There comes a time in everyone's life when the zeal and the need to do something simply evaporates. There is a setback experienced in the way that we carry out things and no matter what anyone does or says, helps to lift one's spirits and get them out of that funk. One then tends to slip into a self pitying, even a self victimizing mode and that's when it starts getting really bad. It has been seen that at times like these, a simple activity, like that of reading through famous motivational quotes, helps. It provides a different perspective on what life is and leaves important lessons in its wake. It teaches us about garnering different skills and changing our thought processes so that there is enough motivation to go through life's trying times. If you have been through times like these, or are going through something similar, or simply because these motivational quotes are extremely inspiring, I'd like to give you a list of some of the most famous quotes for gaining motivation in life. Peruse through these at leisure and I'm sure it'll help instill in you the basic motivation needed to face life with confidence and a new zeal. Best Motivational Quotes Be not simply good; be good for something. ~ Henry David Thoreau He who hesitates is lost. ~ Proverb The power of imagination makes us infinite. ~ John Muir Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion. ~ Samuel Johnson Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. ~ Stephen Covey Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. ~ Booker T. Washington Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ~ Maria Robinson Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'. ~ Jim Rohn Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. ~ Leon J. Suenes For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. ~ James A. Froude An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. ~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. ~ James Dean The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke Inspiring Motivational Quotes We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~ Aristotle The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. ~ Samuel Johnson Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Men's best successes come after their disappointments. ~ Henry Ward Beecher Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. ~ Voltaire The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. ~ Tommy Lasorda We are what we think. ~ Buddha It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. ~ Mark Twain Victory belongs to the most persevering. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte It's never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Eliot We tend to get what we expect. ~ Norman Vincent Peale No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. ~ Vince Lombardi Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right. ~ Henry Ford Good Motivational Quotes There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you. ~ David Burns The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one. ~ Elbert Hubbard We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. ~ Charles R. Swindoll What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. ~ A. Sachs If we did all the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~ E.E. Cummings What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ~ Sir Francis Bacon Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. ~ Sydney Smith It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~ James Thurber Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice. ~ George Jackson Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. ~ W. Edwards Deming To err is human; to forgive, infrequent. ~ Franklin P. Adams Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. ~ James A. Froude I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ~ Michael J. Fox The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. ~ Voltaire Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King Jr Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles. ~ Charlie Chaplin These were some of the famous motivational quotes that consequently also double up as some of the best inspirational quotes. Hope you enjoyed going through them and that it has helped instill enough motivation in you to face life with a renewed zeal. As they say Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden.