Admit it: Every time a new year rolls around, you feel a sudden urge to achieve ~*bigger and brighter things*~. And this year, the feeling is heightened because we're entering 2023—it's not just a new year, but a whole new year after all the lockdowns!
But if there’s one thing we’ve learned from the past few years, it’s that as soon as the high of the new year dies down, we just go back to our old ways.
In 2023, make a promise to yourself that you’ll try your best to sustain the motivation to *actually* achieve your goals. Need a little bit of help? Here are some quotes that will push you to do so:
- “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”- Anais Nin
- “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” - Walt Disney
- “Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter. ” - Stephen King, Duma Key
- “I’ve learned it’s important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.” - Ryan Gosling
- “Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.” - Will Smith
- “Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So take every opportunity.” - Cameron Diaz
GETTY IMAGESADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ - “I’m continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you’re uncomfortable, it means you’re growing.” - Ashton Kutcher
- “It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.” - Emma Watson
Getty ImagesCONTINUE READING BELOW ↓watch now - “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” - Golda Meir
- “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” - Beyoncé Knowles
- “I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” - Estée Lauder
- “I’m always perpetually out of my comfort zone.” - Tory Burch
- “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” - Tina Fey
Getty ImagesADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ - “Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.” - Elizabeth Gilbert
- “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” - Nelson Mandela
- “Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart
- “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” - Florence Nightingale
- “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker
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