75 Be Intentional Quotes: Reminders to Live Intentionally

We’re sharing some of our favorite Be Intentional Quotes that will hopefully inspire you to live purposefully.

Feeling like life’s been on autopilot lately?

Here’s your wake-up call to live life intentionally! In a world full of distractions, it’s easy to lose sight of what really matters. 

That’s why we’ve gathered 75 intentional living quotes designed to remind you to take charge and live your everyday life purposefully.

75 Be Intentional Quotes

Whether you’re hunting for a burst of motivation or a new perspective, this collection has a little something for everyone.

We hope that these will make a positive change in the way you look at your intentional days throughout life!

1. The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – Stephen Covey
2. Don’t count the days, make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
3. Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. – Jim Rohn
4. Action expresses priorities. – Mahatma Gandhi
5. The most effective way to do it, is to do it. – Amelia Earhart
6. Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. – H.L. Hunt
7. 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
8. The future depends on what you do today. – Mahatma Gandhi
9. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. – William Butler Yeats
10. Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. – John C. Maxwell
11. You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. – Napoleon Hill
12. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs
13. The harder I work, the luckier I get. – Gary Player
14. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. – Paulo Coelho
15. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt
16. Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett
17. A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb
18. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
19. Intention is not a thought, or a wish, or a prayer. It is a force of nature. – Wayne Dyer
20. Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny. – (Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi)
21. The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
22. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
23. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier
24. It’s not the load that breaks you, it’s the way you carry it. – Lou Holtz
25. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
26. Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. – Chris Grosser
27. What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. – Ralph Marston
28. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King Jr.
29. Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S. Eliot
30. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain
31. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
32. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. – Jimmy Johnson
33. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
34. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen Covey
35. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. – Albert Einstein
36. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – Albert Einstein
37. Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. – Tony Robbins
38. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
39. Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. – Unknown
40. Great things never come from comfort zones. – Unknown
41. Dream big and dare to fail. – Norman Vaughan
42. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. – John C. Maxwell
43. The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Dalai Lama
44. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
45. Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
46. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
47. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
48. If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. – Oprah Winfrey
49. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
50. Either you run the day or the day runs you. – Jim Rohn
51. I will not be limited by my challenges. I will be defined by my actions. – Unknown
52. The only journey is the one within. – Rainer Maria Rilke
53. You become what you believe. – Oprah Winfrey
54. In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. – Coco Chanel
55. If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. – Unknown
56. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis
57. Don’t wait for opportunity, create it. – Unknown
58. Take the risk or lose the chance. – Unknown
59. Make each day your masterpiece. – John Wooden
60. The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra
61. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
62. Be intentional. Stay present. Live fully. – Unknown
63. Small steps in the right direction can turn out to be the biggest step of your life. – Unknown
64. Your intention creates your reality. – Unknown
65. Live as if your life has just begun. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
66. The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost
67. The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come. – Unknown
68. Each day provides its own gifts. – Marcus Aurelius
69. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar
70. Intentional living is the art of making choices that honor your values. – Unknown
71. A little progress each day adds up to big results. – Unknown
72. Don’t be busy, be productive. – Unknown
73. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. – Neale Donald Walsch
74. Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there. – Bo Jackson
75. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. – Dale Carnegie

Stay Inspired: Choosing Intentional Living

So there you have it—75 inspirational quotes to help you reclaim your day and steer your own adventure.

Think of these nuggets as friendly reminders that every decision counts. Even if you can take one thing from this list of motivational quotes, it was worth the read.

Save your favorites, share them, or even let them spark a conversation with a friend. Remember, living intentionally isn’t about a grand overhaul; it’s about making your own choices— choices that truly matter.

Now, get out there and make room to live that intentional life!

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