40 Motivational Quotes To Kick Start Your Day

 

Waking up in the morning with the prospect of going to work isn’t always the most inspiring start to the day, nor is it the motivation you need to prize yourself out of your cosy bed and prepare for the day ahead.

Here at Sleepy People we believe that waking up positively and being ready to tackle the day can help in making you to feel more energised and empowered, as well as being more productive throughout your work.

One of the best ways to start your day as you sit down with your bowl of cereal is to seek inspiration for the coming day which is why we have put together a list of some of our favourite motivational quotes to start the day with.

So ditch the morning blues for good and wake up optimistically with one of these enlightening quotes!

 

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

-George Eliot

 

“Someday is not a day of the week.”

-Denise Brennan-Nelson

 

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.”

-William Wallace

 

“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.”

-Henry James

 

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

-Elbert Hubbard

 

“All our dreams can come true–if we have the courage to pursue them.”

-Walt Disney

 

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

-Lao Tzu

 

“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”

-Mario Andretti

 

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

 -Judy Garland

 

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”

-Robert Frost

 

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

-Steve Jobs 

 

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“If you think you can do it, or you think you can’t do it, you are right.”

Henry Ford

 

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.”

-Washington Irving

 

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
-Jimmy Johnson

 

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

-Billie Jean King

 

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

-John Lennon

 

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

-Joshua J. Marine

 

“The best dreams happen when you’re awake.”

-Cherie Gilderbloom

 

“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”

-Muhammad Ali

 

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”

-Jack Canfield

 

“Once you choose hope anything is possible.”

-Christopher Reeve

 

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”

-Seneca

 

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece.”

-John Wooden 

 

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

-Oscar Wilde 

 

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”

-John Muir

 

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

-Gandhi

 

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.”

-Denis Waitley

 

“Dream big and dare to fail.”

-Norman Vaughan

 

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”

-Pablo Picasso

 

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”

-Jamie Paolinetti

 

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”

-Grandma Moses

 

“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”

-Tim Ferriss

 

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”

-Farrah Gray

 

“Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.”

-Dalai Lama

 

“Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.”

-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

-Vincent van Gogh

 

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

-Alan Kay

 

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

-Napoleon Hill

 

“An obstacle is often a stepping stone.”

-William Prescott