15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

UPDATED: July 31, 2018
PUBLISHED: April 20, 2017

Growth never stops. With a life full of possibilities, you have the potential to keep building on your progress and laying the foundation for your best self. Even if you’ve already achieved some of your goals, you can always do more and be better.

Get inspired to reach your greatest potential with help from these 15 insightful quotes.

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15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

1. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” —Tim Ferriss


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

2. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

3. “Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.” —Fernando Flores


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

4. “There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential.” —Charles Schulz


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

5. “Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.” —Marilyn Ferguson


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

6. “The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.” —Jim Rohn


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

7. “It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.” —Zig Ziglar


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

8. “Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” —Steven Pressfield


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

9. “We’ll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it.” —Travis Rice


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

10. “Find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” —Deepak Chopra


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

11. “Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.” —Winston Churchill


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

12. “There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” —Henry Ford


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

13. “Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.” —Brian Tracy


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

14. “There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.” —Oprah Winfrey


15 Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Your Greatest Potential

15. “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” —Richard Bach

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Lydia Sweatt is a freelance writer, bookworm, and bass guitar enthusiast. When she goes outside, a bicycle goes with her.