“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
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Motivation Quotes
222 quotes on motivation and drive — from the classics to the everyday.
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
Japanese proverb
“The future depends on what you do today.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
Sean Patrick Flanery
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Walt Disney
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs · Stanford University commencement, 2005
“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
“The game is on.”
Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 1, Episode 1: A Study in Pink, 2010
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”
Robert Byrne
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin · "As Much Truth As One Can Bear," New York Times Book Review, 1962
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“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
