Motivational Quotes - Page 8

• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

  W. Clement Stone

  Business, Fear, Thinking

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

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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

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• The beautiful thing about setbacks is they introduce us to our strengths.

  Robin Sharma

  Strength, Beautiful, Stronger

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2014

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• Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.

  Brian Tracy

  Philosophy, Practice, Get Better

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Effective Leadership”, p.11, Jaico Publishing House

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• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

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• High expectations are the key to everything.

  Sam Walton

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  "Sam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores" by Thomas C. Hayes, www.nytimes.com. April 6, 1992.

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• Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Life, Positive, Time

  "Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son, on Men and Manners: Or, A New System of Education". Book by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 1815.

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• Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Leadership, Reality

  "Executive's Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions". Book by Dianna Daniels Booher, 1991.

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• Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticises you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

  Leah LaBelle

  Positive, Being Strong, Stay Strong

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• Don't waste your time being upset about something you can't change. Begin again and do it better this time.

  Joyce Meyer

  Time, Failure, Upset

  Twitter post from Feb 18, 2012

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• We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

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• Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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• I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

  Ken Venturi

  Get Well, Believe, Inspiration

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• Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.74, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

  Bruce Lee

  Letting Go, Crazy, Greatness

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• Don't stumble over something behind you.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wisdom, Inspiration, Past

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• Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Uplifting

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• When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

  John Ruskin

  Love, Inspirational, Anniversary

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• For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Change, Morning

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Happy, Death, Rest In Peace

  Codice Trivulziano 281

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• Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

  Erica Jong

  Inspirational, Life, Being Strong

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 18, 2014

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  Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4990, Delphi Classics

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• Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Karma, Determination

  'Adam Bede' (1859) ch. 29

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