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Motivational Quotes


"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."


"Let your dream scream at you when you lose focus."


"Make each day, the best day of life."


"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."


"There is moderation even in excess."


"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."


"As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way."


"Make enthusiasm a way of life. Make optimism a way of success. Make gratitude a way of happiness."


"Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."


"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."


"There is no perfect condition so now is the perfect time and today is the perfect day to take action."


"Make mistakes often without remorse or fear. You will gain experience and will be a winner."


"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."


"Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean."


"Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire."


"Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book."


"At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me."


"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."


"Make peace with your past and make room to welcome your future."


"He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go."


"Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from."


"Anyone who is dreaming of a beautiful future is living in a wonderful world."


"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it."


"One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity."


"Make hope a way toward optimism, make optimism a way of life."


"The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes."


"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."


"Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged."


"Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value."


"And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents."


"My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about."


"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk."


"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."


"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."


"I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation."


"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."


"The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats."


"Make peace your purpose in the garden of life."


"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."


"Think that today is the best day of your life and, with love and kindness, change yourself to begin the first day of the rest of your existing life."


"Open your mind to fill it with everything that is beautiful. Ignore the rest."


"Make enthusiasm a way of life.Make optimism a way of success.Make gratitude a way of happiness."


"Necessity is the mother of taking chances."


"I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration."


"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."


"I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves."


"Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."
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