Motivation Quotes - Page 13

• 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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• Little by little, one travels far

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Perseverance

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  By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

  Robert Frost

  Funny, Motivational, Hilarious

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• The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Success, Travel

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Educational

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.

  Harvey Mackay

  Success, Determination, Dedication

  FaceBook post by Harvey Mackay from May 07, 2014

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• In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Powerful, Order

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. [...] But that's not happening here. You've got an incentive designed to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, and it does just the opposite. It dulls thinking and blocks creativity.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Block, Inspiration, Creativity

  "The puzzle of motivation". TED Talks, www.ted.com. July 2009.

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• Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

  Carl Sagan

  Life, Art, Two Worlds

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.26, Ballantine Books

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• Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

  Walter Scott

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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• You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

  Flip Wilson

  Motivational, Success, Positivity

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• If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

  Jonathan Winters

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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  Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

  Thomas Paine

  War, 4th Of July, Evil Government

  Common Sense (1776)

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• Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  The American Crisis, 12 Sept. 1777

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• The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

  Erica Jong

  Inspirational, Hurt, Pain

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 22, 2014

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons.

  Wallace Stegner

  Inspirational, Heart, Lessons

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• Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Softball, Sports, Persistence

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• If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• I believe I'm a born winner. I always think about winning.

  David Haye

  Believe, Winning, Thinking

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