
Quotes can be one of life’s greatest sources of inspiration. They encourage you to live your dreams and become the person you always hoped to be.
Here are some quotes worth remembering.
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
~ Zig Ziglar
“Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing.”
~ Helen Keller
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
~ Albert Einstein
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
~ Henry Ford
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in everydirection, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than youever dreamed yourself to be.”
~ Patanjali – the author of Yoga Sutra
“I think I can, I think I can.”
~ The Little Engine That Could
“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”
~ Oprah Winfrey
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
~ Oprah Winfrey
“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.”
~ Leo Buscaglia
“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.”
~ Helen Keller”
“I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”
~ Roy Croft
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”
~ Napoleon Hill
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”
~ Zig Ziglar
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
~ Michael Jordan
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dance as though no one is watching you.
Love as though you have never been hurt before.
Sing as though no one can hear you.
Live as though heaven is on earth.
~Souza
Do you have some favorite quotes of your own? Please feel free to share them in the comments section.
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“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”–Robert F. Kennedy
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe it was Bill Cosby who said:
“I don’t know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everyone.”
Tim Berry
There is no try. There is only do or do not.
Yoda
“What you WANT is irrelevant, what you’ve CHOSEN is at hand.” – Spock (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
~ Jack London
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I have a whole evernote database of motivational quotes. Here are some:
“Miracles can be made, but only by sweating.”
– Giovanni Agnelli, auto executive
“I don’t think there’s any such thing as setting your goals too high. The higher you set your goals, the more you are going to work. If you don’t reach them, then it’s okay, just as long as you set it and then give 100% of yourself.”
– Dan Jansen, Speed Skater
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
– Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
“In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at half time.” (Anon)
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
A necessidade é a mãe da invenção.
“Necessity is the mother of all invention.”
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It is simple. We are where we should be, doing what we should be doing. Otherwise we would be somewhere else, doing something else.
Richard Stine
http://www.richardstine.com/html/0020c1062.html
“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” ~Unknown
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Those are great quotes to keep us motivated.
I like the one regarding what the mind can conceive and believe, can be achieved. I agree that if we have a strong belief on something, we can surely achieve it.
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
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I think it’s a great practice to reflect on wise words. That’s why I’ve collected all my favorites at my website above. One of my favorites is:
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” –Goethe
Great post. These quotes are really helpful. Now I am motivated to find more quotes to help me everyday. Thanks for sharing this..
I especially like the ones by Mr. Ziglar and Ms. Wynfrey :)
Some really nice quotes in there
“Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” (Ernest Meyers)
“Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.” (Irving Berlin)
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – R. W. Emerson
“With out struggle, perseverance would not exist” – Brian Alexander – YUPlifestyle
here’s one of my own:
“half empty, half full – who cares as long as there is water in the glass?”
“……..The only way to be truly alive is to confront your own mortality”
Nikki Sixx
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“you can not change the world you can only change you’re self”
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Wow!!! aweasome qoutes!!! here is one of mine: “live life to its fullest…you don’t want to die empty.”
The people who mind, dont matter. The people who matter, dont mind.
-Dr. Suess
“The most wasted day of all is one in which there is no laughter!” -Chamfort
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
-Thomas Paine – “The Crisis”
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese…
i like : “One doesnt discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time…”
but they are all truly great.
” everyone has problems, just different ones.”
Rachel Peige
love never has a happy ending …
because love never ends
~unknown
they say you only fall in love once but every time i look at you i fall in live agian
” A GENIUS IS O1% INSPERATION AND 99% PERSPERASION”
The Golden Rule…
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
it doesnt matter what people think of you at this moment,
it matters what they will remember when they hear your name after all these years
“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different”
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
“A person who trusts no one can’t be trusted.”
Ive failed over and over, and thats why I suceed.
Michael Jordan
I HAVE ONE:!!! NEVER GIVE UP THE ONE YO LOVE FOR THE ONE YOU LIVE!
You just have to make the right choices. Keep moving forward
If you can dream you can live
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
-Micheal Phelps
“At the end of the day it’s all about relationship.”
“I’ve been created to be creative, therefore I shall continue to create; for without the creation there can be no creator.”
~ Mitchell Stout
When you fail, don’t think it as a loss see it as a gain to make you stronger, and use that motivation to continue to be better. – ryan reid
Some people say before you die your life flashes before your eyes, make it worth watching . .
Great one. Thanks for the inspiration! James Koowie.com
shut the fuck up!!
shut the fuck up!!
Hell yea nice quote
Nothing lasts forever. So love what you have while you still have it. Don’t take anything for granted ’cause you never know when something will come to an end – Niamh c.
This is my favorite quote…. it happened to me many times already… never knowing that someone is very important to you unless he/ she is gone…
*»-*»….Life’s Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting \”Holy Shit…What a Ride!\«*-«* ~ x_NizerZ_Bahh_x
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Difficult takes a day, Impossible takes a week.
-can’t remember who said it
“Praise bright blue skies and dark rain clouds. Lift happy voices upon the morning air. Murmur sweet words softly in the evening breeze. Be present in all things, and thankful for all things.” -Dr. Maya Angelou
Dont live life like your bulletproof!
A man of worry and anxiety is like a deadman with his eyes opened.
Everyone have a cross to bear. But your attitude towards the war from your cross will determine if you dominate the war from that cross or be demoralised by the weight of that cross.
This is my favorite quote
"Dream more then others think practical. Expect more then others think possible." Howard Schultz
you only live once, but if you live it right, once is enough!
You have your own talent,Believe in yourself and find your own way towards your destination.
-Danny-
” If you want a rainbow, you musyt out up with the rain. “
” If you want a rainbow you must put up with the rain. “
but what if the rainbow isn’t worth the rain?
We fall only to learn how to get up..
love it
Yeah. It would be very good to have someone or something that would keep you pushing forward. And it is a fact that we would be falling down sometimes. http://www.aaamovingquote.com
Yeah. It would be very good to have someone or something that would keep you pushing forward. And it is a fact that we would be falling down sometimes. http://www.aaamovingquote.com
Create a interest in urself and make ur life interesting ….. automatically u seen some changes in your life… its true so try it …
Swati Tiwari
superb line
So true :))
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Great! This is just what I needed at this point in my life. Thanks so much… you don’t know how much you have helped my condition!
I may not always score in life but all you gotta do is get back on your feet and try try again
@Liam- Either you do it or you don’t….
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” (Sign hanging in Einstein’s office at Princeton)
Just another nice one for you. But actually here’s a good motivational article I wrote myself: http://www.thehappinessmanual.com/how-to-keep-going-at-work/
Mostly it involves understanding the psychology behind why we feel or do not like working. If you understand this, then you can start to combat whichever part of you is putting a brake on your productivity.
Lifes a bitch
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars – Mark Twain
If it was easy then anybody could do it !!!!! You are not just anybody
he who is not ecourageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life
dont let anyone bring you down go for what you want in life and who is anyone to tell you diff its not there life you are living is it ??? you only get one shot at life so make it yours and enjoy the crazy ride michael chambers
Really made my day! Feeling better after reading this… else was very uneasy since this morning. Thanks…
Life is not measured by its quantity; it is measured by its quality.- Joshua Flake
Tommorow is always a new day with no mistakes in it – lucy maud montgomery
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
“Life is hard!”
“Of course it’s hard, if it wasn’t hard, we wouldn’t be able to look past the hard and see the good.”
what’s life without issues
lol
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.
Shawn Johnson
Never look down on someone unless you are picking them up.
there is no limits how far u can go…
Why trying to help others get what they want in life. Have what you want in your mind too.
WOW