Encouraging Uplifting Quotes

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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Start where you are, use what you have.

Arthur Ashe

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"7 Most Touching Moments from Michael Sam's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award Speech" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. July 17, 2014.

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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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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

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Action will
delineate and
define you.

Thomas Jefferson

Motivational, Knowing Who You Are, Inspirational Team

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An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

Dr. Seuss

Cancer, Hard Times, Tough Times

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If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it.

Kim Garst

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

FaceBook post by Kim Garst from Mar 10, 2014

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If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

David Allen

Inspirational, Encouraging, Encouragement

Twitter post from Jun 10, 2009

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I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Dr. Seuss

Life, Positive, Success

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When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator.

Bonnie McFarlane

Break Up, Encouraging, Broken Heart

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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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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Wayne Dyer

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jul 12, 2010

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Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

John D. Rockefeller

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Kenji Miyazawa

Inspirational, Positive, Sympathy

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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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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

Inspirational, Strength, Success

"The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Helen Keller

Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

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

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Success

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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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