1. “Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” — William Ellery Channing
2. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
3. “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” — William Blake
4. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
5. “I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers.” And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.” — Sylvester Stallone
6. “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” — William James
7. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
8. “Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.” — Arthur Helps
9. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” — Muhammad Ali
10. “Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when you’re done.” — David Goggins
11. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” — Oprah Winfrey
12. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — Malala Yousafzai
13. “People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.” — Carrie Ann Moss
14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill
15. “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” — Michelle Obama
16. “Spread love everywhere you go.” — Mother Teresa
17. “Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on.” — Lady Gaga
18. “If you make your internal life a priority, then everything else you need on the outside will be given to you, and it will be extremely clear what the next step is.” — Gabrielle Bernstein
19. “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.” — Mandy Hale
20. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society
21. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
23. “I’m going to be gone one day, and I have to accept that tomorrow isn’t promised. Am I OK with how I’m living today? It’s the only thing I can help. If I didn’t have another one, what have I done with all my todays? Am I doing a good job?” — Hayley Williams
24. “I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House
25. “Belief creates the actual fact.” — William James
26. “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” — Ava DuVernay
27. “You can be everything. You can be the infinite amount of things that people are.” — Kesha
28. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle
29. “Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness.” — Marie Forleo
30. “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
31. “Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment.” — Marianne Cantwell
32. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” — Ella Fitzgerald
33. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
34. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
35. “Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance.” — Morgan Freeman
36. “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
37. “All you need is the plan, the road map and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale
38. “I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion.” — Pink
39. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” — Roald Dahl
40. “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou
41. “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
42. “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.” — Ellen DeGeneres
43. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
44. “Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
45. “Nobody is built like you; you design yourself.” — Jay-Z
46. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
47. “I tell myself, ‘You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete and mother I am today.”‘ — Serena Williams
48. “Live your beliefs, and you can turn the world around.” — Henry David Thoreau
49. “Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures.” — Joelle Speranza
50. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
51. “Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.” — Beyoncé
52. “There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a f—k.” — Amy Schumer
53. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” — Carol Burnett
54. “When it comes to luck, you make your own.” — Bruce Springsteen
55. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!” — Dolly Parton
56. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks
57. “The moral of my story is the Sun always comes out after the storm. Being optimistic and surrounding yourself with positive, loving people is, for me, living life on the sunny side of the street.” — Janice Dean
58. “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” — Dr. Henry Link
59. “Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process.” — Naomi Osaka
66. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” — Zig Ziglar
61. “I’ve noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I’m grateful in the end.” — Colleen Hoover
62. “Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t and then feel entitled.” — Mindy Kaling
63. “We’ve been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can’t put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right?” — Jennifer Lopez
64. “When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find peace of mind is waiting there.” — George Harrison
65. “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
66.”We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.” — Amy Dickinson
67. “I’m realizing how much I’ve diminished my own power. I’m not doing that no more.” — Alicia Keys
68. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
69. “I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving.” — Tina Turner
70. “How wild it was, to let it be.” — Cheryl Strayed
71. “The simple act of listening to someone and making them feel as if they have truly been heard is a most treasured gift.” — L. A. Villafane
72. “You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” — Amy Poehler
73. “Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid.” — Joan Jett
74. “We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up.” — Awkwafina
75. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
76. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
77. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” — Camilla Eyring Kimball
78. “We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, [it’s] the choices we make after.” — Elizabeth Smart
79. “When we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly.” — Annicken R. Day
80. “You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances and certainly not by your race or gender.” — Mariah Carey
81. “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” — Toni Morrison
82. “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” — Deepak Chopra
83. “Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.” — Eckhart Tolle
84. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” — Vince Lombardi
85. “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” — Madonna
86. “We have to let go of who we think we should be and embrace what is.” — Achea Redd
87. “If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.” — Bear Bryant
88. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” — Sir Francis Bacon
89. “I don’t look ahead. I’m right here with you. It’s a good way to be.” — Danny DeVito
90. “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” — Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa
91. “I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential.” — Nicki Minaj
92. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore
93. “Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.” — Aretha Franklin
94. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” —Helen Keller
95. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha
96. “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” — John Muir
97. “I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened…it’s normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please.” — Taylor Swift
98. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” — Muhammad Ali
99. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
100. “At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.” — Dr. Phil
101. “We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We’ve gotta listen more and talk less. We’ve gotta know that this is everybody’s responsibility.” — Meghan Rapinoe
102. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr.
103. “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
104. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” — Warren Buffet
105. “The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
106. “Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness.” — Selena Gomez
107. “Let love rule.” — Lenny Kravitz
108. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then, do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi
109. “Put your heart, mind and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret to success.” — Swami Sivananda
110. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” — Ronald Reagan
111. “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” — Arthur C. Clarke
112. “Shoot for the Moon, and if you miss, you will still be among the stars.” — Les Brown
113. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” — Thomas Edison
114. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai
115. “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon…must inevitably come to pass!” — Paul J. Meyer
116. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” — Mary Kay Ash
117. “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” — Neil Armstrong
118. “You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box.” — Duchess Meghan
119. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” — Jack Dempsey
120. “Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.” — Edward Young
121. “From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.” — Aeschylus
