Motivational Quotations

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

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

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

The more we do, the more we can do.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

He who stops being better stops being good.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

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

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

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

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

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

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.