Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

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"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do"

Denis Waitley, Writer

Denis Waitley

"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep"

Denis Waitley, Writer

Denis Waitley

"Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future"

Denis Waitley, Writer

Denis Waitley

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes"

Washington Irving, Writer

Washington Irving

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them"

John Updike, Novelist

John Updike

"Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts"

Sarah Ban Breathnach, Author

Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way"

Baltasar Gracian, Philosopher

Baltasar Gracian

"Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time'"

Mickey Mantle, Athlete

Mickey Mantle

"People who think too much before they act, don't act too much"

Jimmy Buffett, Musician

Jimmy Buffett

"We have the power to change the world for the better. The question is, do we have the will?"

Peter Knights, Activist

Peter Knights

"Winning is the science of being totally prepared"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"Good is often the enemy of best"

Edwin Louis Cole, Author

Edwin Louis Cole

"Attitude determines the altitude of life"

Edwin Louis Cole, Author

Edwin Louis Cole

"If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

George Allen, Sr.

"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all"

Rita Mae Brown, Writer

Rita Mae Brown

"I certainly admire people who do things"

Raymond Chandler, Writer

Raymond Chandler

"A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction"

Rita Mae Brown, Writer

Rita Mae Brown

"You can only be as good as you dare to be bad"

John Barrymore, Actor

John Barrymore

"The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it"

Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman

"Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach"

John W. Gardner, Educator

John W. Gardner

"The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life"

John W. Gardner, Educator

John W. Gardner

"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act"

Andre Malraux, Author

Andre Malraux

"The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything""

John W. Gardner, Educator

John W. Gardner

"Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them!"

John W. Gardner, Educator

John W. Gardner

"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more"

Erica Jong, Novelist

Erica Jong

"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do?"

J. Michael Straczynski, Producer

J. Michael Straczynski

"A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die"

Nikki Giovanni, Poet

Nikki Giovanni

"I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression"

Margaret Fuller, Critic

Margaret Fuller

"If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you"

Julian Casablancas, Musician

Julian Casablancas

"The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more"

Erica Jong, Novelist

Erica Jong

"The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh, I see, this person doesn't like opportunities,' and stops giving them to you"

Doug Coupland, Author

Doug Coupland

"There is always room at the top"

Daniel Webster, Statesman

Daniel Webster

"My hunger to win is much greater than my fear of losing"

Usain Bolt, Athlete

"In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking"

Georges Clemenceau, Leader

Georges Clemenceau

"You have to make it happen"

Denis Diderot, Editor

Denis Diderot

"A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe"

Georges Clemenceau, Leader

Georges Clemenceau

"You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before, and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman"

Lionel Messi, Athlete

Lionel Messi

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