100+ Famous Motivational Quotes:

This page contains a large list of famous motivational quotes that are ideal to use for classroom bulletin board displays, teachers' lounges, Facebook posts, Pinterest, teacher's blogs, and school newsletters.

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Below you will find 110 famous motivational quotes.
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For your convenience, my list of motivational quotes is in alphabetical order.

On this page, you will find more than 100 Famous Motivational Quotes. For some of the quotes on this page, I have designed a one page printable poster that you can download for free.

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"Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it."

~ Lou Holtz

"A great attitude becomes a great day, which becomes a great month, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life."

~ Mandy Hale

"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them."

~ Walt Disney

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"All things are difficult before they are easy."

~ Thomas Fuller

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"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

~ Judy Garland

"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

~ William Faulkner

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William Faulkner

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"Always remember:
You're braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think."

~ A.A. Milne
Christopher Robin to Pooh

Always remember you're braver than you believe. A.A. Milne Christopher Robin quote

"A man is but of product of his thought.
What he thinks he becomes."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

"And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!"

~ Dr. Seuss

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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

~ Albert Einstein

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"A person will only leave their comfort zone once they decide that magic and adventure outweigh complete certainty and security."

~ Doe Zantamata

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

~ Duke Ellington

"A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are built for."

~ John A. Shedd

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

~ Patricia Neal

"Beautiful pictures are developed from negatives in a dark room. So if you see darkness in your life be reassured that a beautiful picture is being prepared."

~ Author Unknown

"BE YOU:
BE-LIEVE IN
YOU-RSELF"

~ Heidi McDonald

Be You - Motivational Quotes for Students

"Change brings opportunity."

~ Nibo Qubein

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

~ Vince Lombardi

"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."

~ Ruth Gordon

"Don't be afraid to be amazing."

~ Joseph Joubert.

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."

~ Dale Carnegie

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

~ Dr. Seuss

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"Don't give up. I believe in you all.
A person's a person no matter how small."

~ Dr. Seuss

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A person's a person
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A person's a person
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"Don't let your fear of what could happen make nothing happen."

~ Doe Zantamata

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."

~ Ralph Marston

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."

~ Paul Brandt

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Paul Brandt

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"Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?"

~ Jimmy Johnson

"Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them."

~ Josie Bisset

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Josie Bisset

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"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

~ Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

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"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

~ Harriet Tubman
1820 - 1913

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"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

~ Anne Frank

"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude."

~ Ralph Marston

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

~ Theodore Roosevelt

"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way."

~ Native American proverb

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

~ Michael Jordan

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."

~ Jimmy Dean

"If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

~ A. A. Milne
Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh

"If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too."

~ Dr. Seuss

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

~ Thomas Edison

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

~ Walt Disney

"If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

~ William Ward

"If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. The world needs more of that."

~ Author Unknown

If you have the power to make someone happy - Motivational Quote

"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up."

~ Author Unknown

"If you think you can do a thing, or think you can't do a thing; you're right."

~ Henry Ford

"If you try to do your best there is no failure."

~ Mike Farrell

"If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best."

~ Neale Donald Walsch

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

~ Thomas A. Edison

"I hope when you count the stars you begin with yourself, and may you embrace the moonlight with your dreams."

~ Dodinsky

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionaries of fools!"

~ Napolean Bonaparte

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

~ Albert Einstein

"In order to be big, you have to think big.
If you think small, you're going to be small."

~ Emeril Lagasse

"In your dreams, anything is possible. It's time to wake up and start dreaming."

~ Doe Zantamata

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

~ Confucius

"It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do."

~ Author Unknown

"It's time to break out of your shell and show the world who you really are and what you're really made of! Live your dreams!"

~ Doe Zantamata

"I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end."

~ Larry Bird

"I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true."

~ Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it."

~ Winston Churchill

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

~ Neale Donald Walsch

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Neale Donald Walsch

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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

~ Anais Nin

"Life's problems wouldn't be called hurdles if there wasn't a way to get over them."

~ Author Unknown

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"Little by little one walks far."

~ Peruvian Proverb

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"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

~ Babe Ruth

"Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity."

~ Tim Ferriss

"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets."

~ Nibo Qubein

"Nothing is overly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

~ Henry Ford

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

~ Guillaume Apollinaire

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

~ T. S. Eliot

"Only you can control your future."

~ Dr. Seuss

"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

~ Samuel Johnson

"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."

~ Pamela Vaull Starr

"Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anybody else."

~ Unknown

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss,
you will land among the stars."

~ Les Brown

"So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's a great balancing act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains."

~ Dr. Seuss
Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Success =
See your goal.
Understand the obstacles.
Create a positive mental picture.
Clear your mind of doubt.
Embrace the challenge.
Stay on task.
Show the world you can do it.

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"Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers."

~ Magic Johnson

"Tears are like rain. They loosen up our soil so we can grow in different directions."

~ Virginia Casey

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

~ Neil Armstrong

"The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle."

~ Author Unknown

"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."

~ Author Unknown

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

~ Michelangelo

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

~ Oprah Winfrey

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."

~ Muhammad Ali

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

~ Helen Keller

"There are no footsteps to follow on your own path ... but that's where the fun and adventure live."

~ Doe Zantamata

"There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs."

~ Author Unknown

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"There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps."

~ Peter A. Cohen

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."

~ Mark Twain

"The shell must break before the bird can fly."

~ Alfred Tennyson

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

~ Walt Disney

"They are able because they think they are able."

~ Vergil

"To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first."

~ William Shakespeare

"Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered."

~ Dr. Seuss

"Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way."

~ Dr. Seuss

"Try and fail, but don't fail to try."

~ Stephen Kaggwa

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

~ Mark Twain

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

~ Ron Osborn

"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?"

~ Robert Schuller

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

~ Alexander Graham Bell

"When you think things are bad,
when you feel sour and blue,
when you start to get mad...
you should do what I do!
Just tell yourself, Duckie,
you're really quite lucky!
Some people are much more...
oh, ever so much more...
oh, muchly much-much more
unlucky than you!"

~ Dr. Seuss
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability."

~ Zig Ziglar

"You can do it if you believe you can."

~ Napoleon Hill

"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with."

~ Wayne Dyer

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose."

~ Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go!

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

~ Mary Pickford

"You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible."

~ Deepak Chopra

"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so... get on your way!"

~ Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss Quote - You're off to Great Places!

"Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds."

~ Author Unknown

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

~ Nibo Qubein

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100+ Famous Motivational Quotes:

Below you will find 110 famous motivational quotes.
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100+ Famous Motivational Quotes:

Below you will find 110 famous motivational quotes. There are 15 FREE posters to download on this page.

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