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Hello friends! Here I present you with over 100 motivational quotes for life. Sometimes it helps to read some encouraging words to change our mindset when we are feeling down. Also, it provides motivation to move our dreams into action.

All the problems of our lives exist only in our minds. There is nothing out there causing us suffering, it’s only our perception about a particular situation. We can say that the glass is half full or half empty. We can view it as a challenge or as an opportunity, it all depends in our minds.

Life is so complex! No two lives are a like. That’s why different quotes will resonate with different people depending where they are in their life journey. Please note that I did my best to make sure the quotes are accurate, however, I was not there with them so I can’t guarantee that this is what each person said. 😉

As I was reading different quotes, they all sounded so good, but I did not want just one huge list. That’s why they are divided into different categories. Not to say that theses are the only categories in life, but they are some of the common grounds I saw on many of these motivational quotes for life.

Make sure to read all of them to gain some insights. You can also use the menu below if you want to read a particular section first. Enjoy!

Dreams

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
– Harriet Tubman

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
– Walt Disney

“Dream up a vision so brave it makes all around you roll with laughter.”
– Robin Sharma

“Fill your brain with giant dreams so there is no space for petty pursuits.”
– Robin Sharma

“Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?” – Robin Sharma

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
– Les Brown

“Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you and not them. It’s your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!”
– Les Brown

“Dream big, start small, act now.” 
– Robin Sharma

“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
– Nelson Mandela

Gratitude

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.”
– Wayne Dyer

“I am thankful to all those who said no. It’s because of them, I did it myself.”
– Albert Einstein

““True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy”
– Louise Hay

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you” that would suffice.”
– Meister Eckhart

“Giving thanks for abundance is greater than the abundance itself.”
– Rumi

Opportunities

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

“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
– Bruce Lee

“If you believe it will work out , you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.”
– Wayne Dyer

“The activity you are most avoiding contains Your Biggest opportunity.”
– Robin Sharma

“Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it.”
–George Bernard Shaw

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”
– Napoleon Hill

Personal Development

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.Education”
– Jim Rohn

“The swiftest way to Triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.”
– Robin Sharma

“Personal development is not for broken people. It’s for people who want a better life”
–Dave Hollis

“Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals.”
– Brian Tracy

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
–Denis Waitley

“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”
– Robin Sharma

“The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily.” 
– Robin Sharma

Habits

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
– Jim Rohn

“If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!”
– Michael Jordan

“Your habits will determine your future.”
–Jack Canfield

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
– George Washington Carver

““We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle

Goals

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”
– Tony Robbins

“You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.”
– Les Brown

“What makes mastery is your guts to stay with your goal longer than the world says you should.” – Robin Sharma

“Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.”
– Brian Tracy

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.”
– Les Brown

“Goals help you channel your energy into action.”
– Les Brown

Failure

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
– Michael Jordan

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

““Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey

“If you want to grow and develop yourself, embrace failure. If you want to become the best at what you do, you’ve got to be willing to fail, again and again. And then finally, one day, you can fail your way to greatness.” 
– Les Brown

Fears

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
– Michael Jordan

“Most of the things we are afraid will happen never do. Something to think about.”
– Robin Sharma

“Fear only becomes powerful when you give it your power.”
– Robin Sharma

“The fears we don’t face become a limit.”
– Robin Sharma

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” –Les Brown

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear”
– Jack Canfield

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”
–Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”
–Marianne Williamson

“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” 

– Yoda

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
– Nelson Mandela

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
– Nelson Mandela

Change

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
–Wayne Dyer

“All Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and so gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma

“Why resist change when it’s the main source of your growth?”
– Robin Sharma

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” –Steve Jobs

“”Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
–Mahatma Gandhi

“If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
– Maya Angelou

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.”
–Les Brown

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
– Rumi

“One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself.”
–Nelson Mandela

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”
– Socrates

Life

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”
— Robin Sharma

“To be successful in business and life, spot the possibilities while others look for problem.” — Robin Sharma

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
– Dr. Seuss

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
–Albert Einstein

“This day is your life in miniature. Make it brilliant.”
— Robin Sharma

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
– Albert Einstein

“If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.”
– Oprah Winfrey

““Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“Nothing in life have any meaning except the meaning you give it.”
– Tony Robbins

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

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
– Les Brown

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Worrying

“Every minute spent worrying about ‘the way things were’ is a moment stolen from creating ‘the way things can be.”
– Robin Sharma

“Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.”
– Erma Bombeck

“A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.”
–– John Lubbock

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
– Buddha

“It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.”
– Wayne Dyer

“You’ll never change the world if you’re worried about being liked.” 
– Robin Sharma

Being Different

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out.”
– Dr. Seuss

“What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou

“Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.”
–Luna Lovegood

“Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.”
— Jodie Foster

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
– Coco Chanel

“The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique,”
– Walt Disney

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow on it.”
– Vincent van Gogh

“You are a unique beautiful soul”
– Louise Hay

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde

The Past

“Everybody’s got a Past. The past does not equal to future unless you live there.”
– Tony Robbins

“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
– Rick Warren

“Your past does not equal your future.”
– Tony Robbins

“Why allow a painful past to destroy your perfect future.”
– Robin Sharma

“The past has no power over the present moment.”
– Eckhart Tolle

“If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.”
– Les Brown

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
– Buddha

“You did then what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better.”
– Maya Angelou

“Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” – Robin Sharma

“Your current conditions are echoes of your past.”
– Robin Sharma

“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.”
– Frederick Douglass

Conclusion

We have within us the power for change our lives for the better. Everyday when we wake up, we can become a better version of ourselves.

Use these motivational quotes for life to uplift your mind. However, make sure that every day you are making changes that moves you closer to your goals and dreams.

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