Fuel Your Inspiration: 58 Motivational Quotes for Success and Growth

A compilation of 58 motivational quotes to help inspire and empower your success and growth.  

In this collection of words and wisdom from visionaries, leaders, and thinkers, we’ve gathered various motivations to fuel your ambitions and aspirations. Whether you’re an entrepreneur seeking that extra push, a dreamer chasing your goals, or simply someone needing a daily dose of inspiration, these inspirational quotes serve as beacons of hope, courage, and determination. 

Hopefully, these words resonate with you, as they have me, and remind you that the power to shape your destiny lies within your beliefs and actions. Great things are often the result of consistency and hard work. The best way to achieve any goal is to focus on small things you can accomplish each day to keep moving forward even if it is just looking at a motivational quote. 

The remarkable individuals these quotes originated from serve as powerful reminders of the importance of determination, courage, and belief in oneself when pursuing dreams and facing challenges. Step out of your comfort zone with these positive quotes:

58 Motivational Quotes

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort

“It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Samuel Goldwyn

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”  Winston Churchill

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”  Theodore Roosevelt

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”  Steve Jobs

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”  Steve Jobs

“The future depends on what you do today.”  Mahatma Gandhi

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”  Jordan Belfort

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”  Winston Churchill

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”  Sam Levenson

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”  C.S. Lewis

“The best revenge is massive success.”  Frank Sinatra

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”  Chris Grosser

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”  Samuel Goldwyn

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”  Albert Einstein

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”  Jimmy Dean

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”  Albert Schweitzer

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”  C.S. Lewis

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”  Mark Twain

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”  Christian D. Larson

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”  Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”  Colin R. Davis

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”  Henry David Thoreau

“Dream big and dare to fail.”  Norman Vaughan

“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.”  Bo Bennett

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”  Will Rogers

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”  Wayne Gretzky

“Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.”  Unknown

“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment.”  Napoleon Hill

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” Oprah Winfrey

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Abraham Lincoln

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.” Henry Ford

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy—it’s all that matters.” Audrey Hepburn

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde

“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” Muhammad Ali

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” Marilyn Monroe

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Vince Lombardi

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost   “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela ​“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”  Thomas Edison

These quotes capture the essence of personal growth, the experience of trial and error, showing love and compassion, and striving for greatness in your own unique way.  As a counselor, I frequently talk about changing your mindset or changing the way you’re thinking about something. Check out this post if you want to continue your motivation by discovering the 6 essential mindset shifts entrepreneurs should make to become more successful entrepreneurs.  Canva Template for motivational quotes.