Motivation Quotes, Motivational Thoughts
Find the very best motivation quotes distilled from literally hundreds considered. Here are the most motivating quotes, by truly inspirational people, including Dale Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Og Mandino.
Wayne Gretzky Motivational Quote:
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
~ Wayne Gretzky
Mark Twain Motivation Quote:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "
~ Mark Twain
W. Clement Stone Motivation Quote:
"Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will."
~ W. Clement Stone
Theodore Roosevelt Motivating Quote:
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Lao Tzu Motivational Quotation:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
~ Lao Tzu
Theodore Roosevelt Motivation Quote:
"It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly
so that his place shall never be
with those timid souls
who know neither victory or defeat."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Ford Motivational Quote:
"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do."
~ Henry Ford
"All growth is a leap in the dark."
~ Henry Miller
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Dale Carnegie Motivational Quote:
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy"
~ Dale Carnegie
Nora Roberts Motivating Quote:
"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place."
~ Nora Roberts
Ralph Waldo Emerson Motivational Quote:
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Roosevelt Motivation Quote:
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Lloyd Jones Motivational Quote:
"Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed."
~ Lloyd Jones
Og Mandino Motivation Quote:
"To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as...to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead."
~ Og Mandino
Will Rogers Motivational Quote:
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
~ Will Rogers
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
~ Will Rogers
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Robert Schuller Motivational Quote:
"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Lewis Cass Motivation Quote:
"People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do."
~ Lewis Cass
Unknown Author Motivation Quote:
"Every great achievement was once considered impossible."
~ Unknown
Lou Holtz Motivating Quote:
"You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be."
~ Lou Holtz
Unknown Author Motivational Quote:
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."
~ Unknown
Malcolm F. MacNeil Motivational Quote:
"The only failure which lacks dignity is the failure to try."
~ Malcolm F. MacNeil
A Very Insightful Quote on Motivation and Enthusiasm from Charles Schwab:
"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."
~ Charles M. Schwab
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