Some days are easy–energy is high, the sun is shining, everything seems possible. But there will always be times when the storms come. Things go wrong, people let you down, and pressure is high. Those are the times when you need some inspiration.
Here’s some collected wisdom to help motivate you when you need it the most.
- Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. —Napoleon Hill
- The only way to do great work is to love what you do. —Steve Jobs
- If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. —Sheryl Sandberg
- Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. —Harriet Tubman
- Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. —Joshua J. Marine
- Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. —Les Brown
- Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. —Albert Einstein
- The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —Alice Walker
- If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it. —Elon Musk
- Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. —Indian Proverb
- I never dreamt of success. I worked for it. —Estee Lauder
- When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. —Helen Keller
- I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. —Mother Teresa
- People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. —George Bernard Shaw
- If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. —Oprah Winfrey
- Believe you can and you’re halfway there. —Theodore Roosevelt
- The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. —Amelia Earhart
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —The Dalai Lama
- How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank
- The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. —Ralph Waldo Emerson