Cool Motivational Quotes

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, p.42

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There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Roger Staubach

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.

John C. Maxwell

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Tony Robbins

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016

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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

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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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Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Thornton Wilder

Inspirational, Hope, Motivation

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The best revenge is massive success.

Frank Sinatra

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Inspirational, Stay Strong, Motivation

Frankenstein Letter 1 (1818)

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If you can dream it, you can do it.

Walt Disney

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Audrey Hepburn

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

Motivational, Success, Failure

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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

William Butler Yeats

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

In Plato 'Apology' 38a

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The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

Alton Brown

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Funny, 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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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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