Top 100 Wednesday Motivational Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes, Goal Quotes

2. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Courage Quotes, Goal Quotes

3. “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

4. “Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”

— Chris Bradford

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

5. “Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Work Quotes, Achievement Quotes

6. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Failure Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

7. “Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember: the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Famous Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

8. “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. ”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

9. “When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem.”

— Osho

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Empowering Quotes

10. “Stop whining, start hustling.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Monday Quotes

11. “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”

— Simon Sinek

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

12. “Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Growth Quotes

13. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

14. “Success is something you attract by the person you become.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

15. “Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

16. “Never give up on what you really want to do”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

17. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

18. “Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Personality Quotes

19. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Reflection Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

20. “Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action.”

— Bob Proctor

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Willpower Quotes, Effort Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes

21. “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

22. “Get maximum effect from minimum effort.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Impact Quotes, Effort Quotes

23. “A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.”

— Simon Sinek

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Monday Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

24. “Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.”

— Pat Summitt

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Sports Quotes, Duty Quotes

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

— Lucille Ball

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Care Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

26. “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

27. “Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Effort Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

28. “Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Effort Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

29. “To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go.”

— Lao Tzu

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes, Moving On Quotes

30. “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

31. “Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Boldness Quotes

32. “If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.”

— Earl Nightingale

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Study Quotes, Performance Quotes

33. “Be the one to stand out in the crowd.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Positive Short Quotes

34. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

35. “Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

36. “If you can mentally see the end of the journey, then your body will physically find a way to achieve that goal.”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Goal Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Mind Quotes

37. “It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.”

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Friday Inspirational Quotes

38. “No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Friday Quotes for Work

39. “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Transformation Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

40. “Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

41. “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

42. “Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Preparation Quotes

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

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Career Development Quotes

44. “If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.”

— William H. McRaven

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Short Inspirational Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

45. “Losers react. Winners anticipate.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

46. “Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Inner Peace Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Perspective Quotes

47. “When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

48. “Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

49. “Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Learning Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Effort Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

50. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Short Inspirational Quotes