What quote motivates you? Here is my motivator!

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  • poledancing_ninja
    poledancing_ninja Posts: 271
    "Excuses are the nails that build a house of failure" - my grandma used to tell me this

    This is the best quote I've ever heard
  • BubbleGumKisses
    BubbleGumKisses Posts: 156 Member
    “Though she be but little, she is fierce!” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • stacie48
    stacie48 Posts: 63 Member
    Scars are like tattooes

    They just have better stories!!!
  • gomisskellygo
    gomisskellygo Posts: 635 Member
    "I really regret that work out"- Said Noone Ever.

    I say this to myself all the time when I am debating on going to the gym. The outcome is always the same, if I don't go, I will always regret it. If I do go, I never regret that decison.

    As silly as it is, I say it often.
  • JilianneNicole
    JilianneNicole Posts: 116 Member
    The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step -Lao Tzu

    What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Briaboo4
    Briaboo4 Posts: 1,080 Member
    Don't give up what you want most for what you want now.
  • StarkLark
    StarkLark Posts: 476 Member
    Some great quotes posted here! This is my current favorite, and although it isn't specifically about health/weight-loss it really gets me fired up to reach my goals.

    "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson
  • skinnyeascolady
    skinnyeascolady Posts: 287 Member
    "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength" Without Him I could do nothing
  • SteviePaige
    SteviePaige Posts: 64
    Don't know who said them, but just a couple I've come across on MFP.

    "Don't reward yourself with food, you're not a dog"
    and
    "The only workout you'll regret is the one you didn't do"

    (Also, this is one of the BEST message board ideas EVER!!! Thanks all who shared!)
  • Gyoza11
    Gyoza11 Posts: 143 Member
    "The reason I fail instead of succeed is that I trade what I want most for what I want at the moment"
  • slimsteelerfan
    slimsteelerfan Posts: 193 Member
    "We need to give up what we want in the moment for what we want most"
  • Agirard25
    Agirard25 Posts: 154 Member
    Some great quotes posted here! This is my current favorite, and although it isn't specifically about health/weight-loss it really gets me fired up to reach my goals.

    "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson

    you should listen to a song by a guy named "Keb Mo'" its called "let your light shine" and I love it! your quote reminded me of the song...the lyrics go.....So get out of the way and let your light shine, let your love show....its a short ride, down a long road....
  • Jenncoc86
    Jenncoc86 Posts: 203 Member
    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein
  • lilyvale68
    lilyvale68 Posts: 96 Member
    "Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you." - Joshua 1:3


    Taking ground in my life!
  • noweightfisherj
    noweightfisherj Posts: 220 Member
    I just like this quote: “Don’t sir me young man; you have know idea you you’re dealing with.”
  • DianatheRed
    DianatheRed Posts: 41
    “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
  • mslack01
    mslack01 Posts: 823 Member
    One of my friends here posted it. I think it was Holly. "The hardest part is lacing up your sneakers." Whenever I don't feel like working out I think about that now.

    Another one someone posted that I like: "Every minute you spend sad you lose 60 seconds of happiness."
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 968 Member
    "Being overweight is hard, losing weight is hard, choose your hard"!
  • finallygettingskinny2013
    finallygettingskinny2013 Posts: 110 Member
    "You're not a dog. Don't reward yourself with food."
  • christinehetz80
    christinehetz80 Posts: 490 Member
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    And this one that I have been using as my prime motivator since I started running to get me thru to the finish line of my first half and plan on getting a tattoo of it.

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  • Doreen_Murray
    Doreen_Murray Posts: 396 Member
    I posted this one on my page the other day after reading it on a friend's Facebook page:

    Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

    :flowerforyou:
  • Lotte34
    Lotte34 Posts: 429 Member
    Nolite Te Bastardes Carboremdorem - Its in a margret Atwood book called the handmaids tale and it means Don't let the *kitten* grind you down
  • Jamidi
    Jamidi Posts: 233 Member
    It's not exercise related but it's something I live by:

    You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into --- Author Unknown
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 968 Member
    "You're not a dog. Don't reward yourself with food."

    This one is awesome :)
    love it x
  • AmyM713
    AmyM713 Posts: 594 Member
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  • momofthreesons
    momofthreesons Posts: 162 Member
    "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou
  • mkvilmin
    mkvilmin Posts: 46
    "When the power of love overcomes the love of power...the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix That is my all time favorite quote, but one that motivates me is,

    I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. Joan Jett

    It's pretty deep but it reminds us to enjoy the journey.
  • leahhugh
    leahhugh Posts: 144 Member
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  • Jamidi
    Jamidi Posts: 233 Member
    Some great quotes posted here! This is my current favorite, and although it isn't specifically about health/weight-loss it really gets me fired up to reach my goals.

    "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson

    Don't laugh but that made me tear up. It truly spoke to me!
  • Weighting4Happiness
    Weighting4Happiness Posts: 43
    “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” - Anthony Robbins

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