Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

"I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool"

Janet Jackson, Musician

"If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd"

Edward de Bono, Psychologist

"I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum!"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced"

Edward Norton, Actor

"Men can do all things if they will"

Leon Battista Alberti, Architect

"It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same"

Hermann Maier, Athlete

"I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself"

Bobby Sherman, Musician

"I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within, unanswered by any beckoning from without"

Anna Julia Cooper, Educator

"I've always loved a challenge"

Lana Turner, Actress

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward"

Amelia Earhart, Aviator

"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done"

Amelia Earhart, Aviator

"Tomorrow, let us do or die!"

Thomas Campbell, Poet

"Who in the same given time can produce more than others, has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian

"High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds"

Tryon Edwards, Theologian

"A, surround yourself by positive people who will help you reach your goal and support you. And B, go for it!"

Zendaya, Actress

"My generation has the opportunity to change the world"

Zendaya, Actress

"Just try. Try to try"

Zendaya, Actress

"I want to show that you don't have to be older to live your dreams; you can do it at any age"

Zendaya, Actress

"No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself"

Allen Klein, Businessman

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals"

Larry Bird, Coach

"And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of"

Nastassja Kinski, Actress

"Don't accept that you can't make a difference, because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that, we will continue on an unsustainable pathway"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it"

William Feather, Author

"My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do"

Jason Mraz, Musician

"By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment"

Dorthea Brande, Writer

"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water"

Victoria Beckham, Musician

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail"

Dorthea Brande, Writer

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win"

Patty Berg, Athlete

"Whatever you do, never stop dreaming"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, "Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way". His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me"

Lita Ford, Musician

"I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss"

Frederick W. Smith, Businessman

"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting"

Julie Taymor, Director

"So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you"

William Feather, Author

"Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything"

Nastassja Kinski, Actress

"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now"

Lech Walesa, Activist

"Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible"

Robin Morgan, Activist

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid"

Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success"

Dorthea Brande, Writer

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