Need Motivation? 25 Expressions To Inspire You

We all have days when  we need a big dose, or maybe just a little bit, of motivation. Days where the path to our dreams and goals is too long and discourages us.

If you feel like you can’t find motivation or inspiration to achieve your goals, these expressions can help you  find the strength to persevere in your daily life.

25 of the best motivational phrases and quotes

• ‘You were not born to live like beasts; but to pursue knowledge and intelligent virtue.” -Dante Alighieri
• Learn as if you will live forever  and live as if you are going to die tomorrow.

• “The wise seek wisdom, but the foolish think they have found it.” -Napoleon Bonaparte
• “Learning is done by reading books, but the knowledge that is much more necessary, the knowledge of the world, should only be gained by reading people and studying all the different facets of them.” -Lord Chesterfield
• With effort and perseverance you can achieve your goals.
• “Never regard your studies as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of mind for your own personal work and the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.” – Albert Einstein
• “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin
• “From my teachers I’ve learned a lot; from my colleagues more; of my students even more. “-Hindu proverb

• “Besides a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog it is too dark to read.” -Groucho Marx
• “Learning is like rowing against the current. You go backwards as soon as you stop.” -Edward Benjamin Britten
• “I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go to another room and read a book.” -Groucho Marx
• “They told me and I understood. I saw it and I understood. I did it and I learned.” -Confucius
• “Intelligence consists not only of knowledge, but also of the skills to put knowledge into practice.” -Aristotle
• “Learning without reflection is a waste of time. Reflection without learning is dangerous.” -Albert Einstein

• There is the same difference between a wise man and an ignorant man as between a living man and a dead man.
• “ Learning is simply an extension of ourselves. Wherever we are, we can learn there.” -William Shakespeare

• Wisdom is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
• “ Every person I know is better at something than I am. That way I learn from them.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A true disciple is one who surpasses the teacher.
• “It is the height of madness to learn what you will have to unlearn later.” –Erasmus of Rotterdam
• Acquiring childhood habits is not unimportant; it has absolute importance.

• “ If you want to learn, educate. -Cicero
• “The little I’ve learned is worthless compared to what I don’t know and don’t hope to learn. -Rene Descartes

And I’ll leave you with this fantastic and passionate video with  Will Smith and Randy Pausch inviting us to reflect every day on the importance of living with passion and motivation: