50 Inspirational Quotes to Motivate You

Great quotes can be inspirati onal and motivational. They can guide your life, love and career. Here are 50 of the best.

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Great quotes can be inspirational and motivational. You can use quotes to help guide your decisions in life, work and love. Here are 50 of the best inspirational quotes to motivate you:

ShutterstockNothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”! -- Audrey HepburnI’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -- Maya AngelouWhether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. -- Henry FordPerfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. -- Vince LombardiLife is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. -- Charles SwindollIf you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. -- Oprah WinfreyNone of us is as smart as all of us. -- Ken BlanchardI can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -- Jimmy DeanBelieve you can and you’re halfway there. -- Theodore RooseveltTo handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. -- Eleanor RooseveltToo many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. -- Les BrownAlone, we can do so little; together we can do so much. -- Helen KellerWhatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -- Napoleon HillTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. -- Mark TwainI’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -- Michael JordanStrive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. -- Albert EinsteinI am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. -- Stephen CoveyWhen everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. --Henry FordThe most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -- Alice WalkerThe most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. -- Amelia EarhartTeamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. -- Andrew CarnegieDon’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -- Robert Louis StevensonThe real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. -- Zig ZiglarChange your thoughts and you change your world. -- Norman Vincent PealeThere is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. -- Josiah Gilbert HollandBe not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. -- William JamesBuild your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. -- Farrah GrayRemember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -- Dalai LamaYou can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -- Maya AngelouI have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. -- Rosa ParksI would rather die of passion than of boredom. -- Vincent van GoghA truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. -- UnknownA person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. -- Albert EinsteinWhat’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. -- Bob DylanI have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. -- Leonardo da VinciIf you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. -- Booker T. WashingtonWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. -- Erma BombeckThe quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket. -- Will RogersCertain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. -- Ancient Indian ProverbWhen I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” -- Sydney HarrisEverything has beauty, but not everyone can see. -- ConfuciusNurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. -- Benjamin DisraeliWhen I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -- John LennonThe only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. -- Ralph Waldo EmersonWe can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. -- Ronald ReaganEverything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —George AddairWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —PlatoNothing will work unless you do. —Maya AngelouI alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. —Mother TeresaWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. —Plutarch

A version of this article first appeared at TalentSmart.com.

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Written ByTravis Bradberry

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the bestselling author of The Seagull Manager and a LinkedIn Influencer with more than 2.5 million followers. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the Harvard Business Review.