes are higher than their vulnerability that is why they are heroes. — Amit Kalantri

That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years. I feel like I had been held underwater, and someone finally reached down and pulled my head up so I could breathe. — Mick Ebeling