Top 200 Powerful Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

— Michael Jordan

52. “Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.”

— Les Brown

53. “Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility.”

— Grant Cardone

54. “There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.”

— W. Clement Stone

55. “No matter how bad it is, or how bad it gets, I’m going to make it.”

— Les Brown

56. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”

— John C. Maxwell

57. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

— Lou Holtz

58. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”

— Henry Ford

59. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

— Michael Jordan

60. “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”

— Napoleon Hill

61. “Plan your work and work your plan.”

— Napoleon Hill

62. “The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.”

— Jim Rohn

63. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

— Jim Rohn

64. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”

— Michael Jordan

65. “Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”

— Jim Rohn

66. “In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”

— Warren Buffett

67. “If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.”

— Swami Vivekananda

68. “Action will destroy your procrastination.”

— Og Mandino

69. “Failure is not an option for me. Success is all I envision.”

— Conor McGregor

70. “I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, be more active, show up more often.”

— Brian Tracy

71. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”

— Jim Rohn

72. “There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.”

— Les Brown

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

— Marie Forleo

74. “Confidence and hard work are the best medicines to kill the disease called failure. They will make you a successful person.”

— Abdul Kalam

75. “If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”

— Abdul Kalam

76. “While you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

77. “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

— Maya Angelou

78. “You either control your mind or it controls you.”

— Napoleon Hill

79. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

— Tony Robbins

80. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

— Muhammad Ali

81. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

— Billie Jean King

82. “Progress equals happiness.”

— Tony Robbins

83. “You can have results or excuses. Not both.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

84. “Discipline equals freedom.”

— Jocko Willink

85. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward, toward finding the answer.”

— Denis Waitley

86. “Be the leader you wish you had.”

— Simon Sinek

87. “Make today worth remembering.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Paulo Coelho

89. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

— Michael Jordan

90. “You will win if you don’t quit.”

— Les Brown

91. “Never lower your target ; increase your actions.”

— Grant Cardone

92. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”

— Michelangelo

93. “Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.”

— Napoleon Hill

94. “Everybody has a dream, but not everybody has a grind.”

— Eric Thomas

95. “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

— Vince Lombardi

96. “A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”

— Napoleon Hill

97. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

— John F. Kennedy

98. “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”

— John C. Maxwell

99. “If you’re not where you are. If you’re not where you want to be. If you don’t have what you want, want to have. If you’re not where you think you should be at this particular place. It has nothing to do with the system, but it has everything to do with the fact that you’re not making the sacrifice.”

— Eric Thomas

100. “Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.”

— Paulo Coelho