25 special Quotes about What Next? in life and Leadership for 2025

I find quotes really inspiring.  They bring a reminder, an energy, a focus on what's important for me right now.  I'm sharing with you 25 quotes that I've curated to guide me in 2025 - and I hope you find inspiration in them too.  Some of these have been with me for many years, some bring a new energy that I'm seeking this year.  This collection of quotes are here to remind me to stay on the path, to be brave, to believe in myself to stay curious, to follow the road less travelled, to pause, to listen and importantly to find the magic.  I'd love to hear what quotes motivate you in life.

“Some people tiptoe through life to make it safely through to death” - Earl Nightingale

“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky,

And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” -  Erin Hanson

 “Whatever you dream you can do, begin it. 

Boldness has genius, power & magic in it.  Begin it now.” -  Goethe

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success

when they gave up." -  Thomas A. Edison

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking." - Steve Jobs

“Go to Work, send your kids to school, follow fashion, act normal, walk on the pavement, watch TV, save for your old age, obey the law, repeat after me.  I AM FREE.” - Unknown

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” - Arthur Schopenhauer

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead;

his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” - Roald Dahl

“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” - Stephen R. Covey

“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” - C.S. Lewis

"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." - Mahatma Gandhi 

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” - Deepak Chopra

“Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline.

All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.” - Peter Drucker

“Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot.

I am learning to live between effort and surrender.” - Danielle Orner 

"The important thing is to not stop questioning.

Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Einstein

“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.

Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” - Edward de Bono

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while,

you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them feel”. - Maya Angelou

 “Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils.” -  Michaela Deprince

“If you keep waiting for the right time, it may never happen.

Sometimes you have to make the most of the time you have.” - Priya Ardis

“You have to believe in yourself and your abilities.

That's the only way to achieve greatness.” - Usain Bolt

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap,

but by the seeds that you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

“Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose.

Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently,

until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it.

Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worthy of rescue.” - Martha Postlewaite

“The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile. 

It is then, only then you will find wonderland.” - Alice in Wonderland