Here are a collection of motivation quotes that have helped me in many areas of my life. I hope they help you too!
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Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don’t think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.”
~ Patti Sue Plumer, U.S. Olympian
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Happiness is not having what you want, it’s wanting what you have”
~ Unknown
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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. ”
~ Oogway ( the wise turtle from Kung Fu Panda)
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
~ Maria Robinson
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Be kinder than necessary, For everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly…….And the rest will fall into place.”
~ Charles Swindoll
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When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.”
~Helen Keller
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If your mind can conceive it, your body can acheive it!”
~Unknown
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
~Unknown
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There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There’s no such thing as life in-between.
~Pat Riley, basketball coach
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If you focus on results, you”ll never change. If you focus on change, you”ll get results.
~Anonymous
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W.I.N.G.S
I Believe that all success begins with spreading
your W.I.N.G.S
–Believing in your WORTH
–Trusting your INSIGHT
–NURTURING yourself
–Having a GOAL
–Devising a personal STRATEGY
And then, even impossible dreams become real.
-Sue Augustine
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No one makes you do anything. YOU are the new sheriff in town. YOU are in charge.
So start acting like it.
And have fun along the way.
You have everything to gain with this process.
You start every workout with a clean slate, every meal with a clean plate.
You make the choices.
There are no victims.
~Trainer to the stars, Gunnar Peterson (from his book, The Workout)
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The future comes one day at a time.
~ Dean Acheson
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Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
~Michael Jordan
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Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?
~Anonymous
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Just the confidence that comes with chasing a dream and having it come through will make you feel you can do anything.
~Hockey goalie, Sarah Tueting
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You only ever grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone.
~Percy Cerutty
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Continuous effort, not superior strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our true potential.
~Winston Churchill
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“Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours a day. It’s the only fair thing, the only thing that’s equal. It’s up to us as to what we do with those 24 hours.”
~ Sam Huff
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“Understand that when keeping your commitment (to yourself) becomes hard, you have two choices: You can change your behavior to match your commitment, or you can lower you values to match your behavior. One choice will strengthen your (self) integrity; the other will deminish it and erode your confidence in your ability to make and keep commitments in the future.”
~ Stephen Covey
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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
~ Booker T. Washington
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Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
~ Frank Outlaw
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“Forget the past. No one becomes successful in the past.”
~ Josh Billings
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could…”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Your knowledge is only as valuable as your results.”
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
-Aristotle
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“Nothing worth gaining was ever gained without effort.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
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The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd
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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
- H. Ross Perot
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The whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
- George Sheehan
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“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now. ”
- Zig Ziglar
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“It’s not supposed to be easy. Disciplined people succeed; undisciplined people don’t…Nothing changes by doing what’s fun and EASY.”
- Tom Venuto
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What God has intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.”
-Oprah Winfrey
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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.”
- Anonymous
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
~ Vince Lombardi
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“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…. it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
~ Unknown
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