Great Motivational Quotes

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Brian Tracy

Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Mark Twain

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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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills

Jim Rohn

Motivational, Success, Dream

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 24, 2016

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

Carol Bartz

Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Robert Collier

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 16, 2014

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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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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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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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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

W. H. Murray

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Laozi

Motivational, Determination, Smart

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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Edmund Hillary

Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

"That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Funny, Life

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership, Art, Business

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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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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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

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