We all need motivation in our lives to keep us moving forward. Words are powerful motivators and we found quotes from authors, scientists, politicians, and more to stir our emotions. Here are 23 quotes that we hope you'll like and remember.
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein
“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
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” — Winnie the Pooh
“Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
“The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis
“The most effective way to do is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The beginning is always today.” —Mary Shelley
“If you can't yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.” —Vincent van Gogh
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” —Henry David Thoreau
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” – Audrey Hepburn
