I love motivational quotes .... what's your favorite?

ftrobbie

7Ps
Poor planning and preparation promotes piss poor performance

or

Failure to plan is planning to fail

Guess what I do for a day job!!

185dengbiqi

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gaylebodine

Yes!

kkimpel

The bend in the road, is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn... Helen Keller

slw5X5

My purpose is so strong that no doubts can enter my mind.

gaylebodine

Yes!

The one that keeps me going is: Stay on the Path.

It is not a straight and level path, one can't always see the goal clearly ahead, although can glimpse it. The path is in turns boring, tedious, bumpy, frightening, exhilarating, and challenging, but leads to where we intend to go. We only have to stay on the path, keep moving forward, and never give up. In this way time becomes our tool.

CipherZero

For people close to their goal and thinking of giving up: On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died. - Adlai E. Stevenson

To people who whine about other people doing stupid things in the gym: Shut up and lift.

Why do you work out so much? Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general. --Mark Rippetoe

nuttyfamily

Fake it 'til you make it

Just do it

Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today

Keep moving forward

One day at a time

ejdp254

This time next year you'll wish you'd started today! - reminds me of last summer when I tried to start and lasted 3 weeks doing much better this time!!

mariarobles55

Failure is not trying!

Makhai_

Here are a few.......


"Well it ain't no chainsaw bearing clown, so what do I got to fear." ~The Lost Trailers
How Do You Eat An Elephant?: One Bite at a Time ~Bill Hogan
Possunt quia posse videntur. "They could because they thought they could." ~Virgil, Aeneid 5:231
"Most people get ahead during the time that others waste."~Henry Ford

pennyks88

"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up!"

"The only workout you'll regret is the one you don't do."

"Do not give up what you want the most for what you want in the moment."

CortneyZimm

I like that: "Delay is the deadliest form of denial." Really resonated with me.

libbydoodle11

My fave is plan to succeed.

NaomiJFoster

Ten words, two letters each:

"If it is to be, it is up to me."

WhoWasGivenToFly

This !

kristydi

Dare MIGHTY Things - Theodore Roosevelt

Excerpt from a larger quote is:

"It is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.

The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.."


What he describes is the life I had been living. Read this out of the blue one day and ***CLICK***.

I clicked on this thread with the intention of posting that very quote. I love it. My favorite part is the first sentence.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better."

Reminds me not to worry about the critics and nay sayers and to be the doer.

lessismoreohio

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mercurysfire

You can have excuses or you can have results, you can't have both.

so this. this this thisity this....

asia1967

Here are a few more:

If it doesn’t challenge you
It doesn’t change you!

Quote of the Day: "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz - Sports News Analyst

You don't always get what you wish for; you get what you work for!

Working out can only make you stronger, happier and more energized, just find the motivation and the determination!

Fitness it is earned, not bestowed - a process, not a magic trick - an investment, not a miracle!

Don't be so quick to throw in the towel, but rather use it to wipe the sweat from your brow as you work harder towards your goal!

Success isn't perfection; it's persevering through the set-backs!


I will win
not immediately
but Definitely!


I have these made up into poster and are plaster all over my home gym to keep me working out.

Hope some are inspirational to you as they are me.

Kimmer9160

Time is not measure by a clock but by moments~

kikontx

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits but much more rewarding.

Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.

Do not reward yourself with food. You're not a dog.


The last one might be a bit "harsh" but does make one think about it from a different perspective.

brightsideofpink

For so many more aspects than just fitness:

"Happiness is not a goal. It is a bi-product of taking good care of yourself."

I like this one when the road ahead seems daunting, when the goal weight seems so far away. But what is right at hand, what is available almost immediately, is happiness. No need to delay that.

smallerontopthanbottom

I was also going to post the Roosevelt "Daring Greatly" quote.

Also this:

"If you keep doin' what you're doin', you're gonna keep gettin' what you're gettin" -- my high school Physics teacher


"You don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have" -- unknown

soosun

If not me, then who?
If not now, then when?

Seen in an ad. Great posts by the way!

Also love

I know I'm not perfect. but parts of me are excellent!

aidensanma

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

aidensanma

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” John Lennon

emdeesea

Just keep swimming.

Jill_newimprovedversion

You're NOT a DOG, don't *reward* yourself with food.

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when you've fallen back into bad eating choices....

Go back through your food diary, find days you made WISE choices....and REPEAT them.

eau_de_vie

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