Positive And Motivational Quotes

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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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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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Jim Ryun

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

Robert Kiyosaki

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Jan 30, 2017

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Willie Nelson

Life, Change, Positive

FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Oct 29, 2013

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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations". Book by William S. Walsh, 1951.

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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year". Book by Norman Vincent Peale. Entry for April 13, 1993.

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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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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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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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

Funny, Life, Motivational

"An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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

Carol Bartz

Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Sep 12, 2013

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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