Inspiring Monday Quotes to Kickstart Your Week

Discover a collection of motivational quotes to inspire you every Monday. Embrace the new week with positivity and purpose!

Wisdom from the Masters

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

- Napoleon Hill

Success

"Okay, it’s Monday, but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway."

- Kimberly Jiménez

Motivation

"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time."

- Joe Girard

Success

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

Contentment

"If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing."

- Will Rogers

Success

"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible."

- Joel Brown

Belief in Self

"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."

- Joel A. Barker

Vision

"Mondays are the start of the workweek which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!"

- David Dweck

New Beginnings

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

- Stephen King

Hard Work

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

- Calvin Coolidge

Persistence

"Dreams don't work unless you do."

- John C. Maxwell

Goals

"Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

Motivation

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution."

- Aristotle

Achievement

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

Aspirations

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge."

- Simon Sinek

Leadership

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership."

- Harvey S. Firestone

Leadership

"The future depends on what you do today."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Future

"Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more."

- Simon Sinek

Leadership

"Mondays are the start of the workweek which offers new beginnings 52 times a year!"

- David Dweck

New Beginnings

"If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat."

- Sheryl Sandberg

Taking Risks

"Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life."

- Germany Kent

Positivity

"Mondays are the start of the work week, which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!"

- David Dwek

Motivation

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

- Marcus Aurelius

New Beginnings

"Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working."

- Pablo Picasso

Motivation

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

- Muhammad Ali

Courage

"Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power."

- Oprah Winfrey

Facing Fears

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

- Aristotle

Achievement

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

- Thomas Edison

Failure

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."

- Pele

Success

"Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow."

- Jerry Spinelli

Mindfulness

"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action."

- Tony Robbins

Motivation

"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

- Rosa Parks

Courage

"Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

Motivation

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

Failure

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will."

- Vince Lombardi

Success

"Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs."

- Farrah Gray Rogers

Ambition

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

Overcoming Obstacles

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

- Sam Levenson

Motivation

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

- Dale Carnegie

Courage

"If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."

- Steve Jobs

Vision

"I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

- Maya Angelou

Hope

"Surround yourself with people that push you to do and be better. No drama or negativity. Just higher goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply bringing out the absolute best in each other."

- Warren Buffett

Teamwork

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."

- Chris Grosser

Taking Risks

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Belief in Self

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."

- Peter Drucker

Leadership

"If we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

Achievement

"Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you."

- Tony Hsieh

Vision

"I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it."

- Estée Lauder

Hard Work

"Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point."

- Pat Summitt

Success

"You don't achieve success by taking it easy or working on it later. You achieve it through persistence and hard work."

- Robert Kiyosaki

Hard Work

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'"

- Audrey Hepburn

Belief in Self

"There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.’ Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it."

- Adora Svitak

Empowerment

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

- Robert Collier

Adversity

"Greatness is defined by how much you want to put into what you do."

- LeBron James

Achievement

"You don't inspire your teammates by showing how amazing you are. You inspire them by showing them how amazing they are."

- Robyn Benincasa

Leadership

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vidal Sassoon

Hard Work

"Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

Motivation

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

- Nido Qubein

Personal Growth

"Every morning you have two choices: Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them."

- Carmelo Anthony

Aspirations

"The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

- Walt Disney

Motivation

"You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Taking Risks

"Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility."

- Michelle Obama

Courage

"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they are in control."

- Tom Landry

Leadership

"Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life."

- Ken Poirot

Success

"Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up & chase them."

- Kristin, Sophisticated Gal

Aspirations

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful."

- Herman Cain

Happiness

"All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them."

- Walt Disney

Aspirations

"Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it."

- Dalai Lama XIV

Gratitude

"Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage."

- Amelia Earhart

Courage

"Don't be afraid to stand out and be different. Your uniqueness is your greatest strength."

- Janine Allis

Self-confidence

"The plan is to fan this spark into a flame."

- Lin-Manuel Miranda

Vision

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day goes on."

- Charles Dickens

Courage

"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further."

- Thomas Carlyle

Vision

"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end, you are sure to succeed."

- Abraham Lincoln

Courage

"There is no traffic jam along the extra mile."

- Roger Staubach

Perseverance

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

- Robert Collier

Success

"Make each day your masterpiece."

- John Wooden

Personal Growth

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."

- Abraham Lincoln

Responsibility

"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."

- George S. Patton

Time Management

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

Motivation

"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

- Karen Lamb

Motivation

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."

- Jack Canfield

Facing Fears

"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage

"Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

"Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear."

- Arianna Huffington

Courage

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal--a commitment to excellence--that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

- Mario Andretti

Success

"The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender."

- David Allen

Goals

"Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to success seem to get lucky in life."

- Grant Cardone

Success

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

- Henry Ford

Integrity

"It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do."

- Sheryl Sandberg

Leadership

"The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there."

- Vince Lombardi

Success

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

- Galatians 6:9

Perseverance

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

- Mother Teresa

Change

"The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are."

- Rumi

Spirituality

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

- Charles Dickens

Compassion

"Successful people don't have different problems. They have different solutions."

- Sabastian Enges

Success

"To build a strong team, you must see someone else's strength as a complement to your weakness and not a threat to your position or authority."

- Christine Cain

Teamwork

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

- Steve Jobs

Motivation

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."

- John F. Kennedy

Determination

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Courage

"A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him."

- Confucius

Resilience

"A culture is strong when people work with each other, for each other. A culture is weak when people work against each other, for themselves."

- Simon Sinek

Teamwork

"Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life."

- Germany Kent

Positivity

"So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends — but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership."

- Julio Alexi Genao

Motivation

"Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ambition

"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day."

- Dalai Lama

Positivity

"Either you run the day, or the day runs you."

- Jim Rohn

Time Management

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

- Anne Frank

Inspiration

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."

- Ralph Marston

Motivation

"Don’t count the days. Make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

Time Management

"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs."

- Farrah Gray

Ambition

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

- C.S. Lewis

Aspirations

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!"

- Dolly Parton

Motivation

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’"

- George Bernard Shaw

Motivation

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

- Booker T. Washington

Success

"If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."

- Steve Jobs

Motivation

"Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities."

- Robert H. Schuller

Achievement

"Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you."

- Beyoncé

Motivation

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Motivation

"You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise."

- Maya Angelou

Motivation

"We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action."

- Dr. Henry Link

Overcoming Obstacles

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivation

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Resilience

"You do not find the happy life. You make it."

- Camilla Eyring Kimball

Happiness

"Opportunities don’t happen, you create them."

- Chris Grosser

Optimism

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Transformation

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

Courage

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

Belief in Self

"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand."

- Oprah Winfrey

Adaptation

"You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end."

- Jessica Herrin

Failure

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

- Steve Jobs

Ambition

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practise any other virtue consistently."

- Maya Angelou

Courage

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."

- Helen Keller

Happiness

"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one."

- Oscar Wilde

Well-being

"You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic."

- Zig Ziglar

Hard Work

"A goal properly set is halfway reached."

- Zig Ziglar

Goals

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

Education

"Success isn't owned. It's leased, and rent is due every day."

- J.J Watt

Success

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

- Greg Anderson

Joy

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

- John Wooden

Service

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

Mindfulness

"The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands."

- Anne Frank

Personal Growth

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

- Winston Churchill

Contribution

"Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!"

- David Dweck

New Beginnings

"The most effective way to do is to do it."

- Amelia Earhart

Motivation

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

Belief in Self

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

Motivation

"Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want."

- Ken Poirot

Future

"There are many opportunities in every single day, and Monday is the perfect day to seize them all."

- Isabella Koldras

Optimism

"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out."

- John Wooden

Positivity

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

- Pablo Picasso

Success

"Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are."

- Stephanie LaHart

Self-confidence

"This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Optimism

"Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far."

- Gary Vaynerchuk

Hard Work

"Don’t wait. The time will never be just right."

- Napoleon Hill

Motivation

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."

- Charles Kingsleigh

Belief

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

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Belief in Self

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

- Henry Ford

Failure

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

- Walt Disney

Motivation

"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door."

- Milton Berle

Ambition

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Courage

"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t."

- Rikki Rogers

Strength

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

- Albert Pujols

Happiness

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Goals

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

- Zig Ziglar

New Beginnings

"Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results."

- Robin Sharma

Growth

"Dream big. Start small. Act now."

- Robin Sharma

Aspirations

"The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something."

- Seth Godin

Failure

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

- Zig Ziglar

Goals

"Focus on being productive instead of being busy."

- Tim Ferriss

Productivity

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

- Stephen Covey

Time Management

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

- Sam Levenson

Time Management

"Your focus determines your reality."

- George Lucas

Focus

"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command."

- Napoleon Hill

Motivation

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

- Alexander Graham Bell

Focus

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

- Albert Schweitzer

Success

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."

- Bobby Unser

Success

"Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives."

- Michelle Obama

Contribution

"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world."

- Roy T. Bennett

Success

"Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

- John D. Rockefeller

Change

"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."

- Jim Rohn

Success

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."

- Walt Whitman

Positivity

"A positive attitude can really make dreams come true—it did for me."

- David Bailey

Positivity

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

Optimism

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

- Elbert Hubbard

Positivity

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

New Beginnings

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

- Wayne Gretzky

Taking Risks

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

- Peter Drucker

Vision

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Facing Fears

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

- Socrates

Philosophy

"Dream big and dare to fail."

- Norman Vaughan

Aspirations

"Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’"

- Napoleon Hill

Motivation

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

- Lao Tzu

New Beginnings

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

- Rabindranath Tagore

Taking Risks

"When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day."

- Ella Woodward

Creativity

"The biggest thrill wasn’t in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday."

- Art Rooney

Success

"The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn."

- Helen Keller

Resilience

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Growth

"If you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things."

- Richard Branson

Time Management

"If everyone would strive to be the captain of their team as opposed to being the MVP, there would be lot better teams."

- Derek Jones

Teamwork

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"If money is your first thought when you wake up, you need to dream bigger."

- Lisa Messenger

Aspirations

"The beginning is always today."

- Mary Shelley

New Beginnings

"If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed."

- E. Jean Carroll

Motivation

"Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career."

- Ryan Freitas

Integrity

"The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it."

- Ken Poirot

Facing Fears

"Don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started."

- Marilu Henner

Motivation

"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines."

- Robert Schuller

Overcoming Obstacles

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

- Maria Robinson

Courage

"Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."

- Sukhraj S. Dhillon

Positivity

"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not."

- Elon Musk

Optimism

"I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

- Miles Davis

Creativity

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Resilience

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

- H.G. Wells

Inspiration

"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind."

- Napoleon Hill

Facing Fears

"Adversity is an opportunity for heroism."

- Marv Levy

Adversity

"Hey, I know it’s Monday. But it’s also a new day and a new week. And in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen."

- Michael Ely

New Beginnings

"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world."

- Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Courage

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Adversity

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito."

- Anita Roddick

Empowerment

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection."

- Mark Twain

Motivation

"The question I ask myself like almost every day is, 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'"

- Mark Zuckerberg

Focus

"Trust your idea enough to know that it can challenge the status quo."

- Arlyn Davich

Creativity

"A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there."

- Gina Milicia

Growth

"Change is inevitable. Change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress."

- Doug Baldwin

Change

"Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling."

- Vincent Van Gogh

Ambition

"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."

- Roger Staubach

Self-confidence

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

Education

"Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you."

- Albert Einstein

Courage

"When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be."

- Lao Tzu

Personal Growth

"Work is not only a means of earning a living: it is also a place where we express ourselves, feel useful, and learn the great lesson of concreteness, which helps keep the spiritual life from becoming spiritualism."

- Pope Francis

Spirituality

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked."

- Mark Twain

Wisdom

"To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way."

- Henry Link

Success

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."

- Arnold Glasow

Creativity

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

Facing Fears

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves."

- Chanakya

Learning from Mistakes

"We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there’s a lot we can do, and there’s a lot we should do."

- Selena Gomez

Empowerment

"I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living."

- John D. Rockefeller

Empowerment

"No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it."

- Kevin Hart

Growth

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

- Fyodor Dosoevsky

Philosophy

"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

- Walt Disney

Adversity

"If you accept the call to leadership, then you must be willing to be misunderstood, criticized, opposed, accused and even rejected."

- Braque Talley

Leadership

"In estimating the greatness of a man’s lifework, it is fair to take into consideration the difficulties under which the man has accomplished it."

- F.B. Meyer

Achievement

"MOTIVATION might change your day, but DISCIPLINE will change your life."

- Billy Cox

Motivation

"Every day brings new choices."

- Martha Beck

Personal Growth

"Monday is for people with a mission."

- Cristina Imre

Ambition

"You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic."

- Andrea L’Artiste

Self-awareness

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on."

- Charles Dickens

Courage

"We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their behavior."

- Stephan R. Covey

Integrity

"The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult."

- Mme Du Deffand

Motivation

"Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."

- Frederick B. Wilcox

Taking Risks

"Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen."

- Deep Roy

Positivity

"We must travel in the direction of our fear."

- John Berryman

Motivation

"What starts on Monday should carry through to Friday; that is, enthusiasm."

- Byron Pulsifer

Environment

"Storms make trees take deeper roots."

- Dolly Parton

Resilience

"In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on."

- Robert Frost

Resilience

"Yesterday is ashes, tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly."

- Old Eskimo Proverb

Reflection

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now."

- Chinese Proverb

New Beginnings

"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."

- Bill Russell

Determination

"Bet on me? Bet I will."

- Lizzo

Belief in Self

"Don't blame the distractions. Improve your focus."

- Nicholaos Gouvounoitis

Focus

"Constantly working below your skill level can be demoralizing, but working at the top of your game is motivating."

- John Seiffer

Motivation

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."

- Francis Chan

Awareness

"We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things."

- Herb Kelleher

Productivity

"You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."

- Charles Buxton

Time Management

"It isn’t possible to create anything of scale beyond one person without first recognizing the need and then asking for help."

- Michelle Duval

Teamwork

"We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t."

- Frank A. Clark

Growth

"You fail all the time, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else."

- Bum Phillips

Failure

"Even the best weeks start with Monday."

- Nice Peter

Motivation

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

- Bill Gates

Learning from Mistakes

"Consistency in voice and expectations gives you a chance to go from average, to good, to really good, to maybe even great."

- Luke Fickell

Achievement

"Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow."

- Time Magazine 2015

Leadership

"Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life."

- Pythagoras

Relationships

"I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday. I must break the mindset of unhappiness and turn myself into a happy magnet for Mondays."

- Leggy Saul

Motivation

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

- Henry Ford

Integrity

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of the void but out of chaos."

- Mary Shelly

Creativity

"I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, ‘Hey, I made a mistake.’ Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy."

- Al McGuire

Learning from Mistakes

"1. God is first, others second, I am third. 2. Establish a Goal. 3. Set up a plan to reach that goal. 4. Play fairly, play hard, but play to win. 5. Win humbly--Lose graciously. 6. Place team success above personal glory. 7. Be dedicated. I pledge to upload this creed."

- Bart Starr's Creed

Goals

"If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do."

- George Bernard Shaw

Responsibility

"There's a lot of humiliation on the playground. Before you finally establish your reputation, you have to suffer a lot. I was humiliated so many times that I got used to it. But it was one of those things. You either subjected yourself to the humiliation or left the park."

- Al McGuire

Resilience

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."

- Ayn Rand

Well-being

"If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it."

- Gorgias, Philosopher

Morality

"Knowledge not shared is knowledge wasted…"

- Saidi Mkomwa

Knowledge

"Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue."

- Roger C. Anderson

Balance

"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."

- Masanobu Fukuoka

Personal Growth

"Rule No. 1: Don’t do business with assholes. Rule No. 2: If you’re currently doing business with assholes, see rule No. 1."

- Joseph C. Niebler Sr.

Morality

"Know that something good will always happen."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Hope

Bite-sized Inspirational Quotes

"If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, concentrate the mind on the present."

Happiness

"She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks."

Hard Work

"There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path."

Happiness

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

Generosity

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

Success

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

Resilience

"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty."

Success

"The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands."

Spirituality

"And never say of anything, 'Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,' Except [when adding], 'If Allah wills.'"

Spirituality

"Perform your obligatory duties, because action is indeed better than inaction."

Hard Work

"A positive mindset attracts positive outcomes."

Positivity

"Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it."

Creativity

"The best way to achieve your goals is to take one step at a time."

Goals

"Start your Monday with a plan. The rest of the week will thank you for it."

Goals

"Stay positive. Better days are on their way."

Positivity

"Attack Monday with enthusiasm, laughter, thousands of smiles, and cheerfulness."

Positivity

"Every Monday is a chance to start a new life, so use it."

New Beginnings

"Focus on the step in front of you, not the whole staircase."

Mindfulness

"Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action."

Ambition

"Mondays are tough only for those people, who don’t know how to spend them cheerfully. Get up and have fun today!"

Happiness

"Focus on the good, and the good gets better."

Positivity

"You don’t need a New Year to make a change. All you need is a Monday."

Change

"It’s Monday. Get a new perspective. Whatever obstacle you’re facing—it’s not permanent."

Motivation

"Don’t stop until you’re proud."

Motivation

"The worst Monday is the one that gets wasted for nothing."

Failure

"Mondays are for fresh starts."

New Beginnings

"Let your Monday be filled with unbearable happiness and joy! Happy Monday!"

Happiness

"Monday is the perfect day to correct last week’s mistakes."

Reflection

"Monday won’t be so gloomy if you believe that something good is always bound to happen."

Positivity

"You don’t need a new year to make a change. All you need is a Monday."

Change

"If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission."

Ambition

"Competition happens at the bottom. The people at the top are collaborating."

Teamwork

"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."

Personal Growth

"It’s not about having time. It’s about making time."

- Unknown

Time Management

"I really need a day in between Sunday and Monday."

Motivation

"It’s Monday. Get a new perspective. Whatever obstacle you’re facing — it’s not permanent."

Motivation

"May your coffee be strong and your Mondays be short."

Motivation

"This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you."

Motivation

"Mondays don’t have to be a drag when you’re motivated to work toward your goals."

Motivation

"You are in control. Never forget that. Start your Monday with positive thoughts."

Self-awareness

"The best way to get something done is to begin."

Motivation