Motivational Quotes

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“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

“Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.”

“Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures. ”

“Watch your thoughts; They become words. Watch your words; They become actions. Watch your actions; They become habits. Watch your habits; They become character. Watch your character; It becomes your destiny.”

“Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.”

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”

“We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”

“The opportunity of your life, it's you.”

“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

“Winners never quit, quitters never win”

“I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.”

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”

“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.”

“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours..”

“The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.”

“Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.”

“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

“To be or not to be. That's not really a question.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”

“Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

“Your problem isn't the problem, it's your attitude about the problem.”

“The time is always right to do what’s right.”

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”

“If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.”

“Do for yourself, for no one else will.”

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way”

“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.”

“It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!”

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“Just because you’re rivals doesn’t mean you have to be enemies.”

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”

“You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.”

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.”

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and
try again in a different way.”

“Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”

“It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”

“There is no "I" in team but there is in win.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“There are two ways of spreading light.. to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word — excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“If you’re alive, you’re a creative person.”

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”

“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

“Maybe that's what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.”

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”

“Change your thoughts and you can change the world.”

“Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.”

“Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.”

“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”

“The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”

“If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right.”

“Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?”

“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”

“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”

“You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.”

“I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion.”

“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

“It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”

“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”

“Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.”

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

“How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”