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300 motivational and inspirational quotes from various people

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it’s successful outcome. William James
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world. Thomas Guthrie
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing. Dr. Wayne Dyer
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. Napoleon Hill
If you want to have what you have not, you must do what you do not. Taro Gold
It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know. Anthony Robbins
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Just remember – when you think all is lost, the future remains. Dr. Robert H. Goddard
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
Forget concepts and philosophies. Forget methods and disciplines. Simply be yourself. Live, love, that is enough. Sharma
One step back does not mean defeated. It just means that you will take the same step forward again but wiser. Jossie Estrella
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. Desiderius Erasmus
The bad news: there is no key to the universe. The good news: it was never locked. Swami Beyondananda
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one’s sympathy the gloom of somebody else. Arnold Bennett
Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don’t you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied. Sri Chinmoy
If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals. Brian Tracy
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don’t set any condition. Arthur Rubinstein
In school you get the lesson and then take the test. In life you take the test and then get the lesson.
One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO LIST every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day. Jean de La Fontaine
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Sarah Caldwell
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. Aristotle
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. Frederico Fellini
Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. Harvey Fierstein
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips
I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It’s when you are not scared of losing that you win everything. Shailendra Singh
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard
You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself. Katharine Hepburn
People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound. James Allen
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. Mark Twain
The beginning is always today. Mary Wollstonecraft
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. Napoleon Hill
You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. Arthur Ashe
The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Toni Cade Bambera
You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. Evan Esar
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James
Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity. Ruby Dee
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. Sidney J. Harris
The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting. Walt Disney
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. Stan Smith
The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing. William Ralph
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Dreaming is wonderful, goal setting is crucial, but action is supreme. To make something great happen you must get busy and make it happen. Greg Werner
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. Lucille Ball
I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change. Jim Rohn
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. Charles Caleb Colton
To reach our goal, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must sail and not drift, not lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Our very business in life is not to get ahead of others… but to get ahead of ourselves. Thomas L. Monson
The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others. Carl Rogers
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. Maya Angelou
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. Donald H. Rumsfeld
Demand the best from yourself, because others will demand the best from you… Successful people don’t simply give a project hard work. They give it their best work. Win Borden
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail. Dorothea Brande
God bless the whole world. No exceptions.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures, so I did 10 times more work. George Bernard
Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself. Liberace
Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. Christopher Parker
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Longfellow
What you believe yourself to be, you are. Claude M. Bristol
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. Author Unknown
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
There’s no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. Vince Lombardi
Do not judge and you will never be mistaken. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values. Ayn Rand
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived. Dame Rose Macaulay
Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe. Oprah Winfrey
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
The secret of happiness is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. Author Unknown
If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go. John B. Gough
If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. Gary Zukav
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti
Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you. Og Mandino
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll
Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, laugh; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, dance; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing – and one day you will find you have created your paradise. Osho
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Zig Ziglar
Isn’t everyone a part of everyone else? Budd Schulberg
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can. Danny Kaye
When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. Hugh White
If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence. Barbara Cook
Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Time is not a line, but a series of now points. Taisen Deshimaru
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. Mildred Barthel
Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself. Oprah Winfrey
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright
The only opinion about your dream that really counts is yours. The negative comments of others merely reflect their limitations – not yours. Cynthia Kersey
We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic. E. Merrill Root
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake. Frank Wilczek
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. Wally ‘Famous’ Amos
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill
It is not enough to aim; you must hit. Italian Proverb
Helping people grow and achieve their dreams is the fastest route to success; both theirs and yours. T. Harv Eker
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Elinor Smith
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. Annie Lennox
Focus your messages on the results you expect, not on the methods for doing the job. Marty Brounstein
Life is always walking up to us and saying, ‘Come on in, the living’s fine,’ and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. Russell Baker
A man may fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. J. Paul Getty
This became a credo of mine…attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. Bette Davis
Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. Conrad Hilton
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler
Your outer circumstances are the mirror of your inner world. Change your inner world, and you change your outer world. Remez Sasson
The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives. Louise Hay
True commitment begins when we reach the point of not knowing how we can possibly go on, and decide to do it anyway. Author Unknown
Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. Boris Pasternak
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move. Betty Eadie
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Rubin
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. Eddie Cantor
The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate. John Ruskin
The way we see the problem is the problem. Stephen Covey
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. Brian Tracy
In all things it is better to hope than to despair. Johann W. von Goethe
The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know. Rebecca Beard
Belief in yourself, belief in your abilities, will override fear almost every time. The only thing we are afraid of is what we are capable of accomplishing. Rich DiGirolamo
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don’t blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. Joel Hawes
To be successful in life, gravitate towards the standard of excellence, not the standard of acceptance. Enzo D’Alimonte
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
You’re alive. Do something. Look. Listen. Choose. Act. Barbara Hall
Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, while others wonder what has happened. Proverb
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves. Germaine Greer
Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming. It’s about the choices you’ve just made, and the ones you’re about to make, it’s about the things you choose to say – today. Mike Dooley
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life. Wayne Dyer
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important. Stephen Covey
Look at the abundance all around you as you go about your daily business. You have as much right to this abundance as any other living creature. It’s yours for the asking. Earl Nightingale
Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time. Johann W. von Goethe
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition. Sir William Osler
There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald Reagan
When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective. George C. Marshall
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. Brendan Francis
I think I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Booker T. Washington
There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them. Laura Preble
We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly. Shakti Gawain
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. Mike Murdock
It is in giving that we receive. St. Francis of Assisi
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. Thomas Jefferson
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James
All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it! Bob Newhart
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others. William Arthur Ward
When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you. Lao Tzu
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. Robert H. Schuller
Your life would be very empty if you had nothing to regret. Vincent Van Gogh
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My actions are my only true belongings. Thich Nhat Hanh
It may not be your fault for being down, but it’s got to be your fault for not getting up. Steve Davis
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. James Allen
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone. Robert Frost
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. Christophe
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going. David Starr Jordan
You create your opportunities by asking for them. Patty Hansen
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier. Walter Savage Landor
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Sren Kierkegaard
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman
Never spend your money before you have earned it. Thomas Jefferson
The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation. Andrew Schneider
We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. Margaret Mead
Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Viktor Frankl
Travelers: there is no path. Paths are made by walking. Antonio Machado
The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around? Oprah
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got. Lee Iacocca
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward
Eliminate the time between the idea and the act. Dr. Edward Kramer
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Positive thoughts have power to change your life when they’re fueled by positive emotions. Peggy McColl
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Herman Cain
We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward. Everett Mamor
The easiest thing in the world is to be you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position. Dr. Leo Buscaglia
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. Sir J. Lubbock
Many say I am just one to try. I say I am one less to quit. Diego Marchi
Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret and life a beautiful success. Louisa May Alcott
If you become a learner you will encounter the greatest teachers. Steve Stimson
Of course, anger can always be justified. But then, so can forgiveness. It all depends on how much more you want from the adventure. Mike Dooley
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts. Booker T. Washington
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact – not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. Shimon Peres
A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Tony Robbins
He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much. Elbert Hubbard
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength, but through persistence. Buddha
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable. Brenda Ueland
The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them. Tom Morris
One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety. Deepak Chopra
Underpromise; overdeliver. Tom Peters
To have peace, give peace. To be happy, make happy. To feel loved, love. This is very simple and is a part of all the world’s inspired teachings. Hugh Prather
If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. Anita Roddick
There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. Wayne Dyer
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. Orson Welles
Entrepreneurship is a state of mind, a can-do attitude, a capacity to focus on a vision and work toward it. Barry Rogstad
Action conquers fear. Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. William Penn
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell
No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Everyone who got to where he is had to begin where he was. Robert Louis Stevenson
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property. Gautama Buddha
Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to do what they want to do. Kathleen Winsor
You have the power to hurt yourself or to benefit yourself. If you do not choose to be happy no one can make you happy. Paramahansa Yogananda
If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.
One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer. G. E. Lessing
So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin. W. Clement Stone
So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca
Change is created by those whose imaginations are bigger than their circumstances.
Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. Brendan Francis
You get what you focus on. David Justus
You have a solemn obligation to take care of yourself, because you never know when the World will need you. Rabbi Hillel
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Norman Vincent Peale
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
The greatest definition for concentration I ever heard is: wherever you are, be there!
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have failed many times, and that’s why I am a success. Michael Jordan
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t. Melody Beattie
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. Victoria Holt
The best way to say, ‘I love you, God,’ is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, ‘Thank you, God,’ is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Don Miguel Ruiz
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. Robert Louis Stevenson
Organize your life around your dreams – and watch them come true.
There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them. Charles D. Gill
The key that unlocks energy is desire. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited. Earl Nightingale
While we are postponing, life speeds by. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. Stephen Vincent Benet
Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go. Anonymous
The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. Blaine Lee
Something almost magical happens when people break through the obstacles that hold them back and discover what is truly inside them. Brian Biro
And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them. Norman Vincent Peale
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. Les Brown
The first principle of success is desire – knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of the seed. Robert Collier
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Bernard Meltzer
Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life. Your vision explains how you are living your purpose. Your goals enable you to realize your vision. Bob Proctor
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison
People fail forward to success. Mary Kay Ash
There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. Deepak Chopra
Most smiles are started by another smile. Anon
The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness. Paulo Coelho
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. Les Brown
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. Lyndon B. Johnson
I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose, though not always what I pleased. Lois McMaster Bujold
It is not good enough for things to be planned – they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation. Pir Vilayat Khan
Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Comte de Buffon
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Napoleon Hill
Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone. Louis L’Amour
How committed are you? There is a remarkable difference between a commitment of 99% and 100%. Vic Conant
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale
Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open up a window and look out to see who’s there. Jalal ad-Din Rumi
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse. Anne-Sophie Swetchine
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Robert Heinlein
It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. Al Franken
The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does. Hugh Macleod
Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Samuel Goldwyn
The question for each of us is not what we would do if we had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what we will do with the things we have. Hamilton Wright Mabie
We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston
The best time to plant an oak tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement. Claude M.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Joseph Campbell
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt
We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare
Motivating gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivating a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip. Zig Ziglar
The greatest things on earth have been done little by little. Thomas Guthrie
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most of the world’s problems. Gandhi
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
Love is not only something you feel. It is something you do. David Wilkerson
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. Anais Nin
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley
One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. Henry Miller
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. Oprah Winfrey
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. Pablo Picasso
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. Dale Carnegie
You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person. Scott Sorrell
It’s not enough to be busy. The question is, what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other…. The whole purpose of life is to live by love. Thomas Merton
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. Welsh proverb
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore
Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts. William O. Douglas
Stubbornness is also determination. It’s simply a matter of shifting from “won’t power” to “will power”. Peter McWilliams
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Marvin Gaye
The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you’re wasting. It’s up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Derek Jeter
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. John Schaar

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