Friday, December 31, 2010

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational quotes can be energizing, encouraging, and motivating.  I love quotes that give me the feeling that there is nothing I cannot do if I put my mind to it. Although there are literally thousands of quotes on a variety of topics, below are just a few of my favorites.  Enjoy!

“Nothing is impossible to those who do not have to do it.”

- Unknown

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

- Hellen Keller

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”

- Josh Billings

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

- Will Rogers

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us”

- Helen Keller

“We don’t see things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.”

- Talmund

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

- Thomas A Edison

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”

- Elizabeth Bibesco

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”

- B. Olatunji

“When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

- Franklin D Roosevelt

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.”

- Zig Ziglar

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

- Winston Churchill

“Champions are not made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

- Muhammad Ali

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

- Dale Carnegie

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

- Christopher Reeve

“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”

- Sam Ewing

“There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there’s virtually no competition.”

- Steven J Ross

“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”

- Thomas A Edison

“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.”

- Peter Drucker

“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!”

- Donald Gardner

“Success is what you attract by the person you become.”

- Jim Rohn

“You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’.

- Zig Ziglar

“Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.”

- Jim Rohn

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal.”

- Victor Hugo

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

- Waldo Emerson

“Use what talents you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

- Henry van Dyke

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

- Bertrand Russell

“Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.”

- Harold B Melchart

“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.”

- Benjamin Mays

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.”

- Earl Shoaf

"When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth."

- Sarah Breathnack

“Make one positive change in your life and it will change it forever.”

- Author Unknown

What is your favorite inspirational or motivational quote?



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