Favorite Motivational Quote

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  • thedancingleper
    thedancingleper Posts: 158 Member
    Not many years ago I began to play the cello. Most people would say that what I am doing is ``learning to play'' the cello. But these words carry into our minds the strange idea that there exists two very different processes: 1) learning to play the cello; and 2) playing the cello. They imply that I will do the first until I have completed it, at which point I will stop the first process and begin the second; in short, that I will go on ``learning to play'' until I have ``learned to play'' and that then I will begin to play. Of course, this is nonsense. There are not two processes, but one. We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way.

    -John Holt
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    Don't expect it to be easy.....expect it to be worth it

    I am unstoppable once I get started
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    "I am the master of my fate:
    I am the captain of my soul"

    The last two lines of Invictus -- a truly amazing poem. Will see if I can attach.
  • anacsitham5
    anacsitham5 Posts: 810 Member
    "The only excuse for not exericising is death."
  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    "Let's Roll" - Todd Beamer

    God Bless you for remambering a GREAT AMERICAN!...*tears*
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    Ok, that didn't work -- here's the full poem. For context, the dude had his leg amputated.

    Out of the night that covers me,
    Black as the pit from pole to pole,
    I thank whatever gods may be
    For my unconquerable soul.

    In the fell clutch of circumstance
    I have not winced nor cried aloud.
    Under the bludgeonings of chance
    My head is bloody, but unbowed.

    Beyond this place of wrath and tears
    Looms but the Horror of the shade,
    And yet the menace of the years
    Finds and shall find me unafraid.

    It matters not how strait the gate,
    How charged with punishments the scroll.
    I am the master of my fate:
    I am the captain of my soul.
  • moseler
    moseler Posts: 224 Member
    Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels

    I HATE that saying. It's such crap. I ate French fries the other day (something that only happens a few times a year) and I actually said "whoever said 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' clearly has never had piping hot, super salty, fresh French fries." :tongue:

    I workout so I can eat the treats I love (in moderation) and stay in shape! I loooooove food.

    But I digress. Carry on. :smile:

    Basically, for those of us that aren't looking to lose only 6 pounds... it is just a reminder that those fries aren't worth the creeking joints, back pain and inability to fit in a stadium seat while taking your son to his very first baseball game.

    Plus... when you give up on the greasy foods for a while... those fries wreak havoc on your digestive system (at least when you are over 40!)

    Eat a fry for me! This girl has ditched that habit!:happy:
  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    Kid...there's gonna come a time when you're laying on your back and you dont think you can get up because you don't have anything left. Well I'm gonna be there in your head and I'm gonna say "GET UP YOU SON OF A B*TCH, BECAUSE MICKEY LOVES YA!!!! ONE MORE ROUND KID!!!

    -Burgess Meredith
    Rocky V
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."~ Martin Luther King Jr.

    Faith...or curiosity. :smile:
  • cblevitron
    cblevitron Posts: 243
    ‎"Living takes a lifetime. You got a whole lot more living to do, honey. You gonna make it. Hush, now. Gotta keep getting up every day, one day at a time. You'll make it."
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    These are awesome.....I just made a whole list of my faves to post up around my house. KEEP EM COMING!
  • pitbullmama
    pitbullmama Posts: 454 Member
    Loving these!
  • jheilala63
    jheilala63 Posts: 94
    My favorite is: "If it is important to me, I will find a way. If not, I will find an excuse."

    What is your favorite quote that keeps you going?

    I like this one!
  • Jenna70
    Jenna70 Posts: 130 Member
    You have a choice each and every day. Choose to succeed.
  • KettydeDios
    KettydeDios Posts: 125 Member
    Things don't change, we do
  • JeniSue28
    JeniSue28 Posts: 1,395 Member
    Sweat is fat crying. :)
  • misao1994
    misao1994 Posts: 78
    "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you aren't." Every day life quote

    AND

    "It's not your body that says you can't; it's your mind." Fitness quote, I tell myself this a lot when I'm pushing myself when running.
  • KrisThomas1964
    KrisThomas1964 Posts: 150
    Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect, and I don't live to be. But before you start pointing fingers...make sure your hands are clean.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    Eat less junk, move more trunk.
  • cole_carter
    cole_carter Posts: 174 Member
    Everything works out in the end. If it has not yet worked out, then it is not the end.
  • foozmeister9
    foozmeister9 Posts: 2
    Try your best until your best is the best. - Me :)
  • cole_carter
    cole_carter Posts: 174 Member
    Today is a new day.
  • denisel321
    denisel321 Posts: 35
    "Sweat plus sacrifice equals success" from the wall at LA Fitness. It keeps me going when I want to quit every time.
  • cole_carter
    cole_carter Posts: 174 Member
    There is nothing to fear but fear itself
  • TnTHawkins
    TnTHawkins Posts: 285 Member
    "Don't Hold Back" is my quote.

    It is in a song "Galvanize" by The Chemical Brothers. I had it put on my RoadID bracelet.
  • KarenAnnne
    KarenAnnne Posts: 190 Member
    My recent favorite is a line from the new Rush album. The chorus of the song says "I can't stop thinking big" It fits for me because when I started going through this, I was negative and doubtful and then a few weeks in, I just couldn't stop thinking of major goals and such. It just inspires me to keep going:happy: :happy:
  • 25daniow
    25daniow Posts: 121 Member
    "It's NEVER too late to be what you might have been!" George Elliot.

    Love this one:smile:
  • LokiOfAsgard
    LokiOfAsgard Posts: 378 Member
    "With great power, comes great responsibility"- Spiderman's uncle, Ben

    Eh, nerdy, I know, but I can use this in every aspect of my life. Even losing weight and being healthy. Because my body has great power, it's my responsibility to take care of it.

    And 1 Corinthians 6:19
    "What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have of God, and you are not your own?"

    Again, because it's my responsibility to take care of my body. It's special.

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