Sometimes a little push and a few inspiring words can act as a spur and help you get started right away. In today’s article, I have compiled a list of some of the most powerfully inspiring Quotes that will motivate you to work towards a successful and happy life.
I have tried to put together the words of some of the most successful and famous personalities in the world, who you definitely need to look up to as role models.
So let’s get started.
1. Michelle Obama
“We should always have three friends in our lives. One who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.” – Michelle Obama
2. Bill Cosby
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” – Bill Cosby
3. Walt Disney
“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing” – Walt Disney, Co-Founder Disney
4. Mark Twain
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started”- Mark Twain
5. Tony Hsieh
“Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” –Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
6. Drew Houston
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” –Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO
7. Meg Whitman
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.” -Meg Whitman, CEO of HP
8. Nolan Bushnell
“The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”- Nolan Bushnell
9. Thomas Edison
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” —Thomas Edison
10. Anonymus
Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try.
11. Anonymus
You can go to work, or you can be the BOSS.
12. Bill Cosby
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby
13. Richard Branson
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson
14. Orison Swett Marden
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Orison Swett Marden
15. Dhirubhai Ambani
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
16. Oprah Winfrey
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey
17. John R. Wooden
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden
18. George Bernard Shaw
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”– George Bernard Shaw
19. Joyce Brothers
“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers
20. Helen Keller
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
21. Mark Twain
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
22. Napoleon Hill
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
23. Harry F. Banks
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.”– Harry F. Banks
24. Stephen Covey
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen Covey
25. Les Brown
“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.” – Les Brown
26. Lao Tzu
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
27. Dalai Lama
“Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”– Dalai Lama
28. George S. Patton
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
29. Thomas Edison
“I have not failed 10,000 times. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
30. Oscar Wilde
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”– Oscar Wilde
31. Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”– Mahatma Gandhi
32. Lily Tomlin
“The road to success is always under construction.”– Lily Tomlin
33. Frank Sinatra
“The best revenge is a massive success.”– Frank Sinatra
34. Napoleon Hill
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
35. Benjamin Disraeli
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
36. Brian Tracy
Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.”– Brian Tracy
37. Mahatma Gandhi
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
38. Paul Sweeney
“True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.” – Paul Sweeney
39. Steve Jobs
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs
40. Mark Zukerberg
“Find that thing you are super passionate about.” – Mark Zukerberg
41. Henry David Thoreau
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”– Henry David Thoreau
42. Unknown
“Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go.”– Unknown
43. Mark Zuckerberg
“People don’t care about what you say, they care about what you build.”- Mark Zuckerberg
44. Eleanor Roosevelt
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
45. Albert Einstein
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
46. David Brinkley
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” –David Brinkley
47. Eleanor Roosevelt
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
48. Vince Lombardi
“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
49. J. K Rowling
“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” –J. K Rowling
50. Michelle Obama
“You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” – Michelle Obama
Did any of these Quotes inspire you? If it did, then do let us know which one of these you found to be most inspiring. Also feel free to add your favorite Quote, that deserves mention here, in the comments below. We would love to extend our post.
Till then stay positive and keep working hard!!
