Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

"Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher"

John Wanamaker, Businessman

"We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks: the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being, of course, the only creditable place to occupy"

Lucy Larcom, Poet

"Nothing comes merely by thinking about it"

John Wanamaker, Businessman

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

Gina Gershon, Actress

"I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does"

Bo Jackson, Athlete

"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things"

Joe Paterno, Coach

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

Temple Grandin, Educator

"If you put the work in, and you show that you're willing to work hard, you'll succeed"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

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

Ben Mintz, Businessman

"Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for, which is precisely where you were before you asked"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The Other 99 percent is due to our efforts"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence"

Jean Anouilh, Playwright

"The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something, then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while"

Clara Hughes, Athlete

"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

"For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store"

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Novelist

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

David Seabury, Psychologist

"Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will"

Brad Bird, Cartoonist

"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

"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

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

Anne Frank, Writer

"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

"Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia"

Kitty O'Neill Collins, Politician

"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

"Win one for the Gipper"

Knute Rockne, Coach

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

Christian Nestell Bovee, Author

"Our passion is our strength"

Billie Joe Armstrong, Musician

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

Anne McCaffrey, Author

"When you have the opportunity, you strike"

Rod Laver, Athlete

"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

"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

"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from"

Jodie Foster, Actress

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