Your favorite motivational quote?

Answer 1

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind! - Dr. Suess

Answer 2

You can't change the wind but you can adjust your sails.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

-- Alexis Carrel

All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are keenly aware that "luck" is most often being prepared to take advantage of a situation.

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
– Victoria Holt

"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time."
– Winston Churchill

Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."
– John Updike

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

-- Chinese proverb

"Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure."
– Jack Lemmon

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination.

-- Sir Frederick Treves (1853-1923) English Surgeon

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

-- Hindu proverb

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

-- Chinese proverb

I could go on all day... I love words and quotes and insights.
Hope you find one here that speaks to you. Have a great day!

Answer 3

My favorite quote comes from a song by Superchic[k]
"The super doesn't stand for model
But that doesn't mean I'm plain
If all you see is how I look
You miss the super chick within
And I christen you Titanic
Underestimate and swim...

And I'll be everything
That I want to be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang
That you hear round the world
I'm a one girl revolution."

Answer 4

It's not aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
--Zig Zaglar

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
--Buddha

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
--Buddha

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
--Buddha

Answer 5

By far, this passage from the Man in the Arena speech (Theodore Roosevelt)...

"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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; 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 cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Answer 6

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.

Answer 7

This picked me up yesterday after asking "how's it going?"

"If I were any better, I'd have to marry myself".

That gave me a lift for the rest of the day!

Answer 8

If trying to motivate a masochist: "Trying is the source of all pain."

Answer 9

Pain is only weakness leaving the body.

Answer 10

Git-R-Done! by Larry the Cable Guy