“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
William Shakespeare
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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.
“All things are ready, if our minds be so.”
William Shakespeare
MindsetReadiness
“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
TodayTime
“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
TalentCharacter
“When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
Confucius
Self-ImprovementInspiration
“I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one.”
Confucius
PreparationSelf-Improvement
“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
Confucius
LearningThinking
“He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.”
Lao Tzu
Self-ControlStrength
“He who is satisfied with his lot is rich; he who goes on acting with energy has a firm will.”
Lao Tzu
ContentmentWillpower
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
Seneca
Self-ControlPower
“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”
Seneca
ProcrastinationTime
“It is difficulties which show what men are.”
Epictetus
AdversityCharacter
“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.”
Epictetus
MindsetPeace
“Very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.”
Marcus Aurelius
HappinessSimplicity
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
Marcus Aurelius
Self-BeliefGoodness
“As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
MindDiscipline
“Perform action, O Dhananjaya, dwelling in union with the divine, renouncing attachments, and balanced evenly in success and failure: equilibrium is called yoga.”
Bhagavad Gita
BalanceAction
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
BeginningsFinishing
“Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hard TimesHope
“Ring out the old, ring in the new.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
New BeginningsChange
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”
Rudyard Kipling
CalmStrength
“If you can dream - and not make dreams your master.”
Rudyard Kipling
DreamsBalance
“Slow but steady wins the race.”
Aesop
PatiencePerseverance
“Little by little does the trick.”
Aesop
Small StepsPersistence
“The gods help them that help themselves.”
Aesop
Self-HelpAction