It’s easy to get bogged down by the small stuff and lose sight of the bigger picture and our personal values. That’s why having a set of mottos can be a powerful tool to guide our thoughts and actions, providing clarity and inspiration even on the most challenging days.
In this article, we explore 50 encouraging mottos that you can incorporate into your daily routine to keep you motivated, grounded, and moving forward with positivity and purpose.
- “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
- “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “I can and I will.” – Watch me.
- “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
- “Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
- “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
- “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir
- “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
- “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “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
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
- “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
- “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
- “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
Final Note
In conclusion, these 50 encouraging mottos serves to keep us focused, motivated, and on track towards our goals and dreams. We hope you enjoyed our list and that you find inspiration in these powerful words.