Happy Monday Quotes: 71 Uplifting Messages to Begin Your Week

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1. “Monday is the start of a brand-new week, and the troubles that happened the week before are in the past. As the saying goes, focus on today, for yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

– Daisy Sutherland

Daisy Sutherland Quote: “Monday is the start of a brand-new week, and the troubles that happened the week before are in the past. As the saying goes, focus on today, for yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.”

2. “Be magnificent. Life’s short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.

– Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis Quote: “Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.”

3. “Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything.

– Katia Beauchamp

Katia Beauchamp Quote: “Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything.”

4. “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

– Budda

Budda Quote: “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

5. “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

– Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau Quote: “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

6. “Don’t let people make you afraid of taking chances in life. And if you fail, it’s no big deal. Get back up and fight through it and be successful again. If you did it once, you can do it again.

– Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock Quote: “Don’t let people make you afraid of taking chances in life. And if you fail, it’s no big deal. Get back up and fight through it and be successful again. If you did it once, you can do it again.”

7. “I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.

– Madonna

Madonna Quote: “I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.”

8. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise.”

9. “Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

– Joel Arthur Barker

Joel Arthur Barker Quote: “Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”

10. “In order to succeed, you can’t be afraid to fail. Just do it and don’t let anybody tell you you can’t.

– Faith Hill

Faith Hill Quote: “In order to succeed, you can't be afraid to fail. Just do it and don't let anybody tell you you can't.”

11. “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

Germany Kent Quote: “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.”

12. “It’s just another manic Monday. I wish it was Sunday. ‘Cause that’s my fun day. My I don’t have to run day.

– Prince Rogers Nelson

Prince Rogers Nelson Quote: “It's just another manic Monday. I wish it was Sunday. 'Cause that's my fun day. My I don't have to run day.”

13. “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid

– Audre Lord

Audre Lord Quote: “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid”

14. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.

– Jen Sincero

Jen Sincero Quote: “If you're serious about changing your life, you'll find a way. If you're not, you'll find an excuse.”

15. “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’

– George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Quote: “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’”

16. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

17. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

18. “Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.

– Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara Quote: “Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.”

19. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.

– Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Quote: “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”

20. “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.

– Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert Quote: “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”

21. “I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday. I must break the mindset of unhappiness and turn myself into a happy magnet for Mondays.

– Leggy Saul

Leggy Saul Quote: “I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday. I must break the mindset of unhappiness and turn myself into a happy magnet for Mondays.”

22. “If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.

– Sallie Krawcheck

Sallie Krawcheck Quote: “If you're not making some notable mistakes along the way, you're certainly not taking enough business and career chances.”

23. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

– Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quote: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

24. “You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

– Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Quote: “You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.”

25. “If you want to be a successful in this world, you have to follow your passion, not a paycheck.

– Jen Welter

Jen Welter Quote: “If you want to be a successful in this world, you have to follow your passion, not a paycheck.”

26. “You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!

– Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas Quote: “You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!”

27. “Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

– Glen Cook

Glen Cook Quote: “Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.”

28. “You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

– Ralph Marston

Ralph Marston Quote: “You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.”

29. “Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

– Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Quote: “Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.”

30. “Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays.

– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quote: “Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays.”

31. “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.

– Richard M. DeVos

Richard M. DeVos Quote: “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.”

32. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

– Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell Quote: “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

33. “Don’t be afraid to get no’s, make mistakes and fail multiple times. That’s gonna give you a thicker skin to follow your passion and your own road!

– Naya Rappaport

Naya Rappaport Quote: “Don't be afraid to get no's, make mistakes and fail multiple times. That's gonna give you a thicker skin to follow your passion and your own road!”

34. “Every morning, you have two choices, continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.

– Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony Quote: “Every morning, you have two choices, continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.”

35. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

– Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington Quote: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

36. “Don’t look at Monday morning just as the day that you must go back to work, be thankful that you have a job to go to, so you can provide for yourself, and just be thankful that God chose to wake you up!

– Jameon Ferguson

Jameon Ferguson Quote: “Don’t look at Monday morning just as the day that you must go back to work, be thankful that you have a job to go to, so you can provide for yourself, and just be thankful that God chose to wake you up!”

37. “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

Julio Alexi Genao Quote: “So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends — but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.”

38. “I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it.

– Simone Biles

Simone Biles Quote: “I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it.”

39. “Candy is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.

– Rebecca Gober

Rebecca Gober Quote: “Candy is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.”

40. “Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

– Wayne W. Dyer

Wayne W. Dyer Quote: “Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.”

41. “I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

– Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart Quote: “I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.”

42. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.

– Caterina Fake

Caterina Fake Quote: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

43. “When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it is Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.

– Edmond Mbiakading

Edmond Mbiakading Quote: “When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it is Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.”

44. “What about Monday? That could be our one day we look at things the same way, and wear funny shoes.

– Kevin Dalton

Kevin Dalton Quote: “What about Monday? That could be our one day we look at things the same way, and wear funny shoes.”

45. “Okay, it’s Monday but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway.

– Kimberly Jimenez

Kimberly Jimenez Quote: “Okay, it's Monday but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway.”

46. “Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.

– Rita Schiano

Rita Schiano Quote: “Believe on Monday the way you believe on Sunday.”

47. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote: “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

48. “Coming to you this Monday morning to remind you how awesome you are, and that you my darling… matter. After all, there’s only one of you in the whole world. Don’t waste one second trying to be like anyone else.

– Sara Blakely

Sara Blakely Quote: “Coming to you this Monday morning to remind you how awesome you are, and that you my darling… matter. After all, there’s only one of you in the whole world. Don’t waste one second trying to be like anyone else.”

49. “Sunday morning my head is bad. But it’s worth all the times I had. But I’ve got to go and get some rest. For Monday is a mess!

– Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew Quote: “Sunday morning my head is bad. But it's worth all the times I had. But I've got to go and get some rest. For Monday is a mess!”

50. “This has been such a Monday! I wish I stayed in bed, and I wish that yesterday had never happened.

– Lisa Mantchev

Lisa Mantchev Quote: “This has been such a Monday! I wish I stayed in bed, and I wish that yesterday had never happened.”

51. “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.

– Beyonce

Beyonce Quote: “I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.”

52. “On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.

– Oprah

Oprah Quote: “On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.”

53. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.

– Serena Williams

Serena Williams Quote: “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”

54. “Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist—while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

– Lori Greiner

Lori Greiner Quote: “Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist—while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”

55. “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

– Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley Quote: “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.”

56. “There are many opportunities every single day, and Monday is the perfect day to seize them all.

– Isabella Koldras

Isabella Koldras Quote: “There are many opportunities every single day, and Monday is the perfect day to seize them all.”

57. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

– Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Quote: “The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”

58. “Life is a fairytale starring you. You have the power to write your own story and be the hero of it, too.

– Joelle Speranza

Joelle Speranza Quote: “Life is a fairytale starring you. You have the power to write your own story and be the hero of it, too.”

59. “If you have the right mindset, you can be just as happy on Monday as you are on Friday.

– Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Quote: “If you have the right mindset, you can be just as happy on Monday as you are on Friday.”

60. “My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.

– Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson Quote: “My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.”

61. “This should be the spirit every Monday know that something good will always happen.

– Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quote: “This should be the spirit every Monday know that something good will always happen.”

62. “The biggest thrill wasn’t in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.

– Art Rooney

Art Rooney Quote: “The biggest thrill wasn’t in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.”

63. “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

Lemony Snicket Quote: “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.”

64. “The challenge of every Monday is to maintain the same vitality in each and every day of the week.

– Byron Pulsifer

Byron Pulsifer Quote: “The challenge of every Monday is to maintain the same vitality in each and every day of the week.”

65. “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

Michael Ely Quote: “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.”

66. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.

– Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes Quote: “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.”

67. “Monday morning blues? Why not change the color of your Monday to yellow and brighten up the coming week?

– Kanika Saxena

Kanika Saxena Quote: “Monday morning blues? Why not change the color of your Monday to yellow and brighten up the coming week?”

68. “It’s time to read just your mind, Monday mornings no longer have to be a dreaded moment in your life.

– Funke Baffour

Funke Baffour Quote: “It’s time to read just your mind, Monday mornings no longer have to be a dreaded moment in your life.”

69. “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.

– Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli Quote: “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.”

70. “It’s not the lucky ones who succeed. It’s the ones who decide to go after what they really want.

– Shaina Leis

Shaina Leis Quote: “It's not the lucky ones who succeed. It's the ones who decide to go after what they really want.”

71. “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

J. B. Priestley Quote: “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.”
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