Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

"Nothing comes merely by thinking about it"

John Wanamaker, Businessman

"The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do"

Bruce Barton, Author

"To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self"

Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist

"Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it"

John Henry Newman, Clergyman

"If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards"

John Henry Newman, Clergyman

"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault"

John Henry Newman, Clergyman

"It may be those who do most, dream most"

Stephen Leacock, Economist

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything"

Nikola Tesla, Inventor

"A lot of people ask...why a man is willing to risk... Well, we've got to do it. We're going into an age of exploration that will be bigger than anything the world has ever seen... If a man faces up to the (unknown) and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his destiny"

John Glenn, Astronaut

"If you're not passionate about what you do, you're wasting your time"

Ben Mintz, Businessman

"To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing, it becomes impossible"

Robert Southey, Poet

"The early bird catches the worm"

William Camden, Historian

"We can spend our whole lives underachieving"

Phil Crosby, Author

"A problem is your chance to do your best"

Duke Ellington, Musician

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits, the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave"

Christian Nestell Bovee, Author

"Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness"

Jose Marti, Activist

"Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others!"

David Seabury, Psychologist

"Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard"

Gina Gershon, Actress

"I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big"

Brigitte Bardot, Actress

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it, no man is to be feared, and with it, none despised"

Christian Nestell Bovee, Author

"You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost"

Francis Ford Coppola, Director

"In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare"

Georges Jacques Danton, Revolutionary

"Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being"

Charles Dudley Warner, Journalist

"People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet"

Temple Grandin, Educator

"What I want is to be number one"

Steve Prefontaine, Athlete

"Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off"

Steve Prefontaine, Athlete

"Life is full of risks anyway, why not take them?"

Lindsay Lohan, Actress

"The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better"

Paul Wellstone, Politician

"Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims"

Anne McCaffrey, Author

"I don't want to be a passenger in my own life"

Diane Ackerman, Poet

"Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, oh, you can't do that"

Tom Clancy, Novelist

"Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing"

Vance Havner, Writer

"I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress"

John Templeton, Businessman

"Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind"

Mary Schmich, Journalist

"I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"Accomplish something every day of your life"

Walter Annenberg, Businessman

"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?""

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"Other people may not have had high expectations for me... But I had high expectations for myself"

Shannon Miller, Athlete

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