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Jan 30, 2023

69 of the Best You Got This Quotes to Motivate Yourself & Your Team

Madeline Purches

Team Building Enthusiast

Sometimes you and your team need a reminder that no goal is unattainable. Motivating quotes are a powerful and eloquent way to say, “You got this!”. Here are 69 of the best quotes to share with your team on stickies, posters on your office walls, and in cards to your crew.


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1. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

2. “You have power over your mind―not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

3. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

4. “I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve

5. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew

6. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. “The great secret of getting what you want from life is knowing what you want and believing you can have it.” – Epictetus

8. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Christopher Robin to Pooh

9. “Nobody looks good in their darkest hour. But it’s those hours that make us what we are.” – Karen Marie Moning

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

11. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman

12. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer

13. “Behind every successful man, there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.” – Bob Brown

14. “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” – Denis Waitley

15. “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” – George Lucas

16. “Courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”  – Theodore Roosevelt

17. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”  – Napoleon Hill

18. “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”  – Bob Goff

19. “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You gotta keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland

20. “Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” – Michael J. Fox

21. “In the darkness, you only need to see just as far as your headlights extend. As long as you keep going, it is enough.” – Alexandra Bracken

22. “Sometimes the strength within you is not a fiery flame that all can see, it is just a tiny spark that whispers softly, “You got this”, “Keep going”.” – Anonymous

23. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden

24. “You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.” – Bob Parsons

25. “There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

26. “Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it away from you.” – Mark Cuban

27. “The most inspiring piece of advice I’ve gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, ‘This too shall pass,’ and then I redouble my efforts.” – Liya Kebede

28. “Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.” – Rudyard Kipling

29. “Believe in your own magic. You already have what it takes. Dream big. Be bold. Have faith. Inhale positivity. Exhale self-doubt. You’ve got this.” – The Random Vibez

30. “If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day, it usually is.” – Catherine Pulsifer

31. “You are a work in progress. Give yourself the space and grace for improvements.” – Germany Kent

32. “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” – William W. Purkey

33. “Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore

34. “Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.” – Cheryl Strayed

35. “As long as you keep going, you’ll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success.” – Tamara Taylor

36. “If you want to be the best, you can’t take the path of least resistance. Every morning you wake up, and your mind tells you it’s too early, and your body tells you you’re a little too sore, but you’ve got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you’re striving for.” – Antonio Brown

37. “If you have a great idea, let nothing stop you from bringing it to life.” – Pooja Agnihotri

38. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

39. “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth

40. “The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

41. “I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” – Brian Tracy

42. “No matter what, people grow. If you choose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.” – Kevin Hart

43. “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman

44. “Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.” – Jules Renard

45. “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine.

46. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Bob Marley

47. “You’ve got to be one that, wherever you are, like a flower, you’ve got to blossom where you’re planted. You cannot eliminate darkness. You cannot banish it by cursing darkness. The only way to get rid of darkness is light and to be the light yourself.” – Cory Booker

48. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

49. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak

50. “Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.” – Usher

51. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” – Earl Nightingale

52. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Horace Lorimer

53. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”  – Richard Bach

54. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

55. “There is a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.” – Tim Ferriss

56. “You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.” – Diana Ross

57. “One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” – Linda Poindexter

58. “You must tell yourself, ‘no matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I’m going to make it.” – Les Brown

59. “To have faith doesn’t mean you get any less frustrated when you don’t do your best, but you know that it’s not life and death. Take what you’re given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going.” – Tom Lehman

60. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk

61. “If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

62. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” – Albert Camus

63. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” – Lolly Daskal

64. “Note to self: You gotta do this for you. This is for you. This isn’t about anybody. Live for you. Honor you. Never lose sight of that.” – The Random Vibez

65. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents – start charging for it.” – Kim Garst

66. “When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation.” – Rudy Ruettiger

67. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” – Tony Robbins

68. “It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig Ziglar

69. “When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation.” – Rudy Ruettiger

At those moments when your team needs encouragement to stay motivated, share these quotes that tell them “you got this!” With this kind of support, your team can reach new heights!

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