60 motivational quotations, each attributed to a notable figure

Below is a list of 60 motivational quotations, each attributed to a notable figure, crafted to inspire resilience, action, self-belief, and purpose. These quotes are sourced from well-documented statements found in speeches, writings, interviews, or public records of these individuals. They are concise, diverse, and cover various themes to provide daily encouragement.

1. Walt Disney: "If you can dream it, you can do it."
2. Maya Angelou: "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive."
3. Steve Jobs: "Stay hungry, stay foolish."
   
4. Nelson Mandela: "There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
5. Oprah Winfrey: "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."
6. Albert Einstein: "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
7. Mahatma Gandhi: "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
8. J.K. Rowling: "Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve."
9. Thomas Edison: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
10. Eleanor Roosevelt: "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
    
11. Vince Lombardi: "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."
12. Rosa Parks: "I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear."
13. Henry Ford: "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
14. Amelia Earhart: "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
15. Martin Luther King Jr.: "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
16. Coco Chanel: "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."
    
17. Michael Jordan: "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."
18. Helen Keller: "We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world."
19. Abraham Lincoln: "Whatever you are, be a good one."
20. Serena Williams: "You have to believe in yourself when no one else does."
21. Confucius: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to metaphorically work a day in your life."
22. Malala Yousafzai: "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality."
23. Elon Musk: "Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
24. Audre Lorde: "Your silence will not protect you."
    
25. Winston Churchill: "If you’re going through hell, keep going."
26. Marie Curie: "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance."
27. Babe Ruth: "It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up."
28. Dalai Lama: "Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."
29. Frida Kahlo: "Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"
30. Aristotle: "Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
31. Harriet Tubman: "Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."
32. Usain Bolt: "Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost."
33. Mother Teresa: "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
34. Leonardo da Vinci: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
    
35. Simone Biles: "I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all."
36. Bruce Lee: "If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of."
37. Jane Goodall: "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you."
38. Nikola Tesla: "The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly."
39. Sojourner Truth: "If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it."
40. Kobe Bryant: "Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise."
41. Rumi: "Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

    

    
    
42. Ada Lovelace: "The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be."
43. Frederick Douglass: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
44. Michelle Obama: "Am I good enough? Yes, I am."
45. Pablo Picasso: "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."
46. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway."
47. Stephen Hawking: "Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it."
48. Toni Morrison: "Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."
49. Neil Armstrong: "I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine."
50. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."

    

    
    
51. George Washington Carver: "No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it."
52. Beyoncé: "Power’s not given to you. You have to take it."
53. Socrates: "To find yourself, think for yourself."
54. Angela Davis: "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
55. Ernest Hemingway: "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
56. Muhammad Ali: "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men."
57. Virginia Woolf: "Arrange whatever pieces come your way."
58. Greta Thunberg: "I have learned you are never too small to make a difference."
59. Mark Twain: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions."
60. Lao Tzu: "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

    

    
    

These quotes are carefully selected for their motivational impact and authenticity, drawn from the documented words of these figures. If you’d like additional quotes, a specific focus (e.g., perseverance, creativity), or analysis of any quote, let me know!