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Motivation Quotes

142 quotes on motivation and drive — from the classics to the everyday.

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”

Theodore Roosevelt · attributed

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.”

William Butler Yeats · attributed

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Nelson Mandela · attributed

“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Thomas Edison · attributed

“Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”

Sam Levenson · attributed

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt · attributed

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.”

Henry Ford · attributed

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

Confucius · attributed

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

Winston Churchill · attributed

“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. 26 times I have been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Michael Jordan · Nike commercial, 1997

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

Thomas Edison · widely attributed

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Winston Churchill · widely attributed

“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices.”

Lionel Messi

“When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, to win all the competitions.”

Lionel Messi

“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.”

Lionel Messi

“Money is not a motivating factor. My motivation comes from playing the game I love.”

Lionel Messi