Respect is a fundamental human need. We all crave respect and admiration from others, and we all have a deep need for self-respect as well. As Maya Angelou once put it, “I think it’s important to respect yourself because if you don’t then nobody else is going to respect you.”

Thus, both having and giving respect is essential to a happy and fulfilling life. It’s the foundation of a healthy self-esteem, a positive self-image, and our ability to give respect to others. Respect is an important part of life, and it’s critical to earn if one is striving for more success and influence in their lives.

So, if you’re looking for a little bit of inspiration and some of the best sayings and quotes about respect, you’ll find both here:

BEST QUOTES ABOUT RESPECT

1. “Respect is earned by action alone, not self-graticulation.” – Paul Combs

2. “Self-respect knows no considerations.” – Mahatma Gandhi

3. “You can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected.” – Barb Schmidt

4. “As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.” – Robert Schuller

5. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” – Albert Einstein

6. “Do not tolerate disrespect, not even from yourself.” – Unknown

7. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein

8. “You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.” – Sarah Dessen

9. “Self respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ” – Abraham Heschel 

10. “Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.” – John Herschell

11. “Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.” – R.G. Risch

12. “If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.” – John W. Gardner

13. “Blood, sweat and respect. First two you give, last one you earn.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

14. “Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.” – Gamaliel Bailey

15. “When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.” – Arapaho proverb

16. “Respect other people’s feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them.” – Roy T. Bennett

17. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson

18. “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” – Bryant H. McGill

19. “How people treat you with their karma. How you react is yours.” – Wayne W. Dyer

20. “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.” – Mahatma Gandhi

21. “There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” – Henri Amiel

22. “Be you. The world will adjust.” – Barry Popik

23. “Love yourself enough to surround yourself with people who respect you.” –  Anonymous

24. “Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.” – Orhan Pamuk

25. “A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.” – Felix Adler

26. “When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” – Dalai Lama

27. “The right to be respected is won by respecting others.” – Vasyl Sukhomlynsky

28. “Always respect another’s opinion and another’s point of view.” – Sri Sathya Sai Baba

29. “Responsibility and respect for others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.” – Horst Koehler

30. “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” – Louis D. Brandeis

31. “One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.” E. W. Howe

32. “Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique.” – D.B. Harrop

33. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Moley

34. “You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” – Amy Bloom

35. “The fact that someone else loves you doesn’t rescue you from the project of loving yourself.” – Sahaj Kohli

36. “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne

37. “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you or makes you happy.” – Robert Tew

38. “Everyone’s a STAR and deserves the right to twinkle.” – Marilyn Monroe

39 “Respect is how to treat everyone.” – Richard Branson

40. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” – Bruce Lee

41. “Respect is as important as love in a relationship!” – Anonymous

42. “Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” – Roy T. Bennett

43. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” – Confucius

44.  “I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me.” – Kevin Hart

45. “The idea of respect is more than just being polite.” – Bruce Glassman

46. “Little people are indifferent. Superior people are caring.” – Maxima Lagac’e

47. “I can be hurt only by people I respect.” – Mary Balogh

48. “I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.” – Herbert H. Lehman

49. “Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” – Leo Tolstoy

50. “Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one is idolized.” – Albert Einstein

51. “Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.” – Ed Mylett

52. “Show up early, treat people with respect and perform at the highest levels till the world can’t deny you.” – Grant Cardone

53. “Our lives are a work of art. Plant seeds of love and respect and reap a harvest of prosperity and peace.” – Joan Pillen

54. “We can’t expect to be respected if we can’t respect ourselves.” – Derrick Jackson

55. “Don’t worry what others think of you, be confident and straightforward with decency and others will respect you.” – Lori Greiner

Bonus Quote on Respect

Bonus: Here’s one last and final respect quote. We think it holds the key to a better life and a better world. Enjoy:

“Respect Is One Of The Greatest Expressions Of Love.”

– miguel angel ruiz –

Final Thoughts

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Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these inspirational quotes about respect, then you’ll probably also enjoy these quotes about self-confidence or these truly inspiring believe in yourself quotes.

Ed Mylett is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, podcast host, and is one of the best peak performance experts in the world. He’s also the best-selling author of ‘The Power of One More‘, and is a self-described team-made millionaire. That said, Ed has a passion for helping people adopt and develop a champion’s mindset so they can achieve more success in life. So, we’ve rounded up some of the best Ed Mylett quotes of all-time.

We hope you’ll be able to leverage this collection of quotes for inspiration on how to become a champion in all areas of your life. So, if you’re ready for some highly motivational Ed Mylett quotes, then let’s dive right in:

BEST ED MYLETT QUOTES FOR SUCCESS

1. “What you envision in your mind, how you see yourself, and how you envision the world around you is of great importance, because those things become your focus.” – Ed Mylett

2. “Where you are now in life is the sum of the decisions you’ve made.” – Ed Mylett

3. “I am constantly obsessed with writing the next chapter of my life, not reading the previous ones. The happiest and most fulfilled people don’t read the past chapters of their life.” -Ed Mylett

4. “You cannot love yourself if you are not being yourself. You cannot believe in yourself if you are not being yourself.” – Ed Mylett

5. “Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on, but you keep going anyway.” – Ed Mylett

6. “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Ed Mylett

7. “The quality of your life is equal to the quality of the questions you ask yourself.” – Ed Mylett

8. “Your subconscious thoughts are always try to prove your right. Change 10% of your thoughts and you can dramatically change your life.” – Ed Mylett

9. “Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your dreams.” – Ed Mylett

10. “Life’s going to give you what you’ll fight for.” – Ed Mylett

11. “You are one decision away from a totally different life.” – Ed Mylett

12. “You matter. There is greatness within you. You’re going to win. You were put on this earth to do something great.” – Ed Mylett

13. “The price you will pay for not making your dream come true is far greater than the one you will pay to make it come true.” – Ed Mylett

14. “People who perform at a higher level set standards, not goals. Ultimately in life, you don’t always get your goals, but you will always get your standards.” – Ed Mylett

15. “If you win the morning, you win the day.” – Ed Mylett

16. “The process of building self confidence is actually very easy. Self-confidence is self trust. Self-confidence is building a reputation with yourself… that you keep your word to you, that you keep the promises you make to you.” – Ed Mylett

17. “You’d be surprised by how good you’d be if you just decide to win.” – Ed Mylett

18. “When you push through a fear, on the other side of it, our greatest gifts are revealed to us!” – Ed Mylett

19. “Stop allowing people to make you feel bad for refusing to settle for an average and ordinary life.” – Ed Mylett

20. “Are you willing to sacrifice who you are now for who you can become?” – Ed Mylett

21.  “The number one addiction in the world today is the addiction to other people’s approval.” – Ed Mylett

22.  “You can’t be grateful and be a victim at the same time. Stop playing the blame game.” – Ed Mylett

23. “The comfortable road will never lead you to the person you are destined to be in your life, never.” – Ed Mylett

24. “The instant you accept responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you acquire the power to change it.” – Ed Mylett

25. “Let your test become your testimony.” – Ed Mylett

26.  “It’s what you do when you aren’t motivated that determines success or failure.” – Ed Mylett

27. “The reason so many people do not achieve their goals is because they did not get specific and clear.” – Ed Mylett 

28.  “To catch your God-sized dreams, you must rely on your faith! When your own knowledge, preparation, and training are simply not enough, lean on your faith and you will be able to maxout and reach an elite level.” – Ed Mylett

29.  “I am chasing a guy. The man I am chasing is the better version of myself, the man I am capable of becoming, the man I was put on this earth to be.” – Ed Mylett

30. “Success is inside; it comes from you.” – Ed Mylett

31. “If you have truly committed to your dreams, there is no obstacle too big.” – Ed Mylett

32. “The thing that’s going to kill your dream is the obsession about what other people are going to think about you.” – Ed Mylett

33. “If you can find small things to be grateful for during difficult times, when big things do happen for you… you will enjoy them a million times more.” – Ed Mylett

34. “People respond to energy, much more than they do to words. They respond to what they feel, not what they hear and see. Hearing and seeing are real low-level influences. Energy, spirit, transfer of energy is what people respond to.” – Ed Mylett

35. “Most of what you do every day is related to your HABITS. And the habits you keep are ultimately what you become.” – Ed Mylett

36. “The difference between a thought and a decision is the immediate action you take.” – Ed Mylett

37. “The truth is, if you are not putting in the time, effort and energy every single day, someone else is.” – Ed Mylett

38. “We should always be in the process of changing and becoming the next, best version of ourselves.” – Ed Mylett

39. “The “adversary’s” greatest tool that he can use against you, to get you to lose in your life is to get you discouraged and doubting.” – Ed Mylett

40. “Doubt is just another form of distraction. Ignore it.” – Ed Mylett

41. “Good is the enemy of great.” – Ed Mylett

42. “If you’re not motivated, get to work! Let your motivation come from doing the work.” – Ed Mylett

43. “Sustainable success is not built overnight. Real success is the result of consistent, sustained effort.” – Ed Mylett

44. “Your obsessions become your possessions.” – Ed Mylett

45. “I need to embrace the suffering. Suffering and sacrifice and hard work is an indication of progress towards our dreams!” – Ed Mylett

46.  “School teaches people that learning is the key, but knowledge isn’t powerful unless it’s applied. What separates you from the rest of the pack is not necessarily what you know, but your ability to apply that knowledge and execute.” – Ed Mylett

47. “It takes a leader with vision to help people with dreams.” – Ed Mylett

48. “You are most capable and qualified to help the person you used to be.” – Ed Mylett

49. “I’d rather chase a dream and fail than settle for average and succeed.” – Ed Mylett

50. “Want to be happier? DO MORE!” – Ed Mylett

51. “Don’t let anybody limit your dreams or your expectations of yourself!” – Ed Mylett

52. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s trouble. It takes away today’s peace.” – Ed Mylett

53. “There’s no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.” – Ed Mylett

54. “Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.” – Ed Mylett

55. “Never regret being a good person to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says everything about them.” – Ed Mylett

56. “If it’s not going to matter in 5 years, DO NOT spend more than 5 minutes being upset by it.” – Ed Mylett

57. “Be so positive that negative people don’t want to be around you.” – Ed Mylett

58. “Stop waiting until you’re ready, by the time you get started it will be too late.” – Ed Mylett

59. “What you allow is what will continue.” – Ed Mylett

60. “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.” – Ed Mylett

61. “You effort will always be congruent with what you believe you are worth.” – Ed Mylett

62. “Extraordinary habits are what allow people to perform at an elite level.” – Ed Mylett

63. “It’s only lonely at the top if you don’t help anyone else get there.” – Ed Mylett

64. “Your schedule determines your destiny! The down payment on your dream is made w tons and tons of appointments, calls and prospecting .The investment of the grind now, pays off the balance on that dream someday!” – Ed Mylett

65. “Identity is the invisible force that drives all external results.” – Ed Mylett

66. “Don’t waste words on small people. The most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.” – Ed Mylett

67. “Lady’s, men you too… you are perfect as you exist right now, but… that version of you isn’t sufficient next year. You gotta be crazy hungry and in crisis to get to that next version of you.” – Ed Mylett

68. “More people would learn and grow from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.” – Ed Mylett

69. “If serving is below you, then leadership is beyond you.” – Ed Mylett

70. “Don’t go broke trying to look rich.” – Ed Mylett

71. “Goals are not promises, they’re commitments. It’s your reasons, not your goals that keep you from giving up.” – Ed Mylett

72. “Show me a self-confident person who also has humility and I will show you somebody with an amazing future.” – Ed Mylett

73. “It’s important that we celebrate our wins. We celebrate our lives because it causes us to want the next bite. It keeps us hungrier, not the reverse.” – Ed Mylett

74. “I think the biggest shift in our lives, the things that make us the happiest is that when somebody helps us identify our natural giftedness.” – Ed Mylett

75. “Every single successful person has had to face moments when there was no reason or logic that indicated they should continue, zero motivation and inspiration. Still, they showed up and put one foot in front of the other anyway.” – Ed Mylett

Bonus Ed Mylett Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our most favorite Ed Mylett quotes. We added it as bonus, because we stand behind it, and believe it to be 100% true. Use it to keep learning, and looking forward towards your better future, regardless of the challenges you face.

“Do Not Misread Failure. Without Failure, There Would Be No Success. You Need One To Achieve The Other.”

– ed mylett –

FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these Ed Mylett quotes. We hope they’ve inspired you to think a bitt differently about success.

But most importantly, we hope they’ve motivated to pursue or keep pursuing the amazing life you deserve.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these Ed Mylett quotes, then you may also enjoy quotes from fellow peak-performance leaders like Tony Robbins or Grant Cardone.

I had a mentor in my younger years who would always tell people about this special poem his father had him memorize while he was growing up.

The father posted this special poem on their fridge so that he and his brother could see the words from this poem every single day before going to school.  You could say it was the father’s way of ensuring his kids realized the importance of taking action and striving to realize their life’s potential.

A Story of Action

This is what the poem read:

“Spring has past, summer has gone and winter is here…. And the song that I was meant to sing…. remains unsung, for I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument.”

That poem was powerful because it was written by a man whose heart was filled with regret over living a life half lived.  It’s was written by a man who was always getting ready to sing the great song of his life, he was always getting ready to start achieving, he was always getting ready to start fulfilling all the possibilities of what his life was meant be…but he got busy being busy.  He didn’t take action, and so his life became a story of inaction.

Unfortunately, far too many people can relate to this poem. Far too many people have already become stuck in a similar cycle of never getting started on “that thing”, be it a dream, a desire, or that goal that really stirs their heart.

The result?

Potential unrealized.  Happiness unrealized.  A great and fulfilling life… unrealized.

If you’re reading this, and you feel like you’ve been waiting on the sidelines of life for far too long, perhaps today is the day you stop stringing and unstringing your instrument.  Perhaps today is the day you stop waiting and start doing.  The day that you decide your story will be a story of action.

Here’s Your Nudge

So is it?  Is today the day you start taking action on all the things you want for you and your life? If you’re not sure, let me nudge you in the right direction. Here are some of the best stop waiting quotes and quotes about taking action. If you’re ready to get off your couch and into action let’s dive right in:

TAKE ACTION QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU TO STOP WAITING AND START DOING MORE TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY

1. “Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”  –  Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty

3. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”  –  Thomas Jefferson

4. “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

5. “If you want to become a multi-millionaire in three years, no matter how much you pray and think positively, it will not happen if you do not take action.” – Robin Sharma

6.   “God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.” – St. Augustine

7.   “We uncover our nature through action.” – Steven Pressfield

8.  People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.”  –  Lewis Cass

9. “Your doubts create mountains. Your actions move them.”  –  Mel Robbins

10.  “Dream big, start small, but most of all, start.”  –  Simon Sinek

11. “Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.”  –  Norman Vincent Peale

12. “Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”  –  Peter Marshall

13. “You are what you do, not what you say you do.”  –  Carl Jung

14. “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” –  Confucius

15.  “If you never want to be criticized, for goodness’ sake don’t do anything new.”  –  Jeff Bezos

16. “There is only one proof of ability—action.”   –  Marie Ebner-Eschenbach

17.  “Clarity comes from action, not thought.” – Marie Forleo

18.  “Doing nothing gets you nothing.”  – Sean Reichle

19.  “Work never killed anyone. It’s worry that does the damage. And the worry would disappear if we’d just settle down and do the work.”  –  Earl Nightingale

20  “Action is the foundational key to all success.”  –  Pablo Picasso

22. “Nothing will work unless you do.”  –  Maya Angelou

21. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”  –  Tony Robbins

23.  “The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing” – Carrie Wilkerson

24.  “If you wait until you are ready, as the saying goes, you will wait forever.”  –  Gene Simmons

25. “For Every Reason It’s Not Possible, There Are Hundreds Of People Who Have Faced The Same Circumstances And Succeeded.”  –  Jack Canfield

26. “Don’t rest and don’t stop – ever. Most valuable chips you have are your mind-set, actions, persistence, and creativity.” – Grant Cardone

27. “I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.”  –  Tom Brady

28. “Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.” –  Theodore Roosevelt

29. “Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.” – T. Harv Eker

30. “Take action in order to move toward your goals.” – Les Brown

31. “Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention.” – Steve Maraboli

32. “You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.” – Irish Proverb

33. “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.” – George S. Clason

34. “Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.”  –  Chinese proverb

35. “One day or day one. It’s your decision.” – Take Action Quote

36. “Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.” – W. Clement Stone

37. “The greatest wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.” – Peter Drucker

38. “Believe. Take action. Have confidence. Be Disciplined.” – Take Action Quotes

39. “Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – E. H. Chapin

40. “I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that, but the one thing I might regret was not trying” – Jeff Bezos

41. “Knowing is not enough: we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

42. “The best way to create a future is to set a goal and take action.” – Debasish Mridha

43. “Don’t wait until you are ready to take action. Instead, take action to be ready.” – Jensen Siaw

44. “You take action based on where you want to be, not based on where you are.” – Terry Crews

45. “It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.” – Honore de Balzac

46. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

47. “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

48. “To wish for change will change nothing. To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.” – Nick Vujicic

49. “Our emotions are the motivating kicks in the rear that alert our bodies that it’s time to take action and make a thought a physical reality.” – Jen Sincero

50. “An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.” – James Howell

Halfway There

Alright, you are more than halfway through our take action quotes. Be sure to keep reading till the end to fully prime yourself for massive action. Let’s go!

Related: Hustle Quotes to Inspire Action

51. “Action will destroy your procrastination.” – Og Mandino

52. “Insight without action is worthless. Taking action is the only path to change.” – Marie Forleo

53. “The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.” – Steve Pavlina

54. “I never worry about action, but only inaction.” – Winston Churchill

55. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli

56. “Words can inspire but only action creates change.” – Simon Sinek

57. “The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” – Richard L. Evans

58. “Disciplined, consistent, and persistent actions are more of a determining factor in the creation of success than any other combination of things.” –  Grant Cardone

59. “The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.” – Sun Yat-Sen

60. “Stop waiting, start doing.” – The STRIVE

61. “Actions speak louder than words man.” – Kevin Hart

62. “If you actually get up everyday and you got that action, and you got that energy that’s like ‘I have to go and do this because I’m trying to get here.’ You know everyday you’re working towards that, well you’re going to get there. It may take you longer, some may do it shorter. But, you’re not going to lose.” – Kevin Hart

63. “If you have ambition, your actions have to match that, and too many people are just like not putting in the work.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

64. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton

65. “Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action.” – Mel Robbins

66. “Let your actions do your talking for you.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

67. “Take big, audacious action in the direction of your dreams and do not let the fact that you’re wetting your pants stop you.” – Jen Sincero

68. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Ghandi

69. “What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations … is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one’s own efforts.” – Hannah Arendt

70. “Well done is better than well said.”  –  Benjamin Franklin

71. “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.” – Mark Cuban

72. “The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.” – Alexander Graham Bell

73. “Knowledge without action cost money.” – David Bach

74. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer

75. “Take action: If you win, you will be happy, if you lose, you will be wise.” – The STRIVE

76. “Action is the antidote to despair.” – Joan Baez

77. “Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

78. “A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.” – Confucius

79. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

80. “Action is the bridge between your dreams and its fulfillment.” – Nathan Lee Morales

81. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

82. “We all have the same 24 hours a day. You ever stop to think about that? But how we use that 24 hours makes the difference between success and failure.” – Mary Kay Ash

83. “Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” – Mark Twain

84. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” – Seneca

85. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

86. “Do it now. Sometimes ‘later’ becomes ‘never.'” – Anonymous

87. “If we seek for the best times to act, we may miss some opportunities. We must seize the moment and make it great.” – Orly Wahba

88. “Do something now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?” – Theodore Roosevelt

89. “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander The Great

90. “The path to success is to take massive determined action.”  –  Tony Robbins

91. “Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.” – Anonymous

92. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford

93. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

94. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

95. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart

96. “The Universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli

97. “The perils of overwork are slight compared to the dangers of inactivity.” – Thomas Edison

98. “If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau

99. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

100. “Stop thinking, stop pondering, stop strategizing, stop debating. go do.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

101. “Either you make a mark on the world, or the world will make a mark on you.” – Paulo Coelho

Related: Seize Your Moment Quotes

Bonus Take Action Quote

Bonus Quote: This is our last and final quote on taking action. If there is any quote you remember from this page, it should be this one. Read it, embrace it, live it!

“Whatever You Can Do, Or Dream You Can, Begin It. Boldness Has Genius, Power, And Magic In It.”

– johann wolfgang von goethe –

Stop Waiting, Start Doing

Today is the day my friend.  No more excuses, no more wasting time, no more putting off your dreams till tomorrow.

Leverage these take action quotes to stop waiting and start doing.  You got this!  Now go take some action today!

Till next time,

STRIVE

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There is only one constant in life, and that is change. We can resist it, or we can embrace it. Resisting typically brings pain, prolongs suffering, and is often done so in vain. However, embracing change sets the stage for renewal, growth, and a more promising future. Which is why we’ve rounded up these embrace change quotes.

“Life Does Not Get Better By Chance, It Gets Better By Change.“

Our hope is that these powerful quotes will inspire you to let go and grow, to change. But more importantly, we hope these embrace change quotes inspire you to lean into whatever change you may be resisting at the moment. Certainly, changing for the sake of change is of no benefit to anyone, but there a few areas in everyone’s life where change may just be what we need.

So, if you’re ready to dive into some empowering quotes that can help you embrace the changes you may be resisting in your life, let’s dive right in:

INSPIRATIONAL EMBRACE CHANGE QUOTES

1. “Embrace change. True success can be defined by your ability to adapt to changing circumstances.” – Connie Sky

2. “The art of life lies in constant readjustment to our surroundings.” – Kakuzo Okaura

3. “Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” – Eckhart Tolle

4. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

5. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

6. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

7. “Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” – Max McKeown

8. “Life is series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward, in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu

9. “Nothing on this earth is standing still.  It is either growing or it is dying.  No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.” – Lou Holtz

10. “Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” – Dalai Lama

11. “You can either react to change, embrace change or create change.” – Bobby Umar

12. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Anonymous

13. “When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment” – Pema Chödrön

14. “Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.” – Nick Jonas

15. “The only constant in life is change.” – Heraclitus

16.  “The most harmful dragon we chase is the one that makes us think we can change things that are simply not ours to change.” – Ryan Holiday

17. “Reinvention occurs everyday. It’s not something you wake up every five years and say, ‘OK today is Reinvention Day.’” – James Altucher

18. “Change is inevitable, progress is optional.” – Tony Robbins

19. “Each of us has the opportunity to change and grow until our very last breath.” – M.F. Ryan

20. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” – Elon Musk

21. “The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

22. “Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.” – Elizabeth Scott

23.  “Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful. But most of the time, it’s both.” – Lana Lang

24. “The only way to get to the point of change is to understand the mistakes that are made before the change.” – Kevin Hart

25. “We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” – Max Depree

26. “Nothing Endures but Change.” – Heraclitus

27. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

28. “The instant you accept responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you acquire the power to change it.” – Ed Mylett

29. “Change is inevitable in life. You can either resist it and potentially get run over by it, or you can choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it, and learn how to benefit from it.” – Jack Canfield

30. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch

31. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.” – Robin Sharma

32. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living.” – Gail Sheeby

33. “There is opportunity in change.  With change, comes the opportunity to live differently, become who we wish to be, and to live life on our own terms.” – Atlas Rowe

34.  “Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.” – Kobe Bryant

35. “Those who cannot change their mind, cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

36. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

37. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous in the end.” – Robin Sharma

38. “Change can be tough, but I’ve never heard anybody say it wasn’t worth it.” – Carol Dweck

39. “It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new.” – Alan Cohen

40. “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden

41. “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” – Benjamin Franklin

43. “When you embrace change you will begin to see it as an opportunity for growth.” – Jack Canfield

42. “I think growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.” – Diane Keaton

44. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson

45. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford

46.  “Don’t fear change, embrace it.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

47. “All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” – Bruce Lee

48. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

49. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” – John Maxwell

50. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein

51. “Success in life hinges more on seizing opportunity than having everything go according to plan.” – Ethan Austin

52. “Nothing is forever except change.” – Buddha

53. “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” – Roy T. Bennett

54. “Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.” – Ali Vincent

55. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Mel Robbins

56. “If I asked you, do you need to change? And you said to me, ‘No’, I’d be worried, you know? Like you think you’ve everything figured out emotionally, professionally, all of your relationships, everything’s golden. Oh, OK. How’s that working out for you?” – Simon Sinek

57. “Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change.” – Catherine Pulsifier

58. “The best time for new beginnings is now.” – Embrace Change Quote

59. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer

60. “You don’t have to hold yourself hostage to who you used to be.” – Oprah Winfrey

61. “One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up, instead of what they have to gain.” – Rick Godwin

62. “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” – Bob Goff

63. “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” – Confucius

64. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

65. “Change is not something you can avoid or pretend is not there. We all need to embrace it and face it head-on.” – Jay Shetty

66. “Embracing change means accepting that you can’t keep everything under control. As frightening as this thought is, it’s also very liberating. In fact, embracing change is key to your growth as an individual and highly affects your overall success and happiness.” – Intelligent Change

67. “Embrace change, even when the change slaps you in the face.” – Walter Breuning

68. “Achieving the life of your dreams and experiencing continuous personal evolution means commitment to the long game. You become the person you want to be not by enormous lifestyle changes, but slow, manageable tweaks over time.” – Bernhard Schroeder

69. “You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.” – C.S. Lewis

70. “If you resist change, you resist life.” – Sadhguru

71. “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive, but those who can best manage change.” – Charles Darwin

72. “All changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra

73. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

74. “When in doubt, choose change.” – Lily Leung

75. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start getting excited about what could go right.” – Tony Robbins

Bonus Embrace Change Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite quotes about embracing change. We added it as bonus to our embrace change quotes collection because we stand behind it, and believe it to be 100% true.

“Becoming Is Better Than Being.”

– CAROL DWECK –

FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these embrace change quotes! We know scouring through a long list of quotes like this is no small feat, so big kudos to you.

That said, we hope these quotes have inspired you to want to lean into any change you may have been resisting up until this point. Remember, your better future is on the other side of change, so embrace it!

Until you reach that future…

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these inspiring embrace change quotes, then you may also like these quotes about progress and growth, or even these powerful quotes about moving on.

Kobe Bryant was one the greatest basketball players to ever play for the NBA. After winning five NBA championships, making the All-Star team at least 18 times, earning MVP for all of the NBA in 2008, then becoming a two-time NBA Finals MVP, along with many other accolades, Kobe is more than deserving of his place amongst only a rare handful of other legendary players. And considering he has been inducted into the NBA Hall of fame, and is one of the greatest basketball players of all-times, we aim to highlight the true mindset of a champion via these Kobe Bryant quotes about hard work and success.

“Rest At The End, Not In The Middle.”

With that being said, if you’re looking to gain some key insights into the mind of one of the most competitive people to ever play professional sports, then you’ll enjoy these inspiring Kobe Bryant quotes about hard work and success. So, if you’re ready to get fired up, let’s get to it.

70+ LEGENDARY KOBE BRYANT QUOTES ABOUT HARD WORK AND SUCCESS

1. “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” – Kobe Bryant

2. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” – Kobe Bryant

3. “Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.” – Kobe Bryant

4. “I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan. I only want to be Kobe Bryant.” – Kobe Bryant

5. “The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant

6. “We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.” – Kobe Bryant

7. “I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.” – Kobe Bryant

8. “If you do not believe in yourself, no one will do it for you.” – Kobe Bryant

9. “If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.” – Kobe Bryant

10. “Winning takes precedence over all. There is no gray area. No almosts.” – Kobe Bryant

11. “Determination silences doubters.” – Kobe Bryant

12. “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” – Kobe Bryant

13. “I want to be the best. Simple and plain.” – Kobe Bryant

14. “The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real. I’m not a player that is just going to come and go. I’m not a player that is going to make an all-star team on time, two times. I’m here to be an all-time great… Once I made that commitment and said ‘I want to be one of the greatest ever,’ then the game became everything for me.” – Kobe Bryant

15. “From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best.” – Kobe Bryan

16. “It’s all a matter of protecting your dreams and your imaginations.” – Kobe Bryant

17. “It’s the one thing you can control, you are responsible for how people remember you – or don’t. So, don’t take it lightly.” – Kobe Bryant

18. “The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time.” – Kobe Bryant

19. “A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord.” – Kobe Bryant

20. “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

21. “My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if your score zero or you score 40.” – Kobe Bryant

22. “Losing is losing, there aren’t different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you’re sh–. It’s very black & white to me.” – Kobe Bryant

23. “This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be behind me and in front of me.” – Kobe Bryant

24. “Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.” – Kobe Bryant

25. “You can’t be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.” – Kobe Bryant

26. “We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal.” – Kobe Bryant

27. “When I step on that court, I become [Black Mamba]. I am that killer snake. I’m stone-cold, man.” – Kobe Bryant

28. “I had a summer where I played basketball when I was 10 or 11 years old. And here I come playing it and I don’t score one point the entire summer. I remember crying about it, being upset about it, and my father was giving me a hug and said, “Listen, whether you score 0 or sixty I am going to love you no matter what.” And that is the most important thing you can say to your child. Because from there I was like okay, that gives me all the confidence in the world to fail. But to hell with that, I am scoring sixty!” – Kobe Bryant

29. “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” – Kobe Bryant

30. “These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.” – Kobe Bryant

31. “Leadership is lonely … I’m not going to be afraid of confrontation to get us to where we need to go.” – Kobe Bryant

32. “Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.” – Kobe Bryant

33. “May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one.” – Kobe Bryant

34. “When I am retired, I don’t want to have say I wish I would have done more. I don’t want that.” – Kobe Bryant

35. ” There’s a quote from one of my English teachers at Little Marian named Mr. Fisk. He had a great quote that said, “Rest at the end, not in the middle.” And that’s something I’ll always live by.” – Kobe Bryant

36. “We don’t quit, we don’t cower, we don’t run. We endure and conquer.” – Kobe Bryant

37. “Learn to love the hate. Embrace it. Enjoy it. You earned it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone should have one about you.” – Kobe Bryant

Halfway There

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38. “When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves.” – Kobe Bryant

39. “‘Rudy‘ was one of my favorite films growing up. After watching that film I come to understand if I could work that hard everyday, being blessed with the physical tools that I have, what would be career be?” – Kobe Bryant

40. “Friends can come and go, but banners hang forever.” – Kobe Bryant

41. “Boos don’t block dunks.” – Kobe Bryant

42. “You are responsible for how people remember you—or don’t. So don’t take it lightly.” – Kobe Bryant

43. “There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m OK.” – Kobe Bryant

44. “My brain… it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, ‘You’re a failure’… I think that’s almost worse than death.” – Kobe Bryant

45. “There’s a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there’s a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.” – Kobe Bryant

46. “Leave everything on the court. Leave the game better than you found it. And when it comes time for you to leave, leave a legend.” – Kobe Bryant

47. “The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment.” – Kobe Bryant

48. “I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way – you were either in my way, or out of it.” – Kobe Bryant

49. “You asked for my hustle – I gave you my heart.” – Kobe Bryant

50. “Passion is the fuel for success.” – Kobe Bryant

51. “Either way, I refuse to change what I am. A lion has to eat. Run with me or run from me.” – Kobe Bryant

52. “No matter how difficult the challenge is, always stay positive and believe in yourself.” – Kobe Bryant

53. “The only thing I can control is how hard I work every single day.” – Kobe Bryant

54. “After all, greatness is not for everybody.” – Kobe Bryant

55. “We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one.” – Kobe Bryant

56. “I don’t want chumps, I don’t want pushovers, and if you’re a chump and a pushover, I will run over you.” – Kobe Bryant

57. “There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.” – Kobe Bryant

58. “I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.” – Kobe Bryant

59. “Be sad. Be mad. Be frustrated. Scream. Cry. Sulk. When you wake up you will think it was just a nightmare only to realize it’s all too real. You will be angry and wish for the day back, the game back, that play back. But reality gives nothing back and nor should you.”

60. “Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.” – Kobe Bryant

61. “Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling.” – Kobe Bryant

62. “I never needed any external forces to motivate me.” – Kobe Bryant

63. “I realized that intimidation didn’t really exist if you’re in the right frame of mind.” – Kobe Bryant

64. “When you make a choice and say, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,’ then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been in your mind the whole time.” – Kobe Bryant

65. “I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you.” – Kobe Bryant

66. “Be willing to sacrifice anything, but compromise nothing in your quest to be your best.” – Kobe Bryant

67. “The biggest dreams aren’t fueled by belief, they’re fueled by doubt.” – Kobe Bryant

68. “If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it.” – Kobe Bryant

69. “To think of me as a person that’s overachieved, that would be a lot to me. That means I put a lot of work in and squeezed every ounce of juice out of this orange that I could.” – Kobe Bryant

70. “You always want to outwork your potential. As hard as you believe you can work, you can work harder than that.” – Kobe Bryant

71. “As the leader of a team, it’s also your responsibility to elevate the rest of the guys.” – Kobe Bryant

72. “I play games with the flu, I play games with 102 degree fever man. You gotta be on man.” – Kobe Bryant

73. “I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.” – Kobe Bryant

74. “I love that kids are building confidence on and off the court and unlocking their potential through sport.” – Kobe Bryant

75. “Basketball for me was the most important thing. So everything I saw, whether it was TV shows, whether it was books I read, people I talked to, everything was done to try to learn how to become a better basketball player. Everything. Everything. And so when you have that point of view, then literally the world becomes your library to help you become better at your craft.” – Kobe Bryant

76. “If you live your life to just get better every single day, and you do that for 20 years what do you have?” – Kobe Bryant

77. “I think the best way to prove your value is to work, is to learn, is to absorb, to be a sponge.” – Kobe Bryant

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Bonus Kobe Bryant Quote

Bonus: Alright, you’ve made to the very end of our Kobe Bryant quotes about hard work and success. This last quote is a bonus, because it most aligns with our philosophy and beliefs here at The Strive. So, we hope you’ll take it to heart. Enjoy.

“Dedication Sees Dreams Come True.”

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Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the most legendary Kobe Bryant success quotes on success and hard work to help you reach your potential. Our hope is that these quotes will inspire you to obtain the focus, commitment, and work ethic to make your dreams come true.

Till next time,

STRIVE