Top 200 Positive Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”

— Nelson Mandela

102. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

— Maya Angelou

103. “If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.”

— Zig Ziglar

104. “Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

105. “You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.”

— Zig Ziglar

106. “Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light.”

— Eckhart Tolle

107. “If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

— Steve Jobs

108. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho

109. “Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.”

— Jim Rohn

110. “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.”

— Les Brown

111. “Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

— Maya Angelou

112. “Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self. – Respect for others. – Responsibility for all your actions.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

113. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

— Lucille Ball

114. “Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be proud, but not arrogant.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Jim Rohn

116. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

— Walt Disney

117. “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

— Steve Jobs

118. “Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything.”

— Vince Lombardi

119. “Things turn out best for those who make best of how things turn out.”

— John Wooden

120. “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”

— John C. Maxwell

121. “The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

— Swami Vivekananda

122. “We are what we believe we are.”

— C. S. Lewis

123. “Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”

— Tim Ferriss

124. “It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”

— Tony Robbins

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

— John C. Maxwell

126. “Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.”

— John Wooden

127. “I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

— Zig Ziglar

128. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”

— Mother Teresa

129. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.”

— Marie Forleo

130. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.”

— William Arthur Ward

131. “Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”

— Brian Tracy

132. “When you were made a leader you weren’t given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.”

— Jack Welch

133. “Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of life’s greatest pleasures.”

— Richard Branson

134. “Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”

— John C. Maxwell

135. “What you focus on grows. What you concentrate on is what you see more of in your life.”

— Robin S. Sharma

136. “Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.”

— Brian Tracy

137. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”

— Earl Nightingale

138. “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”

— Harvey MacKay

139. “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”

— Brian Tracy

140. “Set a goal to become a millionaire for what it makes of you to achieve it. Do it for the skills you have to learn and the person you have to become.”

— Jim Rohn

141. “When you know better you do better.”

— Maya Angelou

142. “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

— Les Brown

143. “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”

— Earl Nightingale

144. “Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.”

— Denzel Washington

145. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Deepak Chopra

147. “Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

148. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

— Jim Rohn

149. “It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.”

— Les Brown

150. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

— Jimmy Dean