100+ Motivational & Success Quotes to Live By for 2021

01 Jan 2021 By Cool & Famous Quotes

We are all counting the days to 2021 hopping that the new year is full of new possibilities and the problems of 2020 will gradually disappear. So we share awesome motivational quotes to help you start the new year inspired, it’s can serve as small reminders that keep you on track as the year moves forward.

Sometimes, all the inspiration you need can be found with a few simple words of wisdom – an idea can truly change the way we think, how we feel, and how we live.

Great Quotes for an Inspirational 2021

We’ve curated 100+ Motivational & Success Quotes from some of our favorite writers, authors, and inspiring personalities to get you ready for the year ahead.

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2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with...

 

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.
–Albert Einstein

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, You are never alone. You are eternally...

 

You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.
–Amit Ray

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a...

 

Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world.
–Amit Ray

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's...

 

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
–Anaïs Nin

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you do what you've always done, you'll get...

 

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
–Anthony Robbins

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Every problem is a gift - without problems we...

 

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
–Anthony Robbins

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The path to success is to take massive,...

 

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
–Anthony Robbins

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Never allow the fear of striking out keep you...

 

Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!
–Babe Ruth

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Sometimes bad things have to happen before good...

 

Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.
–Becca Fitzpatrick

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but...

 

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
–Ben Carson

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Focus on making yourself better, not on...

 

Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.
–Bohdi Sanders

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Those who are happiest are those who do the...

 

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
–Booker T. Washington

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of...

 

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.
–Brian Tracy

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Always choose the future over the past. What do...

 

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?
–Brian Tracy

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, It does not matter how slowly you go as long as...

 

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
–Confucius

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying...

 

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
–Confucius

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Keep a little fire burning; however small,...

 

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.
–Cormac McCarthy

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, People rarely succeed unless they have fun in...

 

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
–Dale Carnegie

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Success is getting what you want..Happiness is...

 

Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get.
–Dale Carnegie

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The journey is what brings us happiness not the...

 

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.
–Dan Millman

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you don’t like the road you’re walking,...

 

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.
–Dolly Parton

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Don't cry because it's over, smile because it...

 

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
–Dr. Seuss

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, No one can make you feel inferior without your...

 

 

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
–Eleanor Roosevelt

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A wise man will make more opportunities than he...

 

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
–Francis Bacon

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is...

 

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
–George Bernard Shaw

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you don't know where you're going, any...

 

If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there
–George Harrison

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged....

 

Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.
–Gordon B. Hinckley

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, I've learned... . That being kind is more...

 

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.
–H. Jackson Brown Jr.

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life doesn't require ideals. It requires...

 

Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.
–Haruki Murakami

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know...

 

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand
–Hayley Williams

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life is a succesion of lessons which must be...

 

Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
–Helen Keller

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, It is better to fail in originality than to...

 

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
–Herman Melville

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if...

 

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.
–James Dean

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, What you do is what matters, not what you think...

 

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.
–Jason Fried

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone...

 

Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.
–Jim Butcher

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Successful people have libraries. The rest have...

 

Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs
–Jim Rohn

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what...

 

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
–John A. Shedd

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, We all make choices, but in the end our choices...

 

We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.
–Ken Levine

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to...

 

Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.
–LeBron James

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow...

 

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
–Lyndon B. Johnson

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, You only live once, but if you do it right,...

 

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
–Mae West

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If everything seems under control, you're not...

 

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
–Mario Andretti

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, We must accept finite disappointment, but never...

 

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
–Martin Luther King Jr.

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If I cannot do great things, I can do small...

 

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way
–Martin Luther King Jr.

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, You must expect great things of yourself before...

 

 

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
–Michael Jordan

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Control of consciousness determines the quality...

 

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.
–Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you can't do great things, do small things...

 

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.
–Napoleon Hill

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The way of success is the way of continuous...

 

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
–Napoleon Hill

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it...

 

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
–Napoleon Hill

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you want the best the world has to offer,...

 

If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.
–Neale Donald Walsch

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Surround yourself only with people who are...

 

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
–Oprah Winfrey

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break...

 

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
–Pablo Picasso

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Only two things can reveal life's great...

 

Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
–Paulo Coelho

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life is a succession of lessons which must be...

 

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A tiny change today brings a dramatically...

 

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.
–Richard Bach

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Sometimes small things can become very large,...

 

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.
–Rick Riordan

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks...

 

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
–Robert Frost

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true....

 

Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
–Roy T. Bennett

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Start each day with a positive thought and a...

 

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.
–Roy T. Bennett

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does...

 

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
–Seneca

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, We remember the past, live in the present, and...

 

We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.
–Shaun David Hutchinson

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The only time you fail is when you fall down...

 

The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
–Stephen Richards

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never...

 

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.
–Stephenie Meyer

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to...

 

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
–Theodore Roosevelt

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways...

 

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
–Thomas A. Edison

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop...

 

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.
–Tom Hiddleston

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The most important decision you make is to be...

 

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
–Voltaire

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Success is getting what you want, happiness is...

 

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

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're...

 

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.
–Walt Disney Company

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The way to get started is to quit talking and...

 

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
–Walt Disney Company

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The greatest pleasure in life is doing what...

 

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
–Walter Bagehot

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Change the way you look at things and the...

 

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
–Wayne W. Dyer

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, How people treat you is their karma; how you...

 

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
–Wayne W. Dyer

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is...

 

 

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
–Will Durant

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Attitude is a little thing that makes a big...

 

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
–Winston S. Churchill

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life is what we make it, always has been,...

 

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
–Grandma Moses

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Even if you fall on your face, you’re still...

 

Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
–Victor Kiam

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The successful warrior is the average man, with...

 

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
–Bruce Lee

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall...

 

If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.
–Malcolm X

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than...

 

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.
–Robert T. Kiyosaki

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for...

 

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
–Ayr Rand

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The price of anything is the amount of life you...

 

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
–Henry David Thoreau

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Small daily improvements are the key to...

 

Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long term results.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life is about making an impact, not making an...

 

Life is about making an impact, not making an income.
–Kevin Kruse

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I...

 

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
–Charles R. Swindoll

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other...

 

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

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent...

 

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
–Thomas A. Edison

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated...

 

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
–Robert Collier

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is...

 

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
–Jim Ryun

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction...

 

Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A goal should scare you a little, and excite...

 

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot
–Joe Vitale

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, You have to believe in yourself when no one...

 

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
–Venus Williams

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but...

 

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Get up. Clear your desk. Tie your hair, and...

 

Get up. Clear your desk. Tie your hair, and just start.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Fitness isn’t a seasonal hobby. Fitness is a...

 

Fitness isn’t a seasonal hobby. Fitness is a lifestyle.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The bad news is time flies. The good news is...

 

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

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, You are never too old to set another goal or to...

 

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
–Malala Yousafzai

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong...

 

Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment.
–Marianne Cantwell

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative...

 

If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.
–Mark Cuban

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you...

 

 

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
–Bo Jackson

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, I never look back, darling. It distracts from...

 

I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.
–Edna Mode

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Resilience is when you address uncertainty with...

 

Resilience is when you address uncertainty with flexibility.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, When I believe in something, I’m like a dog...

 

When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.
–Melissa McCarthy

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The standard you walk past, is the standard you...

 

The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.
–David Hurley

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The pain you feel today will be the strength...

 

The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.
–Anonymous

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, A person who never made a mistake never tried...

 

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
–Albert Einstein

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Definiteness of purpose is the starting point...

 

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
–W. Clement Stone

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, The most successful people are those who are...

 

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
–James Yorke

2021 quotes, motivational quotes, success quotes, top quotes, Winners are losers who got up and gave it one...

 

Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.
–Dennis DeYoung

 

 

 

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