If you’re like many writers, you began this year with some goals in mind.
You were determined to finish your manuscript or start your website or submit your book proposal or grow your audience.
How is it going?
Maybe you’ve made some progress but not as much as you wanted. Maybe you haven’t made much headway at all.
If you can relate to this, I want to offer some hope.
I’ve compiled twenty-five of what I think are the most inspiring quotes for writers.
I hope these are helpful to you! Consider printing them out or copying one down and posting it in a place you’ll see from time to time.
25 Motivational Quotes for Writers
1. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela
2. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” —Unknown
3. “It’s not fun to fail, but it just might be the only way to succeed.” —Jeff Goins
4. “Everything got better for me when I made peace with the fact that it might not ever get easier . . . Creative work is hard. Life is short and art is long.” —Austin Kleon
5. “Every step matters.” —Anonymous
6. “If at first you don’t succeed . . . you’re normal.” —Michael Hyatt
7. “You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” —James Clear
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8. “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” —Winston Churchill
9. “Everything gets harder if you start going on and on about how hard it is.” —Stephen Covey
10. “Your goals should be in your discomfort zone. Your next steps should be in your comfort zone.” —Gail Hyatt
11. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” —Thomas Edison
12. “A man without a goal is like a ship with no rudder.” —Thomas Carlyle
13. “There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.” —Steven Pressfield
14. “What single brave decision do you need to make today?” —Michael Hyatt
15. “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” —Helen Keller
16. “Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.” —Seth Godin
17. “Failure is an event, not a person.” —Zig Ziglar
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18. “Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.” —Jonathan Kozol
19. “Writing can be a very dramatic pursuit, full of catastrophes and disasters and emotion and attempts that fail. My path as a writer became much more smooth when I learned, when things aren’t going well, to regard my struggles as curious, not tragic.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
20. “What is now proved was once only imagined.” —William Blake
21. “Art is the generous act of making things better by doing something that might not work.” —Seth Godin, The Practice
22. “The first draft is just math.” —AJ Harper
23. “Tend your own garden, and love what grows within.” —Anonymous
24. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two that I’m aware of, no shortcut.”—Stephen King
25. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” —Mary Anne Radmacher
[reminder]Which of these quotes do you find helpful today?[/reminder]
2 Responses
I love number twelve most. I always try to do number twenty four. Others are inspiring especially numbers one, three,four, five ,seven ,nine thirteen.
Thank you, David. I appreciate your taking the time to comment!