45 Motivational Quotes to Change Your Life

We all need a little motivation once in a while.  We all need to re-focus at one time or another.  I am a long-time fan of quotes or inspirational sayings that do just that and help me be more successful.  Here are some of my favorite quotes that have also been re-tweeted often by those on twitter. 

1. “One coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.” (Billy Graham)
2. "Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better." (John Wooden)
3. "I will prepare and someday my chance will come." (Abraham Lincoln)
4. "Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do." (Joe Montana)
5. "It has to happen on the inside before it can happen on the outside." (Jon Gordon)
6. “Don't be a wheelbarrow ... only useful when pushed.” (Jamy Bechler)
7. "There is no such thing as a 'small thing'. How we do SMALL things is how we do ALL things." (Brian Cain)
8. "Don't focus on winning a championship. Focus on becoming a champion." (Jon Gordon)
9. "The culture you create permeates everything you touch." (Tony Dungy)
10. “If you want to make everyone happy don’t be a leader. Go Sell Ice Cream.” (Eric Geiger)
11. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." (Thomas Edison)
12. "Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." (Buddha)
13. "The time is always right to do what is right." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
14. “Mentally strong players don’t keep repeating the same mistakes. They accept responsibility and learn from them.” (Jamy Bechler)
15.  "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." (Walt Disney)
16. "Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches/players in other groups. Winners assemble as a team." (Bill Parcels)
17. "We don't wait on opportunity to knock. We wake up and seek to create opportunity." (Coach Micheal Burt)
18. "In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done." (Coach K)
19. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't get very far until you change it.” (Jamy Bechler)
20. “You're always doing 1 of 2 things as a player. You're either IMPACTING winning or COMPLICATING winning." (Tom Crean )
21. "The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is looking." (Coach John Wooden)
22. "Talent is a gift; Character is a choice." (John Maxwell)
23. "Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
24. "The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way." (Gregg Popovich)
25. "Leading the way often involves finding a way to DO what has never been DONE." (Jon Gordon)
26. "Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training." (Navy SEALS)
27. "You cannot grow an oak tree from an apple seed. You cannot grow a great life from negative thoughts." (Ed DeCosta)
28. "A dream you don't have to fight for isn't a dream -- it's a nap." (Jon Acuff)
29. "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy & character. But if you must be w/out one, be w/out strategy." (Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf)
30. "Responsibility never ends. You don't finish it and move on. Responsibility is a constant state of being." (Pat Summitt)
31. "Never be the guy who doesn't want to grab the mop." (Mike Dunlap)
32. "If you have not made it to the level you are capable of in life, take a hard look at who you are spending your time with." (Jimmy Dykes)
33. “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” (Henry Ford)
34. "Insecure leaders don't want honest feedback. They just want an echo chamber." (John Brubaker)
35. "Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
36.  “A culture of excellence is created not in the big moments but in all the "little" decisions you make every day.” (Stephanie Zonars)
37. "You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger." (John Maxwell)
38. “Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.” (Desmond Tutu)
39. "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot." (Mark Twain)
40. “Champions don't become champions in the ring; They are merely recognized there.” (Muhammad Ali)
41. “You can't change the past, but the past can change you.  You can do three things with the past: LIVE in it, DWELL in it, LEARN from it.” (Jamy Bechler)
42. "Be the change you want to see in the world." (Gandhi)
43. “Bad leaders want dependent followers.  Good leaders want empowered followers.” (Jamy Bechler)
44. "If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” (Albert Einstein)
45. "You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it...... It's not a mistake, it's a choice!" (Inky Johnson)

Jamy Bechler is a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker, Trainer and Coach.  Contact him at CoachBechler@CoachBechler.com to find out how you or your team can be more successful.   You can also subscribe to his leadership insights & newsletter by clicking here.