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Motivational & Inspirational Quotes |
1. "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." - Truman Capote
2. "Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was." - Richard L. Evans
3. "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." - Dr. Denis Waitley
4. "Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent." - Marilyn vos Savant
5. "Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right." -Henry Ford
6. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
7. "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
8. "If you’re going through hell, keep going." - Â Winston Churchill
9. "The starting point of all achievement is desire." - Napoleon Hill
10. "All progress takes place outside the comfort zone." - Michael John Bobak
11. "Walk through the experiences of life and learn, life is a teacher. When you come across happiness, enjoy it but do not forget who you are and your purpose." - Enoch Amenuvor
12. "Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent." - Anonymous
13. "Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track." - Matthew Keith Groves
14. "The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people." - Â Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." - Robert Collier
16. "Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats." - Â Voltaire
17. "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." - Thomas J. Watson
18. "Do what you would have done if you weren't afraid to succeed." - Enoch Amenuvor
19. "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France
20. "Closing your eyes to the realities will postpone the disappointment you would have had earlier, but the destruction will be denser" - Afra Dilara Dinç
21. "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William B. Sprague
22. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
23. "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." - Dale Carnegie
24. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Unknown
25. "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." - Maya Angelou
26. "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill
27. "You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals." -
Booker T. Washington
28. "Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain." - Anonymous
29. "Wake up every day without expectations, the surprises are more thrilling" - Afra Dilara Dinç
30. "Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." - Theodore N. Vail
31. Life is “trying things to see if they work” - Ray Bradbury
32. "The opportunity gone is not lost. Prepare for the next because that, you shouldn't let go." - Enoch Amenuvor
33. "When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you." - Lolly Daskal
34. "In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on." - Robert Frost
35. "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face." - Eleanor Roosevelt
36. "I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams." - Oprah Winfrey
37. "No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist." - Anonymous
38. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - Herman Melville
39. "Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly." - Stephen R. Covey
40. "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing--that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar
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