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20 Best Quotes To Motivate You To Have a Great Day

ByTodd Rowley

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We’ve all had those lethargic rainy days when we can’t seem to muster up the motivation to go to the gym, work on our latest project, or even just doing household chores.

Perhaps we need to remember why we started and what our end goal is. Or we just need to soak up the inspirational encouragement from people throughout history as they’ve battled and overcome obstacles. Here are the top 20 quotes to pump you up with motivation for your next goal.

Always Try One More Time

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“​​Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas Edison

Get out of Your Comfort Zone

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“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― Christopher Columbus

You Either Win Or You Learn

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“I never lose. Either I win or learn.” ― Nelson Mandela

Motivational Quote From Dune

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune 

It Starts With Small Steps

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“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects

Get Comfortable With Failing

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

Create Your Future

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

Believe In Yourself

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“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Be Your True Self

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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ― Herman Melville

Venture Into the Impossible

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“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ― Arthur C. Clarke 

Do It Imperfectly

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“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” ― Robert Schuller

Focus on Helping Others

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“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking: “What’s in it for me?”” ― Brian Tracy

See Opportunities Everywhere

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“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston Churchill

Pave a New Road

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“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” ― Dolly Parton

Believe It and You’ll Achieve It

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“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ― Napoleon Hill

Failure Is Only the Beginning

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“You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end.” ― Jessica Herrin

Get Up and Try Again

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“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ― Vince Lombardi

Mindset Is Key

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“If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” ― Wayne Dyer

Let Yourself Grow Anew

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“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” ― Christine Caine

Focus On the Positive

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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine―and shadows will fall behind you.” ― Walt Whitman

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Todd Rowley is a copywriter and content writer. He’s an unabashed introvert, an only child with a curious spirit, and a lover of the Oxford comma. Originally educated as a Child and Youth Worker – spending more than 25 years in the field – he also dabbled in Religious Education and Communications Studies. After leaving social services in search of new adventures, Todd fulfilled a childhood dream by going on the road as a truck driver for a couple of years before settling down and focusing on his career as a writer. Todd writes from southern Ontario, Canada, where he resides with his wife, Susan. Discover more about Todd and his work at www.ToddRowley.com.