Here are 100 motivational quotes to inspire and encourage those preparing for the Mensa IQ Test:
General Motivation
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally; it comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
Perseverance and Resilience
- “Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains.” – Albert Einstein
- “The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.”
- “Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
- “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
- “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
Hard Work and Success
- “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “Don’t wish for it; work for it.”
- “Success is the best revenge.” – Kanye West
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.”
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “Great things never come from comfort zones.”
Focus and Determination
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.” – Bohdi Sanders
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.”
- “Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.”
- “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.” – Robin Sharma
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Overcoming Obstacles
- “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The expert in anything was once a beginner.”
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”
- “Success is not for the lazy.”
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
Learning and Growth
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
- “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- “The best way to learn is to do.”
- “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “Whatever you do, do it well.” – Walt Disney
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
Motivation and Encouragement
- “Stay positive, work hard, make it happen.”
- “Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.”
- “The best is yet to come.”
- “You are capable of more than you know.”
- “Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.”
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”
- “The best view comes after the hardest climb.”
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
Courage and Strength
- “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
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”
- “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”
- “You are the artist of your own life. Don’t hand the paintbrush to anyone else.”
Self-Belief and Confidence
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Your only limit is you.”
- “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are.”
- “Your potential is endless.”
- “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
- “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
Encouragement and Hope
- “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
- “Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.”
- “The best is yet to come.”
- “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.”
- “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
These quotes should help provide motivation and encouragement as you prepare for the Mensa IQ Test.