50 Motivational Quotes for Lazy People
Everyone experiences moments of laziness, when it feels like everything is just too much. But sometimes, all you need is a little inspiration to get back on track. These 50 motivational quotes are perfect for giving you that extra push to overcome laziness and take action.
1-10: Get Moving
"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." – Zig Ziglar
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." – Steve Jobs
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." – Mark Twain
"Small steps in the right direction can turn out to be the biggest steps of your life." – Unknown
"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." – Sam Levenson
"You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do." – Carl Jung
"Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention." – Steve Maraboli
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." – Zig Ziglar
"The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it." – Unknown
11-20: Beat Laziness
"You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours." – Unknown
"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." – Unknown
"Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it." – Unknown
"Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction." – Unknown
"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." – Anne Frank
"You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily." – John C. Maxwell
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier
"Action is the foundational key to all success." – Pablo Picasso
"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done." – Unknown
"Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow." – Robert Kiyosaki
21-30: Push Through Challenges
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." – Vidal Sassoon
"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." – Jim Rohn
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today." – Will Rogers
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today." – Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving." – Conrad Hilton
"Don’t wait. The time will never be just right." – Napoleon Hill
"Opportunities don’t happen, you create them." – Chris Grosser
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." – Michael Jordan
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself." – Jordan Belfort
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." – Theodore Roosevelt
31-40: Focus on Consistency
"Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency." – Dwayne Johnson
"Your dreams don’t work unless you do." – John C. Maxwell
"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do." – Unknown
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." – Jim Ryun
"You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then keep doing that every day." – Unknown
"Focus on being productive instead of busy." – Tim Ferriss
"Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it." – Unknown
"Work hard in silence, let success make the noise." – Frank Ocean
"A year from now you may wish you had started today." – Karen Lamb
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." – Peter Drucker
41-50: Overcome Excuses
"Excuses will always be there. Opportunity won’t." – Unknown
"You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined." – Unknown
"If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse." – Jim Rohn
"Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits." – Jerry Dunn
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." – Pablo Picasso
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." – Jules Renard
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." – Wayne Gretzky
"The cost of procrastination is the life you could’ve lived." – Unknown
"The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow." – Unknown
"It’s never too late to be what you might have been." – George Eliot
If you’ve been feeling lazy or unmotivated, these quotes serve as a reminder that taking action is the only way to achieve success. Sometimes, all it takes is one small step to get the ball rolling, so pick a quote that resonates with you and use it as your daily mantra. Remember, progress is progress, no matter how slow!
