How to Find Inspiration to Jump-Start Your Day [Quotes]
Sometimes we need to find a little inspiration to get focused for the day. People like you and I can find inspiration in the wise words of others. I often use quotes to help set my intention for the day. Reviewing an inspirational quote or two helps me to adjust my mindset and to bring clarity of purpose to my day.
If you like the idea of reviewing a quote to set your intention for the day, read through the inspirational quotes below, jot one in your journal, and jump-start your day!
Enjoy!
“Things don’t get better until you get better.” — Jim Rohn
“Nothing happens until someone sells something.” — Arthur “Red” Motley, former publisher of Parade Magazine
“People forget years and remember moments.” — Ann Beattie
“A finite mindset has a finite lifespan.” — Simon Sinek
“We meet no ordinary people in our lives.” — CS Lewis
“A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.” — Alistair Cooke
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” — Dale Carnegie
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desire to reach their potential.” — John Maxwell
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” — Vince Lombardi
“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspired the power and energy to get it done.” — Ralph Lauren
“The only honest measure of your success is what you are doing compared with your potential.” — Paul J. Meyer
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” — Wilma Rudolph
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” — Dr. Martin Luther King
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Dr. Martin Luther King
“Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” — William Shakespeare
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“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” —William Faulkner
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” — Michael Porter
“Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.” — Carl Sandburg
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” — Alexander Graham Bell
“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.” — Alexander Hamilton
“Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can’t buy more hours, scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.” — Denis Waitley
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work.” — Thomas J. Watson
“I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.” — Harvey Firestone
“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” — Charles Schwab
“Words are but the signs of ideas.” — Samuel Johnson
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” — Henry J. Kaiser
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we’re living our fears.” — Les Brown
“The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus.” — Bruce Lee
“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” — Bruce Lee
“How long should you try? Until.” — Jim Rohn
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion become your reality.” — Les Brown
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.” — Jean de La Fontaine
Well, what did you find? Which quote spoke to you today? How can you use it to set your intention for the day? Leave a comment and let me know!
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Make it a great day!
