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Motivational Quotes for Life's Struggles: Strengthening Your Mind and Spirit

Simple English Quotes to Inspire You to Keep Going, No Matter the Challenge

By IMONPublished about a year ago 3 min read

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."

Albert Schweitzer

(Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success.)

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

Steve Jobs

(The only way to do great work is to love what you do.)

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

Theodore Roosevelt

(Believe you can, and you're halfway there.)

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

Confucius

(It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop.)

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

C.S. Lewis

(You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.)

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Eleanor Roosevelt

(The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.)

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

C.S. Lewis

(Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary future.)

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

(What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small matters compared to what lies within us.)

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."

William Butler Yeats

(Don’t wait for the iron to be hot, but make it hot by striking.)

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

Peter Drucker

(The best way to predict the future is to create it.)

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."

Suzy Kassem

(Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever can.)

"Everything you can imagine is real."

Pablo Picasso

(Everything you can imagine is real.)

"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up."

Vince Lombardi

(It’s not about whether you fall down; it’s about whether you get back up.)

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

Charles R. Swindoll

(Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it.)

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."

Wayne Gretzky

(You miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take.)

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi

(You must be the change you want to see in the world.)

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

Nelson Mandela

(It always seems impossible until it’s done.)

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."

Robert Collier

(Success is the result of small efforts, repeated every day.)

"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."

Jim Rohn

(Your life does not improve by chance, it improves by change.)

"It’s never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot

(It’s never too late to be what you could have been.)

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

Henry Ford

(Failure is just the chance to start again, this time more wisely.)

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(The only limit to our future is our doubts about today.)

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

Zig Ziglar

(You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.)

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Joshua Marine

(Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.)

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

Albert Einstein

(In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity.)

"Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently."

Marie Forleo

(Success comes not from what you do occasionally, but from what you do consistently.)

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

Lao Tzu

(A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.)

"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

Sam Levenson

(Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep moving forward.)

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

Albert Einstein

(A person who never made a mistake never tried something new.)

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain."

Vivian Greene

(Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.)

These quotes can inspire and motivate you to keep pushing forward and face challenges with courage and strength. Life may not always be easy, but it is always worth fighting for.

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  • Alex H Mittelman about a year ago

    Good motivational quotes! Great job! 😃

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