Top 100 Inspirational Quotes for Men (2025 Update)

1. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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2. “As you think, so shall you become.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Quotes About Thinking, Mind Quotes

3. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

4. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Business Quotes, Action Quotes, Interesting Quotes

5. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Short Inspirational Quotes

6. “Courage is grace under pressure.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Famous Quotes, Challenges Quotes

7. “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Personality Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

8. “Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Wealth Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

9. “Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Strong Quotes, Action Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

10. “Make time, not excuses.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Time Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Hustle Quotes

11. “Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Strong Quotes, Action Quotes

12. “Don’t be afraid to fail. Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Effort Quotes

13. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Optimistic Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Boldness Quotes

14. “Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Strong Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

15. “Hard work and training. There’s no secret formula.”

— Ronnie Coleman

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Encouraging Quotes

16. “Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better, and be better.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Personality Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

17. “Life can be much broader. You can embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

18. “Giving up is the greatest failure.”

— Jack Ma

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Commitment Quotes

19. “I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”

— Sylvester Stallone

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Effort Quotes

20. “Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Christian Motivational Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Perspective Quotes

21. “So don’t be average. Don’t be good. Don’t be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Legacy Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

22. “Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”

— Bear Grylls

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

23. “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Intention Quotes, Manifestation Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

24. “In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be. You Can Achieve Anything!”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Wealth Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

25. “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”

— Socrates

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Motivational Workout Quotes

26. “Live dangerously.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Boldness Quotes

27. “God will not place a burden on a man’s shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Struggle Quotes

28. “It is not the critic who counts.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Performance Quotes

29. “If you’re always ready, you don’t have to get ready.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

30. “A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.”

— Leonard Ravenhill

31. “Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self – his true, inner self – through temporary defeat.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

32. “Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

33. “Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.”

— John Eldredge

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Hero Quotes

34. “May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows.”

— Jay-Z

Also featured in: Happy Quotes, Optimism Quotes

35. “You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.”

— Tony Dungy

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Resilience Quotes

36. “Big dreams turn into big things.”

— Meek Mill

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Vision Quotes

37. “He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”

— Socrates

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Duty Quotes

38. “Every man has a right to decide his own destiny.”

— Bob Marley

Also featured in: Future Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Path Quotes

39. “My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Hero Quotes, Family Quotes, Blessed Family Quotes

40. “People will hurt you. But don’t use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.”

— Lecrae

Also featured in: Resilience Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Hurt Quotes

41. “A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.”

— John Wayne

Also featured in: Famous Movie Quotes, Principles And Laws

42. “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes

43. “Every man dies, not every man really lives.”

— Randall Wallace

Also featured in: Meaning Quotes

44. “We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Grit Quotes

45. “Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.”

— William Clark

Also featured in: Encouraging Quotes for Students, Goal Setting Quotes

46. “So if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes

47. “Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes

48. “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”

— James Allen

Also featured in: Meaning Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Affirmation Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

49. “What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, You Got This Quotes, Momentum Quotes

50. “Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking first. You can’t let the failure outside you get inside you.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes