Life Motivation Quotes

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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Beverly Sills

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

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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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Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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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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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Jim Rohn

Inspirational, Pain, Disappointment

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 13, 2015

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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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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Jim Rohn

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 06, 2015

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

Jim Ryun

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Robin Williams

Inspirational, Positive, Depression

"Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.

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Start where you are, use what you have.

Arthur Ashe

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"7 Most Touching Moments from Michael Sam's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award Speech" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. July 17, 2014.

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Swami Vivekananda

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Eric Mangini

Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln

Positive, Being Happy, Uplifting

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Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Gerard Way

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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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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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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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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