“Lost time is never found again.”
Benjamin Franklin
TimeDiscipline
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · MOTIVATIONAL
Motivational Quotes
Read 200 of the best motivational quotes on success, courage, hard work and never giving up from Swami Vivekananda, Emerson, Thoreau and more.
“Well done is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin
ActionResults
“There are no gains without pains.”
Benjamin Franklin
Hard WorkEffort
“One to-day is worth two to-morrows.”
Benjamin Franklin
TodayProcrastination
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
Benjamin Franklin
PatienceSuccess
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
PeaceSelf-Belief
“Insist on yourself; never imitate.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
IndividualityConfidence
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
GreatnessCriticism
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
CouragePerseverance
“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
FearCourage
“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
AmbitionDreams
“We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.”
Samuel Smiles
FailureWisdom
“He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”
Samuel Smiles
MistakesDiscovery
“The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.”
Samuel Smiles
Self-HelpGrowth
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
Florence Nightingale
SuccessDiscipline
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.”
Leonardo da Vinci
ActionMind
“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.”
Leonardo da Vinci
ObstaclesDetermination
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ActionKnowledge
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
Henry David Thoreau
FocusSimplicity
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
Henry David Thoreau
PurposeHard Work
“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.”
Henry David Thoreau
Self-BeliefDestiny
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
Helen Keller
OptimismDiscovery
“Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.”
Booker T. Washington
ResponsibilityTrust
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt
DreamsBalance
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”
Theodore Roosevelt
MistakesAction