For the thing you’ve always wanted to do but put off for just one more day, here are 20 quotes to get you to stop pinning inspirational Pinterest quotes and live your life.
1. “Stop acting so small. You are the Universe in ecstatic motion.” – Rumi
Remember that birds can fly anywhere in the world yet some sparrows sit in the same tree all their life. That doesn’t have to be you. If you want something badly enough, you’ll do whatever it takes to get it.
2. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso
You are never too busy to explore something that invigorates your soul. If business meetings and conference calls make you feel unfulfilled, add something that does without giving up other things that are important to you. Even if you paint one stroke a day, your masterwork will eventually take form.
3. “Be the type of person you’d like to meet someday.” – Unknown
There is nothing more respectable than having the guts to credit yourself as your own role model. Being someone’s role model is a huge responsibility to uphold; if you are your own role model make sure you live a life that would impress your younger self.
4. “Giving up on a goal because of a setback is like slashing your other 3 tires because you got a flat.” – Unknown
More dreams are killed by the self-conscious dreamer than any setback of poor circumstance. Taking responsibility for your own future is the fastest way to stop the cycle of doubt.
5. “I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is any greener.” – Unknown
Envy never helped anyone get ahead; a polite congratulations letter with hopes of further communication however…. That’s a completely different story.
6. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose the sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
For every calculated risk you don’t take, another opportunity to get to where you need to be evaporates. Don’t ever put all of your future in one opportunity but if you see the chance to get ahead, meet somebody who could help you or learn how to get closer to your dream, take it without a second thought. For every person out there to screw you out of a chance is another willing to help you achieve your dream. Learn to recognize the difference.
7. “Don’t wait for the right person to come into your life. Make yourself the right person to walk into someone else’s life.” – Unknown
For every second you spend wishing someone would come up to you today and tempt you to fall in love, you waste a possible connection. Not everyone we meet is a potential soulmate, but that doesn’t mean every connection isn’t valuable and worth taking the time to explore. Never hold yourself back from putting yourself out there and working on yourself as a person. You never know: You just might be the person someone else has been dreaming of and you could run into them today instead of hoping they find you first.
8. “Don’t call it a dream, call it a plan.” – Unknown
Your dreams have more value than to remain a figment of your imagination. Hold yourself accountable, tell people what you plan to do and encourage them to hold you to it and ask you about your progress. No one wants to report that they haven’t done a single thing to work towards their dream if they know someone is going to be asking them about it. Trick yourself into being proactive by harnessing the desire to impress people and turning it into the drive to become more than you were yesterday.
9. “If you want something you never had you have to do something you’ve never done.” – Unknown
If the same trials aren’t working, try something different. Nothing ever happened for anyone who kept trying the same method a hundred times. Don’t go back on your plan: Change it and represent it.
10. “What matters the most is how well you walk through the fire.” – Charles Bukowski
Not everyone is going to pick you, but give them a calm face to remember as you walk out the door with your head held high with absolute politeness. You may impact them so deeply that they remember you next time. A gracious loser is more memorable than another winner.
11. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
Surround yourself with people who inspire you and encourage you to get yourself to where you need to be in to succeed. Don’t pick those who can get you something or to someone; pick friends who will be with you wherever you are.
12. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t be naïve enough to think you have a destiny to become something. Give yourself enough credit to realize your own work will get you there.
13. “What if I fall? Oh,but my darling,what if you fly?” – Erin Hanson
Your own possible success should scare you a little because what you could do is so unimaginable to you today. You have no limits. What is more intimidating than the potential for true unleashed talent emanating from your soul every second?
14. “She turned her cant’s into cans and her dreams into plans.” – Kobi Yamada
Nothing feels better than proving someone wrong when they’ve underestimated your talent and drive. Be a gracious winner and an even better loser.
15. “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” – Mark Nepo
Don’t worry who will find you. Continue to perfect yourself and your craft and the right people will fall into place for someone who takes opportunities and forms connections.
16. “Spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people…” – The Breakfast Club
If someone doesn’t see the value in you or your accomplishments, don’t wonder if there is something wrong with you or compare your successes to that of others. Continue to be yourself and attract people with your uniqueness.
17. “If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.” – Unknown
Remember: Even if you get to where you once dreamed you’d be, there is never a cap on your potential. Continue to climb and create and always, always work on bettering yourself no matter what stage of your success you find yourself at.
18. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny…” – C.S. Lewis
No setback is wasted. Every hardship is an opportunity for a lesson that is pertinent to your success.
19. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
Nothing attracts other people like a confident artist in their craft with an equal amount of growth and work before them. Don’t be the starving artist; be the constantly evolving artist they can’t afford to ignore.
20. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
Never be satisfied, in life, love and self. You can always grow closer together, more in sync, better adjusted, better prospects and most importantly, more uniquely yourself.
What inspiring quotes do you have to motivate yourself in working towards your dream? We’d love to share the inspiration with our readers.
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