100+ Best Inspirational Sayings Ever for Motivation & Success

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

“The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – J.K. Rowling

“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne

“To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is having fear but choosing to act in spite of it.” – Jamie Foxx

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” – Brené Brown

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs

“Bravery means doing something even when you're afraid.” – Mary Lou Retton

“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” – Megan McArdle

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” – Albert Einstein

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.

“Success isn’t owned; it’s rented, and the rent is due every day.” – Chris Zook

“There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

“Opportunities don't happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered.” – Orison Swett Marden

“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Love makes the world go round.” – Madonna

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

“We love because it's the only true adventure.” – Nikki Giovanni

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” – Victor Hugo

“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” – Maya Angelou

“Love is the bridge between two hearts.” – Unknown

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” – Zig Ziglar

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“Your self-worth is determined by you. Nobody can tell you who you are.” – Beyoncé

“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. McIntyre

“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t do. Not even me.” – Rocky Balboa

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – J.M. Barrie

“If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.” – Christine Caine

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” – Martin Luther

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein

“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” – Buddha

“Embrace the change, for in its chaos lies opportunity.” – Unknown

“Without change, there would be no butterflies.” – Robin Williams

“Change begins when you step outside your comfort zone.” – Roy T. Bennett

“All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.” – Unknown

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar

“Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.” – Debby Boone

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.” – Marsha Norman

“Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

“Resilience is not about bouncing back, but about leaping forward.” – Unknown

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Scars are tattoos with better stories.” – Unknown

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.” – Khalil Gibran

“Resilience is most often built through adversity.” – Unknown

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

“Resilience is not about avoiding the storm, but dancing in the rain.” – Unknown

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato

“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

“Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.” – James M. Barrie

“Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of relationships.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” – Henry James

“Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.” – Prophet Muhammad

“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.” – John Ruskin

“Kindness is free. Sprinkle that stuff everywhere.” – Unknown

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

“The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.” – Unknown

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Albus Dumbledore

“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.” – Unknown

“Do every act of your life as if it were the last.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Stillness is the cradle of intelligence.” – Deepak Chopra

“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” – Abraham Maslow

“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.” – Pema Chödrön