It had been a drab day. You dropped your lunch, flunked a quiz, and your best friend got mad at you. Everyone has their bad days, and today was yours.
It’s totally fine to have bad days. I have them, you have them, that kid across the street has them, even that evil aunt of yours has them. But the worst part about having a bad day is not being able to recuperate from it. Sometimes, just sometimes, all you need a little motivation.
Well, here I am! I usually do this in person, but because I won’t be able to listen to you all personally, here are 15 of my favorite quotes that get me going and motivate me to work. I hope you enjoy them!
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”
Kevyn Aucoin
”I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy… I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”
“Set small goals for yourself and meet them. You are responsible to take care of yourself. You should be your priority!”
“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you”
“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
Mary Kay Ash
“When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past?”
Robert Half
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
Lou Holtz
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”
Michael Jordan
“You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.”
Andrew Carnegie
“The most inspiring piece of advice I’ve gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, ‘This too shall pass,’ and then I redouble my efforts.”
Liya Kebede
“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
Sam Levenson
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt