“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
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Motivation Quotes
211 quotes on motivation and drive — from the classics to the everyday.
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
Christopher Robin · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
Confucius · The Analects, Book I
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucius · Widely attributed to Confucius
“When you know that a thing is wrong, be quick to change. Do not wait.”
Mencius · Mencius, Book II A
“If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it. Why should you wait till next year?”
Mencius · Mencius, Book III B
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein · attributed, widely documented
“Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.”
Benjamin Disraeli · Vivian Grey, 1826
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
Plutarch · Moralia, c. 100 AD
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche · Twilight of the Idols, 1889
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
William Shakespeare · Julius Caesar, c. 1599
“Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
Louisa May Alcott · Little Women, 1868
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt
