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25 Motivational Quotes

1. Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk. ~J.C. Penny

2. Success…seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~Conrad Hilton

3. Intolerance of your present creates your future. ~Mike Murdock

4. When they back the ‘hearse’ up to the front door, they are not making a practice run. ~Van Crouch

5. I can, therefore I am. ~Simone Weil

6. I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. ~Ken Venturi

7. I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. ~Mia Hamm

8. If you can dream it, you can do it. ~Walt Disney

9. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~Jim Rohn

10. It’s always too early to quit. ~Norman Vincent Peale

11. Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. ~Denis Waitley

Motivational Quotes12. No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. ~Jessica Savitch

13. One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. ~Peter Marshall

14. Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ~Kyle Chandler

15. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. ~Walter Elliot

16. Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. ~Jimmy Dean

17. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert H. Schuller

18. Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ~Aristotle

19. Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. ~Eileen Caddy

20. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ~Tony Robbins

21. Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. ~Peter Marshall

22. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

23. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. ~Thomas Paine

24. The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. ~Confucius

25. The wise does at once what the fool does at last. ~Baltasar Gracian

Life Quotes

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed- Dale Carnegie

To retaliate in kind would do nothing but intensify the existence of hate in the universe. Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough, and morality enough, to cut off the chain of hate. –Martin Luther King Jr

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ~ Sophocles

People need love even when they don’t deserve it. ~ Nikki Ledbetter

I wonder how many people never get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to have- Fried Green Tomatoes

I don’t know. It’s like, there’s this person that you want to be for other people. To make them proud of you. And then there’s you. And sometimes it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. – Dawson’s Creek

Everyone can be okay, but it takes a real person to smile through the pain. – Michaela Marie

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall … but those who fought, fell, and rose again. – Unknown

When you spend your life worrying about how others feel, you lose track of how you feel. – Unknown

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. – Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s impossible to please everyone so I suggest we all stop trying. – Jennifer Aniston

The world is so much better when you’re dreaming… – The Youth Ahead

When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most. – Drew Barrymore

If you tell the truth, you don’t have o remember anything- Mark Twain

Life QuotesSurround yourself with people you love being yourself with. – Unknown

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. – Buddha

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter –MLK Jr.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth- Benjamin Disraeli

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you. – Unknown

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. – Robert F. Bennett

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.- Bob Newhart

Forgiving is not forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt. – Unknown

If you want to hear the truth, listen to the heart, because it doesn’t know how to lie- Gingerale

No matter the consequence those who are honest with themselves get further in life. – Unknown

Life is like fresh fallen snow, be careful where you walk, for every step will show. – Unknown

You never find yourself until you face the truth.- Pearl Bailey

Don’t put too much in any one person…they have a habit of taking more than you may be prepared to give. – Unknown

The most wasted day of all is that which we have not laughed. – Unknown

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. – Leo Buscaglia

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.- Alan Keightley

If youre going to get in trouble for hitting someone, you might as well do it hard. – Unknown

Funny, sometimes it’s the smallest decistions that change your life forever. – Unknown

When I do something great, no one ever seems to remember, but when I do something wrong, no one can ever seem to forget. – Unknown

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it. – Unknown

To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful.- Hellmut Walters

Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.- Nadine Gordimer

Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are. – Vernon Howard

There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don’t like you, there is still no shame. If you happen to be fond of someone, and they’re not fond of you, it’s OK…You don’t have to wait and see if they’ll love you back. You can announce it…Joy in life comes from expressing ourselves, in taking risks and jumping in. Everyone is not going to like you. But you can like who you like.- Andrew Matthews

Confidence Quotes

Happiness is always knocking on your door, you just gotta let it in.

It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.

Success comes in cans, not cant’s.

Put your future in good hands – your own.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Always act like you’re wearing an invisible crown.

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. –Dr. Seuss

Knock the “t” off the “can’t.”

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.

The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.

I’m Never The Less; Always The MORE!

I’m the Best You NEVER Had.

I’m the Best to Ever Do It Bitch & You the Best At Never Doing Shit!

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

40 Life Quotes for a greater weekend

The best, free and easiest way to get a better weekend in minutes it’s reading quotes (that’s my point of view). Starting from here, let me share with you a great list of 40 life quotes for a greater weekend. Please enjoy and share :)

1. Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in. – Unknown

2. Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion. – Unknown

3. Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. – Hans Christian Andersen

4. Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. – Hans Christian Anderson

5. Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke

6. Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you. – Peace Pilgrim

7. A goal, a love and a dream give you total control over your body and your life. – John Wayne Schlatter

8. I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. – William Allen White

9. Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. – Arthur Rubinstein

10. Every moment is a new beginning – Quan Dang

11. The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. – Elbert Hubbard

12. Mankind’s greatest gift… is that we have free choice. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ros

13. Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg

14. Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. – Salma Hayek

15. The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey

16. Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. – R. I. Fitzhenry

17. Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced. – Edward Norton

18. Life is a field of unlimited possibilities. – Deepak Chopra

19. Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. – Les Brown

20. Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. – Ann Landers

21. We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. – Robin Sharma

22. Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes. – Agnes Turnbull

23. Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. – Bible

24. The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. – Bernard M. Baruch

25. Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

26. Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. – John Gardner

27. Life is a progress, and not a station. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. – Vernon Howard

29. You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. – Albert Camus

30. Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. – Tom O’Connor

31. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – Henry James

32. Keep breathing. – Sophie Tucker

33. Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have. – Rhonda Britten

34. Go ahead with your life, your plans…. Don’t waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started. – Richard L. Evans

35. If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. – Elizabeth Bowen

36. If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. – Katharine Hespburn

37. Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. – James Dean

38. Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live. – Unknown

39. Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Howard Thruman

40. If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything. – Win Borden

Destiny Quotes

– “I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.” – Douglas Adams

– “I can’t control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There’s only now, there’s only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.” – Johnathan Larson

– “As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

– “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” – Jean de La Fontaine

– “Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

– “Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.” – Henry Miller