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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• 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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• Turn your wounds into wisdom.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Oprah Winfrey (2017). “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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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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• Little by little, one travels far

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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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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• How long should you try? Until.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspiring, Perseverance, Determination

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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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• Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

  Brené Brown

  Fear, Inspiration, Creativity

  "Can We Gain Strength From Shame?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 11, 2013.

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

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Success, Travel

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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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• 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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• Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

  Rumi

  Ocean, Heart, Acceptance

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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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• 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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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Mistake

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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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• 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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