Motivational Quotes - Page 9

• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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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

  "Jack Wilshere out for three months as Arsène Wenger's injury list grows" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2014.

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• You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Adventure, Positivity, Sea

  Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

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• You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

  Jim Rohn

  Change, Greatness, Goal

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 01, 2017

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• Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

  Confucius

  Work, Inspiration, Future

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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

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• Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Inspiring, Fitness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 30, 2016

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• Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Beauty

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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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• Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Success, People, Effort

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  Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

  Washington Irving

  Inspirational, Success, Meaningful

  Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.181, Penguin

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• An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Determination, Lying

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• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.

  Kevin Systrom

  Focus, Entrepreneur, Job Well Done

  "The Big Picture". Biography, Drama, www.imdb.com.

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• Work while others are wishing.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Work, Stay Positive, Wish

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• You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.

  LL Cool J

  Success, Fear, Believe

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• True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

  Frederick Herzberg

  Jobs, Achievement, Job Satisfaction

  "Financial Times Handbook of Management". P. 229. Book by Stuart Crainer and ‎Des Dearlove, 2004.

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• A small act is worth a million thoughts.

  Ai Weiwei

  Wise, Wisdom, Thoughtful

  "Meet the most interesting person in China" by Kathleen E. McLaughlin, www.pri.org. June 23, 2009.

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  If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Attitude, Goal

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.198, Ballantine Books

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• You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

  Diana Ross

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Dream

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

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• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Life, Travel, Powerful

  Neale Donald Walsch (2010). “Neale Donald Walsh's Little Book of Life: A User's Manual”, p.95, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

  Owen Feltham

  Perseverance, Business, Mean

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  To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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• We won't let history define our future. Our actions will do the talking. Our determination will turn doubters into believers.

  Andrew McCutchen

  Baseball, Determination, Believe

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