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Motivation Quotes

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

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

Walt Disney

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

Helen Keller · The Open Door

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

Theodore Roosevelt

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

Anaïs Nin

“The game isn't over until it's over.”

Yogi Berra

“It ain't over till it's over.”

Yogi Berra · 1973, on the Mets' pennant chase

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

George Eliot

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Steve Jobs · Stanford commencement address, 2005

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

Theodore Roosevelt

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

Maya Angelou · interview, 1977

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

Maya Angelou · widely attributed

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

Maya Angelou · Letter to My Daughter, 2008