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32 Motivating Quotes That Will Catapult You Out Of Your Slump

Because we all need that extra little push sometimes. 
Heidi Priebe
June 30, 2016
“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.”
— Nora Roberts, Dark Witch
Tagged: Happiness, Work, Taking Risks
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
— Lemony Snicket, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Ersatz Elevator
Tagged: Waiting, Taking Action, motivation, Self-Direction
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”
— Alfred A. Montapert, No Title
Tagged: Problems, Challenges, Rising To Challenges, Change, Overcoming Obstacles, motivation
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
— Jack London, No Title
Tagged: inspiration, Creativity, Work, Concentration, motivation
“Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”
— Carlos Castaneda, No Title
Tagged: strength, character, perseverance, Self-Development, Self-Direction, motivation, Inspirational
“Find out who you are and then do it on purpose.”
— Dolly Parton, No Title
Tagged: character, Self-Development, Self-Direction, Finding Yourself, Self-awareness
“If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great.”
— Tom Hanks, A League Of Their Own
Tagged: inspiration, motivation, Hard Work, Work, Change, Growth, Personal Development, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenges, Challenging Yourself
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
— James A. Michener, No Title
Tagged: perseverance, character, Failure, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenges
“I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never make it at all.”
— Brian Tracy, No Title
Tagged: Success, Successful People, Motivational, motivation, Self-Direction, Self-improvement, Decisions, Independence
“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.”
— Evelyn Waugh, No Title
Tagged: Limitations, Self-Direction, Self-Pity, Personal Growth, Motivational, Self-awareness, Self-Development
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Tagged: Choices, Self-Direction, Abilities, character
“Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.”
— Jake, Adventure Time
Tagged: motivation, adventure time
“You ruin your life by tolerating it. At the end of the day you should be excited to be alive. When you settle for anything less than what you innately desire, you destroy the possibility that lives inside of you, and in that way you cheat both yourself and the world of your potential.”
— Bianca Sparacino, How To Ruin Your Life (Without Even Noticing That You Are)
Tagged: Life, Happiness, Reality, Inspirational, Self-improvement, Living Fully, Growing
“'Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.””
— Paulo Coelho, By The River Pedra I Sat Down And Wept
Tagged: Dreams, Idealism, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenge, Rising To Challenges, Working Hard, Working
“The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
Tagged: Time, Commitment, motivation, Empowering
“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Fate, Destiny, Empowering, Self-Direction
“Stop wallowing and remember: the more decisions you make, the more your life is your own.”
— Alina Simone, Note to Self
Tagged: Wallowing, Self-Pity, Decisiveness, Autonomy, Self-Direction, Personal Growth
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say No to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger Yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.”
— Stephen R Covey, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
Tagged: Priorities, Self-Direction, Making Decisions, Staying Focused, Determination
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
— Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho
Tagged: Success, Failure, Dreams, Motivational
“It does not count if you believe in yourself when it's easy to believe in yourself. 

It counts when it's hard to believe in yourself, when it looks like the world's going to end and you've still got a long way to go.

That's when it counts. ”
— Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
Tagged: Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, Change, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenges, Rising To Challenges, Motivating
“The good news is, this wouldn't be the first time someone's crawled,tooth and nail, out of hell.”
— Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
Tagged: Suffering, Pain, Overcoming, Overcoming Obstacles, Rising To Challenges, Perserverance, Self-Direction
“If you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”
— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
Tagged: Problems, Complaining, Solving Problems, Overcoming Obstacles
“It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”
— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
Tagged: Failure, perseverance, strength, Moving Forward
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
Tagged: ENFP, ENTP, Change, Revolutionary, Self-Direction
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
— Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)
Tagged: Change, Life, Creating Change, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
Tagged: Confidence, Action, Motivational
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, The Truth, and Being Free
Tagged: Change, Power, Control, Self-Direction, Inspirational
“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free: Anniversary Edition
Tagged: Action, Taking Action, Self-Direction, Fate
“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, The Truth, and Being Free
Tagged: Mindset, Perspective, Change