As entrepreneurs, we often need words of encouragement, wisdom and motivation to get through the difficult times as well as celebrate our successes. The best way to do both? Quotes! In this post, we’ll be curating a list of 100 best inspiring quotes that can help ignite your inner fire and drive you towards achieving success. From timeless classics by famous philosophers to contemporary musings by successful business leaders, these quotes are sure to provide the push you need when it comes to reaching your goals. So let’s get inspired together!
1. “The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Abraham Lincoln
2. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it” – Charles Swindoll
3. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” – Friedrich Nietzsche
4. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill
5. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” – Booker T Washington
6. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” –Christopher Columbus
7. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up” – Vince Lombardi
9. “Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be” – Grandma Moses
10. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” – Mahatma Gandhi
11. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do” – Unknown
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12. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela
13. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop”– Confucius
14. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu
15. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
16. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” – J.K Rowling
17. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way” – Napoleon Hill
18. “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality” – Plutarch
19. “The mind is everything; what you think you become” – Budha
“The mind is everything; what you think you become” – Budha Share on X20. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”– Oscar Wilde
21. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by” – Robert Frost
22. “Either you run the day or the day runs you” – Jim Rohn
23. “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable” – Theodore N. Vail
24. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do”– John Wooden
25. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today”– Franklin D. Roosevelt
26. “It always seems impossible until it’s done” – Nelson Mandela
100 Best Inspiring Quotes Share on X27. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it” – Henry Ford
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28. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” – Albert Einstein
29. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do”– John Wooden
30. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much” – Oscar Wilde
31. “If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done”– Thomas Jefferson
32. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions” – Stephen Covey
33. “Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered” – Orison Swett Marden
34. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop”– Confucius
35. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell
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36. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does” – William James
37. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse” – Florence Nightingale
38. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any” – Alice Walker
39. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light”– Aristotle
40. “Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now” – Jonatan Mårtensson
41. “The best way out is always through” – Robert Frost
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42. “We can change our lives. We can do, have and be exactly what we wish” – Tony Robbins
43. “Before you can truly make a difference in the world, you must first make the difference in yourself” – Suze Orman
44. “Life is about making an impact, not making an income” – Kevin Kruse
45. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be" Share on X46. “Dream big and dare to fail” – Norman Vaughan
47. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value” – Albert Einstein
48. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”– Milton Berle
49. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them” – Michael Jordan
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them” – Michael Jordan Share on X50. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity” – Amelia Earhart
51. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have”– Maya Angelou
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52. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great” – John D. Rockefeller
53. “Change your thoughts and you change your world” – Norman Vincent Peale
54. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do”– Steve Jobs
55. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” – Mark Twain
56. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions” – Stephen Covey
57. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right” – Henry Ford
58. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going”– Sam Levenson
59. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
60. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw
61. “Nothing will work unless you do”– Maya Angelou
62. “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” – G.K. Nielson
63. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can” – Arthur Ashe
64. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change” – Carl Rogers
65. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can”– Nikos Kazantzakis
66. “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try” – John F. Kennedy
67. “There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a way forward” – Malcolm Gladwell
68. “If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change your attitude”– Maya Angelou
69. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you” – T. Harv Eker
70. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
"If you can dream it, you can do it." – Walt Disney Share on X71. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is”– Vince Lombardi
72. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” – Napoleon Hill
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73. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world”– Robin Williams
74. “Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy”– Anonymous
75. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do”– Steve Jobs
76. “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character” – Unknown
77. “The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors”– Napoleon Hill
78. “If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission”–Anonymous
79. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop” – Confucius
80. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great”– John D. Rockefeller
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81. “Turn your wounds into wisdom”- Oprah Winfrey
82. “The starting point of all achievement is desire” – Napoleon Hill
83. “Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it”– Unknown
84. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Christopher Columbus
85. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have” – Thomas Jefferson
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86. “If you want your life to be meaningful, it is up to you to create the experiences that will shape it” – Unknown
87. “Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose” – G.K. Nielson
88. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do”– Steve Jobs
89. “You don’t need to be great to start, but you have to start to be great!” – Zig Ziglar
90. “We become what we think about most of the time” – Earl Nightingale
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91. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” – Eleanor Roosevelt
92. “If you can dream it, you can do it” – Walt Disney
93. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today”– Franklin D. Roosevelt
94. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success” – Albert Schweitzer
95. “Action is the foundational key to all success”– Pablo Picasso
96. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects”– Albert Einstein
97. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential” – John Maxwell
98. “The best revenge is massive success”– Frank Sinatra
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99. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success”– James Cameron
100. “Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in life, it’s about what you inspire others to do” – Unknown
There you have it – the 100 best inspiring quotes to motivate you on your journey toward success. Take these words to heart and use them as stepping stones towards achieving your goals! Keep dreaming, working hard, and never give up!
Finally, I hope you’re feeling inspired and motivated after going through this list of 100 best inspiring quotes! And, I want to ask you which one or ones are your favorite quotes? So that you can have them pasted on your desk or wall to look and read them often.
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Sara Sandhu