173 Being Motivated Quotes

Following is our list of being motivated quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about being motivated and inspired.

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Famous Being Motivated Quotes

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running. — Zig Ziglar

Be your own motivation. — Jon Jones

Better motivated on the wrong thing than unmotivated on the right thing. — Naval Ravikant

Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes. — Benjamin Franklin

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent. — Viswanathan Anand

For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. — Arsene Wenger

I'm motivated because I want to support my mom and my family. — MrBeast

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. - Denis Waitley

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. — Denis Waitley

A goal gets us motivated,while a good habit keeps us stay motivated. — Aristotle

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. - Mike Ditka

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. — Mike Ditka

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. — Lee Iacocca

Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't. — Mike Ditka

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Ryun

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it. — Frederick Herzberg

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Short Being Motivated Quotes

  • Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. — Norman Ralph Augustine
  • Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. — Lou Holtz
  • The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation. — Milton H. Erickson
  • The most effective form of motivation is progress. — James Clear
  • Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself. — Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
  • Motivation is the weapon you use to eliminate your excuses. — Tim Fargo
  • Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out. — Nate Diaz
  • Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. — Nicholas Hoult

Top 10 Being Motivated Quotes

If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker

I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods. — Rick Ross

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much. — William D. Hoard

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. — Abraham Maslow

Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome. — Maya Angelou

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. - Douglas Ivester

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. — Douglas Ivester

Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts

Being Motivated Image Quotes

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. - Carl Rogers quote

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. — Carl Rogers

An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it. - Mark Twain quote

An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it. — Mark Twain

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’ - Eleanor Roosevelt quote

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’ — Eleanor Roosevelt

Attachment is the strongest block to realization. - Neem Karoli Baba quote

Attachment is the strongest block to realization. — Neem Karoli Baba

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. - Dave Barry quote

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. — Dave Barry

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. - Ellen DeGeneres quote

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice. - Jim Rohn quote

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice. — Jim Rohn

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. - Ovid quote

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. — Ovid

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. - Jules Renard quote

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. — Jules Renard

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. - Donna Brazile quote

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. — Donna Brazile

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. - Leo Buscaglia quote

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. — Leo Buscaglia

The best thing you can do is follow your dreams - The Rev quote

The best thing you can do is follow your dreams — The Rev

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. - Herb Brooks quote

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. — Herb Brooks

Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. - Stephen Covey quote

Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. — Stephen Covey

By finding the courage to be ourselves, we gain the power to make a difference. - Lindsey Stirling quote

By finding the courage to be ourselves, we gain the power to make a difference. — Lindsey Stirling

If you think you can't, you're right. - Carol Bartz quote

If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. - John Wooden quote

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. — John Wooden

Be the change you want to see. - Mahatma Gandhi quote

Be the change you want to see. — Mahatma Gandhi

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. - Joan Walsh Anglund quote

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. — Joan Walsh Anglund

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product. - Eric Ries quote

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product. — Eric Ries

Being motivated quote You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

Being Motivated At Work Quotes

After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can't paint by numbers anymore. It must come from within. Any artist has an emotional contact with their work. A true bodybuilder doesn't just build muscle he creates muscle. You can't be a robot. — Tom Platz

Be the kind of person others admire, can count on, trust, and enjoy spending time with. After you have developed that reputation, people will start to ask you what you do and you will be amazed at how many people will want to work with you. You will attract others based on your character. — Larry Winget

I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist. — Peggy Whitson

Being motivated quote Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.
Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.

Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be apparent to the audience. But you need it at the start of the creative process to guide you and keep you going. — Twyla Tharp

If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. — Kim Kardashian

Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well. — Ruth Simmons

Being motivated quote Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no mater how slow.
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no mater how slow.

Work hard at work worth doing. — Theodore Roosevelt

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down. — Eminem

If you want to be in this business [acting], do it for the right reasons. Don't be in it because you want to be a celebrity. Be in it because you really love the work, and the work keeps you up at night, and it keeps you motivated, and it wakes you up early in the morning because you have ideas. — Rockmond Dunbar

No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be. — John C. Maxwell

Being Motivated And Inspired Quotes

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. - Rosa Parks

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks

We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

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.

Being motivated quote There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your ow
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. — Maya Angelou

Being willing is not enough. We must do. - Leonardo da Vinci

Being willing is not enough. We must do. — Leonardo da Vinci

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius

Being motivated quote Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be. — Michael Josephson

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. — William Penn

Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. — Branch Rickey

If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump

Not Being Motivated Quotes

Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered. — Colin Powell

Be a voice not an echo. - Albert Einstein

Be a voice not an echo. — Albert Einstein

In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be. — Greg Plitt

Being motivated quote Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. — Napoleon Hill

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others. — Gordon B. Hinckley

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. — H. G. Wells

Being motivated quote It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one — Bruce Lee

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. — Helen Keller

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. — Alberto Giacometti

Being Self Motivated Quotes

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. — Mother Teresa

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. - Zig Ziglar

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar

Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash

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A little progress each day adds up to bg results.

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them! — Zig Ziglar

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you. — Oprah Winfrey

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner

Being motivated quote The hardest walk is walking alone, but it's also the walk that makes you the strongest.
The hardest walk is walking alone, but it's also the walk that makes you the strongest.

Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference. — Russell M. Nelson

If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. — Fred Rogers

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. — Steve Jobs

Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable. — Nayef Al-Rodhan

How Do You Motivate Someone Quotes

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!' — Jim Rohn

Compensation isn’t how you motivate someone to do great work, it’s how you reward and retain someone who can’t help but do great work. — Naval Ravikant

Knowing how to keep someone motivated and how to keep a connection are skills humans have learned and evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. A robot can't figure out whether you can do one more push-up, or how to motivate you to actually do it. — Erik Brynjolfsson

Being motivated quote Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.

Education is freedom. Education will teach you how to do it yourself as opposed to asking someone else to do it for you. And around it our own town... Freemanville! — Paulo Freire

How To Get Motivated Quotes

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself. — Usain Bolt

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan

No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out. — B. F. Skinner

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow. — Kurt Vonnegut

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run. — John Bingham

That’s how you get others to come up to your level: show them where it is, and set the example that allows them to get there. — Tim Grover

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up. — Norman Vincent Peale

Be a warrior. It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down in life as long as you always get back up to fight for your dreams. — Chatri Sityodtong

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like. — Sofia Coppola

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations. — Conor McGregor

What's Your Motivation Quotes

It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. — Tony Robbins

Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the fear of failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing. — Asher Roth

What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life. — Zig Ziglar

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing. - Paul Stanley

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing. — Paul Stanley

Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy. — Leo Babauta

Another person’s progress is an affirmation of what’s possible, not a reason to doubt your own. The people you envy are not your competition, they are your mentors. — Brianna Wiest

As soon as I stopped trying to think about a business idea and started focusing on what I’m passionate about, that’s when it came to me. — Nick Woodman

Don’t let anyone step on your dreams. Do your best to protect what’s important to you! — Russell Brunson

Walk away from anything that gives you a bad feeling. You don’t need to explain it to make sense of it. It’s your life. Do what makes you happy. — Russell Brunson

What drives you? What's your motivation? That's not emotion. That's passion. It's a different word. — Chris Voss

Feeling Motivated Quotes

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. — Abraham Maslow

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. - Eric Liddell

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. — Eric Liddell

Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter. — Michael Oher

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel! — Frederic Chopin

People will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life. — Rhonda Byrne

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. — A. A. Milne

My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already. — Milton Berle

Feel the fear and do it anyway. — Susan Jeffers

When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you - it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness. — Judah Smith

Get Motivated Quotes

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman

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

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. — Jim Rohn

What gets measured gets managed. — Peter Drucker

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - Stevie Wonder

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder

Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up. — Joyce Meyer

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. — George S. Patton

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder. — Dan Gable

Stay Motivated Quotes

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. — Laurell K. Hamilton

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation. — Misty Copeland

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change. — Henry Cloud

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious. — Joel Osteen

It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down - Carl Brashear

It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down — Carl Brashear

Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life. — Les Brown

Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try. — Michael Jordan

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. — Nelson Mandela

When faced with a mountain, I WILL NOT QUIT! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help! — Robert H. Schuller

Staying in a funk for too long will make you doubt yourself. The key is to snap out of it ASAP. — Patrick Bet-David

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More Being Motivated Quotes

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. - Jim Rohn quote

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. — Jim Rohn

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there. - Victor H. Krulak quote

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there. — Victor H. Krulak

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated - Emmitt Smith quote

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated — Emmitt Smith

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. - Leonardo da Vinci quote

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. — Leonardo da Vinci

Be the compromise you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi quote

Be the compromise you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. - C. S. Lewis quote

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. — C. S. Lewis

Be the change you want to see in your networks - James H. Fowler quote

Be the change you want to see in your networks — James H. Fowler

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. - William Bennett quote

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. — William Bennett

Let every man be master of his time. - William Shakespeare quote

Let every man be master of his time. — William Shakespeare

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