Top 80 Thursday Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Patience Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

2. “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

— Jim Valvano

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

3. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

4. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again.”

— Nick Vujicic

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Failure Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

5. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

6. “What you focus on grows.”

— Esther Hicks

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Mindset Quotes

7. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”

— J.K. Rowling

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Failure Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Motivational Monday Quotes

8. “Anything that makes you weak – physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject it as poison.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Spiritual Growth Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Wise Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

9. “Live out of your imagination, not your history.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

10. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

— Henry Ford

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

11. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Interesting Quotes

12. “Hustle is the most important word – EVER.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

13. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Friday Quotes for Work

14. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes About Life

15. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

17. “When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Famous Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

18. “If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be. ”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Change Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Transformation Quotes

19. “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Effort Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Smart Quotes

20. “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

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

21. “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”

— Alexander Graham Bell

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Opportunity Quotes

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

— Jimmy Dean

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

23. “Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

24. “The key to SUCCESS is to START before you’re ready.”

— Marie Forleo

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

25. “If you practice hard, you can win every battle.”

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Friday Motivational Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes, Competition Quotes

26. “Have goals so big your problems pale in comparison.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes About Life, Coaching Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes

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

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

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

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Career Development Quotes

29. “To get to that next level, you gotta learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

30. “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Motivational Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes

31. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Winning Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

32. “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes, Victory Quotes, Competition Quotes

33. “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

34. “A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”

— Larry Bird

Also featured in: Motivational Monday Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

35. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Short Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Transformation Quotes

36. “When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes

37. “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Excellence Quotes

38. “You can always do more than you think you can.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Effort Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

39. “When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Action Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Winning Quotes

40. “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, Inspirational Quotes for Men

41. “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

— Anna Quindlen

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Identity Quotes

42. “Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

43. “At the end of pain is SUCCESS!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Fitness Quotes

44. “I’m chasing perfection.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Work Ethic Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Practice Quotes, Competition Quotes

45. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Meaningful Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

46. “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”

— J.K. Rowling

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

47. “Your input determines your outlook. Your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Impact Quotes, Perspective Quotes

48. “Any time is a good time to start a company.”

— Ron Conway

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

49. “Big people don't make people feel small.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

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

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes