64 Monday Motivation Quotes to Start the Week Right

What is it about people who like Monday? You know the type—you see them with their plastered-on smiles, their peppy outlook, and their finished to-do lists. I envy these people, mainly because I’m not one of them.

For years, I would try to replicate their love for Mondays. I’d wake up early, greet the day, and echo my affirmation statements while I sipped my morning protein shake. My life looked like the perfect Instagram post to the naked eye, but I promise you, my Monday motivation mornings were highly filtered.

I hated the beginning of the week, and no amount of coffee could force me to change my mind about this heinous day. I still hit my alarm clock multiple times and shout at the world while I drag myself out of bed on Mondays. But I’ve learned how to survive these manic mornings. And it has nothing to do with forcing a smile or faking my love for a day that I hate.

If you’re tired of feeling like Monday is a drag, you’re not alone.^[1] But there is hope for you. If you’re willing to change your morning routine and start your day differently, you might just learn to love the start of each week—or at least tolerate the Monday blues without shouting at the barista.

So, what’s the secret? Pick out ten quotes each week and post them everywhere. Here are 64 Monday motivation quotes to get you started.

Quotes That Help You Be Positive

1. “Mondays are the start of the workweek, which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”—David Dweck

2. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”—Jim Ryun

3. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love…”—Marcus Aurelius

4. “Morning is an important time of day because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.”—Lemony Snicket

5. “Each morning when I open my eyes, I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead; tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”—Groucho Marx

6. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”—Jim Rohn

7. “Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”—Albert Einstein

8. “Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.”—Zig Ziglar

9. “I was thinking one day and I realized that if I just had somebody behind me all the way to motivate me I could make a big difference. Nobody came along like that so I just became that person for myself.”—Unknown

10. “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”—Richard Branson

11. “A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it’s built for.”—Albert Einstein

12. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”—Bruce Lee

13. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”—Mark Twain

14. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”—Abraham Lincoln

15. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”—Florence Nightingale

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17. “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”—David Allen

18. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”—Charles F. Kettering

19. “Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.”—Brian Tracy

20. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”—Tony Robbins

21. “The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are…and making peace with it.”—Laurell K. Hamilton

22. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”—Thomas Jefferson

23. “I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.”—Rob Lowe

24. “True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have the courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.”—Rita Ora

25. “I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.”—Donald Miller

Quotes That Motivate You in Business

26. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.”—Napoleon Hill

27. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”—Brian Littrell

28. “It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”—Bruce Lee

29. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 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

30. “Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much.”—Joan Collins

31. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”—Stephen King

32. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”—Mark Twain

33. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”—Abraham Lincoln

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35. “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”—Peter Drucker

36. “One finds limits by pushing them.” – Herbert Simon

37. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes, then learn how to do it later!”—Richard Branson

38. “Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?”—Brian Tracy

39. “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”—Reid Hoffman

40. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”—Zig Ziglar

41. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”—Bill Gates

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

43. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”—Vince Lombardi

44. “You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”—Warren Buffett

45. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”—Coco Chanel

46. “Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.”—Oprah Winfrey

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48. “If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.”—Peter Drucker

49. “We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.”—Barack Obama

50. “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”—Mark Twain

Quotes That Help You Embrace Mondays

51. “If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.”—David Cottrell

52. “This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?” —Zig Ziglar

53. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”—Eleanor Roosevelt

54. “All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.”—Walt Disney

55. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”—Alan Kay

56. “Hey, I know it’s Monday, but it’s also a new day, a new week, and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.”—Michael Ealy

57. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”—Dolly Parton

58. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”—Will Durant

59. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”—Dalai Lama

60. “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”—Henry Ward Beecher

61. “Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”—Dale Carnegie

62. “Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.”—Ralph Marston

63. “I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”—Groucho Marx

64. “As scary as change can be and as much as I might resist it, there’s always some unknown gift that comes out of it. I really never thought you could begin again. You can.”—Debra Messing

Final Thoughts

It’s not easy to roll out of bed, feel motivated, and ready to face Monday morning. But it is possible to embrace the beginning of each week with a refreshed perspective. Start by shifting your mindset and writing five to ten quotes that remind you to be positive, reach for higher goals in your business, and find moments of gratefulness each week.

You have all the tools that you need. Now, put these 64 Monday motivation quotes into action and find ways to embrace Monday mornings.