Top 200 Short Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

— Princess Diana

102. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”

— J.K. Rowling

103. “Work with integrity and succeed with integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

104. “No one rises to low expectations.”

— Les Brown

105. “Light up the darkness.”

— Bob Marley

106. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.”

— Oprah Winfrey

107. “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”

— Stephen R. Covey

108. “Losers react. Winners anticipate.”

— Tony Robbins

109. “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”

— Rumi

110. “Music can change the world because it can change people.”

— Bono

111. “Let the world know why you’re here, and do it with passion.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

112. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.”

— Earl Nightingale

113. “If you are not where you want to be DO NOT QUIT, instead reinvent yourself and change your habits.”

— Eric Thomas

114. “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.”

— Vince Lombardi

115. “Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.”

— Lou Holtz

116. “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”

— Buddha

117. “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”

— Max Lucado

118. “Flexibility is the key to stability.”

— John Wooden

119. “Life will pay any price you ask of it.”

— Tony Robbins

120. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

— Dr. Seuss

121. “Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.”

— Tim Ferriss

122. “Remember your dreams and fight for them.”

— Paulo Coelho

123. “When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.”

— Joyce Meyer

124. “Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.”

— Zig Ziglar

125. “Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.”

— W. Clement Stone

126. “Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.”

— Tony Robbins

127. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

— Oprah Winfrey

128. “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

— Lou Holtz

129. “Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.”

— Napoleon Hill

130. “Challenge serves beautifully to introduce you to your best – and most brilliant – self.”

— Robin S. Sharma

131. “People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.”

— Paulo Coelho

132. “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

— Steve Jobs

133. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.”

— Steve Jobs

134. “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

— Harry S. Truman

135. “Ancient Rule of 21: if you do anything for 21 days in a row, it will be installed as a habit.”

— Robin S. Sharma

136. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.”

— Elon Musk

137. “Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.”

— John C. Maxwell

138. “Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.”

— Robin S. Sharma

139. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

— Steve Jobs

140. “The man with no imagination has no wings.”

— Muhammad Ali

141. “Write what you know.”

— Mark Twain

142. “Be curious, not judgmental.”

— Walt Whitman

143. “Every artist was first an amateur.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

144. “Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.”

— Steve Jobs

145. “How you do anything is how you do everything.”

— T. Harv Eker

146. “Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”

— Richard Branson

147. “Focus. Otherwise you will find life becomes a blur.”

— Anonymous

148. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

— Seneca

149. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

— William Feather

150. “When was the last time you did something for the first time?”

— John C. Maxwell