40 Motivational Quotes By Successful People
We’ve heard of so many well-known people out there who had transformed many people’s lives, whether they are some sort of leaders who have a group of loyal followers, or their words simple are inspiring. Sure, it’s not everything they said that has a huge impact on people’s lives, but sometimes they come up with quotes that would really change one’s thinking. Here are some motivational quotes from well-known people out there that will truly create a positive impact in your life.
1. “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.
2. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Maya Angelou.
3. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein.
4. “Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.” – Denzel Washington
5. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan.
6. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain.
7. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.” – Helen Keller.
8. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn.
9. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure... but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.” – Francis Chan.
10. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington.
11. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.” – Albert Einstein.
12. “Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people, the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you, and stay.” – Will Smith.
13. “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain top of our desires.” – Nelson Mandela.
14. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller.
15. “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein.
16. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn.
17. “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” – Katharine Hepburn.
18. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot.
19. “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde.
20. “Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” – David Frost.
21. “I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison.
22. “My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.” – Charlie Chaplin.
23. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill.
24. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
25. “You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.” – Katie Couric.
26. “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” – Colin Powell.
27. “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” – Charlotte Bronte.
28. “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.” – Jane Smiley.
29. “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.
30. “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” – George S. Patton.
31. “I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.” – Abraham Lincoln.
32. “If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.” – Barack Obama.
33. “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss.
34. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton.
35. “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.” –Neil Armstrong.
36. “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.
37. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama.
38. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw.
39. “But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.” – Arianna Huffington.
40. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.” – Kim Garst.
Although quotes are just one or a few lines of words, they do bring meaning to oneself and can even bring a huge impact on anyone and can change one’s life. But of course, your mind plays a larger role in what goes on in your head. If you are constantly living with a negative mindset and sees the bad of everything, no matter how good a quote is, it can never change you for good. The most important thing is to be the best version of yourself and live your life in an open-minded way. Do not let anyone or anything stop you from living a better life.
“Sometimes you just have to turn the page to realize there is more to your book of life than the page you’re stuck on. Stop being afraid to move on. Close this chapter of hurt, and never re-read it again. It’s time to get what your life deserves and move on from the things that don’t deserve you. Don’t spend your days trying to correct your past, instead, let go and let God create something better for your future.”
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