As we head into a brand-new month, it’s time to look forward and think about all the things we can accomplish this month. Whether you’re looking for new goals or just a little inspiration, here are 85 great quotes about motivation to get you started.
New Month Quotes
Got another great one? Let us know in the comments below. Also, check out a few of the annual great positive quotes roundups I’ve put together the last couple of months:
1. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.W. Mills
2. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi
3. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” -Helen Keller
4. “A new day is coming, let us be ready.” -Karen Carpenter
5. “You can’t go back, you can only move forward.” -Unknown
6. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” -Tony Robbins
7. “The time to repair is when the pain occurs, not after the damage has been done.” -Norman Vincent Peale
8. “I am determined to live by so high a standard that I would not be ashamed if all mankind hated me.” -Immanuel Kant
9. “If you want to succeed, don’t sit around and wait for something to happen. Go make it happen!” -T. Harv Eker
10. “I am always optimistic, even in the face of overwhelming odds.” -Winston Churchill
11. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill
12. “It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau
13. “If you want to change the world, take off your shoes.” -Mohandas Gandhi
14. “We have only one chance to get it right, this is our life, this is now.” -Unknown
15. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” -Winston Churchill
16. “You will never find time for anything. Don’t even try. You have to make time for what you want to do.” -Unknown
17. “If you want to be successful, act as if you were already successful.” -Bill Gates
18. “There are no limits to what you can achieve if you don’t care who gets the credit.” -Walt Disney
19. “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” -Sun Tzu
20. “To be successful in life, you need to change your thinking and not your circumstances.” -Unknown
21. “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” -Oscar Wilde
22. “It’s better to be a living dog than a dead lion.” -John Adams
23. “The only limit to what you can achieve is the amount of work you’re prepared to do.” -Thomas Edison
24. “You can’t go back, you can only move forward.” -Tony Robbins
25. “May each new month bring us closer to the person we wish to become.” -Unknown
26. “The more I study music, the more I understand that there are no notes. There are only chords.” -John Cage
27. “Every new day is a fresh beginning.” -Unknown
28. “There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven.” -Ecclesiastes 31
29. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln
30. “A new month begins with a new day and a new year.” -Unknown
31. “It’s a new month. I have a new plan.” – Unknown
32. “May the new month bring you happiness and good health.” -Unknown
33. “May the New Month bring you success and happiness.” -Unknown
34. “The new month is filled with hope and promise.” -Unknown
35. “A new month has begun, may it bring us all good fortune.” -Unknown
36. “May the New Month bring you peace of mind.” -Unknown
37. “May the new month be filled with love and joy.” -Unknown
38. “There is no better time to start than the present.” –Jim Rohn
39. “A new month begins with a new day. A new day brings with it new hope, new opportunities, and new beginnings. And so it is with each and every day.” –Oprah Winfrey
40. “Don’t wait for tomorrow; do it today.” –Unknown
41. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” –Mae West
42. “There is no time to be in doubt. There is no time to hesitate. There is no time to wait.” –Abraham Lincoln
43. “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
44. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” –Lewis Carroll
45. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” –Dwayne Johnson
46. “Don’t worry about old age; you won’t even notice it.” —Mark Twain
47. “The secret of a long life is learning to enjoy every minute of it.” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
48. “I am not afraid of tomorrow because I’ll be dead tomorrow. I’m not afraid of today because I’ll be alive today.” –Unknown
49. “The only thing that stops a bad day is a good day.” –Unknown
50. “A good time for a change is better than a perfect time.” –Thomas Fuller
51. “When it comes to work, I like to say, ‘I’ve been to the top and I’m ready to come home.’” –Sally Struthers
52. “You can get anything done in the morning, but you can’t get anything done in the afternoon.” –Charles H. Spurgeon
53. “The first month of the year is not the same as the last month of the year.” -Anonymous
54. “I am a new month, a new beginning.” – C.S. Lewis
55. “New beginnings are often more difficult than new endings.” -Anonymous
56. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” -Unknown
57. “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a wrong choice today can be a right choice tomorrow.” -Anonymous
58. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of those who stood with us.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
59. “May the new month be filled with all your hopes, and may it bring you every blessing.” -Pope John Paul II
60. “A new month begins. It is a time for reflection. We are ready to make changes in our lives. We are ready to live more wisely. A new month begins. We are ready to start anew.” -Kofi Annan
61. “A new month begins. May it bring us every good. May it bring us every blessing.” -Pope John Paul II
62. “May this new month bring to you the best of health and happiness.” -Pope John Paul II
63. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
64. “I’m so excited to start a new month. I’m so happy that it’s a new month. It’s a brand new month. It’s a brand new day. It’s a brand new year. It’s a brand new life. It’s a brand new you.” -Janis Joplin
65. “It is not what you look forward to but what you look back on that makes you happy.” -James Fenimore Cooper
66. “We all have problems, but if you have problems with your problems, you have bigger problems.” -Thomas Sowell
67. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage, the secret of courage is strength, and the secret of strength is joy.” -Vincent Van Gogh
68. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker
69. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle
70. “We can only be as happy as our secrets are.” -Hilaire Belloc
71. “Be strong and of good cheer, for all things shall work together for your good.” -The Bible
72. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
73. “I don’t want to be remembered as a successful man, I want to be remembered as a man who made his contribution.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
74. “There are no limits to what you can accomplish if you don’t mind who gets the credit.” -Tommy Lasorda
75. “In everything, there is a season, a time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted.” -The Bible
76. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde
77. “I’m not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” -Nelson Mandela
78. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -Coco Chanel
79. “I’ve been looking for happiness everywhere but it’s inside me.” -John Lennon
80. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
81. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” -William James
82. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life by changing his attitudes of mind.” -William James
83. “The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the subtlety and the perfection of its works. It’s really nothing short of miraculous.” -Charles Darwin
84. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Zig Ziglar
85. “You have to give up a lot of things to get to where you want to be.” -Gandhi