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100 Inspirational Quotes To
Keep You Motivated in 2023—
You Can Do Hard Things!
These inspirational quotes will help you make
sweeping changes in your life today. Get inspired by
these encouraging and motivational words.
JESSICA SAGER • MAY 18, 2023
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Whether you're having a rough day and
need some motivation to assure
yourself that it's all going to be OK, or
you're just looking for a mission
statement for the day, these
inspirational quotes will help you put
one foot in front of the other and make
the small or sweeping changes that you
desire.
No matter if it's a movie star, a thought
leader, Beyoncé or a 17th-century writer,
you're sure to find an inspirational quote
that speaks to your drive and
determination. Here are the best
inspirational quotes for 2023!
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100 Inspirational Quotes
"WHENYOUHAVE
ADREAM,YOU'VE
GOTTOGRABITAND
NEVERLETGO.
-CAROLBURNETT
PARADE
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1. "When you have a dream, you've got
to grab it and never let go."
— Carol Burnett
PARADE
"NOTHINGIS
IMPOSSIBLE.•
THEWORD
ITSELFSAYS
'I'MPOSSIBLE!'"
-AUDREYHEPBURN
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2. "Nothing is impossible. The word
itself says 'I'm possible!'"
— Audrey Hepburn
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"THEREIS
NOTHING
IMPOSSIBLE
TOTHEYWHO
WILLTRY."
-ALEXANDER
THEGREAT
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3. "There is nothing impossible to they
who will try."
— Alexander the Great
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PARADE
"THEBADNEWSIS
TIMEFLIES.THE
GOODNEWSIS
YOU'RETHEPILOT."
-MICHAELALTSHULER
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4. "The bad news is time flies. The good
news is you're the pilot."
— Michael Altshuler
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"LIFEHASGOTALL
THOSETWISTSAND
TURNS.YOU'VEGOT
TOHOLDONTIGHT
ANDOFFYOUGO."
-NICOLEKIDMAN
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5. "Life has got all those twists and
turns. You've got to hold on tight and off
you go."
— Nicole Kidman
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"KEEPYOURFACEALWAYS
TOWARDTHESUNSHINE,
ANDSHADOWSWILLFALL
BEHINDYOU."
WALTWHITMAN
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6. "Keep your face always toward the
sunshine, and shadows will fall behind
you."
— Walt Whitman
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"BECOURAGEOUS.
CHALLENGEORTHODOXY.
STANDUPFORWHATYOU
BELIEVEIN.WHENYOU
AREINYOURROCKING
CHAIRTALKINGTOYOUR
GRANDCHILDRENMANY
YEARSFROMNOW,BE
SUREYOUHAVEAGOOD
STORYTOTELL.
-AMALCLOONEY
PARADE
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7. "Be courageous. Challenge
orthodoxy. Stand up for what you
believe in. When you are in your rocking
chair talking to your grandchildren many
years from now, be sure you have a
good story to tell."
— Amal Clooney
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8. "You make a choice: continue living
your life feeling muddled in this abyss of
self-misunderstanding, or you find your
identity independent of it. You draw
your own box."
— Duchess Meghan
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9. "I just want you to know that if you
are out there and you are being really
hard on yourself right now for
something that has happened ... it's
normal. That is what is going to happen
to you in life. No one gets through
unscathed. We are all going to have a
few scratches on us. Please be kind to
yourselves and stand up for yourself,
please."
— Taylor Swift
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10. "Success is not final, failure is not
fatal: it is the courage to continue that
counts."
- Winston Churchill
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11. "You define your own life. Don't let
other people write your script."
— Oprah Winfrey
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12. "You are never too old to set another
goal or to dream a new dream."
— Malala Yousafzai
13. "At the end of the day, whether or
not those people are comfortable with
how you're living your life doesn't
matter. What matters is whether you're
comfortable with it."
— Dr. Phil
14. "People tell you the world looks a
certain way. Parents tell you how to
think. Schools tell you how to think. TV.
Religion. And then at a certain point, if
you're lucky, you realize you can make
up your own mind. Nobody sets the
rules but you. You can design your own
life."
— Carrie Ann Moss
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15. "For me, becoming isn’t about
arriving somewhere or achieving a
certain aim. I see it instead as forward
motion, a means of evolving, a way to
reach continuously toward a better self.
The journey doesn't end."
— Michelle Obama
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16. "Spread love everywhere you go."
— Mother Teresa
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17. "Do not allow people to dim your
shine because they are blinded. Tell
them to put some sunglasses on."
— Lady Gaga
18. "If you make your internal life a
priority, then everything else you need
on the outside will be given to you and
it will be extremely clear what the next
step is."
— Gabrielle Bernstein
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19. "You don't always need a plan.
Sometimes you just need to breathe,
trust, let go and see what happens."
— Mandy Hale
20. "You can be everything. You can be
the infinite amount of things that people
are."
— Kesha
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21. "What lies behind you and what lies
in front of you, pales in comparison to
what lies inside of you."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. "I want to be in the arena. I want to
be brave with my life. And when we
make the choice to dare greatly, we
sign up to get our asses kicked. We can
choose courage or we can choose
comfort, but we can't have both. Not at
the same time."
— Brene Brown
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23. "I'm going to be gone one day, and I
have to accept that tomorrow isn't
promised. Am I OK with how I’m living
today? It's the only thing I can help. If I
didn't have another one, what have I
done with all my todays? Am I doing a
good job?"
— Hayley Williams
24. "I am experienced enough to do
this. I am knowledgeable enough to do
this. I am prepared enough to do this. I
am mature enough to do this. I am
brave enough to do this."
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock
Down The House
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25. "Belief creates the actual fact."
— William James
26. "No matter what people tell you,
words and ideas can change the world."
— Robin Williams as John
Keating in Dead Poets Society
27. "I'm not going to continue knocking
that old door that doesn't open for me.
I'm going to create my own door and
