Inspirational quotes can help you navigate a difficult season but can also be used to alter your mindset.
If any of these inspirational quotes resonate with you, be sure to keep it handy the next time you need some extra motivation.
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“If you make your internal life a priority, then everything else you need on the outside will be given to you and it will be extremely clear what the next step is.”— Gabrielle Bernstein
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ” ―Roy T. Bennett
“At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.”— Dr. Phil
“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”―Dr Roopleen
“Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“All great achievements require time.”― Maya Angelou
“Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come.”— Ellen DeGeneres
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.”— Mark Twain
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
“You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances, and certainly not by your race or gender.”— Mariah Carey
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
“I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they’re your parents. Because, if you’re the kind of person who senses there’s something out there for you beyond whatever it is you’re expected to do – if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you’re not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
become as ordinary as they expect you to be.” ― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it.” ― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You’ve Always Wanted to Be
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ―Sharon Salzberg
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality” — Les Brown
“Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.” ― Christine Feehan, Night Game
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein
“Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.” ― John C. Maxwell, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
“If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford
“Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” —Drake
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
What are some of your favorite inspirational quotes? I would love to hear in the comments.
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