It’s time to start unblocking yourself from unproductive mindsets and cycles. Read these motivational quotes to get the perspective you need to wake up and crush each morning
Using productive morning quotes, or quotes in general, is one of the best and quickest ways to give a boost to your mind, and morning routine, without spending any money or hardly any effort.
I personally love using quotes, and have them all over my workspaces, because they’re super easy to remember and they act as a guide for almost every type of situation imaginable, including productivity.
If your mornings have been unproductive or you haven’t progressed towards your goals in a while, then you’re not alone because I’ve been in that same position many times.
Check out this list of 50 Productive Morning Quotes that I swear by when I need help getting out of a rut quickly and jumping back on track with my goals and seizing the day.
This post is all about productive morning quotes
50 OF THE BEST PRODUCTIVE MORNING QUOTES
1. In one minute, you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day
Spencer Johnson
3. You must decide where you are going in the evening if you intend to leave early in the morning
Malian Proverb
4. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant
Robert Louis Stevenson
IF YOU EVEN DREAM OF BEATING ME YOU’D BETTER WAKE UP AND APOLOGIZE
– MUHAMMAD ALI
6. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can
Arthur Ashe
8. Wake up early and tackle the day before it tackles you. Be on offense, not defense
Evan Carmichael
9. My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do
Francine Jay
SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE WILLPOWER TO WIN OVER THEIR SNOOZE BUTTONS
– UNKNOWN
11. Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.
Jocko Willink
13. When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps
Confucius
14. Despite the natural belittling of one’s self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realization that we all write our own autobiography, we are the authors of our life story. Realizing that, write a good story with your life and make sure to write yourself as the protagonist. Be the hero of your journey
Yossi Ghinsberg
JUST ONE SMALL POSITIVE THOUGHT IN THE MORNING CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE DAY
– DALAI LAMA
15. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them
Denis Waitley
17. It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan
Eleanor Roosevelt
18. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals
Henry David Thoreau
A GOAL WITHOUT A PLAN IS JUST A WISH
– ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
20. The secret to getting ahead is getting started
Mark Twain
22. Your morning sets up the success of your day. So many people wake up and immediately check text messages, emails, and social media. I use my first hour awake for my morning routine of breakfast and meditation to prepare myself
Caroline Ghosn
24. Clutter is not just the stuff on your floor – it’s anything that stands between you and the life you want to be living
Peter Walsh
THE TIME TO REPAIR THE ROOF IS WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING
– JOHN F. KENNEDY
26. Nothing is particularly hard when you divide it into small jobs
Henry Ford
28. Where are the people who don’t have goals headed? Those 97 percent end up working for the three percent
Shiv Khera
29. A good system shortens the road to the goal
Orison Swett Marden
THE UNIVERSE DOESN’T GIVE YOU WHAT YOU ASK FOR WITH YOUR THOUGHTS; IT GIVES YOU WHAT YOU DEMAND WITH YOUR ACTIONS
– STEVE MARABOLI
31. When you start to do the things you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it’s Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions
Edmond Mbiaka
33. Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it
Muhammad Ali
34. Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve
J.K. Rowling
WAKE UP DETERMINED. GO TO BED SATISFIED
– DWAYNE JOHNSON
36. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things
Albert Einstein
38. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere
Barack Obama
39. It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it
Lena Horne
THE BIGGEST TASK IN THE MORNING IS TO TRY TO KEEP MY HEADSPACE FROM BEING INVADED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD
– AUSTIN KLEON
41. Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all
Nathan W. Morris
43. Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work
Stephen King
44. Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark
Richard Cushing
A GOOD PLAN TODAY IS BETTER THAN A PERFECT PLAN TOMORROW
– GEORGE S. PATTON
46. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t
Thomas Edison
48. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up
Paul Valery
49. I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself
Elon Musk
DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY
– YODA
CONCLUSION
I hope you enjoyed this list of productive morning quotes as much as I do and that you learned something and were inspired along the way. Jot down these quotes in your notebook or check out my Pinterest to quickly save these to your boards.
I’d love to know which quote was your favorite and which of these you’d never heard before, so be sure to leave a comment below!