Famous Motivational Quotes - Page 4

• If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Learning, World, Want

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• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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• I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

  Jimmy Dean

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

  Joyce Brothers

  Positive, Success, Determination

  "The Pocket Philosopher/ Psychologist" by Mark J. Merten, (p. 87), 2004.

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• The more we do, the more we can do.

  William Hazlitt

  Life Changing, Leisure Activities, Positive Thoughts

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1846, Delphi Classics

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

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• Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Procrastination

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• There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Children

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

  Natalie Gulbis

  Motivational, Softball, Mistake

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. October 14, 2004.

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• Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

  William Butler Yeats

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• If you think you can do it, you can.

  John Burroughs

  Life, Sports, Thinking

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• You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Success, Trust

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

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• Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Goal, Challenges

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

  Ruth Gordon

  Inspirational, Witty, Courage

  L'Officiel magazine, Summer 1980.

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• How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

  Anais Nin

  Love, Inspirational, Dream

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• If you can dream it, you can make it so.

  Belva Davis

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

  Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.

  P. J. Plauger

  Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Procrastination

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