Motivational Quotes

OH Juli · 03-20-2008, 04:04 PM

On another thread we started talking motivational quotes.

If you have some favorites add them to the list. Hopefully you'll find a few that are meaningful and helpful to you.

My favorites right now are:

"Winning is never accidental. To win consistenetly you must have a clear plan and intense motivation." Lou Holtz

"Obstacle are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Henry Ford

"The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.'' Anon

"I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.'' CF Kettering

"Knowing what to do and not doing it doesn't get you very far.'' J. Pfeffer

losingjusme · 03-20-2008, 04:23 PM

great thread!!

Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go. (my current fave)

Some people dream of success … while others wake up and work hard at it.

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Saint Francis of Assisi

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Don't give up what you want the most for what you want at the moment

Pain is only weakness leaving the body

If you are going to do it, do it and don’t waste your time.

When you don’t know what you are searching for, its hard to know you’ve found it.

The best excuse in the world still falls far short of getting the job done.

There is no use saying “I am doing my best.” You have to succeed in doing what is necessary.

**Wheetsin** · 03-20-2008, 04:23 PM

Moved this to the Lounge for you. :)

I'm not really good with motivational quotes. I like:
"Even sunshine burns if you get too much"
"The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese."

Do those count? ;)

travelgirl · 03-20-2008, 04:33 PM

Here's one I saw today:

*Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.* - Winston Churchill

luluc · 03-20-2008, 04:42 PM

In my husbands office:

"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection
is demoralizing."
Harriet Braiker

travelgirl · 03-20-2008, 04:50 PM

Oh, in my sig line:

Excellence is achievable, Perfection is God's business. -Michael J. Fox

**Jack** · 03-20-2008, 05:20 PM

Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome

travelgirl · 03-20-2008, 05:28 PM

My Quest is Victory over the Dragons of Habit, Gluttony, Sloth, Desperation... -Jack

LilMissDiva · 03-20-2008, 06:16 PM

Juli, as I just started with these, I don't really have any others - but I will re-post the one from the other thread here. What a great idea, I hope we can keep this thread alive for a long time!

Right now mine is:

"Some succeed because they are destined to; most succeed because they are determined to." -by Anatole France. I never thought this would actually make a difference, but every time I read it to myself, I feel a new energy to continue for even that very moment.
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whimsy · 03-21-2008, 12:45 AM

Great thread! Here's my contribution:

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
--Albert Camus

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
--Chinese Proverb

Listen to the MUSN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me –
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
-- Shel Silverstein

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
--Mary Anne Radmacher Hershley

And my favorite piece to read when I need to be uplifted is Desiderata by Max Ehrmann. It's too long to paste here but I'll post a link to a site where it can be read: Desiderata

LilMissDiva · 03-21-2008, 10:15 AM

Here's one I know everyone will have heard, but is so true:

Eat to live, don't live to eat!

OH Juli · 03-21-2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whimsy

And my favorite piece to read when I need to be uplifted is Desiderata by Max Ehrmann. It's too long to paste here but I'll post a link to a site where it can be read: Desiderata

Thanks for the link! I really enjoyed reading that!

HarleyGirl · 03-21-2008, 07:18 PM

Leap and the net will appear..........

SherriWittler · 03-22-2008, 11:32 AM

Here are a few of my favorites:

"There are two choices really. You can either surrender to the pressures of life and the struggles of this particular battle....or you continue the fight...and do so with even more vengence and determination to reach your goals then you did before. I choose the fight.....I know what it will get me."

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~ Marianne Williamson ~

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."

"Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground."

Ralph Marston

"Real change happens, when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing."

green · 03-22-2008, 02:20 PM

Living well is the best revenge.