2020 was tough and 2021 was probably even tougher, a lot of us during this time have been feeling isolated, overworked, overwhelmed, overstressed, and experiencing all-new levels of anxiety. In order to help mentally get us through this a lot of us have chosen to pick mantras or motivational quotes that help keep us going, I know for me every single day I write down what I’m grateful for in my planner. So I thought I would put together a list of inspirational and motivational quotes that will help keep us all going for 2022. Things to read when you’re having a tough day.

So check out this curated list of what I think are some of the most inspirational and motivational quotes out there, I know they have brightened my day and I hope that they will brighten yours. And here’s to a better 2022!

  1. “There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” -Amanda Gorman

“Don’t save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential to every take, and be on top of your job, or they will replace you.” -Gabrielle Union

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” -Carol Burnett

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” -George Lorimer

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” -Lou Holtz

“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” -Madam C.J Walker

“Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.” -Simone Biles

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” -Audrey Hepburn

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” -Walt Whitman

“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” -Oprah Winfrey

“All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.”-Viola Davis

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill

“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.”

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” -Colin R. Davis

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” -Unknown

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment.” – Marianne Cantwell

“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.”

““Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.” -Beyoncé

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” -Carol Burnett

“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” -Demi Lovato

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein

“Limit your always and your nevers.” – Amy Poehler

Motivational Quotes

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” -Nelson Mandela

“There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a fuck” -Amy Schumer

“Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” -Farrah Gray

“Make each day your masterpiece.” -John Wooden

“Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality, upgrade your conviction to match your destiny.”

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

”We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.”– Amy Dickinson

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers

“I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving” -Tina Turner

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” -George Eliot

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” -Emile Zola

“Giving back to society and community enriches our lives, making it a double blessing.” -Kellie Sullivan

“Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid.” -Joan Jett

“You get what you give.” -Jennifer Lopez

“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.” -Arthur Christopher Benson

Motivational Quotes

“If the words you spoke appeared on your skin would you still be beautiful?”

“We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up.” – Awkwafina

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” -John Barrymore

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -Thomas A. Edison

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell

“Fall 7 times, stand up 8.” -Japanese Proverb

“I think it’s great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That’s the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you” -Priyanka Chopra

“When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly.” – Annicken R. Day

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” -Lindsay Vonn

Motivational Quotes

I hope these motivational quotes helped! Now get out there and tackle the day! You got this!

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