Top 70 Motivational Quotes for Men (2025 Update)
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51. “What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!”

— Napoleon Hill

52. “Change is never a matter of ability, it’s always a matter of motivation.”

— Tony Robbins

53. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.”

— Tony Robbins

54. “Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.”

— Bruce Lee

55. “What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

— Confucius

56. “I wanted to surround myself with the kind of people who could help me turn my life around; people whom I could rub up against like iron and be sharpened.”

— Eric Thomas

57. “Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

58. “You don’t get what you want in life. You get who you are.”

— Les Brown

59. “You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

— Jerry West

60. “A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.”

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

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

— Muhammad Ali

62. “It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

63. “If you don’t like something, don’t do it. But don’t forget this: NO PAIN, NO GAIN.”

— Serge Nubret

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

65. “Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.”

— John Wooden

66. “When you find your why, you find a way to make it happen.”

— Eric Thomas

67. “Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.”

— Napoleon Hill

68. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”

— Lou Holtz

69. “Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

70. “And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

71. “Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.”

— Bear Grylls