Happy Monday Quotes – Monday mornings can be better.
The most important thing is to find something that makes you feel happy and motivated, so you can do your best every day.
If you’re having trouble making decisions like getting out of bed, running a marathon, changing your job, or figuring out what to eat for lunch, these quotes can motivate you to take action and make the life you want.
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Happy Monday Quotes
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.”
— Sallie Krawcheck, Founder and CEO of Ellevest
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.”
— Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal
“No one ever slows her agenda.”
— Rhonesha Bing, Emmy-winning journalist, founder and CEO of HerAgenda
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
— Anais Nin
“Don’t be afraid to get no’s, make mistakes and fail multiple times. That’s gonna give you a thicker skin to follow your passion and your own road!”
— Naya Rappaport
“People might think you can turn creativity on and off, but it’s not like that. It just kind of comes out. A mash up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it’s gonna happen, but when it does … it’s like magic. It’s just that simple and it’s just that hard.”
— Gwen Stefani
“Forget about what you have to do for a second. How do you want to be for today?”
— Jane Scudder, certified coach and founder, The New Exec
“Know this one great truth: you are in control of your own life.”
— Rachel Hollis
“Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
— Lolly Daskal
“On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.”
— Madonna
“I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose. When you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds.”
— Ellen DeGeneres
“My business philosophy is that you have to work harder than everybody else. I always tell my kids and they’re like, ‘Yeah, we know you work hard.’ I’m like, ‘No, it’s not just that I work hard. I put in harder work than everybody else. I work harder and harder and harder and harder. When everybody is sleeping, I’m doing more.’ It’s just a relentless pursuit of creativity.”
— Jennifer Lopez
“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist—while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”
— Lori Greiner
“In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.”
— Shakira
“Done is better than perfect.”
— Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook
“Don’t ask if your dream is crazy, ask if it’s crazy enough.”
— Lena Waithe
“Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.”
— Danielle LaPorte
“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“The most effective way to do is to do it.”
— Amelia Earhart
“If you want to be a successful in this world, you have to follow your passion, not a paycheck.”
– Jen Welter, first female NFL coach
“Sometimes, no matter how much people care about you, they won’t always understand or support your vision—and that’s perfectly okay. It’s yours for a reason, so dare to swim against the current in pursuit of whatever it is you dream of. In the end, you will find there’s no greater success than achieving what you believe in and make happen on your own.”
— Anixia Rodriguez, founder of La Sirène
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.”
— Estée Lauder
“Don’t give it five minutes if you’re not going to give it five years.”
— Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex
“My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.”
— Kelly Clarkson
“Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything.”
— Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox
“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.“
— Serena Williams
“If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.”
— Jen Sincero, author and coach
“Each time you make a good decision or do something nice or take care of yourself; each time you show up to work and work hard and do your best at everything you can do, you’re planting seeds for a life that you can only hope will grow beyond your wildest dreams. Take care of the little things—even the little things that you hate—and treat them as promises to your own future. Soon you’ll see that fortune favors the bold who get sh*t done.”
— Sophia Amoruso
“I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”
— Beyoncé
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
— Maya Angelou
“Life is a fairytale starring you. You have the power to write your own story and be the hero of it, too.”
— Joelle Speranza, author, blogger and entrepreneur
“Someday is not a day of the week.”
— Denise Brennan-Nelson
