We’ve all been there. Life knocks you down, nothing seems to be going your way, or you feel like your life is in a rut and you need some new motivation. Here are 18 inspirational quotes by some of the most influential and successful people around to help you through your tough times.

1. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And 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. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

2. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

3. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

4. “Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” – Rosa Parks

5. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

7. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

8. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Gandhi

9. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” – Malala Yousafzai

10. “What we think, we become.” - Buddha

11. "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi

12. “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

13. “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” – Erasmus

14. “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.” – Ellen DeGeneres

15. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome.” – Michael Jordan

16. “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole word in letters too large for some of us to see.” – C. S. Lewis

17. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

18. “I dwell in possibility.” – Emily Dickinson

And a little one from me: " Every obstacle you face is God’s way of showing you your inner strength."

Now go conquer the world.