Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to. — Jim Stynes
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. — Lee Iacocca
When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? — Naomi Klein
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. — Sarojini Naidu
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. — Bill Nye
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.
We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. — Gwendolyn Brooks
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. — Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost. — Ellen DeGeneres
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. — James Earl Jones
Motivational Speakers Quotes
What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life. — Zig Ziglar
Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you. — Eric Thomas
All men are created equal. Some work harder in preseason. — Emmitt Smith
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no mater how slow.
The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area. — Brian Tracy
I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people. — Young Jeezy
Take action every day - some small dose at a time. — Jeffrey Gitomer
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.
Set too many goals and keep adding more goals. Goals have a tendency to be realized all at once. — Mark Victor Hansen
I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television. — Dominique Dawes
Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk to them, former high school athletes, motivational speakers, teachers, principals. — John Towner Williams
Powerful Motivational Quotes
Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it? — Gordon Bethune
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. — William Faulkner
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. — Maya Angelou
The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me. — Sayings
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. — Fulton J. Sheen
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire. — Andrew Carnegie
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali
Frederick Herzberg, asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn't money; it's the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements. — Frederick Herzberg
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau
A little progress each day adds up to bg results.
Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much. — William D. Hoard
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. — Abraham Maslow
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities. — Charles Dickens
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. — A. A. Milne
Motivational Success Quotes
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself. — Usain Bolt
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
The hardest walk is walking alone, but it's also the walk that makes you the strongest.
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
Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. — Stephen Curry
If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose. — T. D. Jakes
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Don't see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself. — Chandra Shekhar Azad
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton
Winning Motivational Quotes
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying. — Tony Robbins
In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be. — Greg Plitt
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. — George S. Patton
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams
Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. — Bill Bowerman
Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. — Kerri Walsh
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. — Wilma Rudolph
Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success. — Jim Harbaugh
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. — Pat Riley
Winners don't do different things.They do things differently — Shiv Khera
Motivational Work Quotes
In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart. — Miyamoto Musashi
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds. — Lal Bahadur Shastri
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. — William Arthur Ward
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. — Albert Einstein
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high. — Jim Rohn
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. — William Arthur Ward
Personal Motivation Quotes
Pimp stands for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person. It has nothing to do with selling sex for money. — Christian Finnegan
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry. — Hosea Ballou
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. — Tim Ferriss
There are people who make things happen, there are people who
watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what
happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes
things happen. — Jim Lovell
Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter. — Michael Oher
If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela
The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation. — Milton H. Erickson
Positive Motivation Quotes
When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. — Rumi
It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. — Swami Vivekananda
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. — Dalai Lama
Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. — Immanuel Kant
There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me." — Layne Beachley
Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. — Mae Jemison
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale
Self Motivation Quotes
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. — Mother Teresa
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. — Rabindranath Tagore
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. — Sivananda
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. — Aristotle
Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them! — Zig Ziglar
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. — Janis Joplin
Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are. — Sayings
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. — Xenocrates
Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful. — Norman Vincent Peale
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in. — Abraham Lincoln
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. — Marianne Williamson
I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't. — Roy Jones Jr.
You have to want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe! — Eric Thomas
Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers. — Amy Waldman
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech. — Nhat Hanh
My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness. — Phil Jackson
Doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. — Keke Palmer
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge. — George Henry Lewes
People ask me a lot of questions and I don't always have the time to stop and talk, but I do a lot of email mentorship with college students. So if I meet a college kid during a motivational speech or something like that I'll stop and say, "I see you need help in this area. Here's my email. Let me help." So, it's just my way of giving back. — Chrisette Michele
If I and other whistleblowers are sentenced to long years in prison without so much as a chance to explain our motivations to a jury, it will have a deeply chilling effect on future whistleblowers working as I did to expose government abuse and overreach. It will chill speech. It will corrode the quality of our democracy. — Edward Snowden
They classify my motivational speeches as rants... — Kanye West
Motivated teams are the key to success at every startup, yet I still know entrepreneurs who gave an inspirational speech to kick off the quarter but haven't been heard from since, or don't realize that their actions are often more demotivating than inspirational. — Martin Zwilling
You're always trying to motivate your players. There's a time and a place for a speech that would try to motivate your players, especially if as a coach you knew that the cards were stacked against you a little bit. — Vince Kehres
The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words. — Thomas Aquinas
Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action. — Mary Baker Eddy
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low. — Mary McCarthy
Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or do arises from our mind. What our consciousness consumes becomes the substance of our life, so we have to be very careful which nutriments we ingest. — Nhat Hanh
To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the condition for being a flawless servant. — Sri Aurobindo
It is important to understand that counterproducti ve actions of body, speech and mind do not arise of their own accord, but spring up in dependence on our motivation. Faulty states of mind give rise to faulty actions. To control negative physical and verbal actions, we need to tame our minds. — Dalai Lama
Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech. — Thiruvalluvar
Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. — Edward Norton
I'm not in the speech making business. I'm not in the seminar business. I'm not in the writing book business. I'm in the changing lives business. — Zig Ziglar
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy. — Aung San Suu Kyi
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