10 of the Best Empowerment Quotes for Motivation
Do you need a little extra push to get your day started? Let’s be honest who doesn’t. These 10 empowerment quotes are great for an extra push in your day. These quotes are short and to the point but give you a chance to pause and think about your own life and how the quote relates. They challenge you to stand with your truth or sit with your pain. Now I get it, that doesn’t sound like a lot of fun (the pain part), but growth isn’t easy. Allow these quotes to change your way of thinking through doses of positivity. Remember where your thoughts go energy flows. Could you use a little bit of positivity in your day?
1. “No one ever became a success without taking chances… One must be able to recognize the moment and seize it without delay.” – Estée Lauder
On the other side of fear is success. You must push past the limiting beliefs and take a chance on yourself, your idea or the spark that comes to you in the middle of the night. Seize the moment and go for it. Thinking about it won’t create change but acting on the idea is where the magic begins, and the success follows.
2. “If you’re one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, ‘Maybe I could do [fill in the blank],’ don’t tell it to be quiet. Give it a little room to grow, and try to find an environment it can grow in.” – Reese Witherspoon
Ah, the voice in your head. Now sometimes that voice isn’t kind, and it creates self-doubt and limiting beliefs. So, when you hear the voice that says, you can do [blank] trust that, honor that and nurture that push of encouragement. You are capable of so much, give yourself a chance to try new things.
3. “Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.” – Demi Lovato
Have you ever had someone tell you how you should or shouldn’t feel? I find this so frustrating. How could another person possibly know what emotions you are experiencing? Your emotions are there for a reason, you are meant to feel ALL of them. Go ahead and bawl your eyes out if you need to do that or scream with frustration or jump for joy! Emotion is meant to be felt, experienced, and processed. You do you!
4. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright
Have you found your voice? The voice that can confidently say NO when something isn’t right for you? The voice that can share your real thoughts not the watered-down version to make someone else comfortable. When you feel confident with yourself and you know your values you will find your voice. Once you find it don’t ever let anyone take it away.
5. "I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story—I will." — Amy Schumer
So much YES in this quote. You get to decide how you show up, how you describe yourself and what story you will tell. Make it a good one and know that you are worthy of your strength and beauty and so much more, so own all of who you are and share that with the world.
6. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." — Amelia Earhart
The hardest part of anything is getting started. Think early morning alarm clock that forces you out of bed, but once you are up the rest of the day is yours to move forward in any direction you choose. New endeavors can feel overwhelming until you get started and create forward momentum. You can accomplish big things once you decide it is important to you.
7. "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." — Oprah Winfrey
Do you have a regular gratitude practice? It is amazing how once you start practicing gratitude life goes into full bloom and more and more goodness enters your life.
8. "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald
Do you have a dream or an internal nudge that you are supposed to be doing something different in your life? Maybe you have started something, and it isn’t going as you had planned. This is your reminder not to give up. You are meant to have the things you desire and when you show up with love and inspiration eventually you will reach your goal.
9. “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” — Mia Hamm
How many times have you said to yourself, “I should have [blank]”? Often you experience more disappointment in not trying something than in trying and possibly failing. Life is meant to be lived and that means trying new things, giving yourself a chance to experience new opportunities and pulling the trigger when you get an idea that makes your heart skip a beat.
10. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” — Marissa Mayer
You can do and accomplish anything you decide is important to you. It takes starting, trusting and giving yourself the freedom to push past fear. Your momentum may not look or feel like you expected, but you will be in motion. Getting started is the hardest part, but motion creates more motion, which creates breakthrough moments.
Final Thoughts
Trust me when I tell you that with time, focus and consistency these motivating quotes can and will push you in new directions. Will you always experience success? Probably not. But you will be living life on your terms and following your passions, the nudges and the ideas that potentially could create a lasting positive impact on your life and the life of those around you. Positive energy is so needed right now, and these quotes provide a bit of love and truth to help you think differently about your current situation. Let the sun shine light on your personal goals and dreams. You are capable of so much more than you can imagine.
