“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”
Barry Finlay · Kilimanjaro and Beyond, 2011
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Motivation Quotes
222 quotes on motivation and drive — from the classics to the everyday.
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
Karen Lamb · widely attributed to Karen Lamb
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt · widely attributed to Roosevelt
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela · widely attributed, various speeches post-1990
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Confucius · attributed to Confucius, various collections
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
Charles R. Swindoll · Strengthening Your Grip, 1982
“The future depends on what you do today.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”
Walter Elliot · The Spiritual Life
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
Steve Jobs · Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
Jim Rohn
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs · Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
Maya Angelou
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
Helen Keller
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe
“I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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 Jordan · Nike advertisement, 1997
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt
