Famous Motivational Quotes

Humans are armed with aspirations and goals, for if there weren’t anything to accomplish or achieve, man wouldn’t have been any better than vegetables. From money to victory to personal accomplishments and more, there are tons of things that fuel a man’s mind to action. The only hitch is planning and achieving the goals. You know very well that you need to organize your chaotic cabinet or prepare the last semester project, but you cannot set your mind on it. Reason, well you aren’t motivated enough for the task! Once you set your heart and mind to a certain task, remember there is nothing stopping you from accomplishing it. If you have been caught in a dry, lazy day and cannot push yourself to some action, then these famous quotes by great men should get you going. So, pull up your socks and spend the next few moments running down the following motivational quotes that are sure to leave you high, up and inspired!

Famous Motivational Sayings

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
The best motivation is self-motivation. The guy says, I wish someone would come by and turn me on. What if they don't show up? You've got to have a better plan for your life than that. - Jim Rohn
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make. - Donald Trump
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. - Dale Carnegie
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. - Napoleon Hill
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life. - John F Kennedy
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King
Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price. - Vince Lombardi
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. - Anthony Robbins
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. - Margaret Thatcher
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin
Keep your face in the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. - Helen Keller
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert Kennedy
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. - Abraham Lincoln
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. - George Patton
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. - Henry David Thoreau

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