Ah, Mondays. The glory of a new week. Mondays can definitely be rough — but look at it this way. It’s the start of a new week! Whatever happened last week doesn’t matter; it’s in the past. You have  the opportunity of a fresh start. Anything can happen this week. Take it one day at a time. You’ve got this.

I’m a sucker for inspirational/motivational quotes, so I wanted to kick off this week by pulling out some of my favorites for you guys. What’s your favorite?

• “There is strength inside you that you have yet to discover.”
• “Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.” – The Wall Street Journal
• “The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “You are enough. You are so enough, it’s amazing how enough you are.”
• “If nothing else, one day you can look someone straight in the eyes and say
  ‘But I lived through it. And it made me who I am today.’ ” – Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

• “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 secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
• “If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is grass in the beginning.” – Vincent van Gogh
• “Accept the fact that you are not perfect and see how much easier it is to breathe.”
• “I began to realize how important it is to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all, become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good.” – Roald Dahl
• “If something is important, even if the odds are against you, you should do it.” – Elon Musk
• “‎You have to be the kind of person who can make the best out of a Tuesday. You know those people who live for the weekends? They’re wishing their life away. You have to find something worth living for or else you’ll look back and realize you’ve wasted your life away.” – Drew Marvin
• “Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliot
• “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
• “Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear.”
• “You’re never going to be 100% ready and it’s never going to be just the right time, but that’s the point. It means that every moment is also the right moment. If you want it, you just have to do it.”
• “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.”- Albert Einstein