Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

motivation

If you think you can do it, you can. 17 sayings from John Burroughs

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. 6 quotes from Emile Zola

Leap, and the net will appear. 17 wisdom & wit from John Burroughs

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. 70 sayings from Thomas Jefferson

It's always too early to quit. 11 quotes from Norman Vincent Peale

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 46 more quotes from John F. Kennedy

The dog that trots about finds a bone. 14 other quotes from Golda Meir

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. 15 other quotes from Christopher Morley

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. 59 thoughts from Elbert Hubbard

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. 31 views from Helen Keller

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. 10 sayings from John D. Rockefeller

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. 32 sayings from Henry Ford

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. 117 wisdom & wit from Henry David Thoreau

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. 7 sayings from Swami Sivananda

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. 33 more wisdom & wit from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wherever you are - be all there. 5 wisdom & wit from Jim Elliot

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. 30 more quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

After a storm comes a calm. 7 thoughts from Matthew Henry

If you're going through hell, keep going. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

To know oneself, one should assert oneself. 52 more thoughts from Albert Camus

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. 39 more sayings from Robert Louis Stevenson

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. 14 thoughts from Muhammad Iqbal

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 98 more sayings from Mark Twain

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. 25 quotes from C. S. Lewis

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand. 18 sayings from Baruch Spinoza

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. 21 wisdom & wit from Dale Carnegie

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. 18 quotes from Baruch Spinoza

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. 20 thoughts from George S. Patton

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. 7 views from Flip Wilson

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. 10 wisdom & wit from Og Mandino

Never complain and never explain. 75 more views from Benjamin Disraeli

If you can dream it, you can do it. 23 sayings from Walt Disney

To be a good loser is to learn how to win. 24 more thoughts from Carl Sandburg

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. 40 other quotes from William James

Well done is better than well said. 96 more quotes from Benjamin Franklin

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. 2 more sayings from Jack London

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. 45 wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. 10 other sayings from John Donne

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. 40 quotes from William James

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. 75 more quotes from Aristotle

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. 96 more sayings from Benjamin Franklin

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. 14 quotes from Jessica Savitch

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. 31 other quotes from Thomas Paine

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. 23 wisdom & wit from Thomas A. Edison

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. 24 more quotes from Ayn Rand

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. 7 views from Nikos Kazantzakis

I can, therefore I am. 25 quotes from Simone Weil

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. 105 more views from Albert Einstein

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. 17 thoughts from Leo Buscaglia