Inspirational quotations and motivational messages have the power to transform a dreary week into one of hope, and a hopeful week into one of action. Here are 21 of my favorites.
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you where you want to go, no one else.”
~ Les Brown
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”~ Alice Walker
“One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.” ~ Unknown
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~Mark Twain
“If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” ~Vincent Van Gogh
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” ~Erma Bombeck
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ~ Carl Bard
”It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” ~Ann Landers
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. ~ Oprah Winfrey
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~ Ayn Rand
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” ~ C. JoyBell C.
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~Maya Angelou
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’” ~Audrey Hepburn
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“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” ~Henry Ford
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” ~John Lennon
”If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ~Sheryl Sandberg
What’s your favorite quote? We’d love to know.
