As you can see, life coaching is in high demand, and it’s not only a good career option for some of us, and it can also be a great way to find the inspiration and motivation we need to make it through our daily lives.
Life Coach Quotes
There’s no doubt that we can all use a little help from time to time. So, if you’re looking for inspiration or just want to hear the best inspirational quotes, I’ve put together this list of great quotes about life coaches, coaching, and the power of coaching.
1. “There are two types of people in this world. Those who love life, and those who hate it. The ones who love it, live in it. The ones who hate it, are afraid of it. The ones who love it, take joy in it. The ones who hate it, wish they didn’t have to experience it. But those who love it, go on, living in it. I am among those who love it.” -Unknown
2. “If you don’t go through life with your eyes open, you will miss the beauty. Life is like a dream, and you’ve got to keep your eyes open to enjoy it.” -Mae West
3. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and care and attention to people and things that matter.” -Charles M. Schulz
4. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage, the secret of courage is knowledge.” -Michel de Montaigne
5. “It’s not what happens to us, but how we react to it that matters.” -Dale Carnegie
6. “There are two ways to live you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein
7. “A man should be able to look his children in the eye and say ‘I did the best I could.'” -Unknown
8. “Life is like a game of chess. It’s much easier to make the first move than to make the last one.” -William James
9. “The hardest thing to do is to listen to yourself.” -Mark Twain
10. “You don’t need to be a genius to get things done. The only genius you need is the ability to hold yourself in high regard.” -Steve Jobs
11. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw
12. “Live each day as if it were your last, live each moment as if it were your last, live each task as if it were your last, live each person you meet as if they were going to be the last.” -Walt Disney
13. “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” -John Wooden
14. “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
15. “Do not wait; the time will come when you will wish you had started earlier.” -Abraham Lincoln
16. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.” -Bobby McFerrin
17. “We are all connected, we are all one. There’s no difference between you and I. We’re all one.” -Marianne Williamson
18. “The best thing about being older is that you don’t have to be young anymore.” -Catherine Deneuve
19. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” -Walt Disney
20. “If you want to do something, don’t wait for permission; just do it.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
21. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” -Ernest
22. “If you want to do something really well, do it with passion.” -Michelangelo
23. “It is the most important thing in life to have a vision of what you want, then go get it.” -Napoleon Hill
24. “A coach is someone who has more experience than you do and can help you through it.” -Dorothy L. Sayers
25. “A life without a purpose is a life without meaning. A life without meaning is a life not worth living.” -Unknown
26. “To know your strengths and weaknesses is to have a coach.” -Unknown
27. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker
28. “A good coach doesn’t just tell you what to do; he shows you how to do it.” -Jim Collins
29. “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel Boorstin
30. “When you are working hard on something, don’t let yourself stop until you get it right. That’s when the real learning starts.” -Bill Gates
31. “The person who gets everything he wants in this life will never be happy.” -Anonymous
32. “To be a great coach you need to be able to listen well, ask the right questions, and then help your clients make decisions.” -John C. Maxwell
33. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” -George Harrison
34. “A good coach is the one who makes you want to play better.” -Maurice Evans
35. “When I coach, I try to look at people as if they were my own kids.” -Unknown
36. “There are three kinds of coaches those who help you win, those who help you prepare to lose, and those who help you prepare to win.” -Doug Wilson
37. “If you want to know what a person is like, just watch how he treats his friends, for that is how you will treat him.” -William James
38. “Coaching is about helping others reach their goals.” -Robert Dilts
39. “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride!” -Hunter S. Thompson
40. “The only way to make your dreams come true is to wake up every morning and do something that makes you happy.” -Unknown
41. “I’m the only one in this room who has made his own destiny. I am the only one who can make my own choices. I am the only one who can create my own happiness. And it’s up to me to do it. I’m not going to wait for some power outside of myself to make me successful. I’m going to work for it.” -T. Harv Eker
42. “I’ve had many coaches in my life, but there is no one who could give me more than what I’ve already given myself.” -Kareem Abdul Jabbar
43. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Robert Brault
44. “The most important thing about a coach is that they are a mirror.” -Nate Berkus
45. “What we have here is a failure to communicate. We have a failure to listen as well as a failure to speak. I think you have a lot to teach me, and I have a lot to learn from you.” -Nate Berkus
46. “We all need someone to tell us that we’re going the right way, someone to show us the road ahead, someone to give us the courage to keep walking.” -Unknown
47. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” -The Buddha
48. “A coach is like a parent. A coach gives you guidance, but ultimately you have to make your own decisions.” -T. Harv Eker
49. “Coaches are people who help us to become better versions of ourselves.” -T. Harv Eker
50. “A coach is a mirror.” -T. Harv Eker
51. “I’m a coach, and I’m here to help you to grow. I’m here to teach you how to get to where you want to go.” -T. Harv Eker
52. “The key to life is not to be in love with life, but to be in love with something inside you that will pull you through life. If you find that something, hold on to it.” -Dorothy L. Sayers
53. “A man who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” -Viktor Frankl
54. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
55. “We must all suffer one of two things the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” -Jim Rohn
56. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -John Wooden
57. “No matter what happens, or how much you lose, or how bad your life gets, keep on playing.” -Billie Joe Armstrong
58. “You can’t do anything great if you’re afraid of failure.” -Maya Angelou
59. “If you want to do something really well, you have to love it.” -Tom Peters
60. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” -Bill Cosby
61. “Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it.” -Bob Hope
62. “The person who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” -Viktor Frankl
63. “The first step in the journey of a thousand miles is to start walking.” -Confucius
64. “You don’t fail by getting caught; you fail when you stop trying.” -Mark Twain
65. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” -Heraclitus
66. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom, courage.” -Bertrand Russell
67. “We can only find out who we are by what we do.” -Ernest Hemingway
68. “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
69. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” -Anonymous
70. “To be happy in this world you need 3 things a sense of humor, tolerance, and patience. If you have these three things, you will always be happy.” -Dalai Lama
71. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” -George Bernard Shaw
72. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill
73. “You can’t turn back the clock, but you can always turn forward.” -Unknown
74. “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never remember you.” -Denis Waitley
75. “I have learned to live with my mistakes and to let my errors help me to correct my future actions.” -Robert H. Schuller
76. “In the darkest hour of your life, look into your heart and ask yourself, ‘What are you willing to risk?'” -Unknown
77. “It’s better to be happy than right.” -Anonymous
78. “If you want to be happy, be.” -Lao Tzu
79. “The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they’ve got.” -Walt Disney
80. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein
81. “Do what you love and love what you do.” -Norman Vincent Peale
82. “Don’t look back. Something may be gaining on you and you can’t tell until it’s too late.” -Unknown
83. “If you don’t like your job, you should find one that you like even better.” -Unknown
84. “If you don’t take responsibility for your own life, no one else will.” -Al Gore
85. “Don’t wait for people to help you. Ask for help when you need it.” -Mother Teresa
86. “We can’t control what happens to us, but we can choose how we react to it.” -Maya Angelou
87. “The key to happiness is freedom. The key to freedom is courage. The only way to be courageous is to tell the truth.” -Cicero
88. “What you’re doing is not who you are.” -Anonymous
89. “If you want to change the world, start by changing yourself.” -Unknown
90. “I think of myself as a student of life.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein
91. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and have it come back to you tenfold.” -Mother Teresa
92. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau
93. “We cannot do great things; we can only do small things with great love.” -Mother Teresa
94. “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” -Lewis Carroll
95. “There are no obstacles, only opportunities.” -Anonymous
96. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi
97. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
98. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -Steve Jobs
99. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” -George Bernard Shaw
100. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” -Mark Twain
101. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
102. “If you want to do something really well, do it with passion.” -Michelangelo
103. “If you want to be a great leader, think like a leader and act like a follower.” -Anonymous
104. “You don’t have to be perfect to get started. You just have to get started.” -Steve Jobs
105. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” -Steve Jobs
106. “Success is a process, not an event.” -Anonymous
107. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill
108. “Life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it.” -Wayne Dyer
109. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
110. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt