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59 Inspiring and Life- Affirming Quotes

Posted: 31/01/2020

If you fancy a change but find the task daunting, here are 59 inspirational quotes to motivate you to achieve your goals and make that change.

Inspirational quotes such as the list below can give you all the push you need to maintain a motivated mind.

George Addair
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear .”

Michael Altshuler
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

Maya Angelou
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

Carl Bard
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

David Bowie
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.”

Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.”

Buddha
“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”

Winston Churchill
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

Karen Kaiser Clark
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”

Emily Coue
“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better”.

E.E. Cummings
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

Hillary DePiano
“We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.”

Walt Disney
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Mike Dooley
“Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it's about doing, being and becoming.”

Taylor Duvall
“This year, be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun.”

Albert Einstein
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

George Eliot
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

T.S. Eliot
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

Nike Campbell Fatoki
“We are the authors of our destinies.”

Tim Ferris
“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life’s too short to think small.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Strength shows not only the ability to persist, but the ability to start over.”

Anne Frank
“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.”

Nick Frederickson
“I close my eyes to old ends. And open my heart to new beginnings.”

Neil Gaiman
“Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

Ghandi
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Richelle E. Goodrich
“Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning Future, an absolute stranger, with whom I have fallen madly in love.”

Steve Harvey
“You are never too old to reinvent yourself.”

Auliq Ice
“New Beginnings are in order, and you are bound to feel some level of excitement as new chances come your way.”

Thomas Jefferson
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

Germany Kent
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.”

Charles Kettering
“Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas.”

Camilla Eyring Kimball
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.”

Martin Luther King
“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

W.P. Kinsella
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.”

C.S. Lewis
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Nelson Mandela
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Josiyah Martin
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.”

J.P. Morgan
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are.”

Earl Nightingale
“We become what we think about.”

Joanne Raptis
“Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing.”

Joan Rivers
“Listen. I wish I could tell you it gets better. But, it doesn't get better. You get better.”

Tony Robbins
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”

Eleanor Roosevelt
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Helen Rowland
“You will never win if you never begin.”

Arthur Rubenstein
“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

Vidal Sassoon
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

Dr. Seuss
“You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.”

William Shakespeare
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

George Bernard Shaw
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time.”

Frank Sinatra
“The best is yet to come.”

Socrates
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

Taylor Swift
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”

Henry David Thoreau
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.”

Brian Tracy
“You can develop any habit or thought or behaviour that you consider desirable or necessary.”

Unknown
“Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear.”

Unknown
“Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she became a butterfly.”

Unknown
“Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams.”

What are your favourite inspirational quotes? Do you have any to add to our list?

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