50 Inspirational Quotes for Joy & Abundance

If you want to be successful and joyful, you must think inspiring, motivational thoughts. Sometimes we all need some inspirational quotes to help us through a tough moment in our lives.

Every thought you think and every word you say matters. Your thoughts and words are declarations of who you think you are and how you perceive the world to be.

In the new year, resolve to think and speak to yourself with inspirational words. When you do this you are literally reprogramming your beliefs about yourself and the world you live in with each positive thought. The best part is -- the universe will reward you when you change the way you speak to yourself.

I've compiled a list of my favorite inspirational quotes and motivational words to help you reframe the way you think.

1. “Whatever goal you give to your subconscious mind, it will work night and day to achieve.” Jack Canfield

2. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” - Edith Wharton

3. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” - Dennis P. Kimbro

4. “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” - Jim Rohn

5. “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame them, it will not change you.” - Wayne Dyer

6. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” - Charles Kettering

7. “Progress always involves risk; you can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” - Frederick Wilcox

8. “I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.” - Mark Twain

9. “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

10. “First you jump off the cliff and you wings on the way down.” - Ray Bradbury

11. “Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel.” - Rhonda Byrne

12. “You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.” - Brian Tracy

13. “The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.” - Zig Ziglar

14. “Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” - Kevin Kruse

15. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” - Jim Rohn

16. “If you want to lift somebody else up, lift up yourself.” - Booker T. Washington

17. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” - Hellen Keller

18. “Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill

19. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle

20. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” - Robert Collier

21. "Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable." - Jack Canfield

22. “We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope that we get to death without being too badly bruised or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest dreams.” - Bob Proctor

23. "The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever is your goal, you can get there if you are willing to work." - Oprah Winfrey

24. “The more you focus on and talk about what you do want. The faster you will manifest your dreams and goals.” - Stephen Covey

25. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand

26. “A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude.” - Bruce Wilkinson

27. “It’s always too soon to quit!” - Norman Vincent Peale

28. “He who stops being better stops being good.” - Oliver Cromwell

29. “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” - John Maxwell

30. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” - John F. Kennedy

31. “You’ve got to ask. Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful and neglected secret to success and happiness.” - Percy Ross

32. "If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all." - Michelangelo

33. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” - Mark Twain

34. "The mind is everything. What you think, you become." - Buddha 

35. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” - Robin Williams

36. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams

37. “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.” - Jessie Potter

38. “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” - Arthur Rubinstein

39. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” - W. Clement Stone

40. "It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, so long as you don’t stop.” - Confucius

41. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

42. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey

43. “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” - Oscar Wilde

44. “Action is the foundational key to all successes.” - Pablo Picasso

45. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Dalai Lama

46. “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your should, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” - Napoleon Hill

47. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar

48. “It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” - Henry James

49. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman

50. “People treat you the way you teach them to treat you.” - Jack Canfield


This post first appeared on Jackcanfield.com, and is reprinted with permission.

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