Motivational Quotes

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt

When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard", I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Sydney J. Harris

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. Tom Brokaw

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer

Laughter is an instant vacation. Milton Berle

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

Failure is impossible. Susan B. Anthony

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling. Yogi Berra

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

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual. Phyllis Diller

Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau

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

There is no failure except in no longer trying. Elbert Hubbard

What keeps me going is goals. Mahummaad Ali

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Washington Irving

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. Calvin Coolidge

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. Richard Bach

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. Bernard M. Baruch

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. Jack Benny

A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. Charles Schulz

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. Confucius

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli

It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes. Linda Evans

Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals. Henry Ford

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. Brian Tracy

Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. Leo Buscaglia

You may delay, but time will not. Benjamin Franklin

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. John Paul Getty

Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you. George Harrison

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. Bob Hope

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. Charles F. Kettering

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than we realize. Norman Vincent Peale

Speaking from my personal experiences, setting goals, along with a detailed action plan, has actually changed my life from one cast in frustration to one of purpose. Catherine Pulsifer

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter

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