What motivational quote kept you going ?

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  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    Rocky Balboa: Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!

    this always pumps me up!!!
  • ruby_red_rose
    ruby_red_rose Posts: 321 Member
    "You can't eat like that, if you want to look like this".
  • centexhusker
    centexhusker Posts: 115 Member
    "Let the mind control the body, not the body control the mind." - Jimmy Johnson
  • HerbertNenenger
    HerbertNenenger Posts: 453 Member
    my profile byline: "Being fat is hard. Losing weight is hard. Maintaining weight is hard. Choose your hard."
  • motivatedx10
    motivatedx10 Posts: 7 Member
    Don't expect a change if you don't make one!
  • WJS_jeepster
    WJS_jeepster Posts: 224 Member
    I have two that mostly apply to running - when I feel like quitting.


    Robert Frost:

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

    But I have promises to keep,

    And miles to go before I sleep,

    And miles to go before I sleep.



    Also, paraphrasing a book I read as a kid: Strength lies not in fighting the current, but in seeing which way the river is going and going with it.
  • dshalbert
    dshalbert Posts: 677 Member
    bump
  • victal
    victal Posts: 1,375 Member
    You only get out of life what you put in
  • Indiri13
    Indiri13 Posts: 104 Member
    A year from now you'll wish you had started today

    I saved this one and a year or so later happened across it and realized just how happy I was that I DID start then. So it became:

    "A year from now you'll be glad that you started today"
  • jchadden42
    jchadden42 Posts: 189
    "It's just as wasteful to eat it when you're not hungry as it is to throw it away." --Grandmom
  • nigelwood3
    nigelwood3 Posts: 91
    The Kipling poem "If". Thats cheesy I know, but it works for me. What's worse is that I read somewhere he was probably trying to be ironic.
  • Trishsimon
    Trishsimon Posts: 129
    Brides to be quoting " I don't want to be the fat bride "....I was the fat bride so when I hear that it reminds me of why I started on this weight loss journey and to keep going.
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out!!!
  • LaurDavies
    LaurDavies Posts: 77 Member
    "You will regret many things in life, but you will never regret a workout."
  • Kookyk9s
    Kookyk9s Posts: 259 Member
    From my fridge magnet:

    Self - respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

    Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Dellie1989
    Dellie1989 Posts: 25
    "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
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    "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

    Oh yeah, definitely LOVE this one too.
  • fishergal5
    fishergal5 Posts: 50 Member
    From my fridge magnet:

    Self - respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

    Abraham Joshua Heschel

    Makes sense to put this on my fridge too. Thanks!
  • PatheticNoetic
    PatheticNoetic Posts: 905 Member
    It's almost a family motto for me-
    "The difference between possible and impossible is often in the man's determination"
    That and
    "Never let up"
  • FINDAWGELF
    FINDAWGELF Posts: 18
    "If you think you can't do it, you probably can't."
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    Honestly, I can't remember any of them, even the good ones. Maybe I'll find some in this thread!
  • RESCUERABBIT
    RESCUERABBIT Posts: 3
    [ ALL BATTLES ARE WON BY ZERO PERCENT HESITATION ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DETERMINATION
  • KimberlyinMN
    KimberlyinMN Posts: 302 Member
    "The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with one step."
  • RESCUERABBIT
    RESCUERABBIT Posts: 3
    ALL BATTLES ARE WON BY ZERO PERCENT HESITATION AND ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DETERMINATION
  • music815
    music815 Posts: 24
    If you want it as bad as you want to breathe, then you will succeed!
  • brad81684
    brad81684 Posts: 27
    I've read every one of these. I'd say the top three go to...................
    3. Yesterday you said, tomorrow
    2. If it's important you'll find a way, if it's not, you'll find an excuse.
    And the winner!!!
    1. I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done.

    I loved every single one. Doesn't matter what I say as long as it motivates YOU. At the end of the day you are the only one responsible for your health. Just felt like sharing my top 3 favorites.
  • karenh
    karenh Posts: 44 Member
    " if you had kept going every time you gave up, you'd be there by now."

    Love this one!
  • Spaghetti_Bender
    Spaghetti_Bender Posts: 509 Member
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  • RockingGranny
    RockingGranny Posts: 64 Member
    Success is the greatest revenge!!!
  • RockingGranny
    RockingGranny Posts: 64 Member
    OMG I can't even fit into my "fat pants" anymore!

    -Me, about 2 weeks ago.



    Love it!! That was me too. The thought of a size 20 was my wake-up call.

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