By now, the new year euphoria must have cleared from your eyes and you are faced with the reality of what lies ahead. You have probably made your new year resolutions and even tried to implement them. Maybe you do not believe in making these resolutions and choose to take each day as it comes.
Either way, good for you. However, it does not hurt to have something to act as your anchor, to motivate you to stay focused on your goals. You do not necessarily need to rely only on the heavy preaching of your favourite pastor or the wisdom of the elder in the village. A simple motivational quote may be all you need to keep you grounded.
Therefore, Skabash! presents a list of 13 quotes to keep you focused in 2025.
13 quotes to keep you focused in 2025
“Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.”
— Michael Hart
“Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.”
— Arthur Helps
“People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.”
— Carrie Moss Anne
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.”
— William James
“I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true — hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.”
—Ray Bradbury
“It’s better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than halfway up one you don’t.”
—Ricky Gervais
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”
— Tony Robbins
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Maya Angelou
“I believe ambition is not a dirty word. It’s just believing in yourself and your abilities. Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to be a little bit more ambitious? I think the world would change.”
— Reese Witherspoon
“If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
— David Bowie
“Don’t let what you don’t know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have always been done, you’re guaranteed to do them differently.”
— Sara Blakely
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”
— Wayne Dyer
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