If you’re anything like me then Mondays can be a bit of a struggle.
You’re tired, maybe unmotivated and it can be tough to switch into a focused and positive mindset for the week.
So in today’s post I’d like to share something to help you with that. This is 160 of the most motivational, inspirational and positive Monday quotes.
Ones that’ll set you up for a good morning. Give you a jolt of new energy and focus your mind. And set a positive tone for the rest of your week, both at work and in your personal life.
I hope you’ll find something here to help make this a happy, less stressful and great week.
Positive Monday Morning Quotes
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
– Marcus Aurelius
“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.”
– Germany Kent
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”
– Charles Dickens
“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.”
– Lemony Snicket
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”
– Dalai Lama
“Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.”
– Carmelo Anthony
“Mondays are the start of the work week, which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”
– David Dweck
“Monday morning you sure look fine.”
– Lindsey Buckingham
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.”
– J. B. Priestley
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you start to do the things that 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
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”
– Groucho Marx
“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.”
– Nanea Hoffman
“Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life.”
– Ken Poirot
“I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.”
– Paul Henderson
“This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen.”
– Gabriel García Márquez
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Hey, I know it’s Monday. But it’s also a new day and a new week. And in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.”
– Michael Ely
“Monday Morning Blues? Why not change the color of your Monday to yellow and brighten up the coming week?”
– Kanika Saxena
“First, breathe and relax. Then go slow and take in some positive vibes from family or friends and your morning will quickly be a lot better.”
– Roy T. Bennett
“There are many opportunities in every single day, and Monday is the perfect day to seize them all.”
– Isabella Koldras
“Be conscious of your attitude. Work extra hard at keeping your attitude positive in all kinds of weather, through all the challenges of life.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
“Make this a happy Monday by spreading the things that make other people’s lives happier.”
– Eloise Green
“Monday, Monday, so good to me; Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be.”
– John Phillips
“Monday is the perfect day to correct last week’s mistakes.”
– Unknown
“Good morning! I believe in you on this wonderful Monday! Now, take action to make today the way you want.”
– Julie Stone
“I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday.”
– Leggy Saul
“You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!”
– Eric Thomas
“Magical Monday is an amalgamation of passion, perseverance and performance.”
– Subhashree Jena
“Monday is such a wonderful day. You can start anew, leaving behind the past week disappointments.”
– Invajy
Positive Monday Quotes for Work
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“Okay, it’s Monday, but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway.”
– Kimberly Jiménez
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
– Stephen King
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
– Aristotle
“Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.”
– Rita Schiano
“You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic.”
– Andrea L’Artiste
“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.”
– Sara Blakely
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
– Ayn Rand
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
– Estée Lauder
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier
“As important as it is to have a plan for doing work, it is perhaps more important to have a plan for rest, relaxation, self-care, and sleep.”
– Akiroq Brost
“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”
– Steve Jobs
“Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.”
– Tyler Perry
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”
– Orison Swett Marden
“The future depends on what you do today.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
– Steve Jobs
“Procrastination is the thief of time.”
– Edward Young
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.”
– Olin Miller
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
– Richard Branson
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.”
– John Wooden
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
– Dolly Parton
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn
Positive Monday Quotes for Motivation
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
– Arthur Ashe
“This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you.”
– Unknown
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.”
– Charles F. Kettering
“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.”
– Jacob Bronowski
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
– Brian Littrell
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
– Napoleon Hill
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
– Margaret Thatcher
“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end, you are sure to succeed.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”
– Nido Qubein
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
– Zig Ziglar
“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
– Sukhraj S. Dhillon
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
– Colin Powell
“Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.”
– Albert Einstein
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
– Benjamin Mays
“Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?”
– Jack Canfield
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”
– Jamie Paolinetti
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
– Farrah Gray
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
– Jack Canfield
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”
– Charles Swindoll
“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”
– Albert Einstein
“Think of many things; do one.”
– Portuguese proverb
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
– Henry Ford
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
– Bruce Lee
“Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
– Peter Drucker
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”
– Seth Godin
Positive Monday Quotes for Good Vibes
“When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.”
– Ella Woodward
“So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more positive partnership.”
– Julio Alexi Genao
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
– Ashley Smith
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”
– Walt Whitman
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”
– Stephen Hawking
“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.”
– Mary Lou Retton
“I like sunrises, Mondays, and new seasons. God seems to be saying, ‘with me, you can always start afresh.’”
– Ada Lum
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
– Roy T. Bennett
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
– Honoré de Balzac
“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”
– Dr. Roopleen
“Don’t let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You’ve got to set a high bar.”
– Antonio Villaraigosa
“One small positive step on a Monday can quickly snowball into a good day and then an even better week.”
– Rip Miller
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
“Focus on what’s positive in your life if you are having a bad Monday. Tap into gratitude for the small things and the everyday things you do have.”
– Joy Stevens
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”
– Joel Arthur Barker
“Someday is not a day of the week.”
– Denise Brennan-Nelson
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”
– Robert Kennedy
“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
– Paulo Coelho
“We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today.”
– John Newton
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph.”
– Zig Ziglar
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
– Mark Twain
“Keep going and something positive will happen. The worst thing to do is in my experience to stand still and do nothing.”
– Sarah Kelly
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
– Maya Angelou
“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”
– Napoleon Hill
“If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient.”
– Gurbaksh Chahal
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”
– Les Brown
“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”
– Mae Jemison
“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, ‘Wow, that was an adventure,’ not, ‘Wow, I sure felt safe.’”
– Tom Preston-Werner
“A small shift in perspective and everything falls into place.”
– Jessica Brody
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
– Maya Angelou
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
– A. A. Milne
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
– Lucille Ball
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
– Mary Anne Radmacher
Happy Monday Quotes for a Less Stressful Week
“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life.”
– Viggo Mortensen
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”
– Lily Tomlin
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.”
– Eric Thomas
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
– Bertrand Russell
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
– Will Rogers
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”
– Dean Smith
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.”
– Robert H. Schuller
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
– Paulo Coelho
“Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.”
– Jerry Spinelli
“Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, ‘I must be growing,’ and continue moving forward.”
– T. Harv Eker
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”
– Rosa Parks
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.”
– Shonda Rhimes
“If not us, who? If not now, when?”
– John F. Kennedy
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
– Roy T. Bennett
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.”
– Camilla Eyring Kimball
“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz
Short Positive Monday Quotes
“Light tomorrow with today.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.”
– Earl Nightingale
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle
“Make each day your masterpiece.”
– John Wooden
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.”
– Ralph Marston
“The best way out is always through.”
– Robert Frost
“Even the best weeks start with Monday.”
– Nice Peter
“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”
– Wayne Dyer
“Monday is for people with a mission.”
– Cristina Imre
“Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.”
– Tom Wilson
“There isn’t a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.”
– Anton Chekhov
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.”
– Hal Borland
“If each day is a gift, I’d like to know where to return Mondays!”
– John Wagner
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!”
– Dolly Parton
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
– Stephen Covey
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot
“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– Dorothea Brande
“Don’t stop until you’re proud.”
– Zig Ziglar
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
– Lao Tzu
Want more inspiration and motivation for your week? Have a look at these positive Tuesday quotes, these motivational Wednesday quotes, the uplifting Thursday quotes here and also these inspirational Friday quotes to finish the work week strong.