Most people will tell you that the new year brings new ideas, new opportunities and a fresh start. But you must remember that it also brings new challenges and struggles to overcome if you want to achieve these new goals.

This might be a long read, but we’d like to share some motivational quotes to inspire you and help you stay focused as you break through barriers and reach your goals in 2016 and then some:

 1.  I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

No matter what you do, be kind to the people around you. Leave a trail of love and kindness and forgiveness and even when you have to be firm (because there will be those times) be nice.

 2. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. — Dalai Lama

Before you go bewailing that loss, or moaning about that disappointment, remember that even the most terrible circumstances of our lives sometimes can lead us to our best places and to the discovery of our best selves.

3. Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. — Charles R. Swindoll

Life is always a puzzle and everyone is dealt a very different hand of cards, but how the cards are played is entirely up to each individual.  How you handle the unexpected turns of life is what will determine the results you will get. Don’t stop at that disaster or loss or disappointment, decide what people will remember about you when they think of that situation.

4. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. — Booker T. Washington

Being self centred might get you some good results, but if you truly want lasting contentment, be sure to be a blessing to other people. There’s nothing as liberating as losing that sense of self that could be both terribly limiting and cruel.

5. If you can dream it, you can do it.  — Walt Disney

The power of the mind is as strong as they told you.  And as long as you dream and truly believe that you can achieve it, there is nothing impossible and there is no force in heaven and on earth that can stop you. 

 6. The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. — Ayn Rand

I suppose that you have people in your life who always tells you why something can not be done. They will remind you of why you can not take that step. But once you take off, ask yourself who has attempted to stop you. Don’t let them stop you before you even started, but watch how they will all crawl back and become barely noticeable form your rearview mirror once you hit the road.

7. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. — Proverb

The darkest part of the night comes right before the dawn. Before the light, we experience darkness; before success, we experience struggle and pain. To succeed, you must constantly remind yourself of this fact. And if you refuse to quit, you will see the light of the day.

 8. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. — Henry Ford

Have I mentioned anything about the power of the mind? I believe I have. Your thoughts determine your actions or lack of them.

9. Where there is love there is life. — Mahatma Gandhi

It is true what they say, no amount of  success and achievements will bring happiness if you don’t have love in your life.  Love yourself, love your family, love your neighbours, love your friends, love the people in your life. That is life. And without love, life is empty.

10. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. — Plato

Three things. 1. Grow up. 2. Don’t fear the truth. 3. Ignorance is never an excuse.

 11. Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt

Like my Mum would say, it’s great to build castles in the air as long as you are actually able to bring them to land, especially if you want to live in it.

 12.  Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. –Anonymous

Remember to be both generous and grateful. Don’t only give, also learn to take, but do both gracefully.

 13. I’ve missed more than 9000 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

Failing is never a bad thing, what is worse is not doing anything at all because of fear of failure. Most of the success stories we know and admire today are stories of the ones who failed several times till they succeeded. Don’t be afraid to miss, or to lose or to fail, instead be afraid of letting fear stop you.

 14. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.  — Sam Levenson

Life is constant motion — do not stagnate an do not freeze. Even if you need to stop and catch your breath sometimes, be sure to remember that you can not afford to be at a permanent standstill.

 15. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford

My Mum always said that the purest of gold must have gone through the hottest of fires. Find a way to continue your journey and don’t allow the storms of life to stop your sail.

 16. If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. –Anonymous

If you want changes, then you must make some changes. Otherwise you will keep getting the same results.

What motivational quotes propel you?

What motivational quotes shared here resonates with you?