Life is filled with highs and lows. Happiness and struggles test your resilience and integrity. They push you to overcome challenges and leave you with valuable lessons. These experiences make you stronger as you continue on your journey upwards.
Your self-perception, including your expectations and beliefs, plays a significant role in shaping your life. How you feel and think about yourself determines what unfolds in your life.
It all begins with your thoughts. When you change your thoughts, you can transform the quality of your life.
To start your day with enthusiasm, here is a compilation of the best motivational quotes to inspire you.
You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A.A. Mine
Author Poet
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen Keller
Author
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Les Brown
Author
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
Stephen Richards
Author
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Elbert Hubbard
Writer
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.
Mary Lou Retton
Gymnast
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
Francesca Reigler
Artist
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi
Football player
The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.
Robert Tew
Writer
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
Albert Schweitzer
Theologian
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
Willie Nelson
Musician
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar
Author
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Dolly Parton
Singer-Songwriter
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey
Actress, TV Host
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
Guy Finley
Writer
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.
Carl Rogers
Psychologist
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
Anonymous
You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.
Dr. Seuss
Author/Poet
Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.
Tim Howard
Soccer Player
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Lou Holtz
Former Football Player
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.
Les Brown
Author
Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day.
Alice Morse Earle
American Historian
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Jimmy Johnson
Football Coach
Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.
Anonymous
No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.
Wolfgang Riebe
Keynote Speaker/Magician
No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.
Wolfgang Riebe
Keynote Speaker/Magician
Let your unique awesomeness and positive energy inspire confidence in others.
Anonymous
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
Author
When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.
Todd Kashdan
Scientist
Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.
Matt Cameron
Musician
You always pass failure on the way to success.
Mickey Rooney
Actor
It always seems impossible until it is done.
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian lyricist
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Milton Berle
Comedian
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
Charles Dickens
Author
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
Helena Rubinstein
American-Polish Businesswoman
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
one of the biggest mistakes people generally make and I’m guilty of it too is Wishful Thinking. You know, like you want something to be true, even if it isn’t true. You ignore the real truth, because of what you want to be true. This is a very difficult trap to avoid
Elon Musk
