When you read this, I hope you're sitting on the beach without a care in the world. But the reality is, you're probably not. You're probably incredibly stressed, have a mountain of work ahead of you and continue to wonder how you're even function. Take a second for yourself and read some quotes that'll motivate you to keep moving forward and be the best version of yourself.
1. “When she transformed into a butterfly the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.” – Dean Jackson
2. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” – Stephen C. Hogan
3. “You can’t stand around and wait to be asked to dance.” – Amy Poehler
4. “When I was five years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.' They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon
5. “Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.” – Rae Smith
6. “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
7. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
8. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel
9. “All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost: the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
10. “Don’t worry if you’re making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time.” – Scott Stabile
11. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
12. “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” – Margaret Thatcher
13. “Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.” – Anne Lamott
14. “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” – Bill Nye
15. “That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they’re pretty. It’s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.” – John Green
16. “What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you’d be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?” – Karen Salmansohn
