Motivational Quotes to Boost Your Confidence Every Day

“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“Be a positive energy trampoline—absorb what you need and rebound more back.”

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.”

“Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.”

“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.”

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

“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.”

“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

“Every Friday, I like to high-five myself for getting through another week on little more than caffeine, willpower, and inappropriate humor.”

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”

“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”

“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.”

“Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

“I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.”

“I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.”

“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

“If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.”

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”

“If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.”

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

“If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.”

“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest.”

“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”

“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.”

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”

“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.”

“Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”

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

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”

“Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.”

“Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of, knowing that you just didn’t put in time to the next paycheck.”

“Mondays offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”

“Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.”

“Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.”

“One man with courage makes a majority.”

“One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.”

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.”

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

“Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.”

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”

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

“Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.”

“Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself.”

“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“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.”

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”

“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.”

“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.”

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.”

“The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you, and you don’t have to listen.”

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”

“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.”

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

“To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.”

“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.”

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.”

“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”

“We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do.”

“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”

“When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.”

“When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.”

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”

“When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out.”

“When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break.”

“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.”

“Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.”

“Women must learn to play the game as men do.”

“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

“You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin.”

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier, and healthier life.”

“You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.”

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”