50+ Wednesday Inspiration Quotes to Power Your Midweek Motivation

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

- Thomas A. Edison

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

- Winston Churchill

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."

- Booker T. Washington

"I never dreamt of success. I worked for it."

- Estee Lauder

"I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting."

- Arthur Ashe

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

- Maya Angelou

"When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I’ve done it all."

- Dolly Parton

"All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. 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

"Every champion was once a contender that didn’t give up."

- Gabby Douglas

"I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it."

- Lou Holtz

"The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs."

- Joan Didion

"The key to success is to start before you are ready."

- Marie Forleo

"Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to."

- Michael Phelps

"I attribute my success to this — I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

"When you are satisfied, you are successful. For that’s all there is to success is satisfaction."

- Will Rogers

"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."

- Joyce Brothers

"The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing."

- Billie Jean King

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

- Robert Collier

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

- Zig Ziglar

"Wednesday will either make you or break you. You are either on the upward trend or the downward slide to the end of the work week. Give it all you got this Wednesday!"

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room."

- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

"Work hard and be kind and amazing things will happen."

- Conan O'Brien

"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

- Newt Gingrich

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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

- Nelson Mandela

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"Mostly, the world sees you the way you see yourself."

- Lisa Nichols

"Life is about making an impact, changing things, and leaving things better than you found them."

- Munmi Sarma

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live."

- Jim Rohn

"Every moment is a fresh beginning."

- T.S. Eliot

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

- Jim Rohn

"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."

- Dali Lama

"Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart."

- Roy T. Bennett

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

- Nibo Qubein

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

- Walt Whitman

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

- Zig Ziglar

"You're off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way."

- Dr. Seuss

"Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day."

- Alice Morse Earle

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Steve Jobs

"Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions."

- Albert Einstein

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

- William Butler Yeats

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Change is the end result of all true learning."

- Leo Buscaglia

"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."

- John Dewey

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

- Alan Watts

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

- Plutarch

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."

- Bruce Lee

"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight."

- Jim Rohn

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

- Socrates

"Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth."

- John C. Maxwell

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

- Jim Rohn

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

- Winston Churchill

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

- Buddhist quote

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

- Charles Dickens

"In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."

- Lao Tzu

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection."

- Mark Twain

"Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable."

- Twyla Tharp

"The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

- Muhammad Ali

"We rise by lifting others."

- Robert Ingersoll

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."

- Mother Teresa

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

- Brian Tracy

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

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

- Arthur Ashe

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James

"Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted."

- Christine Caine

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

- Winston Churchill

"Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal."

- Bruce Lee

"Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."

- George S. Patton

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and be told, 'I am with you kid. Let’s go!'"

- Maya Angelou

"Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"A good Wednesday is a day when we did things, and we did them well."

- Liza Hawkins

"If you know what it is you want out of life and you are totally committed to working for it, then all sorts of opportunities open up."

- Joyce Brothers

"There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks."

- Albert Einstein

"Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change."

- Shonda Rhimes

"The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."

- James Baldwin

"You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles — a delight in climbing rugged paths, which you would perhaps never know if you did not sometime slip backward — if the road was always smooth and pleasant."

- Helen Keller

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure."

- Colin Powell

"Difficulties are just things to overcome after all."

- Ernest Shackleton

"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."

- Ruth Gordon

"A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars."

- Nelson Mandela

"Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself."

- Muhammad Ali

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream, you’ve got to get out there and make it happen yourself."

- Diana Ross

"We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts."

- Madeleine L'Engle

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

- Dale Carnegie

"Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time."

- Isabel Allende

"Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead."

- Oprah Winfrey

"A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all."

- Peter Drucker

"What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then."

- Fred Rogers

"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

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

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

- FDR

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

- Lao Tzu

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

- Zig Ziglar

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

- Anthony Robbins

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened."

- Lao Tzu

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

- African Proverb

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

- Japanese Proverb

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Confucius

"When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps."

- John Lennon

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."

- Japanese Proverb

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Hope is not a strategy, but it is a starting point."

- Nelson Mandela

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."

- Charlotte Whitton

"Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs."

- Zig Ziglar

"The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them."

- D. H. Lawrence

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Not all those who wander are lost."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

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

- Sam Levenson

"No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel."

- Demi Lovato

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

- Peter Drucker

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

- Jackson Brown Jr.

"Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself."

- Sara Henderson

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

- Charles Kingsley

"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

- Tina Fey

"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."

- Richard Branson

"The key to success is to focus our limited time and energy on what truly matters."

- John C. Maxwell

"The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard."

- Helen Gurley Brown

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change."

- Charles Darwin

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Walt Disney

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

- Maya Angelou

"The difference between successful people and others is how long they can concentrate on a problem without getting bored."

- Thomas Edison

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

- Babe Ruth

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

- Winston Churchill

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

"The future depends on what you do today."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

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

- Zig Ziglar

"Today is a new day. It's a day you have never seen before and will never see again. Stop telling yourself the same story, different day."

- Steve Maraboli

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"Make each day your masterpiece."

- John Wooden

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

- Dalai Lama

"Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

- Helen Keller

"Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude."

- Lou Holtz

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement."

- Helen Keller

"Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it."

- Amy Poehler

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

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Say yes, and you'll figure it out afterwards."

- Tina Fey

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life. You and only you are accountable for what you extend and give to others. One smile not only increases your value, but it gives joy to each person you meet."

- Byron Pulsifer

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."

- 14th Dalai Lama

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Opportunities don't happen. You create them."

- Chris Grosser

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

- Albert Schweitzer

"Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise."

- Anne Bronte

"As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move."

- Katharine Hepburn

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

- Camilla Eyring Kimball

"The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- C.S. Lewis

"I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit."

- Helena Rubinstein

"We are not our best intentions. We are what we do."

- Amy Dickinson

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard."

- Tim Notke

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."

- Dalai Lama

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

- Steve Jobs

"There isn’t anything that I cannot be or do or have."

- Abraham Hicks

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results."

- Willie Nelson

"The only journey is the one within."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

"Every morning is a revolution against the darkness."

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"Why endeavor to straighten the road of life? The faster we travel, the less there is to see."

- Helen Hayes

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

- Thomas Carlyle

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."

- Marcus Aurelius

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

- Marcus Aurelius

"Your positivity can become a castle around you which will protect you from the arrow of negativity."

- Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu

"Happy Hump Day! At least you’re at the top of the hill! Enjoy the roller coaster ride down to Sunday! Then just get back in line!"

- Sotero M Lopez II

"The road to success is always under construction."

- Lily Tomlin

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light."

- Albus Dumbledore

"Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow."

- Eleanor Brownn

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

- William Arthur Ward

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present."

- Bill Keane

"Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."

- Hans Margolius

"Wednesdays are for writers, and directors, and actors. Wednesdays are for creating art, and poetry, and poetry in motion. Wednesdays are for protest, and rebellion, and activism. Wednesdays are for words from my notebook."

- N’Zuri Za Austin

"He couldn’t believe it was only Wednesday. And it was made worse when he realized it was actually Tuesday."

- TJ Klune

"Wednesday is a day to help others celebrate life. You and only you are accountable for what you extend and give to others."

- Byron Pulsifer

"A Wednesday with no rain is a dry hump day."

- Demetri Martin

"Each evening holds the promise of a new beginning."

- Mary Ann Evans

"On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it’s true, that who is what and what is who."

- A.A. Milne, Author Winnie-the-Pooh

"The morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me."

- Helen Keller

"Finish each day in gratitude, then rest well my friend."

- Terri Guillemets

"On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything."

- Kit Williams

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

- Charles Dickens

"Kindness is giving hope to those who think they are all alone in this world."

- RAKtivist

"Smile and the world smiles with you. Frown and you frown alone."

- Sally May

"Take a deep breath in, now breathe out. Keep going, you’ve got this!"

- Tom Wilson

"Today, give yourself permission to be awesome!"

- Mary Lee

"To some, it’s Hump Day. To us, it’s Wednesday’s getting its ass kicked and Thursday just asking Friday to switch places."

- Dwayne Johnson

"Rise and shine! Each morning is a precious gift – make the most of it."

- Jane Smith

"This is proof that Monday wants me dead... Wednesday wouldn’t do this to me. It’s laid back. Friday actually likes me! But Monday is a bitter, backstabbing treacherous day."

- Arthur Daigle, Goblin Stories

"On Wednesdays we wear pink."

- Karen, Mean Girls

"Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!"

- Lee Fox Williams

"They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday."

- Robert A. Heinlein

"Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends."

- Kurt Vonnegut

"It will not be lonely on Wednesday when it has all around it."

- Anthony T. Hincks

"To be honest, I’d rather be drinking coffee on my unicorn than whatever this Wednesday business is."

- Kevin Eubanks

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

"Dream bigger. Do bigger."

"A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it."

"Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction."

"Keep going, you’re halfway there."

- Unknown

"It’s not just another day; it’s another chance!"

"Think happy, be happy!"

"Start small, dream big, and keep moving forward."

"Shape your future by creating it yourself this Wednesday."

- Unknown

"Persevere this Wednesday. What you need will come to you at the right moment."

- Unknown

"Each Wednesday is an opportunity to start fresh and achieve great things."

"Your only limit this Wednesday is the one you set in your mind."

"Wednesday: Halfway to the weekend, halfway to your dreams."

"Let Wednesday be a reminder: you’re stronger than you think."

"Wednesday is a fresh canvas; paint it with purpose, passion, and positivity."

"In the middle of challenges, find the courage to keep going."

"Start your Wednesday with determination, end it with fulfillment."

"Midweek motivation: Every Wednesday is a chance to grow and prosper."

"On Wednesdays, we focus and achieve. Let’s make it happen!"

"Wednesdays are for warriors. Tackle your challenges with strength and determination."

"Let this Wednesday be your day of breakthroughs in work and aspirations."

"Trust the timing of your life. Wednesday’s work will lead to future success."

"Don’t put limits on yourself. With dedication, Wednesday work leads to success."

"Make this Wednesday a masterpiece of productivity and success."

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Midweek hustle mode: ON."

"Work like it’s Monday, but think like it’s Wednesday!"

"Keep calm, it’s only Wednesday. We still have two more days to be productive."

"Stay strong, the weekend is near."

"Enthusiasm and professionalism will drive Wednesday work success."

"Encouragement is like oxygen to the soul; it keeps us going."

- Anonymous

"A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success."

- Anonymous

"Your body achieves what your mind believes. Crush it this Wednesday, whether you’re lifting weights or hitting the treadmill!"

"Midweek workouts bring midweek strength. Harness it and keep going on the treadmill."

"Wednesday is a perfect day to fuel your fitness journey with determination and dedication by hitting the gym."

"Consistency is key. Let your Wednesday workout, whether on the treadmill or lifting weights, set the tone for the rest of the week."

"Each Wednesday workout is a step closer to your goal. Keep moving forward, especially when you’re crushing a new PR."

"Transform your midweek blues into midweek gains. Hit the gym and feel the change while lifting weights."

"Success starts with self-discipline. Power through your Wednesday session on the treadmill."

"When you feel like quitting, remember why you started. Stay strong this Wednesday, whether you’re lifting weights or running."

"The only bad workout is the one you didn’t do. Make your Wednesday workout, whether lifting weights or hitting the treadmill, count."

"Wednesday is your day to remind yourself how far you’ve come. Keep going, especially when you’re lifting those weights."

"Thinking positive isn’t about expecting the best to happen every time, but accepting that whatever happens is the best for this moment."

- Anonymous

"Wednesdays are for winning."

- Anonymous

"Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time."

"Wednesdays are for progress, not excuses."

- Unknown

"Wednesday is the day that brings balance to the week."

- Unknown

"Wednesday: the halfway point to excellence!"

- Unknown

"A Wednesday well-lived brings a week of content."

- Unknown

"Small steps lead to big transformations—take that step today."

"Your health is an investment, not an expense."

- Unknown

"Self-care is not selfish. It’s essential."

"Your body hears everything your mind says. Stay positive."

"Balance your mind, body, and spirit for true wellness."

"Every step towards wellness is a step towards happiness."

"Wellness is the new wealth. Invest in yourself."

"Wellness is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the process."

"The best way to predict your future is to create it. So, let’s make this Wednesday a masterpiece!"

"Find balance today—your success depends on your peace of mind."

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles."

"Your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile."

- Anonymous

"After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W-T-F."

- Unknown

"Always keep a bottle of wine in the fridge for a special occasion. You know, like Wednesday."

"Wednesday: Halfway to the weekend! Enjoy your day!"

"On Wednesdays, we wear positive attitudes."

- Unknown