Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

"Unless we rise to the challenge, instead of American youth being able to live the American dream, the Chinese will fulfill their dream of overtaking America"

Mark Kennedy, Politician

"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune"

Francis Quarles, Poet

"If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time"

Billy Joel, Musician

"No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things"

Channing Pollock, Actor

"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

"To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well"

Anatoly Karpov, Celebrity

"Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do"

Henry Drummond, Writer

"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

"Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed"

Lewis Mumford, Sociologist

"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

"No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

"Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

"Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

"In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources"

Brian Herbert, Author

"The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open"

Brian Herbert, Author

"Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest"

Brian Herbert, Author

"Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius"

Brian Herbert, Author

"I believe in myself. I believe in the Hulk Hogan that's still inside of me. I believe that in the end, the truth will prevail"

Hulk Hogan, Celebrity

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

Lindsay Lohan, Actress

"To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die"

Luc de Clapiers, Writer

"Genius is initiative on fire"

Holbrook Jackson, Writer

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

Diane Ackerman, Poet

"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

"In our film profession, you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage"

Frank Capra, Director

"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

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

Shannon Miller, Athlete

"Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want, but because you don't want it intensely enough"

Frank Crane, Clergyman

"When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Do noble things, not dream them all day long"

Charles Kingsley, Clergyman

"I have a really powerful urge to see things work"

Bill Budge, Businessman

"I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message"

Joel Osteen, Clergyman

"Do all you can to make your dreams come true!"

Joel Osteen, Clergyman

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