Allow these 99 motivational quotes about life to give you an extra edge in your life whenever you might need it. Keep these motivational life quotes handy on your phone or computer browser to pull up & scroll through whenever you need a little pickup.
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will achieve nothing in life” – Muhammad Ali
“You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” – Dr. Seuss
“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” – Wolfgang Riebe
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.” – Bonnie Blair
“You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Mine
“It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
Willie Nelson
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” – Les Brown
“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” – Stephen Richards
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” – Paulo Coelho
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”– Thomas A. Edison
“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.” – Tim Howard
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” – Lou Holtz
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
Will Smith
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”– Babe Ruth
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” – Robert Tew
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
“Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” – Helena Rubinstein
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“Let your unique awesomeness and positive energy inspire confidence in others.” – Anonymous
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
“If you want the light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.” – Guy Finley
“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
“Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.” – Albert Schweitzer
“When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.” – Todd Kashdan
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Someday is not a day of the week.”
Denise Brennan-Nelson
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination. ” – Carl Rogers
“Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.” – Anonymous
“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.” – Anonymous
“Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.” – Matt Cameron
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.” -Zig Ziglar
“Hire character. Train skill.” -Peter Schutz
“Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman — not the attitude of the prospect.” -W. Clement Stone
“Everyone lives by selling something.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
“If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will.” -Bob Hooey
“The golden rule for every businessman is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place.” -Orison Swett Marden
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” -Napoleon HillMotivational quote by Napoleon Hill
“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents.” -Antos Parrish
“Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.” -Edith Wharton
“Nothing really works unless you would rather be doing something else.”
J.M. Barrie
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” – Steve Jobs
“Without a customer, you don’t have a business — all you have is a hobby.” -Don Peppers
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” — Seneca
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”– Henry Ford
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra
“To be most effective in sales today, it’s imperative to drop your ‘sales’ mentality and start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you.” -Jill Konrath
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, but you will also succeed in life.” -Mary Kay Ash
“It’s not just about being better. It’s about being different. You need to give people a reason to choose your business.” -Tom Abbott
“Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”
Gary Vaynerchuk
“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is an art and working is an art and good business is the best art.” -Andy Warhol
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” -Stephen Covey
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion.” -Simon Sinek
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” -Lucille Ball
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” -Estée Lauder
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” -Og Mandino
“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.” -Bette Davis
“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” -Brian Tracy
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J. Marine
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” -Robert Kiyosaki
“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?” -Seth Godin
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” -Julie Andrews
“Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.” -Travis Bradberry
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” -George Eliot
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word — excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.” -Pearl Buck
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” -Dale Carnegie
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” -Pablo Picasso
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” -Ayn Rand
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” -Henry Ford
“It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person.” -Kenneth J Hutchins
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” -Shonda Rhimes
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” -Abraham Lincoln
“Don’t ask if your dream is crazy, ask if it’s crazy enough.” -Lena Waithe
“The act of doing something un-does the fear.” -Shonda Rhimes
“Be poor, humble, and driven (Ph.D.). Don’t be afraid to shift or pivot.” -Alex Rodriguez
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– Soren Kierkegaard
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” – Leo Burnett
“Done is better than perfect.”
Sheryl Sandberg