Does motivation sometimes feel like it’s difficult to find and impossible to keep?
Staying motivated can feel like cupping water in your hands. You have plenty at the start, but it just starts falling between the cracks so quickly that you don’t even know what happened. Sometimes, just hearing some motivational words can help you find your inspiration and stay strong. Check out some of our favorite motivational words! 
Read These Motivational Words When You Want To Get Fired Up
Motivational Words For When You Need Direction
“If you can’t figure out your purpose, find out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” ~T.D. Jakes
“Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.” ~Kenichi Ohmae
“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” ~John C. Maxwell
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ~Socrates
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ~Jim Rohn
“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.” ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“I said, ‘Somebody should do something about that.’ Then I realized, I am somebody.” ~Lily Tomlin
Motivational Words For When Your Dreams Seem Impossible
“Believe in your dreams. They were given to you for a reason.” ~Katrina Mayer
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” ~Walt Disney “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” ~Bill Cosby
“Believe that you can and you’re halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” ~Henry Ford
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“Your dream job does not exist. You must create it.” ~Anonymous
“I am always doing what I can’t do so I may learn how to do it.” ~Vincent Van Gogh
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ~Earl Nightingale
“A ship is always safe at shore, but that’s not what it’s built for.” ~Albert Einstein
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ~Walt Disney
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” ~Jordan Belfort
Motivational Words For When You’re Feeling Tired and Unable To Go On
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” ~Benjamin Disraeli
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” ~Jim Rohn
“If you don’t practice, you don’t deserve to win.” ~Andre Agassi
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” ~Zig Ziglar
“Never hope for it more than you work for it.” ~Sonya Teclai
“You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.” ~Wayne Dyer
“Let passion devour laziness.” ~Christopher Poindexter
“Success is not easy, and it is certainly not for the lazy.” ~Samantha Berngard
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ~Lou Holtz
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” ~Henry Ford
“Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.” ~Zig Zigler
Motivation For When You Are Facing Obstacles
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill
“Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat.” ~Unknown
“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ~Victor Kiam
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill
“The road to success is always under construction.” ~Lily Tomlin
Motivational Words For When You’re Facing Adversity
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” ~Anonymous
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~Ayn Rand
“I am my own muse.” ~Tom Ford
“When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” ~Karen E. Quinones Miller
“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” ~Tricia Cunningham
“There is no such thing as an ordinary human.” ~The Ninth Doctor J
The Takeaway
Everyone feels tired and uninspired sometimes. However, you can do whatever you set your mind to. When you’re feeling unmotivated, keep in mind these motivational words to help keep you going strong.
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Sammy Nickalls is the Content Manager at Inspiyr.com. She is an avid health nut and a lover of all things avocado. Follow her on Twitter or Pinterest. Photo by tigerebel3
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