Motivational Quotes

Here are some motivational quotes for you all to enjoy and learn from.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!" - John Greenleaf Whittier

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Vince Lombardi

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. - Richard L. Evans

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us. - Flora Edwards

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest. - Orison Swett Marden

I start where the last man left off. - Thomas A. Edison

'Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.' - Joel Barker

"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties." - Samuel Johnson

"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else" - James Matthew Barrie

"Life is too short to work someplace that makes you dread waking up in the morning, this is why I work from home." - Denise Del Vecchio

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. -1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA, Calvin Coolidge

"Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction." – Kenichi Ohmae

"Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?" - Frank Scully

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

"Control your destiny or somebody else will." - Jack Welch

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation. - Mike Todd

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. - Alexander Graham Bell

"You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be." - David Viscott

"Resolve says, 'I will'. The man says, 'I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky and too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or dead on the side from trying.'" - Jim Rohn

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves." - Dale Carnegie

"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." - Theodore Rubin

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

Winning starts with beginning. - Robert H. Schuller

Every really new idea looks crazy at first." - Abraham H. Maslow

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change. - Earl Nightingale

"There are no secrets to success: Don't waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence." - General Colin Powell

"In the power to change yourself is the power to change the world around you." - Anwar Sadat

TRUTH: Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Author Unknown

- If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness. - Les Brown

- The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill