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100+ GREATEST WARRIOR QUOTES OF ALL-TIME

If you’re seeking out some of the greatest warrior quotes of all-time, then you’ll love this page. However, before we dive into them, consider this fact. There is an animating force within us that we’ve increasingly suppressed over the years. This innate and extremely valuable energy that exists within us all has been ignored, devalued, and diminished with each passing decade.
Unfortunately, this animating force is none other than your fighting warrior spirit. And it’s a fighting spirit that needs to be cultivated, because we all go to battle daily — we battle with internal demons, like our struggles to get motivated, to conquer bad habits, or improve our personal lives — or our external battles, like striving to create a life, business, and career that we can be proud of.
“We Are All Warriors.”
– stephen pressfield –
In short, we are all warriors in a sense. And because we are all warriors, it is important to keep our fighting spirit strong. As such, we aim to reignite this heroic quality of yours with these exceptional and highly motivational warrior quotes. We hope these quotes will reanimate that heroic warrior spirit within you, so that you can lean into your challenges. But most importantly, we hope these Warrior Quotes guide, motivate, and better equip you to be victorious over those daily battles you experience in your day-to-day life.
BEST WARRIOR QUOTES AND SAYINGS
1. “Every victorious warrior draws his strength from the highest source; his love.” – Tapan Ghosh
2. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but soon or late the one who wins is the one who thinks he can!” – Walter D. Wintle
3. “There has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it.” – Alexander The Great
4. “In the warrior’s code there’s no surrender, though his body says stop… his spirit cries, never!” – Survivor, Burning Heart
5. “Strategy is the craft of the warrior.” – Miyamoto Musashi
6. “All men are warriors and life for everything in our universe is nothing but war.” – David Zindell
7. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
8. “Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.” – Donna Lynn Hope
9. “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” – Sun Tzu
10. “Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.” – Karl Von Clausewitz
11. “Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” – Sun Tzu
12. “Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic, but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fore-fighters, regarding his own life as hateful and holding the dark spirits of death as dear as the radiance of the sun.” – Spartan Proverb
13. “The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.” – Plutarch
14. “We choose whether to be warriors or to be ordinary.” – Carlos Castaneda
15. “Discipline is your best friend. It will take of you like nothing else can.” – Jocko Willink
16. “Victory are reserved for those warriors who are willing to pay it’s price.” – Sun Tzu
17. “You should reach the limits of virtue before you cross the border of death.” – Aristodemus, Spartan Warrior
18. “A warrior’s greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius.
19. “Rise up, warriors, take your stand at one another’s sides, our feet set wide and rooted like oaks in the ground. ‘‘…learn to love death’s ink-black shadow as much as you love the light of dawn. ‘Here is courage, mankind’s finest possession, here is the noblest prize that a young man can endeavor to win.” – Tyrtaeus, Spartan Poet
20. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” – Spartan Warrior Creed
21. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by sheep: I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” – Alexander The Great
22. “To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.” – Miyamoto Musashi
23. “A true warrior fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” – G.K. Chesterton
24. “You should reach the limits of virtue before you cross the border of death.” – Aristodemus, Spartan Warrior
25. “To hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” – Miyamoto Musashi
26. “A warrior has to believe, otherwise he cannot activate his intent positively.” – Theun Mares
27. “The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win.” – Miyamoto Musashi
28. “Be a warrior, not a worrier.” – Warrior Saying
29. “But if you choose the way of the warrior, living a life of service, it will demand of you the best you have. You may not need to be great, but the world needs your greatness.” – Erwin Raphael McManus
30. “A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.” – Carlos Castaneda
Fearless Warrior Quotes
One attribute that separates a great warrior from the average is their fearlessness. A great warrior knows that being fearless is not about never being afraid, but it’s about feeling the fear, and diving in anyway. With that said, here are some powerful fearless quotes to inspire that fearless warrior that resides within you.
31. “It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.” – Rick Riordan
32. “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within.” – Miyamoto Musashi
33. “All men die, but not all men really live.” – William Wallace
34. “But where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.” – Inazo Nitobe
35. “The warrior stands, ready to defend, ready to fight for those he serves. He is a warrior of virtue, A knight of conscience. He is who we all wish to be.” – Anthony Hincks
36. “Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a great thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.” – Alexander The Great
37. “Fear is the first taste of defeat! The Warrior only breathes the air of the brave and Warrior only feasts on the fruit of victory!” – The Ultimate Warrior
38. “Warriors should suffer their pain silently.” – Erin Hunter
39. “A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all.” – Michael Scott
40. “There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.” – N.K. Jemisin
41. “You’re a warrior. Warriors don’t give up and they don’t back down. Pick up your sword, your shield, and fight.” – Warrior Quotes
42. “A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think he has finished acting.” – Carlos Castaneda
43. “A warrior never worries about his fear.” – Carlos Castaneda
44. “To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.” – Chogyam Trungpa
45. “A warrior must only take care that his spirit is never broken.” – Shissai
46. “I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.” – Paul Watson
47. “The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.” – Steven Pressfield
48. “Warriors don’t raise to the level of expectations, they fall to the level of their training.” – Archilochu
49. “Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.” – Steven Seagal
50. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time” – Leo Tolstoy
Motivational Warrior Quotes
Life challenges us constantly. And this goal and dream chasing stuff can make our daily battles seem all the more challenging. But the great news is, we got your back. We are here to encourage and push you forward when setbacks come your way.
With that being said, keep digesting these powerful warrior quotes. Each one consumed only strengthens and emboldens that heroic fighting spirit.
51. “The big difference between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
52. “A warrior must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.” – David Gemmell
53. “Competition doesn’t scare a true warrior, it makes him better.” – Andrew Whitworth
54. “Come back with your shield, or upon it.” – Spartan Mother
55. “A fool is ‘happy’ when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That’s what makes happiness the ultimate discipline” – Dan Millman
56. “Every great warrior must learn to endure and overcome the adversities of life.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
57. “One mark of a great soldier is that a great soldier fights on his own terms or fights not at all.” – Sun Tzu
58. “Warriors know when to pick their fights.” – Sara Maa
59. “Surprise is the warrior’s greatest weapon.” – Erin Hunter
60. “The warrior fights with courage not with anger.” – Ashanti Proverb
61. “Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.” – Steven Pressfield
62. “The wise warrior avoids the battle” – Sun Tzu
63. “Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice.” – Chris Bradford
64. “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You can not withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.'” – Warrior Quote
65. “Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skillfully next time.” – Paulo Coelho
66. “A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does.” – Dan Millman
67. “Some warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.” – Deng Ming-Dao
68. “Silence is the warrior’s art — and meditation is his sword. With it, you’ll cut through your illusions.” – Dan Millman
69. “A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids; but old age will give him no peace, though spears may spare him.” – Havamal
70. “Come and take it.” – Leonidas
71. “A warrior must only take care that his spirit is never broken.” – Shissai
72. “Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it’s worthless.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
73. “Protecting yourself is self-defense. Protecting others is warriorship.” – Bodhi Sanders
74. “The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.” – Chogyam Trungpa
75. “When you become fully responsible for your life, you can become fully human; once you become human, you may discover what it means to be a warrior.” – Dan Millman
76. “God doesn’t give the hardest battles to his toughest soldiers, he creates the toughest soldiers through life’s hardest battles” – Warrior Saying
77. “Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds.” – Brian Jacques
78. “You are a warrior! Built to endure. Able to conquer. Nothing can hold you down.” – Beatrice Garrett
79. “Untroubled, scornful, outrageous – that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
80. “Better to fight and fall than to live without hope.” – Volsunga
Inspirational Warrior Quotes
This next batch of warrior quotes when reflected upon will inspire and encourage you. Read them out loud, embrace them, and then allow them to unleash the courage that resides deep within you.
81. “In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.” – George S. Patton
82. “Warriors do not lower themselves to the standards of other people; they live independently; according to their own standards and code of conduct.” – Bohdi Sanders
83. “Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.” – Mercedes Lackey
84. “We are all warriors.” – Steven Pressfield
85. “The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn’t look like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, he’s going to keep digging, he’s going to keep trying to do right and make up for what’s gone before, just because that’s who he is.” – Joss Whedon
86. “A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.” – Warrior Quotes
87. “Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
88. “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” – Heraclitus
89. “During times of persistent hardship is when the warrior learns the most about his fortitude.” – Bodhi Sanders
90. “Being a warrior is an attitude!!” – Santosh Kumar
91. “Warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no on has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is on who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who can not provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity.” – Sitting Bull
92. “Of every one-hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are nothing but targets, nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one of them is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” – Heraclitus
93. “It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” – Emiliano Zapata
94. “Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It’s about being so prepared to face a challenge and believing so strongly in the cause you are fighting for that you refuse to quit.” – Michael J. Asken
95. “A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It’s in your mind. We’re all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our minds to fight that war and to win that war.” – David Goggins
96. “I am a warrior not because I always win but because I will always fight.” – Warrior Quotes
97. “Hard work, dedication, and discipline – these are the keys to becoming a successful martial artist and warrior. Without them, you will never achieve your full potential.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
98. “The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.” – Carlos Castaneda
99. “To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” – Criss Jami
100. “Weakness is strong. I must be stronger.” – Jocko Willink
101. “Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.” – John Milton
102. “Nothing can resist a human will that will stake its very existence on its purpose.” – Benjamin Disraeli
103. “A responsible Warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment.” – Paulo Coelho
104. “It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” – Aristotle
105. “I don’t know how I’m going to win, I just know I’m not going to lose.” – Gokham Saki
106. “I will either find a way or make one” – Hannibal
107. “I’ll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.” – Audie Murphy
108. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” – George S. Patton
109. “Warriors don’t hide from their fears; they embrace them.” – Brittain Ladd
110. “It’s time to go to war with yourself.” – David Goggins
111. “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” – Joel Olsteen
112. “A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free.” – John Stuart Mill
113. “For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.” – Charles De Gualle
114. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
115. “Your mind is a battlefield, be its commander, not its soldier.” – Anonymous
116. “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” – Geronimo
117. “The warrior is always first a servant… The warrior does not serve because they cannot lead; they know that a person cannot lead if they do not serve.” – Erwin Raphael McManus
118. “In war, there is no substitute for victory.” – General Douglas MacArthur
119. “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” – George Washington
120. “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander The Great
121. “An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.” – Genghis Khan
122. “If you are a true warrior, competition doesn’t scare you. It makes you better.” – Andrew Whitworth
123. “Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.” – Miyamoto Musashi
124. “Be a warrior when it comes to delivering your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity, and showing up with outright love.” – Robin Sharma
125. “Warrior poets are lovers of truth and lovers of people, and we’re defenders of both.” – John Lovell
126. “Messenger boy: The Thessalonian you’re fighting, he’s the biggest man I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t want to fight him. Achilles: That is why no one will remember your name.” – Troy
127. “I don’t believe a champion is the biggest, baddest, meanest dude in the world. I think the champion is like a warrior; it’s like the head knight or lead samurai: humble men of integrity, respect, and honor that treat people kindly.” – Jon Jones
128. “A true warrior isn’t measured by the size of their strength, but by the strength of their heart.” – Anonymous
129. “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human who led an easy life.” – Teddy Roosevelt
130. “It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than to be a gardener in a war.” – Miyamoto Musashi
131. “The road of life is long and unforgiving, no place for a child.” – Anonymous
132. “Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste death but once.” – Julius Caesar
133. “Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.” – George Washington
Bonus Warrior Quote
Bonus: Want to know how to become mightier than the mightiest warrior? If your answer is yes, then you’ll want to heed the insight of this last warrior quote. It is by far one of our favorites, and we stand behind it 100%.
“He Who Conquers Himself Is The Mightiest Warrior.”
– Confucius –
Final Thoughts
There you have it, the most powerful warrior quotes and sayings ever uttered. No doubt, life is a battle. So is work, raising a family, and chasing your dreams, all of it. So, never forget, you are a warrior.
With that being said, we hope these warrior quotes have not only helped you reanimate your fighting spirit, but also reawakened within you the spirit of victory. To get the most out of them, bookmark the page, and come back often. Use them whenever you need a little encouragement as you take on life’s battles head on. Use them to help you WIN!
Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
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YOUR DAILY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE TO KEEP YOU INSPIRED
Motivation is that spark that fuels our journey to achieve big goals and dreams. But let’s face it—some days, that fire in our bellies flickers or fades. Yesterday, you were ready to conquer the world; today, you might need a boost. That’s where our Daily Motivational Quote comes in. At The Strive, we’re here to reignite your passion with a fresh, powerful quote every day.
Bookmark this page and visit daily to keep your motivation burning bright. Each Daily Motivational Quote is carefully chosen to inspire action, resilience, and success. Share today’s quote with others to spread the inspiration! Without further ado, here’s your Daily Motivational Quote to fuel your drive:
DAILY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
Summary: Tony Robbins once said that success requires massive action. So, if you’re not seeing enough change or success in your life, perhaps you need to level up your activity.
Taking action is one of few things we have control of in this life, so if you’ve find that your stuck, idling, or frozen with analysis paralysis lately, do something, anything to get the ball rolling again. Action will get you from point A to point B.
Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
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GET FIRED UP: 365 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED DAILY
Achieving what we want in life is rarely a walk in the park. In fact, for most people it is a struggle. It’s a struggle that we either embrace or turn away from. And more often than not, those who choose to embrace the struggle turn to motivational quotes for the inspiration needed to surmount their challenges. In short, quotes motivate us, and there is science to back this up.[1] It is for this reason, that we decided to publish these 365 motivational quotes.
“Nurture Your Mind With Great Thoughts, For You Will Never Go Any Higher Than You Think.”
Our hope is that they will not only get you through the tough times, but help you navigate and surmount the daily challenges and discouragement that would keep you from the success you seek. So, if you’re ready to nurture your mind with 365 quotes for daily motivation, quotes that will push you every day of the week until your dreams and your reality become one, let’s get to it:
365 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR DAILY SUCCESS
1. “What great thing would you attempt, if you knew you could not fail.” – Robert H. Schuller
2. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.” – Mark Cuban
3. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
4. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Wesley Snipes
5. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Norman Vincent Peale
6. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
7. “Act as if what you do makes a difference.” IT DOES.” – William James
8. “Always take another step. If this is to no avail take another, and yet another. One step at a time is not too difficult.” – Og Mandino
9. “If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
10. “Much effort, much prosperity.” – Euripides
11. “Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do.” – Brian Tracy
12. “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” – Edward H. Harriman
13. “Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn’t find the guts to do.” – Seth Godin
14. “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln
15. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” – Babe Ruth
16. “Hustle until you no longer need to introduce yourself.” – Anonymous
17. “The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
18. “He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.” – James Allen
19. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.” – Lao Tzu
20. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan
21. “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
22. “Plough deep while sluggards sleep.” – Benjamin Franklin
23. “Work hard in silence and let success be your noise.” – Anonymous
24. “Don’t stop until you’re proud.” – Anonymous
25. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” – Tony Robbins
26. “If it’s important, you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.” – Ryan Blair
27. “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.” – George S. Clason
28. “A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.” – John Burroughs
29. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
30. “If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it.” – Claude M. Bristol
31. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
32. “Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force.” – James Allen
33. “Run your own race. Who cares what others are doing? The only question that matters is, am I progressing?” – Robin Sharma
34. “There’s not a person on my team in 16 years that has consistently beat me to the ball every play. That ain’t got anything to do with talent, that’s just got everything to do with effort, and nothing else.” – Ray Lewis
35. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levonson
36. “Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as a punishment.
And that’s the difference.” – Lou Holtz
37. “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Anonymous
38. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
39. “Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.” – Theodore Roosevelt
40. “In this world you only get what you grab for.” – Giovanni Boccaccio
41. “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” – George A. Sheehan
42. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
43. “If you have everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti
44. “Do the work. Everyone wants to be successful, but nobody wants to do the work.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
45. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
46. “Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb
47. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho
48. “With self-discipline, most anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt
49. “All the so-called ‘secrets of success’ will not work unless you do.” – Anonymous
50. “Your dreams are on the other side of your grit.” – Anonymous
51. “Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
52. “Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.” – Henry Van Dyke
53. “What you exhibit outwardly, you are inwardly.” – Claude M. Bristol
54. “If you continue to thin the way you’ve always thought, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always got.” – Kevin Trudeau
55. “They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now.” – Swami Venkatesananda
56. “Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, they are the things that don’t let you sleep.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
57. “I CAN is 100 times more important that IQ.” – Anonymous
58. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
59. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
60. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
61. Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
62. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Till your good is better and your better is best.'” – St. Jerome
63. “Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.” – Zig Ziglar
64. “How long should you try? Until.” – Jim Rohn
65. “The view is better when it is earned.” – Anonymous
66. “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
67. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
68. “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” – George S. Patton
69. “Surround yourself with people who are only going to lift you higher.” – Anonymous
70. “Comfort is the enemy of progress.” – P.T. Barnum
71. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” – Tony Hsieh
72. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
73. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
74. “Greatness is succeeding at what you intend to do.” – Dr. Joe Vitale
75. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
76. “Work your ass off. There is no magic pill.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
77. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
78. “Success is not for the lazy.” – Anonymous
79. “All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that’s why it takes so long.” – Steven Spielberg
80. “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” – Tom Brady
81. “You must tell yourself; “No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I’M GOING TO MAKE IT!'” – Les Brown
82. “Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.” – Anonymous
83. “For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” – T.S. Eliot
84. “I hated ever minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
85. “When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” – George Bernard Shaw
86. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
87. “Success doesn’t just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.” – John C. Maxwell
88. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
89. “The secret to happiness is freedom… and the secret to freedom is courage.” – Thucydides
90. “It was desire that brought progress to the world.” – Claude M. Bristol
91. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
92. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
93. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
94. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi
95. “Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James
96. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” – Emile Zola
97. “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Elbert Hubbard
98. “Don’t you dare let their laughter extinguish your ambition.” – J.K. Rowling
99. “Continuous Effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill
100. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
101. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali
102. “In any given moment, we have two options: To step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
103. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
104. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
105. “You don’t lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.” – Muhammad Ali
106. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
107. “It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.” – Anonymous
108. “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.” – Anonymous
109. “Always discover your vision and the rest will follow.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
110. “You have to think big to be big.” – Claude M. Bristol
111. “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there
every single night.” – Michael Jordan
112. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing
the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
113. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” – Oprah Winfrey
114. “Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.” – Jose Ortega y Gassett
115. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
116. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln
117. “A person without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.” – Thomas Carlyle
118. “Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what’s given to you on a plate.” – Amy Winehouse
119. “To anyone who is struggling early in the morning or late at night in pursuit of your dream, struggles that many will never see, and to any leaders out there, who believe in someone who does not yet believe in themselves, keep going. Keep going, because WILL always finds a WAY.” – Tom Brady
120. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” – Muhammad Ali
121. “Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.” – Tony Robbins
122. “In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength
of the effort is the measure of the result.” – James Allen
123. “Most successful people are the most successful people because they’ve failed more than anyone else.” – Tony Robbins
124. “You deserve what your actions earned, or haven’t earned.” – M.J. Demarco
125. “If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.” – P.T. Barnum
126. “A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.” – Kobe Bryant
127. “Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition they overcame to reach their goals.” – D. Height
128. “There are simply no limits for a person who accepts no limits.” – Robin Sharma
129. “I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.” – Og Mandino
130. “I failed my way to success.” – Thomas Edison
131. “There’s nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.” – Mark Burnett
132. “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden
133. “We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.” – Steven Pressfield
134. “I know the price of success; dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
135. “One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.” – Hellen Keller
136. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
137. “Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill
138. “It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.” – Robert Greene
139. “Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” – Napoleon Hill
140. “To live is to learn, to strive is to become.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
141. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn
142. “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.” – Thomas Jefferson
143. “The only man who doesn’t make mistakes is the man who never does anything.” – Theodore Roosevelt
144. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
145. “The devil whispers, “You can’t withstand the storm.” The Warrior replied, “I am the storm.” – Anonymous
146. “To win you’ve got to stay in the game.” – Claude M. Bristol
147. “The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.” – Robert Kiyosaki
148. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
149. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life – and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
150. “Tough time don’t last. Tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
151. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps
152. “Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.” – Vince Lombardi
153. “Valor grows by daring; fear by holding back.” – Publilius Syrus
154. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
155. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” – Earl Nightingale
156. “Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.” – Mahatma Gandhi
157. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
158. “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Walter Scott
159. “There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.” – Brian Tracy
160. “If you want to have more, you must become more.” – Jim Rohn
161. “It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance,
sweeps away all obstacles.” – Claude M. Bristol
162. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
163. “God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.” – Mother Teresa
164. “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever
achieved.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
165. “We don’t have to be smarter than the rest; we have to be more disciplined
than the rest.” – Warren Buffett
166. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If
you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and
get busy.” – Dale Carnegie
167. “People are rewarded in public for what they’ve practiced for years in private.” – Tony Robbins
168. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
169. “Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.” – John C. Maxwell
170. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
171. “I planned my success, I knew it was going to happen.” – Erykah Badu
172. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” – Pablo Picasso
173. “If you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment, would you capture it? Or just let it slip?” – Eminem
174. “Effort is grossly underrated.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
175. “I knew the one thing I might regret was not ever having tried.” – Jeff Bezos
176. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell
177. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” – Spartan Creed
178. “You can, end of story.” – Ray Lewis
179. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
180. “The harder you work, the harder it is for you to surrender.” – Vince Lombardi
181. “Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser
182. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca
183. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
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184. “When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.” – Albert Einstein
185. “It’s never crowded along the extra mile.” – Wayne Dyer
186. “Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” – Lowell Thomas
187. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” – Theodore Roosevelt
188. “No one ever defeated a resolute will. Even death stands still before such a will.” – Claude M. Bristol
189. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
190. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
191. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not within it.” – Henry Ford
192. “Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs.” – Robin Sharma
193. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
194. “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
195. “Real lions like to hunt! They like the process just as much as they love the prize.” – Eric Thomas
196. “Inactivity is retrogression.” – John McDonald
197. “When the end comes for you, let if find you conquering a new mountain not sliding down an old one.” – Jim Rohn
198. “The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
199. “Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
200. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
201. “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” – Tacitus
202. “There are two mistakes one can make along the way to truth: not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
203. “What we do now echoes in eternity.” – Marcus Aurelius
204. “Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the
heart of it really. Just keep trying.” – Bear Grylls
205. “To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
206. “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
207. “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.” – Brandon Sanderson
208. “Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
209. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
210. “Aim for the highest.” – Andrew Carnegie
211. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Elenor Roosevelt
212. “You will never win if you never begin.” – Helen Rowland
213. “Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil
214. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schuller
215. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells
216. “Set you goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
217. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
218. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
219. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James
220. “A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” – George M. Moore Jr.
221. “If you can’t excel with talent, triumph with effort.” – Dave Weinbaum
222. “Persistence. The only thing that will piss-off failure enough for it to get the fu** out of the way of your success. PERSIST.” – The Ultimate Warrior
223. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
224. “A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless
failure may turn into a glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
225. “If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you.” – Michael Jordan
226. “Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable.” – Dan Kennedy
227. “Follow your dreams, they know the way.” – Kobe Yamada
228. “No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” – Lupita Nyong’o
229. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Opra Winfrey
230. “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses defeat.” – Anonymous
231. “A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.” – Anonymous
232. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar
233. “If you follow your dreams and spend your life doing what brings you joy, you are more likely to find success.” – Richard Branson
234. “The people who stick with things for years and never stop almost always win the race.” – James Clear
235. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
236. “What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
237. “Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.” – Theodore Roosevelt
238. “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of
the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
239. “Success in anything will always come down to this: Focus & Effort, and
we control both of them.” – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
240. “I don’t count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting, when
I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, cause that’s when it really counts.” – Muhammad Ali
241. “It doesn’t matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the
arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.” – Harvey Mackay
242. “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing
heart.” – R.G. Ingersoll
243. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
244. “He who seeks rest finds boredom….He who seeks work finds rest.” – Anonymous
245. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale
246. “The man who succeeds is a man who has withstood the tests of time, trials,
and has made every effort count.” – Hermann J. Steinherr
247. “We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.” – Earl Nightingale
248. “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.” – Les Brown
249. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes
an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” – Jesse Owens
250. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
251. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
252. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
253. “To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.” – Anna Pavlova
254. “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always
wins – not through strength, but through persistence.” – Buddha
255. “Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” – Winston Churchill
256. “A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.” – Georges Clemenceau
257. “Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.” – David McCullough Jr.
258. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
259. “Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.” – Napoleon Hill
260. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
261. “Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” – J.K. Rowling
262. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
263. “No great achievement is possible without persistent work.” – Bertrand Russell
264. “Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
265. “What you believe yourself to be, you are.” – Claude M. Bristol
266. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
267. “To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street
268. “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.” – Karl Wallenda
269. “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – T. Scott Mcleod
270. “Glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.” – Charles de Gaul
271. “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
272. “Be Fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Anonymous
273. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
274. “The level path is easy, but it will not bring you to the mountaintop.” – Dr. Idel Dreimer
275. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
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276. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron
277. “To be successful we must do things that unsuccessful people do not want
to do. Those things require levels of courage.” – R. Harpe
278. “He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
279. “The sight of an achievement is the greatest gift that a human being could offer to others.” – Ayn Rand
280. “Where I excel, is ridiculous, sickening, work-ethic!” – Will Smith
281. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot
282. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot: But make it hot by striking.” – William B. Sprague
283. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible.” – Audrey Hepburn
284. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
285. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
286. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
287. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decision.” – Stephen Covey
288. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
289. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
290. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
291. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
292. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
293. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
294. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
295. “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh
296. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
297. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” – Leonardo da Vinci
298. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” – Jamie Paolinetti
299. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg
300. “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch
301. “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” – Olin Miller
302. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
303. “Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” – Peter Drucker
304. “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein
305. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King
306. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
307. “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
308. “Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia
309. “You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up, but you don’t give up.” – Chuck Yeager
310. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
311. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” – Mark Caine
312. “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Harry F. Banks
313. “The world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge
314. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” – Dalai Lama
315. “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha
317. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
316. “Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go.” – Anonymous
318. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
319. “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be
done at all.” – Peter Drucker
320. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
321. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in” – Bill Bradley
322. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell
323. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
324. “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
325. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you
haven’t planted.” – David Bly
326. “Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them.” – Anonymous
327. “I am grinding while your sleeping.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
328. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in
life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
329. “Criticism is the price of Ambition.” – Robin Sharma
330. “The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin
331. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Bo Bennett
332. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
333. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard
work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” – Thomas Edison
334. “Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.” – Baltasar Gracian
335. “Light tomorrow with today.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
336. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
337. “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” – Paulo Coelho
338. “You can never achieve more than you aspire to.” – Al Ries
339. “Don’t fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” – Bruce Lee
340. “Every master was once a disaster.” – T. Harv Eker
341. “When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.” – Theodore Roosevelt
342. “Nothing is worth more than this day.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
343. “When people don’t believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.” – Peirce Brosnan
344. “Ordinary is easy. Extra-ordinary is what will separate you from the crowd.” – Darren Hardy
345. “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
346. “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
347. “To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” – Sugar Ray Robinson
348. “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Kierkegaard
349. “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” – Neil Armstrong
350. “When you cease to dream you cease to live.” – Malcom Forbes
351. “Paralyze resistance with persistence.” – Woody Hayes
352. “Winning means… you’re willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.” – Vince Lombardi
353. “We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.” – Tobias Wolff
354. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
355. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas
356. “Money grows on the tree of persistence.” – Japanese Proverb
357. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not:
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.” – Calvin Coolidge
358. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billy Jean King
359. “As long as there’s breath in You–Persist! – Bernard Kelvin Clive
360. “Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who just won’t quit.” – Rudy
361. “Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.” – Ray Kroc
362. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
363. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default.” – J.K. Rowling
364. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.” – Henry Ford
365. “What most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible
power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of
discouragement.” – Napoleon Hill
Bonus Motivational Quote
Bonus Quote: Sometimes, you just need to end things with a bang. And we believe, this last of the 365 motivational quotes for success is that bang. So, heed the late great Steve Job’s wisdom as the grand finale of these 365 quotes:
“If You Haven’t Found It Yet, Keep Looking.”
– steve jobs –
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Final Thoughts on These 365 Motivational Quotes
There you have it, the best of the best daily motivational quotes for success. We’ve done our fair share of research to publish what amounts to the best daily motivational quotes on the web, and we sincerely believe this list is it. Please consider sharing it with someone who you think they can help, and bookmarking it so you can use the motivation when you need it most.
“People Often Say That Motivation Doesn’t Last. Well, Neither Does Bathing, That’s Why We Recommend It Daily.”
– Zig Ziglar –
With that being said, we hope you found value in these quotes, and more importantly, we hope they both inspire and motivate you to keep pressing forward towards your dreams and goals.
Until you reach your aims,
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100+ INSPIRING EFFORT QUOTES TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL
One of the key ingredients to achieving success and winning in life, is effort. In fact, it may be the one sole ingredient to success that each human alive has the ability to control. Which is why we’ve dedicated this page specifically to effort quotes.
“Effort is the Key to Unlocking Our Potential.”
From most of our research (and life experiences) we’ve observed that the amount of effort and intensity one applies to a given task, goal, or vision; directly impacts the quality and swiftness of that goal’s completion. Without a doubt, effort is a critical factor in goal achievement. But more importantly, effort is the key to unlocking our potential.
As such we want to help as many people as possible embrace such a philosophy by sharing some of the most powerful quotes on effort we could find. Please know, that these are the best of the best effort quotes you’ll find.
There’s no doubt these effort quotes will serve as a reliable reminder of effort’s role in your success. In addition, they will help encourage you to unleash your untapped levels of effort. And when that happens you will begin unlocking your potential and a bit more success in the process.
So without further ado, here is your new reliable list of the 100 most motivating effort quotes available. Let them motivate you so you can go forth and unleash your potential!
EFFORT QUOTES TO HELP YOU UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL
1. “The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2. “For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.” – Jim Rohn
3. “I am grinding while your sleeping.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
4. Plough deep while sluggards sleep.” – Benjamin Franklin
5. “All the so-called “secrets of success” will not work unless you do.” – Anonymous
6. “The only thing that has kept me around is my effort.” – Ray Lewis
7. “Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.” – José Ortega y Gassett
8. “There’s not a person on my team in 16 years that has consistently beat me to the ball every play. That ain’t got nothing to do with talent, That’s just got everything to do with effort, and nothing else.” – Ray Lewis
9. “Ideas don’t work for people unwilling to do the work.” – Robin Sharma
10. “Effort is grossly underrated.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
11. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James
12. “A great work demands a great sacrifice, and who is not capable of a great sacrifice is not capable of a great work.” – Muriel Strode
13. “All I ever knew, was that effort would get me seen on tape, effort would get me noticed to get to the league, effort would one day take care of my mom and my kids. Effort, which is between you and you. Nobody else can give you effort. Effort is what is inside” – Ray Lewis
14. “If a man is called a street-sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street-sweeper who did his job well.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
15. “You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.” – Anonymous
16. “Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb
17. “They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now.” – Swami Venkatesananda
18. “An industrious dunce is often more successful in life than his learned neighbor.” – James Lendall Basford
19. “I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ” – Anonymous
20. “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
21. “If you can’t excel with talent, triumph with effort.” – Dave Weinbaum
22. “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” – Larry Bird
23. “Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.” – Zig Ziglar
24. “When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” George Bernard Shaw
25. “Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.” – Pat Riley
26. “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.” – Theodore Roosevelt
27. “About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.” – Gloria Pitzer
28. “Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.” – Anonymous
29. “For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” – T.S. Eliot
30. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi
31. “Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men and women who kept on working.” – Anonymous
32. “Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James
33. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” – Emile Zola
34. “Continuous Effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill
35. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
36. “The view is better when it is earned.” – Anonymous
37. “Put in 5% more effort than “there’s only so much I can do” and you’ll be way ahead of the game.” – Terri Guillemets
38. “Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.” – Heywood Hale Broun
39. “The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.” – Sarah Brown
40. “Much effort, much prosperity.” – Euripides
41. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
42. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln
43. “There’s nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.” – Mark Burnett
44. “Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda
45. “The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
46. “In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.” – James Allen
47. “Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.” – Ann Landers
48. “The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.” – Anonymous
49. “The level path is easy, but it will not bring you to the mountaintop.” – Dr. Idel Dreimer
50. “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” – Edward H. Harriman
Temperature Check on These Quotes About Effort
One of the things we love most about quotes, is their ability to inspire, uplift, and encourage. And in the case of these effort quotes, they also have the ability to energize. If you’ve gotten to this point and have started to feel a bit charged up, then keep reading, because it means the quotes are working.
After you read the next 50 quotes on effort, don’t be surprised if you feel the urge fire up a pot of coffee and start hatching up plans to take over the world!
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51. “The elevator to success is not running; you must climb the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
52. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” – Anonymous
53. “Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.” – Sidney J. Phillips
54. “Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” – Napoleon Hill
55. “The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.” – Colin Powell
56. “Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood, and tears and effort in the gym every day.” – Gabby Douglas
57. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
58. “Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” – Aeschylus
59. “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.” – Michael Jordan
60. “Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.” – John C. Maxwell
61. “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” – John Wooden
62. “Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” – Sam Ewing
63. “Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.” – Mahatma Gandhi
64. “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” – Vince Lombardi
65. “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” – Denis Waitley
66. “You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.” – Paulo Coelho
67. “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” – Napoleon Hill
68. “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.” – Les Brown
69. “It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.” – Claude M. Bristol
70. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
71. “It doesn’t matter if you lose, it matters if you don’t try.” – Unknown
72. “The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands to his full stature.” – Arnold Bennett
73. “God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.” – Mother Teresa
74. “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
75. “Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” – Stephen Kaggwa
76. “I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
77. “Each man is the smith of his own fortune.” – Appius Claudius
78. “A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.” – George S. Patton
79. “Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.” – Vince Lombardi
80. “The one thing that matters is the effort.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
81. “The man who succeeds is a man who has withstood the tests of time, trials, and has made every effort count.” – Hermann J. Steinherr
82. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ― Earl Nightingale
83. “People are rewarded in public for what they’ve practiced for years in private.” – Anthony Robbins
84. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
85. “Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser
86. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca
87. “He who seeks rest finds boredom….He who seeks work finds rest.” – Anonymous
88. “We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.” – Earl Nightingale
89. “Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” – Lowell Thomas
90. “There is no substitute for work.” – Vince Lombardi
91.“Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
92. “Confidence is not something that comes out of nowhere. It is the result of months and years of practice, constant work, effort, and determination.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
93. “A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into a glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
94. “As one makes an impartial study of successful people, one is drawn to inevitable conclusion that persistence, concentration of effort and definiteness of purpose are the major sources of their achievements.” – Napoleon Hill
95. “One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.” – John Wanamaker
96. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder
97. “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” – Vince Lombardi
98. “If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you.” – Michael Jordan
99. “Success in anything will always come down to this: Focus & Effort, and we control both of them.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
100. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
101. “Very few people are really capable of sustained effort, and that’s the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes.” – James McDonald
102. “Effort is the route available to the underdog, I may not be able to outspend you, but I can outwork you.” – Malcolm Gladwell
103. “Everything gets easier when you stop expecting it to be easy.” – Tim Grover
104. “Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.” – Mark Cuban
105. “Make every effort matter, and always make the following effort better than the last one.” – Hermann J. Steinherr
106. “No matter what you ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” – Carol Dweck
107. “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
108. “It takes hard work to make it to the top. It takes twice the effort to stay at the top.” – Patrick Bet-David
109. “Consistency of effort over the long run is everything.” – Angela Duckworth
110. “To double your gains you must triple your effort.” – Anonymous
Bonus Effort Quote
Bonus: Here’s our last and final effort quote. We set this one aside because we believe it’s powerful and says a lot a bout what it takes to succeed, namely, that you just have to be willing to put in the effort. Enjoy.
“Do The Work. Everyone Wants To Be Successful, But Nobody Wants To Do The Work.”
– gary vaynerchuck –
Final Thoughts on These Effort Quotes
Alright, you made it through the internet’s most inspiring collection of effort quotes. Hopefully these quotes got you fired up, and ready to go the extra mile in everything you do.
It’s all about effort friends. We all have the ability to dial it up, or dial it down in our lives. We can choose to try valiantly to accomplish, or we can choose to just go through the motions. The choice is ours.
That said, we must never forget that we all have the ability to win. Despite what the world tries to tell you, putting in a little more effort and winning more that normal is an option that is available to us all. We are in complete control of how much winning we get to experience in this life through effort.
So, use these powerful effort quotes as a resource to help you live with more intensity. Let them encourage and support you in all your efforts towards reaching your potential, maximizing your achievements, and creating your own story of success.
Till you reach those aims,
STRIVE
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Motivation
100+ MOMENTUM QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD
Success and achievement are so much easier to reach when you have momentum. Unlike motivation, momentum is an action, and can be kept regardless of how we feel. With momentum, progress comes much more readily. However, without it, our progress and the likelihood of achieving our goals quickly fades. So, to help you jumpstart the momentum in your life, and inspire you to keep pushing forward, we’ve decided to publish some of the best quotes on momentum.
Our hope is that these momentum quotes will keep you on track to push through those slumps that would normally get you off track of your goals and aspirations. So, if you’re ready to dive into these inspiring quotes about momentum, let’s get to it:
BEST QUOTES ABOUT MOMENTUM FOR SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT
1. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed.” – Tony Robbins
2. “It’s not about speed, it’s about momentum.” – Anonymous
3. “Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.” – Lou Holtz
4. “Never confuse motion with action.” – Benjamin Franklin
5. “Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated opportunities.” – Nick Vujicic
6. “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha
7. “Success is like a snowball… You gotta get it moving and the more you roll it in the right direction the greater it gets.” – Steve Ferrante”
8. “The rhythm of daily action aligned with your goals creates the momentum that separates dreamers from super-achievers .” – Darren Hardy
9. “The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.” – Steve Pavlina
10. “Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.” – Ted Williams
Momentum Motivation Quotes
The section above consisted of our top 10 momentum quotes, but this next section is the by far the most motivational momentum quotes we’ve come across. Leverage these momentum motivation quotes if you’re looking for a good nudge to start taking action.
11. “The law of momentum: An object in motion will stay in motion until it meets a resisting force. Keep pushing forward.” – Momentum Quote
12. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
13. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
14. “Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment. Do it now!” – Tony Robbins
15. “Momentum demands movement.” – Anonymous
16. “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” – Michael Korda
17. “One play can change your momentum forever.” – Sherman Alexie
18. “Daily action, is how momentum is built. Add vision, goals and learning to your doing, and you will be unstoppable.” – Devani Alderson
19. “Most of life is routine – dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.” – Ben Nicholas
20. “It does not matter how slow you go, so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
21. “Motivation is knowing you are learning, growing, and succeeding toward your desired outcome while sustaining positive momentum.” – Jaren L. Davis
22. “If you have time to judge other people, you have way too much time on your hands. Get off your ass and do something meaningful.” – Shane Gibson
23. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
24. “Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.” – Marcus Buckingham
25. “Momentum solves 80% of your problems.” – John C. Maxwell
26. “Let fear give you the momentum to move forward — not hold you back.” – Richard Branson
27. “Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the momentum necessary to get over it!” – Peter de Jager
28. ‘When you find yourself in the thickness of pursuing a goal or dream, stop only to rest. Momentum builds success.” – Suzy Kassem
29. “Always get up and keep moving forward… It may be slow but it is still progress.” – Diana Morrow
30. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.” – John Wooden
Inspiring Positive Momentum Quotes
If you’re looking for some inspiring positive momentum quotes then this collection is for you. Every quote curated for this section is meant to inspire you to strive to make momentum a positive habit you embrace. Enjoy.
31. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
32. “The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.” – Gregory Maguire
33. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis
34. “I just wanna build momentum again. Keeping yourself in work is one thing, keeping yourself in good work’s is another. But if it doesn’t work out, so be it. As the Taoists say, learn to accept that which you cannot change.” – Ian Hart
35. “Choose to believe something good can happen. Expecting it to happen energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum.” – Nikita Koloff
36. “People with momentum can get so much done. Momentum is easy to lose and almost impossible to fake.” – Shaun King
37. “Once you believe that what you’re setting out to do will be worth the effort, dedication and sacrifice that you’re about to put in, you’ve already taken the first step in creating momentum.” – Amanda Rider
38. “Momentum? Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” – Earl Weaver
39. “Momentum in success does not mean just moving.” – Ryan Hicks
40. “Commitment is the ignitor of momentum.” – Peg Wood
41. “With momentum, you can literally do anything. Momentum is the energy that takes a few small steps and turns the results into something you could never see coming.” – Tim Denning
42. “Get momentum on your side and your life won’t look the same.” – Benny Hsu
43. “The act of building momentum is pretty much a stepping stone to real change: creating a new habit.” – Aly Juma
44. “To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.” – Eckhart Tolle
45. “For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.” – Adam Braun
46. “It’s the same with success and failure. There’s always the momentum thing, but you just have to put whatever happened in the past behind you.” – Ben Stokes
47. “Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired.” – Joe Rogan
48. “Momentum is essentially the force created by a moving object. You likely heard about this concept in your high school physics class, but momentum goes far beyond the laws of motion. Momentum, when applied to ideas of motivation, enables you to start thinking clearly, see that your goals are reachable, and find a sense of purpose, power, and direction. Learning how to build momentum is, therefore, one of the first steps to finding success in life.” – Brendan Baker
49. “Momentum crushes any creative resistance you have, eliminates the need to be motivated and helps you in invisible ways you can’t even see.” – Tim Denning
50. “Momentum begets momentum, and the best way to start is to start.” – Gil Penchina
Keep Up The Momentum Quotes
Momentum is all about keeping things moving in the right direction, and these keep up the momentum quotes should definitely assist you in doing just that. So, leverage these quotes to keep yourself encouraged and inspired to keep up the momentum in whatever endeavor you’re undertaking at the moment. Keep to it!
51. “If you want to achieve the greatest success life has to offer, you need to make a habit of building unstoppable momentum.” – Anthony Moore
52. “You must tell yourself, “No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I’m going to make it.” – Les Brown
53. “The moment you want to quit, is the moment when you need to keep pushing.” – Anonymous
54. “You have to believe in yourself and keep up the momentum when no one else does — that makes you a winner right there.” – Venis Williams
55. “Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.” – Tom Watson
56. “Forward momentum. That’s my new motto. No regrets. And no going back.” – Gayle Forman
57. “Just keep going like crazy and look back when it’s over. Otherwise you just get confused.” – Cliff Burton
58. “Almost any decision is better than no decision – just keep moving.” – Danielle LaPorte
59. “It takes a leader to create the momentum, it takes a vision to direct the momentum, it takes a massive action to build on the momentum, and it takes self-discipline to sustain the momentum.” – Farshad Asl
60. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving.” – Conrad Hilton
61. “Most of life is routine – dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going.” – Ben Nicholas
62. “Momentum helps build positive thinking and energy to help you progress towards your goals.” – Brendan Baker
63. “The key to building up your momentum is to get yourself involved in the progress. When you take action and make progress, you are in the cycle. The momentum will come and you will want to do more.” – Shawn Lim
64. “Keep pushing. You’re making more progress than you know and it will all be worth it in the end.” – Atlas Rowe
65. “You get some momentum going, get the adrenaline flowing and anything can happen.” – Frank Permuy
66. “When you turn 60, the key is to not stop moving. Once you start to stop moving, you rust. You got to just keep going.” – Christie Brinkley
67. “It’s very simple; just look at your life to see where you’re heading. You’re always in a momentum of something.” – Maria Erving
68. “The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” – Frances Willard
69. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford
70. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn
Quotes About Momentum For Entrepreneurs, Businesses, and Success
This final batch consists of quotes about momentum for business, entrepreneurs, and success in general. So, if you’re an entrepreneur, a business owner, or someone who is currently doing some dream chasing, then you’ll appreciate these momentum quotes for the ambitious.
71. “Momentum is really a leader’s best friend. Sometimes it’s the only difference between winning and losing.” – John C. Maxwell
72. “Develop and maintain momentum by working continuously toward your sales goals every day.” – Brian Tracy
73. “Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” – Aldous Huxley
74. “Consistency is the key to achieving and maintaining momentum.” – Darren Hardy
75. “The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.” – George C. Marshall
76. “The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum.” – Tony Robbins
77. “Without momentum, you can’t triple and quadruple your business.” – Dean Graziosi
78. “I want to measure momentum as much as I want to measure accomplishment.” – Simon Sinek
79. “In my own personal life and in my business I am looking for new ways to understand and measure momentum.” – Simon Sinek
80. “Everything in life needs attention, and if you don’t give it attention, you lose it.” – Patrick Bet-David
81. “Be more intentional about the attention that you’re giving to different aspects of your life that are important to you and you will not lose momentum. But if you take attention off, be prepared to lose momentum in that part of your life.” – Patrick Bet-David
82. “Momentum is key to any business’s success and can often be elusive, which is why it is so important to know how to build a momentum model.” – Ken Gosnell
83. “To achieve the life you want to live requires momentum to be in your favor.” – Patrick Bet-David
84. “What separates the achievers from the couch potato? Momentum. It’s something every successful person or business possesses.” – Benny Hsu
85. “If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.” – Holly Near
86. “If you just do one thing everyday in the pursuit of the growth of your business you’re going to find yourself in a new rhythm, you’re going to find yourself in a position of developing some momentum.” – Eric Worre
87. “One overlooked ingredient to successful organizations and leaders is the ability to create and sustain momentum.” – Ken Gosnell
88. “In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility of weakening asset values in financial markets.” – Alan Greenspan
89. “The number one reason why so many entrepreneurs lose momentum is because of start/stop.” – Patrick Bet-David
90. “While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.” – John C. Maxwell
91. “When you have momentum in business, everything seems to roll forward, stuff gets done, things happen, employees are proactive, customers are happy and extraordinary results are produced.” – Benard Mokua
92. “Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.” – Charles J. Givens
93. “Over time, the momentum of your consistency creates the friction needed for progress against the gravity of inertia.” – LeAura Alderson
94. “Always keep momentum, it’s this prime directive for managing a startup.” – Sam Altman
95. “Movement is the prerequisite for growth, growth is the prerequisite for velocity, velocity is the prerequisite for momentum, so get moving.” – Holly L
96. “I will go anywhere as long as it is forward.” – David Livingston
97. “The engine of your business isn’t you, your product, nor your stellar supply chain– it’s the momentum you have. The only true job of a leader is to inspire momentum in their teams and then ensure this movement is heading in the right direction.” – Raj Jana
98. “Momentum builds slow with hard work. But, lousy leaders let the steam out quickly. Of all the things you do, make building momentum a priority.” – Dan Rockwell
99. “Want to know how to build momentum in your business? Well, the key is consistent effort. When you take action day after day despite not seeing results, that work will pay off for you.” – Dan Holstein
100. “Execution is the foundation for momentum.” – Tony Jeary
101. “Every knock is a boost.” – Elbert Hubbard
102. “Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to stand up and strike.” – Arthur Ashe
103. “Good work has a snowball effect , it keeps leading to more good work.” – Richa Chadha
104. “One positive step can put an end to negative momentum. Now is when you can take it.” – Ralph Marston
105. “Our future is only limited by our commitment to keep the momentum going.” – Anne Sweeney
Bonus Quote on Momentum
Bonus: Here is our last quote on momentum. We believe it summarizes how and why of momentum the best. So, observe closely and apply generously.
“Effort Creates Action, Action Creates Momentum, Momentum Creates Success.”
– DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK” JOHNSON –
Final Thoughts
We hope you enjoyed our collection of Momentum Quotes. If you found any that inspired you in any way, please consider sharing it with someone who could use a good reminder on the power of momentum.
With that said, don’t hesitate to leverage these quotes yourself whenever you feel like you need a little push to keep your own momentum going.
Till then,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed these momentum quotes, then you’ll probably enjoy these inspiring quotes on progress and growth, as well as these motivational quotes on never giving up.
Motivation
100+ PERSEVERANCE QUOTES TO HELP YOU NEVER GIVE UP AGAIN
Perseverance is one of the most important traits found in people ho have succeeded in achieving their aims. The people who reach their goals, make their dreams come true, and find lasting success, almost always give credit to a few key moments when they decided to persevere instead of quit. It truly is a trait that should be embraced, valued, and applied more often. To help create that reality, we’ve decided to publish what we believe are the best perseverance quotes of all time.
Our hope is that these quotes will inspire you to remain steadfast in your pursuits. But most importantly, we hope they’ll encourage you to keep pushing forward during difficult times so you never have to give up again.
So, if you’re ready for some encouraging quotes to push you through your next dip, let’s dive in!
PERSEVERANCE QUOTES TO KEEP YOU MOVING FORWARD
1. “A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.” – Anonymous
2. “Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” – Anonymous
3. “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
4. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela
5. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
6. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
7. “Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.” – Santosh Kalwar
8. “Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the difference in your life.” – Sylvester Stallone
9. “In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe
10. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells
11. “The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
12. “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. Not excuses.” – Kobe Bryant
13. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar
14. “Perseverance is another word for faith!” – Earl Nightingale
15. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
16. “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
17. “Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.” – Abigail Adams
18. “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
19. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in will.” – Vince Lombardi
20. “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” – Napoleon Hill
21. “Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose.” – Josh Shipp
22. “Success is not accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pele
23. “The people who stick with things for years and never stop almost always win the race.” – James Clear
24. “A man is not finished when he’s defeated; he’s finished when he quits.” – Richard Nixon
25. “Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
26. “Be persevering at the bottom, humble at the top.” – Maxime Lagace
27. “Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism.” – Albert Einstein
28. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
29. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
30. “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” – Victor Hugo
31. “The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.” – Sun Yat-Sen
32. “The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” – Perseverance Quote
33. “The only thing in your control is effort. That’s all and that’s everything.” – Mark Cuban
34. “4 P’s to success: pressure, persistence, perseverance & prayer.” – Steve Harvey
35. “There’s a place for every person who will persevere.” – Earl Nightingale
36. “Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.” – Zig Ziglar
37. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
38. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
39. “The #1 predictor of success… Grit! The ability to persevere, overcome and move forward in spite of challenges, failures and obstacles.” – Anonymous
40. “Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.” – Sara Blakely
41. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka
42. “I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” – John D. Rockefeller
43. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina.” – Angela Duckworth
44. “If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride — and never quit — you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.” – Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant
45. “Your level of success is determined by your level of discipline and perseverance.” – Anonymous
46. “I am convinced that what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs
47. “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson
48. “Most people fail because they do not have determination and perseverance. Extraordinary people are determined and persevere, that is what makes them extraordinary.” – Catherine Pulsifer
49. “Live the Life of Your Dreams. When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.” – Roy T. Bennett
50. “Perseverance is sometimes but another word for self-reliance.” – P.T. Barnum
Inspirational Perseverance Quotes
We hope you’re enjoying our collection of perseverance quotes. This next section consists some of the most inspirational quotes on perseverance. So, by all means, keep reading for even more inspiration.
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51. “Leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory.” – Jocko Willink
52. “Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.” – Paula Abdul
53. “The good thing about true perseverance is that it can’t be stopped by anything besides death.” – Ryan Holiday
54. “Wealth is more often the result of hard work, perseverance, and most of all self-discipline.” – Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D
55. “With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” – Thomas Powell Buxton
56. “It will be hard, but it will be worth it. No matter what you do, do not give up.” – Michell Neujahr
57. “Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli
58. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” – Charles Spurgeon
59. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather
60. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.” – John C. Maxwell
61. “The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.” – Robin Sharma
63. “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” – Henry Ward Beecher
64. “Fall, learn, get up and do it again.” – Brene Brown
65. “Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.” – Bob Proctor
66. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
67. “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
68. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
69. “Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” – Orison Swett Marden
70. “Perseverance is power.” – Anonymous
71. “Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win.” – Rihanna
72. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
73. “Fall seven times and stand up eight.’ – Japanese Proverb
74. “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.” – Albert Einstein
75. “The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.” – David Sarnoff
76. “You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.” – Lou Holtz
77. “The hardest part of making money in the new economy is staying in the activity long enough to become the person who can do the thing.” – Myron Golden
78. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
79. “I have always been one to encourage perseverance.” – Christina Aguilera
80. “You can’t quit before the miracle happens.” – Greg S. Reid
81. “A journey of a thousand miles might start with a single step, but you still have to take the next 1,999,999 to get there.” – Perseverance Quote
82. “Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience perseverance, and intentionality.” – John C. Maxwell
83. “To persevere, trusting in what hopes one has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.” — Euripides
84. “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews
85. “Continued persistence overcomes almost all resistance.” – Mark Victor Hanson
86. “If you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?” – Jack Canfield
87. “Decide right now you will never quit and you are already ahead of 99% of the competition.” – Ed Mylett
88. “Either you are a person who will be stopped, or you are a person who won’t be stopped. You choose.” – T. Harv Eker
89. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins
90. “I don’t stop when I am tired. I stop when I am done.” – David Goggins
91. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
92. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If you fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize.” – Nick Vujicic
93. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
94. “The quality I most admire in others is the perseverance and tenacity to find a solution when there doesn’t seem to be one.” – Grant Cardone
95. “If hard work, integrity, thrift, and perseverance have caused you to succeed, then you don’t owe anyone an apology for winning.” – Dave Ramsey
96. “Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.” – Mary Kay Ash
97. “There are no no’s, just how can I. You can attain any goal you set out to accomplish. The power of believing in yourself and perseverance goes a long way! There’s always a solution to every challenge.” – Lori Greiner
98. “One of the keys to becoming successful at anything is to be prepared for a lot of rejection, and don’t let it affect you.” – John Paul DeJoria
99. “Be humble. Persevere. Read more. Toughen up.” – Tai Lopez
100. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
Bonus Quote About Perseverance
Bonus: Alright, here’s one last quote that we believe sums up perseverance and the transformative power of pushing through till you reach your aims. Enjoy!
“Sometimes, a Winner Is Just A Dreamer Who Just Won’t Quit.”
– rudy –
Final Thoughts
There you have it, the only perseverance quotes you need to keep you persisting despite your difficulties in achieving success.
Without a doubt, the quality of persevering isn’t the only quality needed for success; however, it is one of the most important. Why? Because without out perseverance success is rarely found.
So, come back to these quotes the next time you feel like giving in… so you don’t.
Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
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Motivation
35 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO HELP YOU GET TO WORK AND GET IT DONE
We all have those days where we just don’t feel like getting out of bed, let alone getting dressed to get to work. On days like these, it can be tough to summon up the motivation to get started on our day and get to work. Which is why we’ve pulled together these inspiring get to work quotes.
“You Get What You Work For.”
Because there’s nothing quite like a good quote to get you motivated and ready to tackle your work for the day. Whether you’re feeling stuck and need a little inspiration, or you’re just looking for a quick dose of motivation, these powerful get to work quotes will help you get to work and get things done.
BEST QUOTES TO HELP YOU GET TO WORK
1. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
2. “The harder you work the luckier you get.” – Gary Player
3. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
4. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” – John D. Rockefeller
5. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
6. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
7. “Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.” – Chinese Proverb
8. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
9. “Mirror mirror on the wall. I’ll always get up after I fall and whether I run, walk or crawl, I’ll set my goals and achieve them all.” – Brie Edison
10. “Hard work is greater than lazy talent.” – Chris French
11. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
12. “The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
13. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
14. “The the harder you work for something, the greater you will feel when you achieve it.” -Cloete Cheroll
15. “Work hard in silence let the success make the noise.” – Frank Ocean
16. “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. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
17. “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
18. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.” – Thomas Carlyle
19. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham
20. “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great
21. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo
22. “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with unexpected success in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau
23. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. Time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale
24. “Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
25. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
26. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m Possible!” – Audrey Hepburn
27. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
28. “Don’t watch the clock. Do what it does: Keep Going.” – Sam Levinson
29. “People who are working on perfect never get anything done.” – Myron Golden
30. “Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work.” – Mike Rowe
31. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
32. “It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky
33. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
34. “Success comes from taking the initiative and following up, persisting. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life.” – Tony Robbins
35. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
Final Thoughts
There you have it, the best of the best when it comes to helpful and motivational quotes to get work done. We hope they inspire you to lean into your work, even when you don’t feel like it, so you can reap the rewards and benefits of daily accomplishment.
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Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
Motivation
75+ NO EXCUSES QUOTES TO HELP YOU GET IT DONE
If you’re looking for some motivational or inspiring no excuses quotes, then this page is for you. Before we get into these quotes, this is important to know…
Unsuccessful people almost always have this one habit in common; it’s the habit of making excuses. Some call this malady excusistis, which is a predisposition that leads people search out and find an excuse for just about everything that happens to them. It’s a serious ailment, and it’s the trademark of the unsuccessful person.
“Make Adjustments, Not Excuses.”
But the successful, well, they make little to no excuses. They always find a way. And that’s what we intend to inspire more of on this page. As such, we’re publishing some of most inspiring no excuses quotes. Our hope is that they’ll inspire you to fully embrace the no excuses attitude, and as a result, help you become a more successful person. With that said, let’s dive into this powerful collection of no excuses quotes:
75+ BEST NO EXCUSES QUOTES
1. “You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.” – David J. Schwartz
2. “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
3. “Excuses are the lies you convince yourself are true to avoid proving you are worthy of the gift you were given. Say this with me, no more excuses.” – Steve Harvey
4. “It’s easier to go from failure to success, than to go from excuse to success.” – John C. Maxwell
5. “We live in a world where a lot of people need goals, motivation, and a lot of other words to get started. It’s just a big excuse to not get started.” – David Goggins
6. “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interest in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.” – Kenneth Blanchard
7. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” – Kobe Bryant
8. “When you have a goal, you have to do the work. No excuses.” – No Excuses Quote
9. “When you’re good at making excuses, it’s hard to excel at anything else.” – John L. Mason
10. “Excuses are lies wrapped up in reasons.” – Howard Right
11. “Be stronger than your excuses.” – Eric Thomas
12. “People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.” – Laura Schlessinger
13. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems—not people, to focus your energies on answers — not excuses.” – William Arthur Ward
14. “You can have results or you can have your excuses. You cannot have both.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. “Excuses are the currency that allow you to not act.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
16. “Quit making excuses. What we’re really talking about here is commitment. Until you make a commitment to your dream, it’s not a commitment at all. It’s just another fantasy. And fantasies don’t come true because they’re not real, we’re not committed to them. When we make commitments, they become dreams. And dreams are very real.” – Rudy Ruettiger
17. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
18. “No excuses. No explanations.” – Tony Dungy
19. “Don’t make excuses, make changes.” – Les Brown
20. “It’s better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington
21. “A lot of people annoy the hell out of me by not working to their full potential, being lazy and making excuses for their lot in life.” – David Goggins
22. “Good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done.” – Jocko Willink
23. “Every vice has its excuse ready.” – Publilius Syrus
24. “When you are willing to replace mundane excuses with hard work and your laziness with determination, nothing can prevent you from succeeding.” – Prem Jagyasi
25. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
26. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter
27. “I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn’t get the life you wanted.” – Grant Cardone
28. “Lazy people are full of excuses and will say anything to avoid taking action.” – Darell Reynolds
29. “I had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened… Never made excuses, and she never accepted an excuse from us. And if we ever came up with an excuse, she always said, “Do you have a brain?” And if the answer was yes, then she said, “Then you could have thought your way out of it.” – Ben Carson
30. “Excuses are the nails used to build the house of failure.” – Jim Rohn
31. “Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he- she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his- her relevance is meaningless.” – Israelmore Ayivor
32. “Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” – John Wooden
33. “Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses.” – Brian Tracy
34. “Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.” – Edward R. Murrow
35. “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” – Roy T. Bennett
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36. “There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.” – Tony Robbins
37. “If you want to be rich, don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.” – Robert Kiyosaki
38. “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” – Henry Ward Beecher
39. “An excuse is nothing more than a self-imposed roadblock.” – C.C. Chapman
40. “Winners deliver results. Losers deliver excuses.” – Darren Hardy
41. “If you’re not achieving the results you want; it’s time to put an end to excuses.” – Carthage Buckley
42. “No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing.” – Albert Camus
43. “No one every excused his way to success.” – Dave Del Dotto
44. “No excuses. No apologies. No regrets.” – Brian Kinney
45. “Don’t make excuses — make good.” – Elbert Hubbard
46. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.” – Tony Robbins
47. “If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.” – Bruce Nauman
48. “Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.” – John C. Maxwell
49. “When we argue for out limitations we get to keep them.” – Les Brown
50. “Excuses will always be there for you, opportunity won’t.” – Anonymous
51. “Remember, the best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.” – Napoleon Hill
52. “There are no good excuses. There are no good reasons.” – Eric Thomas
53. “Once your excuses are gone, you will simply have to settle for being awesome.” – Lorii Myers
54. “No limbs. No limits. No excuses.” – Nick Vujicic
55. “The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you’d like to live.” – Wayne Dyer
56. “Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.” – Zig Ziglar
57. “Excuses don’t help make things better, they only offer a rationale to avoid trying.” – Simon Sinek
58. “Whatever you want to do, go do it.” – Ray Lewis
59. “When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.” – DJ Khalid
60. “A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.” – Michael Jordan
61. The death of success begins with a series of symptoms called Excuses.” – Brendon Burchard
62. “If you’re gonna quit anything, quit making excuses.” – Mel Robbins
63. “No excuses. If you haven’t achieved your dreams, it’s your fault.” – Darren Hardy
64. “Success is what comes after your stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
65. “Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.” – Robert Kiyosaki
66. “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver
67. “It’s not wanting to win that makes you a winner; it’s refusing to fail.” – Peyton Manning
68. “Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don’t blame others or make excuses for yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
69. “Your struggle is not your excuse, it’s your ammunition.” – Chris Gardner
70. “Make adjustments, not excuses.” – Daymond John
71. “I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve.” – Will Smith
72. “Some may have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone working harder than you.” – Lionel Messi
73. “Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.” – Andy Andrews
74. “Work hard and never make excuses.” – Master P
75. “Luck and destiny are the excuses of the world’s failures.” – Henry Ford
76. “I am not big on excuses.” – Mark Cuban
77. “Make moves or make excuses.” – Anonymous
78. “[Mental Toughness?] It’s no excuses. It’s no whining. No complaining. Did you win or did you lose?” – Tom Brady
79. “The guaranteed success in life formula: 1. Learn to communicate with your actions. No excuses. 2. Learn to listen to people through their actions. No excuses. That’s it.” – Andy Frisella
80. “An excuse is nothing more than a well planned lie.” – Dan Lok
81. “Do no make excuses, whether it’s your fault or not.” – George S. Patton
82. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jen Sincero
83. “You have not excuse for not making six figures. There’s literally no excuse. I don’t care how you grew up, what city your in, what you skin color is, whether your scared or introverted, the answers are there.” – Ryan Pineda
84. “We all have wounds, but you can’t let that be an excuse to sit on the sidelines. Sometimes in life you have to play in pain.” – Joel Olsteen
85. “Get rid of the reason why you can’t do something.” – Lou Holtz
Bonus No Excuses Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is our final No excuses quote to inspire you to kick the habit of excuse making to the curb. It cuts to chase and hits hard, so enjoy.
“Your Excuses Are Nothing More Than The Lies Your Fears Have Sold You.” – Robin Sharma
– robin sharma –
Related: Lame Excuses Unsuccessful People Make
Final Thoughts
We hope you enjoyed this collection of No Excuses quotes. May they inspire you to stop making excuses and start taking action.
Till next time,
STRIVE
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