Life Motivation Quotes

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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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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Everything you can imagine is real.

Pablo Picasso

Inspirational, Meaningful, Art

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

Eric Mangini

Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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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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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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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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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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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Unknown

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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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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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

Funny, Life, Motivational

"An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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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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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Les Brown

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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