100+ Motivational Monday Quotes For a Positive Week in Work and Life

Monday motivation for work

1. “If not us, who? If not now, when?” – John F. Kennedy

2. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

3. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser

5. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss

6. “The road to success is always under construction” – Lily Tomlin

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7. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

8. “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

9. “The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”– Pearl Buck

10. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin

11. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou

12. “I believe the first step in any success, sports, work, a service group, whatever is, showing up.” – David DeNotaris

13. “Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!” – David Dweck

14. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

15. “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan

16. “My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.” — Kelly Clarkson

17. “In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.” — Shakira

18. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” — Beverly Sills

Have a Great Monday to Have a Great Week Quotes

19. “The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” – Hasidic Proverb

20. “Hey, I know it’s Monday. But it’s also a new day and a new week. And in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.” – Michael Ely

21. “Okay, it’s Monday but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway.” – Kimberly Jiménez

22. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

23. “Starve your distraction and feed your focus.” – Unknown

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24. “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

25. “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.” – Germany Kent

26. “Know this one great truth: you are in control of your own life.” — Rachel Hollis

27. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey

28. “What starts on Monday should carry through to Friday; that is, enthusiasm. Have a great week!” – Unknown

Positive Monday Vibes quotes

29. “When we train our minds to radiate positive viewpoints, we will see positive results in our lives.” – John Vaulkner

30. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

31. “Make each day your masterpiece.”– John Wooden

32. “This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you.” – Unknown

33. “You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic.” – Andrea L’Artiste

34. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – Dalai Lama

35. “It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” – Robert H. Schuller

36. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

37. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

38. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” —Charles Kingsleigh

39. “Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.” – Luther Campbell

40. “There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.” – Joel Osteen

Motivational Monday ideas to get things done

41. “Your only limit is you.” – Unknown

42. “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

43. “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”– Unknown

44. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.” – Unknown

45. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield

46. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

47. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius

48. “The only limits you have are the limits you believe.” – Wayne Dyer

49. “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” – Olin Miller

50. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King

51. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Dennis P. Kimbro

52. “Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” – Norman Ralph Augustine

53. “A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” – Arthur Golden

Monday inspiring Caption for Encouragement

54. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” – Unknown

55. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” – Napoleon Hill

56. “If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” – Les Brown

57. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

58. “No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work.” – Jonathan Sacks

59. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden

60. “Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.” – Unknown

61. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho

62. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

63. “A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it’s built for.” – Albert Einstein

64. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

65. “Don’t work for recognition but do work worthy of recognition.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Start the week with Inspirational Monday Morning quotes

66. “Done is better than perfect.”— Sheryl Sandberg

67. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

68. “Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” – Brian Tracy

69. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown

70. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jen Sincero

71. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh

72. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

73. “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Harry F. Banks

74. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsh

75. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

76. “Begin the week with momentum and you’ll look back with great satisfaction on all you achieved.” – Skip Prichard

77. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso

Quotes About Monday

78. “Monday is a good day to have a great day! It’s all in your attitude.” – Unknown

79. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens

80. “Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up & chase them.” – Kristin, Sophisticated Gal

81. “Mondays are the start of the workweek which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!” – David Dweck

82. “The biggest thrill wasn’t in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.” – Art Rooney

83. “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.” – Jerry Spinelli

84. “Monday won’t be so gloomy if you believe that something good is always bound to happen.” – Unknown

Good Monday Morning Quotes

85. “Morning is an important time of day because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” – Lemony Snicket

86. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” – Seth Godin

87. “Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.” — Muhammad Ali

88. “It’s Monday. Get a new perspective. Whatever obstacle you’re facing—it’s not permanent.” – Unkown

89. “Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” – Brian Tracy

90. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell

91. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

92. “It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.” – Tony Robbins

Quotes About Monday Blues

93. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain

94. “You are never going to feel ready. Start anyways.” – Mel Robbins

95. “Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.” – Unknown

96. “When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it’s Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.” – Edmond Mbiaka

97. “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link

98. “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

99. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

100. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee

101. “Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.” – Rita Schiano

102. “Monday morning you sure look fine.” – Lindsey Buckingham

103. “Knowing is not enough we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

104. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill

105. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak

106. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk

107. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

Happy Monday Motivational quotes

108. “Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia

109. “This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen.” – Gabriel García Márquez

110. “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.” – Germany Kent

111. “Mondays are tough only for those people, who don’t know how to spend them cheerfully. Get up and have fun today!” – Unkown

112. “The past has no power over the present moment.” – Eckhart Tolle

113. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

114. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller

Monday Sayings and Thoughts

115. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

116. “There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.” – Roger Staubach

117. “It’s not the days in your life, but the life in your days that counts.” – Brian White

118. “Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get there.” — Whitney Wolfe Herd

119. “Don’t ask if your dream is crazy, ask if it’s crazy enough.” — Lena Waithe

120. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

121. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan

122. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

123. “Life offers you so many doors, it is up to you which to open and which one to close.” – Unknown

124. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso

125. “The most effective way to do is to do it.” — Amelia Earhart