A bad day can sometimes be misinterpreted as having a bad life. But essentially that’s what it is: just a bad day. There’s many factors which may be contributing to your negative mood – you might feel stressed with work and in need of a long holiday somewhere hot, or maybe you feel like you’re stuck in the same routine and consequently you feel discouraged. But it’s not abnormal to feel this way, in fact most people will at some point in their lives.
This list of inspiring quotes will hopefully give you the motivation you need to pick yourself back up and work towards your life goals.
1. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – J.K. Rowling
2. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
3. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
4. “If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” – Emma Watson
5. “If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.” – Leonardo Dicaprio
6. “Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” – Kevin Kruse
7. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.” – Albert Einstein
8. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney
9. “As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.” – Andy Warhol
10. “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – John Lennon
11. “You’ve got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.” – Iyanla Vanzant
12. “Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
13. “Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” – Robert Bresson
14. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford
15. “Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.” – Tony Robbins
16. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot
17. “If you don’t throw yourself into something, you’ll never know what you could have had.” – Amy Winehouse
18. “Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.” – Whitney Houston
19. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
20. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi
21. “There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher Morley
22. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
23. “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
24. “You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.” – Robert Anthony
25. “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” – Theodore Roosevelt
26. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers”
27. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Tim Ferriss
28. “To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
29. “Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar
30. “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.” – Winston Churchill
31. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
32. “Someday is not a day of the week.” – Denise Brennan-Nelson
33. “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”- Arthur Christopher Benson
34. “There are no short cuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
35. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
36. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
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