Encouraging Life Quotes

• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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  In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

  Deepak Chopra

  Happiness, Spiritual, Encouragement

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Dec 14, 2011

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• What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

  Victor Kiam

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Encouragement

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• I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Encouragement

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The best revenge is massive success.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Inspiring, Depression, Funny Inspirational

  "On the Art of Business". Book by James Howard Merkel, Abdul Wahab Al-Falaij, p.66, February 1, 2004.

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

  "Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking" by Robert H. Schuller, (p. 90), 1967.

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• When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Old Town Folks". Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Chapter 39, p. 507, 1869.

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

  Thomas Watson, Jr.

  Success, Encouraging, Simple

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• It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

  Jerry Fleishman

  Strength, Encouraging, Appreciation

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