200+ Inspirational Quotes To Keep You Motivated

In the fast-paced business world, maintaining motivation is essential not only for personal growth but also for fostering a healthy work environment. The pressures of professional life can often lead to stress and burnout, making it crucial to find sources of inspiration and encouragement. Whether you’re striving for career success, seeking to boost team morale, or prioritizing employee mental health, the right words can have a significant impact.

This collection of 200 motivational quotes for success is designed to uplift and inspire both individuals and teams. From insights on professional achievement and personal growth to practical advice for overcoming challenges, these powerful quotes aim to empower you and your colleagues every step of the way. Discover your daily dose of motivation to enhance productivity, well-being, and a positive workplace culture.

Deep Motivational Quotes

1. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot
3. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt
4. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela
5. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill
6. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” —William James
7. “To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.” —Rosa Parks

Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way

Motivational Quotes for Success

1. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” —Vidal Sassoon
2. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” —Roy T. Bennett
3. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” —Henry David Thoreau
4. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember—the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” —Zig Ziglar
5. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” —Colin R. Davis
6. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” —W. P. Kinsella
7. “Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” —Vera Wang

Motivational Quotes for Personal Life

1. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” —John Lennon
2. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” —Dalai Lama
3. “Get busy living or get busy dying.” —Stephen King
4. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” —Brian Tracy
5. “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” —William James
6. “The healthiest response to life is joy.” —Deepak Chopra
7. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” —Oprah Winfrey

There is no substitute for hard work

Motivational Quotes for Work

1. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” —Alan Kay
2. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” —Steve Jobs
3. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson
4. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” —Thomas Edison
5. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” —Steve Jobs
6. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.” —Conrad Hilton
7. “There is no substitute for hard work.” —Thomas Edison

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are

Motivational Quotes for Women

1. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
2. “A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” —Gina Carey
3. “I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.” —Calamity Jane
4. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” —Coco Chanel
5. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” —Shonda Rhimes
6. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” —Nora Ephron
7. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” —Melissa Etheridge

Motivational Quotes for Men

1. “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” —Confucius
2. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” —Albert Einstein
3. “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” —Dale Carnegie
4. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” —David Brinkley
5. “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” —Confucius
6. “The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” —Hasidic Proverb
7. “You don’t need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.” —Wayne Dyer

Motivational Quotes for Students

1. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” —Nelson Mandela
2. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” —B.B. King
3. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
4. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” —Dr. Seuss
5. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis
6. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” —John Wooden
7. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” —Charles Kingsleigh (Alice in Wonderland)

Daily Motivational Quotes for Success

1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill
2. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill
3. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller
4. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” —Steve Jobs
5. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson
7. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” —Roy T. Bennett

Work until your bank account looks like a phone number

Funny Motivational Quotes

1. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.” —Zig Ziglar
2. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” —Lily Tomlin
3. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” —Oscar Wilde
4. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” —Winnie the Pooh
5. “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” —Tom Lehrer
6. “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” —Steven Wright
7. “Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.” —Unknown

Team Motivational Quotes

1. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” —Michael Jordan
2. “Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” —Vince Lombardi
3. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” —Andrew Carnegie
4. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” —Henry Ford
5. “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” —Helen Keller
6. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” —Patrick Lencioni
7. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” —Phil Jackson

Love your family, work super hard, live your passion

Short Motivational Quotes

1. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” —Dalai Lama
2. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” —Chris Grosser
3. “Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.” —Gary Vaynerchuk
4. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot
5. “Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” —Les Brown
6. “If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.” —Mark Cuban
7. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” —Stephen R. Covey
8. “Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” —John Wooden
9. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” —Walt Disney
10. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt

Motivational Monday Quotes

1. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” —William James
2. “One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.” —Edmond Mbiaka
3. “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
4. “You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin.” —Gordon B. Hinckley
5. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.” —Marcus Aurelius
6. “Mondays offer new beginnings 52 times a year!” —David Dweck
7. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” —Wayne Dyer
8. “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier, and healthier life.” —Germany Kent

Friday Motivational Quotes

1. “Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!” —Kate Summers
2. “Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.” —S. O’ Sade
3. “Every Friday, I like to high-five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.” —Nanea Hoffman
4. “Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of, knowing that you just didn’t put in time to the next paycheck.” —Byron Pulsifer
5. “When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break.” —Catherine Pulsifer

Best Motivational Quotes to Start Your Day

1. “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” —Zig Ziglar
2. “The morning was full of sunlight and hope.” — Kate Chopin
3. “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picasso
4. “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” —Angela Bassett
5. “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
6. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali
7. “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” —David Ogilvy
8. “I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.” —Barbara Elaine Smith
9. “Make each day your masterpiece.” — John Wooden
10. “If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.” —Tobias Lütke
11. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” — Prince

Positive Quotes for Motivation

1. “Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” —Anne Lamott
2. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” —Warren Buffett
3. “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” —Mortimer J. Adler
4. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” —A. A. Milne
5. “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” —Martha Graham
6. “Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself.” —Jason Fried
7. “He that can have patience can have what he will.” —Benjamin Franklin
8. “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you, and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis
9. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson
10. “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” —Mia Hamm

Daily Motivational Quotes

1. “Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs
2. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein
3. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain
5. “If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” —Napoleon Hill
6. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” —Jim Rohn
7. “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” —Abraham Lincoln
8. “Live out of your imagination, not your history.” —Stephen Covey
9. “Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage.” —Unknown
10. “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” —Epicurus
11. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” —Mary Anne Radmacher
12. “If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.” —Clayton M. Christensen

Inspirational Quotes

1. “Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. The best moment of my life was the day I realized that I no longer give a damn what anybody thinks. That’s enormously liberating and freeing, and it’s the only way to live your life and do your business.” —Cindy Gallop
2. “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” —Arthur C. Clarke
3. “Worry is a misuse of imagination.” —Unknown
4. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” —Maya Angelou
5. “I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” —Edna Mode
6. “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Unknown
7. “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” —Steve Furtick
8. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
9. “I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.” —Jay-Z
10. “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” —Arianna Huffington
11. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong

Positive Quotes

1. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” —Henry Ford
2. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” —Confucius
3. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” —Wayne Dyer
4. “We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity, both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.” —Arthur Ashe
5. “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” —Bill Gates

Encouraging Quotes

1. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been given a no, only to find that a better, brighter, bigger yes was right around the corner.” —Arlan Hamilton
2. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” —Ariana Huffington
3. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford
4. “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” —Wayne Dyer
5. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” —Aristotle
6. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe
7. “Hustle beats talent when talent doesn’t hustle.” —Ross Simmonds

Motivation Quotes

1. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.” —George Addair
2. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
3. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” —Babe Ruth
4. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas Edison
5. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston
6. “You carry the passport to your own happiness.” —Diane Von Furstenberg
7. “Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart.” —Drake
8. “Ideation without execution is delusion.” —Robin Sharma

Quotes About Life

1. “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” —Laird Hamilton
2. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca
3. “For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.” —Vincent Van Gogh
4. “If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” —Maria Edgeworth
5. “Resilience is when you address uncertainty with flexibility.” —Unknown
6. “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” —Raymond Joseph Teller
7. “It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” —Paul Bryant
8. “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” —Henry David Thoreau
9. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale
10. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” —Unknown

More Motivating Quotes

1. “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” —Mark Twain
2. “Nothing ever goes away u two most important days in your life ae need to know.” —Pema Chodron
3. “We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” —Bruce Lee
4. “First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” —Octavia Butler
5. “The best way out is always through.” —Robert Frost
6. “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens
7. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
8. “Someone will declare, ‘I am the leader!’ and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.” —Bill Walsh
9. “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” —Ruth Gordo
10. “Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.” —Paul Graham
11. “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
12. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas
13. “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese
14. “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” —Cormac McCarthy

Inspirational Quotes for the New Year

1. “You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” —Dr. Seuss
2. “I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
3. “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
4. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
5. “If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.” —Childish Gambino
6. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
7. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
8. “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
9. “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
10. “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
11. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
12. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
13. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
14. “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” —Mia Hamm
15. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan

Additional Quotes

1. “If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.” —Gabrielle Union
2. “No matter how far away from yourself you may have strayed, there is always a path back. You already know who you are and how to fulfill your destiny.” —Oprah Winfrey
3. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” —Duke Ellington
4. “You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.” —Bonnie Prudden
5. “When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.” —Roxane Gay
6. “There is no better compass than compassion.” —Amanda Gorman
7. “Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes.” —Maggie Kuhn
8. “It’s a toxic desire to try to be perfect. I realized later in life that the challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.” —Jane Fonda
9. “Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald

Motivation for The Business Environment and Employee Mental Health

Motivational quotes can deeply impact our hopes and dreams, reminding us of what we can achieve. In a business setting, these quotes can be especially helpful, boosting morale and creating a positive atmosphere among employees. Thinking about these wise words can give us the strength and inspiration to pursue our goals with more energy and determination.

Every small effort you make in your work and personal growth counts, moving you closer to your goals. Let these uplifting words be a constant source of motivation as you face the ups and downs of work life. Staying focused, positive, and strong is crucial, especially when challenges arise. Allow these quotes to support you and keep you motivated on your journey to success and well-being.

How to Motivate Yourself

Staying motivated can be a challenging task, especially when faced with the daily demands of life and work. However, there are several effective strategies that can help you maintain and boost your motivation:

1. Set Clear Goals: Having well-defined goals gives you a clear direction and a sense of purpose. Break down your goals into smaller, manageable tasks and track your progress to stay motivated.

2. Create a Vision Board: Visualize your goals and dreams by creating a vision board. This serves as a constant reminder of what you’re working towards and keeps you inspired.

3. Establish a Routine: A consistent routine can help you build good habits and maintain your focus. Plan your day with a mix of work and leisure activities to keep yourself balanced and energized.

4. Stay Positive: Surround yourself with positive influences, whether it’s uplifting music, motivational quotes, or supportive friends and family. Positive thinking can significantly impact your motivation levels.

5. Reward Yourself: Celebrate your achievements, no matter how small. Rewarding yourself for reaching milestones keeps you motivated and reinforces positive behavior.

6. Stay Healthy: Physical health is closely linked to mental well-being. Ensure you get enough sleep, eat a balanced diet, and engage in regular exercise to keep your energy levels high.

7. Seek Inspiration: Read books, watch videos, or listen to podcasts that inspire you. Learning from others who have achieved success can provide valuable insights and motivation.

8. Stay Organized: Clutter and disorganization can be demotivating. Keep your workspace tidy and plan your tasks efficiently to maintain a sense of control and motivation.

By implementing these strategies, you can create a motivational environment that supports your goals and aspirations. Remember, motivation is a continuous process that requires regular nurturing and adjustment.