Powerful Motivational Quotes

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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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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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Og Mandino

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Tony Robbins

Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from May 12, 2017

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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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Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Jim Rohn

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 15, 2016

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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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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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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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The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Mark Twain

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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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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Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.

Rory Cochrane

Regret, Life Changing, Positive Life

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

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

Joel Brown

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Twitter post from Mar 09, 2017

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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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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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

Leadership, Business, Motivation

Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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Well done is better than well said.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Les Brown

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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