63 Never Settle Quotes – Achieve Your Dreams!

Never Settle Quotes

63 Powerful Quotes For Smashing Goals

Never settle for less. Not ever. And these never settle quotes will show you how.

You were built for greatness and there is something inside of you that will not let you quit or settle for anything less.

Relationships, jobs, business, life goals, whatever it might be for, to ‘never settle’ is a mindset and it’s a way to live your life.

These never settle quotes will keep that mindset alive in your mind, helping you move forward and get the very best of things for you and your loved ones.

14 Never Settle Quotes To Motivate You

“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” 

– Ashton Kutcher

“Never settle for anything less than your best.” 

– Brian Tracy

“Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.” 

– Reggie Jackson

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“And because I believe I deserve that much; I can’t settle for less.”

– Nitya Prakash

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“It simply is not true that war never settles anything.”

– Felix Frankfurter

“Don’t settle for less just because it’s available.” 

– Dionne Neo Nkosazana Sithole

“I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.” 

– Roy Keane

“There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.”

– Matt Corby

“Know who you are. Know what you want. Know what you deserve. And don’t settle for less.” 

– Tony Gaskins

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.”

– Mandy Hale

“Don’t pass on your passions, to settle in the stale normality. Endure. Strive. Ensure.” 

– Anthony Liccione

“Don’t settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.” 

– Joel Osteen

“The idea of never settling for less, surely doesn’t suggest not acknowledging and celebrating every accomplished step that leads to where you desire to be in the future.”

– Edmond Mbiaka

“Never settle for average.”

Steve Jobs

13 Inspirational Never Settle Quotes

“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” 

– Thomas Merton

“Who you are is what you settle for, you know?” 

– Janis Joplin

“There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” 

– Nelson Mandela

“Never settle for second when first is available.”

– Lou Holtz

“Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable.”

– Frederick Lenz

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“Never settle for a life you don’t want when God is trying to give you a better life.”

– Shannon L. Alder

“I just had that mindset to never settle. That’s a credit to my pops, too. He used to say ‘the sky’s the limit’ every time we talked.”

– DaBaby

“Be awesome. Live life to the fullest. Shoot for the stars and never settle.”

– Jillian Michaels

“The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. “What’s better for us?” Barack called to the people gathered in the room. “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” 

– Michelle Obama

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.” 

– Doris Lessing

“Find Your Own Happy Street, don’t settle for someone else’s address.” 

– Christine Szymanski

“Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.” 

– Shannon L. Alder

“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.” 

– Angela Bassett

10 Never Settle Quotes For Relationships

“Relationships: If you put up with it, you’re going to end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.” 

– Steve Maraboli

“Once you discover your happy place where you can be you, you will never settle for just any old space ever again.” 

– Christine E. Szymanski

“There is always someone out there who will put you first. Don’t settle for someone who will put you next.” 

– Tony Payne

“There’s a huge difference between being in love and being in love with the thought of love. Recognize the difference. Never settle.”

– Behdad Sami

“Tearing up between what you deserve and what you settle for is a perpetual cause of unsettling pain.” 

– Nitya Prakash

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

– Steve Jobs

“To my fellow women: Please don’t settle. Not in a job you hate, not in a town where you don’t feel at home, not with friendships that aren’t real and especially, especially not with love.”

– Marisa Donnelly

“To my fellow women: Please don’t settle. Not in a job you hate, not in a town where you don’t feel at home, not with friendships that aren’t real and especially, especially not with love.”

“Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.” 

– Matt Mitchell

“Don’t settle for relationships that won’t let you be yourself.” 

– Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t settle even if you have to remain alone for a lifetime. You deserve someone who will appreciate you for both for your beauty and your bruises.”

– A.R.Lucas

17 Quotes To Make The Most Of Your Life

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.” 

– Vince Lombardi

“When you refuse to settle for less than the best…the best tends to track you down.”

– Mandy Hale

“For most of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.” 

– John Ortberg

“Don’t settle for less know your value and always tell yourself you deserve better.”

– Pertrice St Pierre

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“Every dream is worth following in life. Never settle for the minimum when you can have so much more.”

– Taneisha LaGrant

“Please don’t settle, it will only corrode your soul and you will never be the best version of yourself.” 

– Lebo Grand

“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” 

– Mia Hamm

“Never settle for the crumbs of life.” 

– Og Mandino

“Don’t settle even if you have to remain alone for a lifetime. You deserve someone who will appreciate you for both for your beauty and your bruises.”

– A.R.Lucas

Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” 

– Maureen Dowd

“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” 

– Joseph Joubert

“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

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Never Settle Quotes
Never Settle Quotes

“Don’t settle for good when you were destined to be great.” 

– Charles F Glassman

“Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. It’s not pride, it’s self respect.”

– Chanakya

“When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.” 

– Craig Groeschel

“Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you’ll find them.”

– Danielle Steel

“Never settle for less than you desire or deserve because when you except crumbs people will assume that you are happy with scraps.”

– Stacye Branche

Never Settle Quotes - The Bottom Line

A motivational quote can be the best thing to put us where we need to be mentally. 

While they are no  substitute for hard work, an inspirational quote will pull us out of our comfort zone, sharpening the focus on our own life, so we can push on to achieve what we truly deserve.

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