Top 200 Empowering Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”

— Les Brown

102. “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

103. “Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.”

— Denis Waitley

104. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”

— Henry David Thoreau

105. “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”

— Deepak Chopra

106. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

— Christopher Reeve

107. “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”

— Jim Rohn

108. “I used my pain to push me to greatness.”

— Eric Thomas

109. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

110. “Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”

— Les Brown

111. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

— Jim Rohn

112. “Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?”

— Rumi

113. “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

— Napoleon Hill

114. “None but ourselves can free our minds.”

— Bob Marley

115. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”

— Zig Ziglar

116. “Remember anything you want that’s valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.”

— Tony Robbins

117. “You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself. You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision. And you know that it is the right thing to do and success will come.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

118. “I am open and receptive to all the good and abundance in the Universe.”

— Louise Hay

119. “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”

— Zig Ziglar

120. “A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done.”

— Napoleon Hill

121. “The best investment you can make is in yourself.”

— Warren Buffett

122. “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

123. “Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

124. “Stop worrying and start living.”

— Dale Carnegie

125. “If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

126. “Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”

— Abdul Kalam

127. “When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”

— Maya Angelou

128. “Never give up on what you really want to do”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

129. “The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.”

— Miguel Ruiz

130. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”

— Brené Brown

131. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”

— Howard Thurman

132. “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.”

— Ronald Reagan

133. “If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way. Don’t wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.”

— Napoleon Hill

134. “Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”

— John C. Maxwell

135. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

— Barack Obama

136. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

137. “The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

— Eckhart Tolle

138. “I come as one, but stand as 10,000.”

— Maya Angelou

139. “If you want to have more, you have to become more!”

— Jim Rohn

140. “Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.”

— Denis Waitley

141. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.”

— Tim Ferriss

142. “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.”

— Joyce Meyer

143. “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

144. “It’s a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you’ll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?”

— Jim Rohn

145. “The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”

— Ryan Holiday

146. “I challenge you. Be obsessed with improvement!”

— Eric Thomas

147. “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.”

— Tony Robbins

148. “The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve. ”

— Brian Tracy

149. “I deserve the best and I accept the best now.”

— Louise Hay

150. “A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.”

— Zig Ziglar