Motivational Quotes
Motivational Sayings (14)
Never mind what others do;
do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day,
and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
Related topics: Values
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
To accomplish great things,
we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.
- Anatole France
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I do not believe in a fate that
falls on men however they act;
but I do believe in a fate
that falls on them unless they act.
- The Buddha
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous
Do the best you can. Be proud of your accomplishments -
without comparing yourself to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
- Horace
Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius
Always do your best.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Lead follow or get out of the way.
- Thomas Paine
An invasion of armies can be resisted,
but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma -
which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others' opinions
drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage
to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.
- Steve Jobs
The Four Agreements
1.Be impeccable with your word.
2.Don't take anything personally.
3.Don't make assumptions.
4.Always do your best.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
- Seneca
A man is a success if he gets up in
the morning and gets to bed at night,
and in between he does what he wants to do.
- Bob Dylan
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- James Allen
A person with a new idea is
a crank until the idea succeeds.
- Mark Twain
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly.
It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
- Henry Ford
An idea that is not dangerous is
unworthy of being called an idea at all.
- Oscar Wilde
Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."
Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins -
not through strength but by perseverance.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
What work I have done I have done because it has been play.
If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
- Mark Twain
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world.
To be effective it demands the sacrifice
of the bravest and the most spotless.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Your time is limited,
so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
Be a yardstick of quality.
Some people aren't used to an environment
where excellence is expected.
- Steve Jobs
Take time to sharpen the saw.
- Steven Covey
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know,
can any work be humble or disgusting?
Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder,
the means by which we are translated?
- Henry David Thoreau
An ounce of conscious choice is worth a pound of good fortune.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
How different our lives are when we
really know what is deeply important to us,
and keeping that picture in mind,
we manage ourselves each day
to be and to do what really matters most
- Stephen Covey
If you plan for a year, plant a seed.
If for ten years, plant a tree.
If for a hundred years, teach the people.
When you sow a seed once, you will reap a single harvest.
When you teach the people, you will reap a hundred harvests.
- Kuan Chung
Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply
about what you believe in.
When you stumble, keep faith.
When you're knocked down, get right back up.
And never listen to anyone who says
you can't or shouldn't go on.
- Hilary Clinton
If something is important to you,
attend to it immediately, and regularly.
If something is not really important to you,
that's great also -
just scratch it off your to-do list forever,
and never worry about it again.
Choose how you invest your time, and honor your choices.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It's YOUR time - it's YOUR life -
YOU get to choose how you use it. T
here is no way that your life is "supposed" to be.
Your parents had their vision for your life.
Your boss, your spouse, your church, your friends,
and even the family next door have their ideas
of how you should live your life.
What about YOUR vision for your life?
What do YOU want?
YES, it matters what you want.
YES you can have what you want.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Motivation Quotes and Sayings
Motivation is the art of getting people to do
what you want them to do because they want to do it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
- Zig Ziglar
A person acting from a motivation
of contribution and service
rises to such a level of moral authority
that worldly success is a natural result.
- Marianne Williamson
Art Quotes and Sayings
The supreme art of war is
to subdue the enemy without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
Your life is the manifestation of your dream;
it is an art.
You can change your life anytime if
you aren't enjoying the dream.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Courage is the art of being the only one
who knows you're scared to death.
- Earl Wilson
Things turn out best for the people
who make the best of the way things turn out.
- Art Linkletter
Just smiling goes a long way toward
making you feel better about life.
And when you feel better about life, your life is better.
- Art Linkletter
Leadership is the art of getting someone else
to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tell me what company thou keepst,
and I'll tell thee what thou art.
- Miguel de Cervantes
Besides the noble art of getting things done,
there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
- Lin Yutang
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
Supreme Quotes and Sayings
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible,
no matter whether it is on a section gang,
a football field, in an army, or in an office.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme.
Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful.
Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just.
Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
- Lao Tzu
Quality Quotes and Sayings
Honor your past, and all the consequences of that past.
Receive insight into relieving the pain
caused by past experiences and current attitudes toward life.
Observe life as it currently appears,
and then train yourself to observe life
from other perspectives that support a higher quality of living.
Re-consider your priorities.
Chart your Course.
Set Sail with Courage.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
- Winston Churchill
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart,
cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust.
Service brings satisfaction.
Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
- James Cash Penney
At all times and under all circumstances,
we have the power to transform the quality of our lives.
- Werner Erhard
It is the quality of the moment,
not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion
to his commitment to excellence,
regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
- Vince Lombardi
Zen says that if you drop knowledge -
and within knowledge everything is included;
your name, your identity, everything,
because this has been given to you by others -
if you drop all that has been given by others,
you will have a totally different quality to your being: innocence.
This will be a crucifixion of the persona, the personality,
and there will be a resurrection of your innocence.
You will become a child again, reborn.
- Osho
Honor Quotes and Sayings
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous.
We are timid only when
there is something we can still cling to.
- Carlos Castaneda
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
I grant myself the Honor of being ME.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are.
It is our choices.
- the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu
The way to develop self-confidence
is to do the thing you fear
and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
- William Jennings Bryan
You will become as small as your controlling desire;
as great as your dominant aspiration.
- James Allen
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
- Henry David Thoreau
If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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