Famous Motivating Quotes
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Daniel Walter
The more you practice discipline, the stronger it becomes.
Discipline is the engine that drives success. Self-discipline is
the ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve your
goals.
Tommy Baker
The biggest mistake you can make in life is to be afraid
to make mistakes.
Steve Magness
When our confidence is high, we are able to cope with
the demands of the event. We can manage our fears and doubts, quiet the
negative voices, and redirect our focus to the task at hand.
Ken Nelson
The most powerful learning occurs when participants are
actively engaged in the process, not simply listening to a lecture.
Thibaut Meurisse
Emotional intelligence is not about being nice; it's
about being effective.
Eric Jorgenson
The most important thing you can do in your career is
to figure out what you’re uniquely good at and do that.
Chris
Voss and Tahl Raz
People will do almost anything for those who encourage
their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their
suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies.
Antonio Neves
We must remember that we are in control of our own lives
and have the power to create the life we want.
Daniel Kahneman
The focusing illusion is the idea that we tend to overestimate
the effect of one particular factor when making predictions about our happiness
or
satisfaction with life.
Jeff Keller
The only thing that stands between a person and what
they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it's possible.
Darius Foroux
The things that truly matter in life are the things we
can’t buy or download. They are inside us.
Richard Koch
The 80/20 Principle shows us that we can achieve more
by focusing on the few things that really matter and letting go of the
rest.
Timothy Ferriss
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world
is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself.
You are better than you think.
Gail McMeekin
Your thoughts and beliefs shape your choices. Choose
to believe in yourself and your dreams.
Mark Manson
Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny
failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times
you've failed at something.
Morgan House
Being wealthy is not about getting the highest return
on your capital. It’s about getting enough returns with the least amount
of risk necessary to achieve your goals.
James Clear
Habits are a double-edged sword. They can work for you
or against you, which is why understanding the details is essential.
Steve Jobs
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's
really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
Elon Musk
People work better when they know what the goal is and
why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the
morning and enjoy working.
Michelle Obama
It's not about being perfect. It's not about where you
get yourself in the end. There's power in allowing yourself to be known
and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice.
Barack Obama
I came to believe that through the constant grind of
politics, I might chip away at my own imperfections and limitations and
broaden my circle of empathy.
Todd Mitche
Everyone needs to start somewhere, and the best part
is—regardless of what you have done, not done, or wish you had done—you
can start moving in a new direction again, but this time, now......
Alison Price
Something that’s vital to achieving more success in your
life is the opening up of your mind to the fact that you can do things
that you might think are absolutely impossible.
Barbara Oakley
However, he was well aware that one of his strengths—one
he had built through years of practice in music—was the simple skill of
persisting at difficult tasks.......
John Paul
Carinci
When you are truly passionate about something, you don't
have to try hard to put attention on it. When challenges arises,
they can't deter you. They may slow you down for a while, but they
can't stop you.
Stacey Weckstein
What makes you an expert is that you took the time to
learn these things and can teach them or practice them with
someone who will benefit from your knowledge.
Phil M. Jones
Too many people spend all their energy working toward
what they would “like to do,” when the real question should be “Who do
you want to help?”
Marcia Reynolds
If you are to succeed in building trust, a person must
feel your intentions are in his best interest throughout the conversation
and beyond.
Dave Corbet and
Ian Roberts
Every human being has the capacity to consciously decide
the result they want given the circumstances they face. We call this the
capacity of intention.
Robert Greene
The creativity that you gain in learning a skill so deeply
must be constantly refreshed, as you keep forcing your mind back to a state
of openness.
Dan Pontefract
If you are serious about what you are doing then you
should not be shy about it because you never know where it will take you.
If you keep quiet and don’t engage I can almost guarantee you that nothing
amazing will happen.
Nicholas
Haralambous
If you open up about what you love to do in an honest
way then you are likely to get back the same honesty and enthusiasm.
Rupal Jain
Our attitude determines how we look at our setback. It
can be a stepping stone to success for a winner who never takes criticisms
personally or it can be a stumbling block for a loser.
Pema Chodron
Our personal demons come in many guises. We experience
them as shame, as jealousy, as abandonment, as rage. They are anything
that makes us so uncomfortable that we continually run away.
Simon Sinek
Choose someone who’ll push you to think beyond the surface,
to go out of your comfort zone and uncover the memories and experiences
that are the source of your WHY.
Arianna
Huffington
The old adage that we should live every day as if it
were our last usually means that we shouldn’t wait until death is imminent
to begin prioritizing the things that really matter.
Sean D. Young
The lesson is to focus on finding the right first step.
Put all of your energy into achieving that first little step. Take the
time to reflect on your progress. And then repeat.
Richard Reed
The opposite of question everything is question nothing.
And if you don’t question things, there’s no knowledge, no learning, no
creativity, no freedom of choice, no imagination.
Gretchen Rubin
For a happy life, it’s important to cultivate an atmosphere
of growth—the sense that we’re learning new things, getting stronger, forging
new relationships, making things better, helping other people.
Shauna Niequist
Along this passage, my life has become decidedly less
impressive. It has, though, become so much more joyful, here on the inside,
here where it matters only to me and to the people closest to me.
David Brooks
Love depends on the willingness of each person to be
vulnerable and it deepens that vulnerability. It works because each person
exposes their nakedness and the other rushes to meet it.
Sayan Chakraborty
Your old thoughts and beliefs will only change if the
dynamic inertia of your desire for a new thought is greater than the static
inertia of the existing thoughts.
Ali Berman
When we have purpose, our task is never quite complete
so it always needs attention. It’s a lifelong goal or way of living that
we aspire to.
Jack Kornfield
Pay attention to the movie showing in your life right
now. Notice the plot. It might be an adventure, a tragedy, a romance, a
soap opera, or a battle. “All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare.
Dan
Sullivan and Catherine Nomura
You learn something from everything you do, whether it's
small or large, or goes right or wrong. Analyze these components of your
experiences to help you figure out what to improve and what to divest.......
Mark Nepo
Life has taught me that, regardless of what we face,
effort and faith will lead us into the larger stream of life that holds
us. And being held by the larger stream of life is another way to describe
grace.
Alex Pattakos
Human beings are, by nature, creatures of habit. Searching
for a life that is both predictable and within our comfort zone, we rely
on routine and, for the most part, learned thinking patterns.
Rhonda Sciortino
Strong people see adversity as an opportunity to improve
their lives. They choose to see adversity as the channel through which
their dreams can emerge.
Norman
E Rosenthal
Understand the powerful forces of history that shape
your world. Like a compass to a sailor, such understanding can help you
chart your course through life.
Ryan Holiday
Cultivate the ability to judge yourself accurately and
honestly. Look inward to discern what you’re capable of and what it will
take to unlock that potential.
Shannon Kaiser
Replace your worries about what could go wrong with what
could go right, and watch how your life unfolds. It will unfold beautifully
and you will feel abundant, happy, and free.
Thich Nhat
Hanh
The most important person is always the person you are
with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings
with any other person in the future?
Neville Goddard
Whenever the actions of the inner body match the actions
which the outer must take to appease desire, that desire will be realized.
Linda
Kaplan Thaler
Talent plays only a small part in the commercial’s success.
If we were to be honest, two other, far less celebrated qualities—stamina
and resilience—are the real stars.
Bob Litwinn
You acknowledge that there are forces at work you cannot
see that could be helping you, showing you a new way, giving you hope.
Lindsay C.
Gibson
Success is success. People who have successfully followed
their dreams have learned the art of nurturing and tagging their success
moments, and they take every bit of credit for them.
Bernard Roth
If you are doing something, then no matter how many times
you hit a barrier, or how frustrated your original strategy becomes, you
intend to get the job done, and you bring to bear on it the inner resolve
and attention necessary to fulfill your intention.
Yvonne
Teoh Bource
I observed that the greatest hurdle to overcome was to
not only acknowledge that we have the power within us to create our life
any way we choose, but to accept the full responsibility that goes with
that acknowledgment.
Rosamund
Stone Zander
Examine, one by one, the words you are using to define
a problem that confronts you. Redefine any words that are causing fear
in you, or resistance, or that imply a struggle, until the struggle and
fear subside.
Martin
E. P. Seligman
The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard
knocks of this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They
tend to believe defeat is just a temporary setback, that its causes are
confined to this one case.
Melvyn L. Fein.
People who are brave enough to stand up to life's hardships
have a better chance of surmounting them. They are thus more likely to
acquire satisfying jobs and loving relationships.
Brendon Burchard
No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities
in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience,
interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.
Jason Fried
Momentum fuels motivation. It keeps you going.
It drives you. Without it, you can't go anywhere. If you aren't
motivated by what you're working on, it won't be very good.
Apurva Chamaria
and Gaurav Kakkar
You obviously want to connect with those who matter,
because it is by networking with them that you can effectively engage with
them and explore business opportunities.
Bob Bowman
The best coaches, the best bosses, the best parents,
the best leaders are the ones who show their people not just how to get
better but how to motivate themselves to get better.
Bob Burg
I was brought up with a belief that there are two types
of people in the world. There are people who get rich, and there are people
who do good. My belief system said you’re one or the other, you can’t be
both.
Richard Templar
The power of positive thought is
huge. Just by consciously acknowledging your achievements along the way,
you’ll feel more successful.
Hugh G. Byrne
Our habits—how we think, speak,
feel, and act—directly impact our well-being. More broadly, they reinforce
patterns that shape our entire experience of living. |
