We’ve all seen quotes designed to motivate or inspire us. Well, according to a new study, people who post these ‘inspirational’ quotes also have lower levels of intelligence. However, Godinterest disagrees, and see’s some quotes as universal nuggets of wisdom. You know the ones – those quotes that give you “Aha!” moments of inspiration or meaningful insights into your personal and professional lives. These are the ones you want to print out and place on your fridge so you’ll see them every day.
This collection of inspirational quotes features some of the all-time classics you may know, as well as some lesser-known ones you’ll love too. If you have any quotes you would have added, feel free to share in the comments section!
- “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable.” – Denis Watley
- “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Stephen A. Brennan
- “Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” – Fitzhugh Dodson
- “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” – Diana Scharf Hunt
- “You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.” – Charles C. Noble
- “Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination, and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.” – Paul Meyer
- “The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” – Benjamin Mays
- “Progress has little to do with speed, but much to do with direction.” – Unknown
- “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Goals help focus you on areas in both your personal and professional life that are important and meaningful, rather than being guided by what other people want you to be, do, or accomplish.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.” – Brian Tracy
- “The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Horne, Lena
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William E. Channing
- “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” – Henry Ford
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.” – Vince Lombardi
- “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” E- Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
- “Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.” – Kenneth Hildebrand
- “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie
- “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
- “The surest way not to fail is to be determined to succeed.” – Richard B. Sheridan
- “A determined person will do more with a pen and paper than a lazy person will accomplish with a personal computer.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- “It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.” – John J. Watson
- “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
- “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Lorimer
- “We will either find a way or make one!” – Hannibal
- “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Unknown
- “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
