After a pretty crazy year, I’m sure you’re feeling exhausted, and maybe even defeated. But don’t worry! Here are 10 inspirational quotes from some pretty great authors and poets to get you motivated to take on 2017!

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

2.“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” –Maya Angelou

3.“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” –William Shakespeare

4.“Don’t give up the ship in a storm because you cannot hold back the winds.” –Sir Thomas More

5.“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pale in comparison to what lies inside of you.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

6.“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” –Robert Frost

7.“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – e. e. cummings

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

9.“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald

10.“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” –Anne Frank

I hope these quotes inspire you to get moving and accomplish everything you want in the new year! Happy 2017!