Quotes for Self-Motivation

People choose different types of self-motivating quotes to empower themselves and to give themselves that much needed inspiration and enthusiasm to meet targets and achieve goals. While some choose to focus on inspirational and religious quotes, others prefer to listen to quotes that solely deal with business success. The important thing however is to choose those quotes that make a difference to you.

Here are some quotes that work as self-motivation:

• "Build upon strengths, and weaknesses will gradually take care of themselves." - Joyce C. Lock
• "Things will happen in your life that you can’t stop, but that’s no reason to shut out the world. There’s a purpose for the good and for the bad" – Walter Sparrow, Now and Then.
• "People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success." - Norman Vincent Peale
• "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."- Henry David Thoreau
• "If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."- David Viscott.
• "Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning."- Winston Churchill
• "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• "The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber."- William Mather Lewis.
• "Courage is about doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared" – Eddie Rickenbacker.
• "One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go." – Sheila Murray Bethel.
• "For every person who doubts you, tells you you will fail, try twice as hard to prove them wrong." – Anonymous.
• "Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish." – Cecile Springer.
• Don’t’ let the low times keep you down. Learn from them and reach for the high times." – David Wiemers.
• "Being committed to some goal in your life – a sense of having a mission, a purpose, even a calling – is a very motivating, very comforting thing. Some people’s mission steps up to greet them, others have to hunt theirs down." – Anonymous.
• "Square your shoulders to the world, be not the kind to quit; It’s not the load that weighs your down but the way you carry it." – Anonymous.
• "Accept everything about yourself. I mean everything. You are you, and that is the beginning and the end; No apologies, no regrets." – Clark Montanas.
• "If you believe in yourself, things are possible." – Shannon Macmillan.
• "The biggest mistake you can make is continually fearing you will make one." – Anonymous.
• "If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen." – Chuck Norris.