Famous Motivational Quotes - Page 6

• Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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• If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Education, Appreciation

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.235

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• Imagination rules the world.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Positive, War, New Beginnings

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.107, Fireship Press

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• In the end, everything is a gag.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Laughter, Powerful, Humor

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• Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Dog, Witty

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• The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

  Emile Zola

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing‎" by Larry Chang, (p. 55), 2006.

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• Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

  Christopher Reeve

  Uplifting, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Time, Player

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.149

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• Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

  H. G. Wells

  Jealousy, Witty, Humorous

  The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914) ch. 9, sect. 2

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• You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Spiritual, Witty, Truth

  Daily News, February 25, 1905.

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• Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.

  Zig Ziglar

  Giving, Trying, Steps

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 14, 2013

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• the shell must break before the bird can fly.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Wise, Motivation, Inspiration

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.2450, Delphi Classics

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• By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Change, Nature, Hate

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• Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

  The Impressions of Theophrastus Such "A Man Surprised at His Own Originality" (1879)

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• I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

  Xenocrates

  Inspirational, Witty, Powerful

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• The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, Teacher, Philosophy

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• You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

  Zig Ziglar

  Confidence, Running, Design

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 16, 2014

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• Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.

  Tim Ferriss

  Believe, Learning, Ninety Nine

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• Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Today

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• I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Witty, Powerful

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• If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Worry

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

  Rene Descartes

  Success, Witty, Humorous

  "Discourse on the Method". Book by Rene Descartes (Part 2), 1637.

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• If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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