I’ve gathered the best quotes to get you out of a slump because sometimes we need a little motivation.
We’ve all had those bad days. And in the thick of it, it may seem impossible to get it right again. But I’m here to tell you it is possible.
There’s no shame in needing motivation sometimes, despite the world telling you it’s your fault if you feel the way you do. Or it’s a problem if you can’t pull yourself together through willpower alone.
I’ve had days where I felt like a complete failure. But through books, podcasts or the motivational words of people I admire, I’m able to remember why I work so hard. Everyone should have a creative outlet for motivation; powerful words serve as a wonderful reminder that its okay. So here I’ve gathered 43 of the best quotes to get you out of a slump!
Motivational Quotes To Inspire You
1. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence,” – Helen Keller
2. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
3. “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope John XXIII
4. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
5. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
6. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
7. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins
8. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
9. “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other – Walter Elliot
10. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
11. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
12. “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” – Unknown
13. “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” – Stephen Hawking
14. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” – Kyle Chandler
15. “The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus
16. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
17. “Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” – Bradley Whitford
18. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F. Kennedy
19. “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” – Ayn Rand
20. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
21. “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” – William Blake
22. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone
23. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
24. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
25. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
26. “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” -Aldous Huxley
27. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
29. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
30. “Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” – Pauline Kael
31. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
32. “March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.” – Khalil Gibran
33. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
34. “I am not afraid… I was born to do this.” – Joan of Arc
35. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
36. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
37. “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” -Woodrow Wilson
38. “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” -George Lucas
39. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” -George Herbert
40. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” -Mark Caine
41. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson
42. “Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” – Denis Waitley
43. “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” -Oprah Winfrey
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