Top 200 Encouragement Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”

— Tim Ferriss

52. “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

— Kobe Bryant

53. “There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”

— Will Smith

54. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

55. “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

56. “The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.”

— Eric Thomas

57. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”

— Ronnie Lott

58. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

— Anaïs Nin

59. “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them, “Certainly I can!”. Then get busy and find out how to do it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

60. “If I can’t – then I must. If I must – then I will.”

— Tony Robbins

61. “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”

— Elon Musk

62. “Start telling the story of your amazing life, and the law of attraction must make sure you receive it!”

— Rhonda Byrne

63. “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

— Mother Teresa

64. “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

65. “All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!”

— Louise Hay

66. “It’s always too early to quit.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

67. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”

— Og Mandino

68. “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

— Deepak Chopra

69. “It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”

— Jane Fonda

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

— Christopher Reeve

71. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

72. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

— E.E. Cummings

73. “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”

— Brené Brown

74. “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.”

— T.D. Jakes

75. “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”

— Zig Ziglar

76. “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

— Saadi

77. “Service to others leads to greatness.”

— Jim Rohn

78. “Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

79. “It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. It's only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others. When you feel centered and alive, you are in much better position to be a better person.”

— Robin S. Sharma

80. “There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.”

— Jim Valvano

81. “The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for security and to start spending your time pursuing opportunity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

82. “You are free. You are powerful. You are good. You are love. You have value. You have purpose. All is well.”

— Esther Hicks

83. “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

84. “God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and take you where you need to be.”

— Joel Osteen

85. “It’s always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.”

— Joel Osteen

86. “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

— Brian Tracy

87. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

— Ronald Reagan

88. “If you practice gratitude a little, your life will change a little. If you practice gratitude a lot every day, your life will change dramatically and in ways that you can hardly imagine.”

— Rhonda Byrne

89. “Don’t cry to quit. Cry to keep going!”

— Eric Thomas

90. “Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

— Rick Warren

91. “If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

— Barack Obama

92. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

93. “The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They’re full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

94. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

— Langston Hughes

95. “Never let someone’s opinion become your reality. Never sacrifice who you are because someone else has a problem with it. Love who you are inside and out.”

— Les Brown

96. “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.”

— Robert H. Schuller

97. “Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”

— Earl Nightingale

98. “Don’t you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don’t come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.”

— Jeffrey R. Holland

99. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.”

— Henry David Thoreau

100. “You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.”

— Maya Angelou