213 best inspirational quotes for 2023

The start of a new year is often a time for reflection and goal-setting. It’s a chance to start fresh, with a clean slate and a renewed sense of purpose. One way to stay motivated and inspired throughout the year is by reading and internalising inspirational quotes. Quotes have the power to uplift, encourage, and provide guidance, all with just a few carefully chosen words. In this article, we’ll explore some of the best inspirational quotes for 2023, offering insights and wisdom to help you stay focused, driven, and determined to achieve your goals. Whether you’re seeking motivation in your personal or professional life, these quotes will help you navigate the challenges and triumphs of the year ahead.

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong
“Success is a journey not a destination.” — Ben Sweetland
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” — Zig Ziglar
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
“Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both.” —Kristin Kreuk
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne Dyer
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
“Hustle beats talent when talent doesn’t hustle” – Ross Simmonds
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” —Laird Hamilton
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” — Milton Berle
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” —Maria Edgeworth
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into place.” — Lucille Ball
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” ―A.A. Milne
“Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself.” ―Jason Fried
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” — E.E. Cummings
“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ―Benjamin Franklin
“The only one who can tell you “you can’t win” is you and you don’t have to listen.” —Jessica Ennis
“You are your best thing.” — Toni Morrison
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” —Bo Jackson
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” —Albert Einstein
“If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” — Carlos Santana
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
“If you can’t yet do great things, do small things in a great way.” ―Napoleon Hill
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ―Abraham Lincoln
“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.” — Albert Schweitzer
“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” ―Epicurus
“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” —Edna Mode
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” — Mario Fernández
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” – Bruce Lee
“The best way out is always through.” ―Robert Frost
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” — J.M. Barrie
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by using it.” —Ruth Gordo
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy
“Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.” — Dodinsky
“I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
“Never regret anything that made you smile.” — Mark Twain
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
“Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou
“People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
“A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
“No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ―Theodore Roosevelt
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein
“Fall 7 times, stand up 8.” — Japanese Proverb
“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” —Walt Disney
“The only way to have a life is to commit it like crazy.” — Angelina Jolie
“No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!” ― T D Jakes
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.” ― George Meredith
“I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.” — Simone Biles
“When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
“Women must learn to play the game as men do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.” — Oprah Winfrey
“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” — Confucius
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
“A person without regrets is a nincompoop.” — Mia Farrow
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
“Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been” — Rainer Maria Rilke, poet
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” — Michael Jordan
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us.” – Hal Borland
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been. —Rainer Maria Wilke
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” — Dalai Lama
“All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives.” —Steven Spielberg
“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosse
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” —Tom Peters
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. ” — Alexander Graham Bell
“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 book. Write a good one.” —Brad Paisley
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Everytime you tear a leaf off of a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.” —Charles Kettering
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho
“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” —Cavett Robert
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
“For a new year to bring you something new, make a move, like a butterfly tearing its cocoon! Make a move!” —Mehmet Murat İldan
We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do.” — Arlan Hamilton
“Hope smiles through the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier’. —Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” —Bill Vaughan
“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko
“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” — Lady Gaga
“Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” —Oswald Chambers
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” —Oprah Winfrey
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright
“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” — Ayn Rand
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” —Edith Lovejoy Pierce
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.” — Gary Vaynerchuk
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot
“Write in your heart that every day is the best day of the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality” — Les Brown
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
“If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.” Mark Cuban
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paolo Coelho
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen R. Covey
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”- Michael Altshuler
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
“You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin.” ―Gordon B. Hinckley
“A year from now you will wish you had started today” – Karen Lamb“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”—Kate Summers
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Søren Kierkegaard
“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picasso
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coehlo
“Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” —Isabel Allende
“Don’t burst. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” ―David Ogilvy
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato
“I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.” —Barbara Elaine Smith
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” ―Anne Lamott
“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” – Confucius Kongzi
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” – Dale Carnegie
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” – Alex Morritt
“Let all the failures of your past year be your best guide in the New Year.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Be a positive energy trampoline – absorb what you need and rebound more back.” — Dave Carolan
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford
“Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” — Patrick Lencioni
“I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” — Jean-Francois Cope
Without direction, path, purpose, there can be no results, achievements, accomplishments. –Roopleen
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca
“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” – Arthur Rubenstein
. “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” – Charles Bukowski
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney
“Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” -Neil Gaiman
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavour. -Eleanor Roosevelt
“I close my eyes to old ends. And open my heart to new beginnings.” -Nick Frederickson
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. -John Lennon
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” -Oprah Winfrey
“Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another.” – Alex Morritt
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. -Mother Teresa
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” -Michael Altshuler
“Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.” – Richard Carlson
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” -T.S. Eliot
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” -Vidal Sassoon
“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” —Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“New Year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” -Alex Morritt
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” -John D. Rockefeller
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
“What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” -Vern McLellan
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” -Taylor Swift
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I will learn.” -Benjamin Franklin
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” -Steve Jobs
“Write in your heart that every day is the best day of the year.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln
“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” -Oscar Wilde
“I failed my way to success.” -Thomas Edison
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” -Tony Robbins
“A new heart for a New Year, always!” -Charles Dickens
“One resolution I have made, and always try to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.” -John Burroughs
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” -Herman Melville
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” -Brad Paisley
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” -Joey Adams
“New year is the glittering light to brighten the dream-lined pathway of the future.” -Munia Khan
with the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” -Estee Lauder
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” -Bill Vaughan
“Life is trying things to see if they work.” -Ray Bradbury
“May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early.” -Aleister Crowley
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” -Abraham Lincoln
“Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.” -Charles Dickens
“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” -D. H. Lawrence
“Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous New Year by believing.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach
“A New Year…a fresh, clean start. It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on.” -Bill Watterson
“Life is a long lesson in humility.” -James M. Barrie
“The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” -Melody Beattie
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” -Bob Marley
“Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas.” -Charles Kettering
“It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.” -William Thomas
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” -Albert Einstein
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” -Plato
“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” -Charles Lamb
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” -Confucius
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” ―Josiyah Martin

Conclusion

In conclusion, inspirational quotes have the power to help us overcome obstacles and stay motivated throughout the year. As we enter 2023, it’s important to remember that our attitude and mindset are crucial to achieving our goals. By incorporating these quotes into our daily lives, we can cultivate a positive mindset and approach challenges with a renewed sense of purpose. Whether it’s a quote about perseverance, gratitude, or self-belief, these words of wisdom can help us stay on track and maintain our focus. So, let these quotes be a guiding light and a source of inspiration as we navigate the year ahead, and remember that anything is possible with the right mindset and determination.