Every once in a while, you come across a quote that inspires you. Whether you heard it come from someone’s mouth, saw it online or in a book, it can certainly change your perspective of things—whether temporarily or for the long term. There’s something about quotes that resonate with us. And this is especially true for quotes we can relate to.

If you’re feeling lazy or too involved in a set schedule to do something you love or something to better your life, this is for you. The following list of 35 quotes does just that—helps you get off your ass and out into the world.

Maybe you’ve got a startup idea that’s been buzzing in your brain but you lack the commitment to get the ball rolling, or maybe you’re scared to take that leap. Maybe you’ve got a novel you started but never finished. What about that renovation project you just didn’t have the time to complete? Whatever the case, you’ll find comfort in these saying, and they’ll inspire to jump out of your comfort zone and follow your dreams.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” —Steve Jobs

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” —Robert Frost

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” –Mark Twain

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” –Chinese Proverb

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” —Zig Ziglar

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” —Henry David Thoreau

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?” —Brian Tracy

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” —Bill Cosby

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” —Paul Valery

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” ― Gilda Radner

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.” —Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO

Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston, Dropbox founder and CEO

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.” —Seth Godin

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” —Bill Gates

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.” —Mark Cuban

If you’re going through hell, keep going.” —Winston Churchill

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what’s thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.” —Patrick Swayze

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” —Dr. Seuss

All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue it.“

Try to love and live the question itself. Don’t search for the answer. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” —Rainer Maria Rilke

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” —George Carlin

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.” —Steve Jobs

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.” —Oprah Winfrey

It’s a lonely road for those of us who choose to be remarkable, and the path of convention can sometimes be appealing. That path is paved with safe lives, middle of the road monotony, and little chance of failure. But where’s the fun in being like everyone else out there?” —Chris Guillebeau

The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better. Not much of a choice, I think.” —Seth Godin

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” —Tony Robbins

A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” —Karen Lamb

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” —Will Rogers

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” —Oscar Wilde

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going. Concentrate on something useful.” — Arnold Bennett

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”—George Washington

It’s always too early to quit.” —Norman Vincent Peale

Reach a point where you don’t work for money.” —Walt Disney