Motivational Life Quotes

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Milton Berle

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Love, Inspirational, Life

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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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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.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

Denis Waitley

Love, Inspirational, Life

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The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln

Positive, Being Happy, Uplifting

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard

Love, Life, Happiness

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The best revenge is massive success.

Frank Sinatra

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Rhythm of Life : Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose" by Matthew Kelly, (p. 80), 2004.

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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

George Adair

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

In Plato 'Apology' 38a

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Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Max Eastman

Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

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The best thing you can do is follow your dreams

The Rev

Motivational, Change, Positive

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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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People will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.

Alan Watts

Life, Cheer Up, Reality

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