“Tuesday” refers to the third day of the week in most cultures and calendars. It falls between Monday and Wednesday. The name “Tuesday” is derived from Old English and is named after Tiw, the Norse god of war and sky. In many cultures, Tuesday is often associated with Mars, the Roman god of war, due to its similar sound to the Latin word for Mars, “Martis.”

As for what Tuesday means in a broader sense, it depends on the context. For many people, it’s a regular workday or school day. In some cultures, certain activities or traditions might be associated with specific days of the week, so the significance of Tuesday can vary.

Tuesday Quotes

1. “We each need to fill our minds and hearts with positive and joyful reinforcement each day.”
— Kathy Henn

2. “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”
— Rocky Balboa

3. “Tuesday is a huge day.”
— Ian Mcdougal

4. “Tuesday is my favorite day of the week. That’s cleaning day.”
— Jim Miller

5. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
— James Allen

6. “If we make the mistake of being negative, discouraged, grumpy, or sour, we’ve wasted the day.”
— Joel Osteen

7. “I challenge you to let every day be a Friday. Give yourself permission to be happy every day.”
— Joel Osteen

8. “Three positive facts are obvious on Tuesday: Tomorrow allows me another day to demonstrate my worthiness to my employer; it is yet another day to influence those around me with encouragement to handle their own trials; and, it is my day to celebrate each small victory of yesterday.”
— Byron Pulsifer

9. “Tuesday morning is a time to reflect upon what to include in your team meetings; it is your time to deliver words of passion that speak to the dazzling new roads ahead where each person is accountable for their own actions and behaviors; where each day represents a fresh start to be a positive influence; and, where self is expressed as unselfishness with each person you meet.”
— Byron Pulsifer

10. “Happy Tuesday! We are responsible for peace and order in our lives! When your world is CONSTANTLY filled with chaos, then it’s time to take a look at SELF!”
— Tracey Edmonds

11. “The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.”
— Dag Hammarskjold

12. “Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”
— Karen Kaiser Clark

13. “Tuesday nights are sushi nights, so we go out then.”
— Al Rocker

14. “If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.”
— Richard Bach

15. “Let your courage inspire the world around you.”
— Steve Maraboli

16. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston S. Churchill

17. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
— Paulo Coelho

18. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”
— Roy T. Bennett

20. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
— Thomas A. Edison

21. The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”
— Vince Lombardi

22. “I don’t want it good. I want it Tuesday.”
— Jack L. Warner

23. “Did someone order a bright and sunny day? Well…here it is. Happy Tuesday!”
— Anthony T. Hincks

24. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
— John Wooden

25. “Happy Tuesday! You have to admit, at least it sounds better than happy Monday.”
— Anonymous

26. “Tuesday! Worry less, live more.”
— Anonymous

27. “Tuesday’s child is full of grace.”
— Anonymous

28. “Tuesday is the day I start the week, Monday I just deal with the depression of the weekend ending.”
— Anonymous

29. “It’s TUESDAY! And since it’s CHOOSEDAY: Choose to Smile Choose to be Happy Choose to Love Choose to Bless Choose to be a Blessing Choose to be Humble Choose to be Patient Choose to be Kind… and above all Choose God to guide your Life. HAPPY TUESDAY!”
— Anonymous

30. “Tuesday isn’t so bad…It’s a sign that I’ve somehow survived Monday.”
— Anonymous

31. “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.”
— Olin Miller

32. “Happy Tuesday! Having even one, small positive thought can change the rest of your day for the better.”
— Anonymous

33. “One small, positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”
— Dalai Lama

34. “Good morning Tuesday! Please enter and pour out that shower of blessings into our lives, renew our spirits, our strength, our faith, and our hope.”
— Anonymous

35. “Choose to tell your own story. The only way you will tell a better story about your life is choosing to live your own life to the fullest without being apologetic about it or copying others.”
— DJ Kyos

36. “We concentrate so much on anniversaries and birthdays that you forget it’s the Tuesday that’s tough that really counts. Sometimes she just needs some flowers or even just that ear. It’s the little things that count. It’s the regular days of the year that you have to keep your attention on her.”
— BJ the Chicago Kid

37. “Today is not just Tuesday, it is Transformation Tuesday. That means that success does not just come to you, you have to go out and get it. So what are you waiting for?”
— Anonymous

38. “Today is Thoughtful Tuesday. Try doing something nice for someone else whether it is a kind gesture or a positive remark.”
— Anonymous

39. “A fresh start, a clean slate, and a lot of potential for great things to come. That is what Tuesdays really are.”
— Anonymous

40. “Every day is a gift and proof that your purpose in life has not yet been fulfilled.”
— Anonymous

41. “Tuesday means we’re a day closer to a weekend spent dreading Monday.”
— Anonymous

42. “Every single day, you’ll face outside influences telling you why it won’t work & you don’t deserve it. Keep going.”
— Anonymous

43. “Monday always passes and there will always be a Tuesday with a beautiful blue sky with few clouds.”
— Anonymous

44. “No one is more powerful than Self. Why give your power to others when it’s for you to keep & thrive?”
— Roxana M Jones

45. “Life is a daily education -make it a point to know more when you go to bed than you did when you wake up, every day!”
— Anonymous

46. “If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.”
— Chinua Achebe

47. “Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a new beginning.”
— Anonymous

48. “Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain, but you can’t make a rainbow without a little rain.”
— Zion Lee

49. “Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.”
— Madeline Bridges

50. “Instead of traveling on a weekend, begin your trip on a Tuesday or Wednesday, which are often the cheapest days to fly. Being flexible with timing can help with savings.”
— Gillian Tans

51. Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
— Frank Zappa

52. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”
— John Wooden

53. “The Way Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing.”
— Walt Disney

54. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill

55. “There is no doubt that if Donald [Trump] steamrolls through Super Tuesday, wins everywhere with big margins, that he may well be unstoppable. I don’t think that will happen.”
— Ted Cruz

56. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”
— Oscar Wilde

57. “Failure Will Never Overtake Me If My Determination To Succeed Is Strong Enough.”
— Og Mandino

58. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
— Lolly Daskal

59. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
— Michael John Bobak

60. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
— Maya Angelou

61. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
— George Lorimer

62. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
— Anne Frank

63. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson

64. “We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
— Marie Curie

65. “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.”
— Dale Carnegie

66. “Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and again and bring their friend.”
— Walt Disney

67. “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
— Saint Francis

68. “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
— Muhammad Ali

69. “Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
— Patrick Suskind

70. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
— Colin Powell

71. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison

72. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”
— Ayn Rand

73. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
— Jim Rohn

74. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
— J.M. Barrie

75. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
— Confucius

76. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
— Jimmy Johnson

77. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

78. “If you don’t burn out at the end of each day, you’re a bum.”
— George Lois

79. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
— Louis Pasteur

80. “I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.”
— Criss Jami

81. “A little progress every day adds up to big results.”
— Satya

82. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
— George Herbert

83. “Work hard for you and your own goals. Progress will come.”
— Anonymous

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

85. “A lack of focus leads to a lack of progress. Focus. Grind. Grow.”
— Anonymous

86. “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

87. “If you want to experience significant progress toward your goal, you need to be intentional about the work you’re doing every day.”
— Anonymous

88. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
— Arthur Ashe

89. “Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.”
— Maxwell Maltz

90. “Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

91. “Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid.”
— Joyce Meyer

92. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.”
— Michael Phelps

93. “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
— Plato

94. “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.”
— Michael Korda

95. “Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”
— Henry David Thoreau

96. “You’re always working to improve, and you’re always being critiqued on your next performance. It’s not about what you’ve done. There’s always room to grow.”
— Misty Copeland

97. “Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go.”
— Christian Larson

98. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”
— Elon Musk

99. “Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”
— George Whitefield

100. “The question I ask myself like almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?’”
— Mark Zuckerberg

101. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.”
— Lolly Daskal

102. “We become what we think about.”
— Earl Nightingale

103. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
— Steve Jobs

104. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
— Vince Lombardi

105. “You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.”
— Philippos

106. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
— Christopher Columbus

107. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
— Pablo Picasso

108. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

109. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
— Colin R. Davis

110. “The world is changed by your example. Not by your opinion.”
— Paulo Coelho

111. “Use your words to motivate and lift others, not to hurt and bring down the people you love.”
— Cheryl Whitsett

112. “Tuesday is the most sensible day of the week.”
— Emily P. Freeman