Albert Einstein was a slow learner at school. He was expelled for his poor learning ability. Today we know him as the father of modern physics.
J. K. Rowling, the renowned author of the Harry Potter series of books, began her writing career when she was going through the lowest period of her life. Jobless and divorced, Rowling used to write in cafes, while tending to her baby daughter, who would sleep by her side. She considered herself the "biggest failure I ever knew" but did not let her failure deter her spirit.
Steve Jobs, the iconic creator of Apple computers, is instrumental in revolutionizing the technology industry. Jobs went through a period of struggle during his early days. Later he was fired from the company he created. Despite going through rough weather, Steve Jobs emerged successful, with many new companies and projects under his belt. He came back to Apple and turned around the company to make it a formidable leader in the technology industry.
What is your goal? Do you aspire to be a great actor or singer? Do you want to make your mark in sports? Do you see yourself as an iconic business leader in the future? Whatever your goal, you can make it happen. All you need is a push in the right direction. Use these motivational quotes to help you along your journey.
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Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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Michael Jordan
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
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Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
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Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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T. S. Elliot
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Peter F. Drucker
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
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Norman Vaughan
Dream big and dare to fail.
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Stephen R. Covey
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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Elbert Hubbard
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
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Nora Roberts
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
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Stephen Covey
Begin with the end in mind.
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Les Brown
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
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Henry Ford
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.
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Vince Lombardi
The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.
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Conrad Hilton
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don’t quit.
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Ayn Rand
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
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Vincent Van Gogh
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
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Jim Rohn
Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
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Richard B. Sheridan
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
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Napoleon Hill
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything.
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt's quote encourages us to shed our doubts and embrace the limitless potential of the future. It reminds us that our doubts are the only true obstacles on the path to progress.
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”― Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.”- Roy T. Bennett. “Every master was once a disaster.” – David T.S Wood. “When it comes to your dreams, every risk is worth it.”
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."— Thomas Jefferson. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill.
"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart." "Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him." "Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of Containing God's gift of himself."
True strength is about knowing and being yourself, and not minding what others say about you. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
Introduction: My name is Barbera Armstrong, I am a lovely, delightful, cooperative, funny, enchanting, vivacious, tender person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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