100 Inspiring Quotes That Will Motivate You To Achieve Your Goals

It’s taken me a lot of work to get here. Endless typing has eroded my fingers away in places they shouldn’t have, glaring screens and 3 a.m. thoughts have left me with bloodshot eyes. I’m also pretty sure I’ll need a new wrist soon. But, despite the pain, it’s been worth it. However, I couldn’t have done any of it without a little inspiration…

To celebrate the efforts that have played such pivotal roles in my life, I’m sharing with you 100 of my favourite thought-provoking quotes that pushed me to keep going (including some of my very own!) Because no matter what happened behind closed doors, having these little mantras in the back of my mind helped me believe in myself and what I was capable of. They helped me change my life. And today, I hope they give you that same boost.

So here you are. 100 of the most inspiring quotes that will motivate you to achieve your goals.

(You’re welcome)

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr Seuss
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been.” – Alan Alda
“I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.” – Richard Bach
“No one will understand you. It is not, ultimately, that important. What is important is that you understand you.” – Matt Haig
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald Dahl
“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of.” – Markus Zusak
“It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Jane Austen
“Finding yourself is like digging for gold: you may not see it yet, but it’s always been there.” – Sacha Kurucz
“It’s the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” – Socrates
“Loving yourself is the greatest revolution.” – Unknown
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato
“The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.” – Sarah J. Maas
“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” – Nietzsche
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway
“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung
“Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.” – Lewis Carroll
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein
“Money can be earned back – time can’t. Do what you love and live life with no regrets.” – Unknown
“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” – Sigmund Freud
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins
“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one another, the other disappears.” – Marianne Williamson
“Chasing rainbows is more than just mere reverie.” – Sacha Kurucz
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” – Lewis Carroll
“Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman
“From small acorns doth mighty oaks grow.” – Proverb
“There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, ‘What if I fall?’ Oh but my darling, ‘What if you fly?’” – Erin Hanson
“We are but stars wrapped in skin – the light we seek has always been within.” – Unknown
“We are what we believe we are.” – C.S. Lewis
“If you can dream it you can do it.” – Walt Disney
“Impossible is just an opinion.” – Paulo Coelho
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” – Helen Keller
“Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland
“Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The greatest adventure a person can go on is the journey of self-discovery.” – Sacha Kurucz
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle
“Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.” – Bruce Garrabrandt
“Sometimes old things we’ve held onto have to first fall apart before something better can finally fall into place.” – Unknown
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Your value doesn’t decrease because of someone else’s inability to see your worth.” – Unknown
“For the girl who dreams is bold, never doing as she is told. And despite the truths she’s been sold, her heartbeat forever tells her, ‘Darling, only the brave walk paths of gold.’” – Sacha Kurucz
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” – Walter Bagehot
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino
“Don’t forget – no one else sees the world the way you do. So no one else can tell the stories you have to tell.” – Charles De Lint
“Thoughts are the things that draw life to you. Like a magnet to steel, they’re how dreams come true. It’s really that easy and a whole lot of fun. Just know what you want and imagine it done.” – Mike Dooley
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot
“An obstacle is often a stepping stone.” – William Prescott
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” – Stephen King
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
“Live confidently – follow life’s current and dive right in.” – Sacha Kurucz
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” – Leo Burnett
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, the just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – Steve Jobs
“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde
“In order to find yourself, you must first walk an unknown path. Along the way, you will discover things that can only lead you in one direction. And once that flame of curiosity has been ignited, all you must do is follow its guiding light to take you to where you’ve always wanted to be: truly happy.” – Sacha Kurucz
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K Rowling
“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
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass
“Who you are tomorrow is what you do today.” – Julian Hall
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
“Someday is not a day of the week.” – Denise Brennan-Nelson
“Everyone needs a fantasy.” – Andy Warhol
“Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.” – Deepak Chopra
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
“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
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
“In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.” – Lewis Carroll
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry S. Haskins
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“Our last mistake is our best teacher.” – Unknown
“When reality fails to write the perfect ending, your imagination can take you there.” – A Cosmic Chance
“Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
“Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.” – Russell Warren
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” – Audrey Hepburn
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” – C. JoyBell C.
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….” – Erica Jong
“Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything.” – Rhonda Byrne
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou
“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” – John Green
“She dared to dream. She made a choice. She took a risk. She changed her life.” – Picture-Perfect