41 Motivational Quotes for When You Need Inspiration Most

Some days are easy–energy is high, the sun is shining, everything seems possible. But there will always be times when the storms come. Things go wrong, people let you down, and pressure is high. Those are the times when you need some inspiration.

Here’s some collected wisdom to help motivate you when you need it the most.

1. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. —Napoleon Hill
2. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. —Steve Jobs
3. If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. —Sheryl Sandberg
4. Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. —Harriet Tubman
5. Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. —Joshua J. Marine
6. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. —Les Brown
7. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. —Albert Einstein
8. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —Alice Walker
9. If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it. —Elon Musk
10. Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. —Indian Proverb
11. I never dreamt of success. I worked for it. —Estee Lauder
12. When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. —Helen Keller
13. I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. —Mother Teresa
14. People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. —George Bernard Shaw
15. If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. —Oprah Winfrey
16. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. —Theodore Roosevelt
17. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. —Amelia Earhart
18. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —The Dalai Lama
19. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank
20. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
21. What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. —Plutarch
22. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. —Jimmy Dean
23. Change your thoughts and you change your world. —Norman Vincent Peale
24. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. —Leonardo da Vinci
25. Eighty percent of success is showing up. —Woody Allen
26. Either you run the day, or the day runs you. —Jim Rohn
27. The best revenge is massive success. —Frank Sinatra
28. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. —Walt Disney
29. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. —Maya Angelou
30. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. —Babe Ruth
31. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. —Albert Einstein
32. Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. —Confucius
33. We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. —Ronald Reagan
34. Nothing will work unless you do. —Maya Angelou
35. Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. —Charles Swindoll
36. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. —Arthur Ashe
37. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. —Lao Tzu
38. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. —Marie Curie
39. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. —Eleanor Roosevelt
40. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. —Zig Ziglar
41. When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated, but the ones who have consistency in their motivation. —Arsene Wenger