Top 282 Motivational Quotes & Sayings

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

One day, I got so disgusted that I sat down and wrote a list called 'Justin's list of things to do before he kicks the bucket.' I wrote it for myself and shortened it to 'Justin's Bucket List.' It was there on the wall, not as a story idea but as a motivational tool for myself, which actually ended up working pretty well.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

People say 'dream big,' that's kind of one of those motivational sayings, but I would dream hard, meaning I just wanted it so badly, I could feel it.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

If you think you can do it, you can.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Who seeks shall find.

You will never win if you never begin.

Leap, and the net will appear.

One finds limits by pushing them.

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I have given motivational speeches at IIT and other well-known establishments. I want to appeal to the people, and therefore, I talk from the heart.

I am not afraid... I was born to do this.

Wherever you are - be all there.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

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

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Before I play matches I'm always switching myself on. That's why I have that walk-on music - Two Steps From Hell - they produce really good motivational gladiator-style music. As soon as that music comes on I'm switched on and I'm ready for a brawl!

I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.

I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.

Don't think, just do.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

Never give in and never give up.

I want to build a legacy at the WWE, but I definitely want to continue to grow the Bella Empire. I want it to go beyond the ring. I would love to be a motivational speaker.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

The people that are feeding you the information on things that I like - love life, believe in yourself, be motivational, give your time to things and meditate - they're all older people who are well into their 50s and have had careers, and for me, at this point, I'm the young ambassador for this whole lifestyle of making your mentality a reality.

I find that as an athlete, we don't get to speak our mind often or share our hearts. So I chose motivational speaking to help make a difference.

I can, therefore I am.