Words have power 💫
The right quote can change your mindset, lift your energy, or remind you why you started.
Here’s a handpicked collection of 50 inspiring and true quotes about life, motivation, goals, focus and success.
Save your favorites, write them in your planner, or pin them on Pinterest to come back whenever you need motivation.
Inspiration Quotes about motivation and taking action
💫 “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
💫 “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe
💫 “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
Napoleon Hill
💫 “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
💫 “Well done is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin
💫 “A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
Karen Lamb
💫 “Dream big. Start small. Act now.”
Robin Sharma
💫 “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
Plato
💫 “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
William Butler Yeats
💫 “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”
John F. Kennedy
💫 “Action is eloquence.”
William Shakespeare
💫 “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Milton Berle
💫 “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”
Dale Carnegie
💫 “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
Tony Robbins
💫 “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.”
Thomas Carlyle
💫 “Act as if it were impossible to fail.”
Dorothea Brande
💫 “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”
Carl Jung
💫 “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Peter Drucker
💫 “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”
Robert Kiyosaki
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Inspiration Quotes about motivation and momentum
💫 “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Ryun
💫 “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
Sam Levenson
💫 “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
William James
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nelson Mandela
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.”
Olin Miller
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Walt Disney
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Pablo Picasso
“Do it now. Sometimes ‘later’ becomes ‘never.’”
Unknown
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.”
Bruce Lee
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.”
Ralph Marston
Inspiration Quotes about perseverance and consistency
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
Robert Collier
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
Mary Anne Radmacher
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
Japanese Proverb
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
Jimmy Johnson
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”
Peter Marshall
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
Sean Patrick Flanery
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving.”
Conrad Hilton
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.”
Jerry Dunn
Inspiration Quotes about courage and belief
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”
George Addair
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Wayne Gretzky
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
Nelson Mandela
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”
Babe Ruth
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
Suzy Kassem
“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
Unknown
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taking action is what turns dreams into reality.
Reading motivational quotes about action can give you that extra push — but real change starts the moment you decide to do something, even a small step.
Let these inspiring quotes remind you that progress doesn’t come from waiting for the perfect time. It comes from showing up, trying again, and moving forward every single day.
Whenever your motivation fades, come back to these daily motivation quotes. They’ll help you reconnect with your goals, regain clarity, and take action again.
Because in the end, the best way to move closer to your dreams is simply to start doing.
💡 Tip: Save your favorite quotes to take action on Pinterest or write them in your planner — so every day starts with focus, courage, and motivation.
