Motivation Mottos

kaogirlup
kaogirlup Posts: 22
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So...I'm looking for a motivational motto...something to literally post above my door so I will see it as I begin every day. Looking for some ideas from my fellow MFP-ers...you've motivated me in so many other ways, so I'm anxious to see what you've got! Please share your thoughts!

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  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Motivation is just the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. Once you understand that you really need the medicine, you won't even think of the sugar anymore. Just getting the part you need.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
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    Stealing.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    "No matter how slow you're going, you're still lapping the people on the couch."

    This one works for me.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    NO.



















    and it really is NO.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Motivation comes from within. Don't go looking to get it from other people.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    If hunger isn't the problem, then food isn't the solution.

    A year from now you'll wish you'd started today.

    The only failures are those who stop trying.
  • 4homer
    4homer Posts: 457 Member
    just keep swimming and just do it
  • samiyan05
    samiyan05 Posts: 115 Member
    "who am I living for?
    Is this my limit?
    Can I endure some more?
    Chances I'm given..."

    I actually don't like the song that lyric is from but that gets me thru lots of workouts :)
  • kaogirlup
    kaogirlup Posts: 22
    just keep swimming and just do it

    Those are some of my "go-tos" as well...along with "Own It!"
  • kaogirlup
    kaogirlup Posts: 22
    "No matter how slow you're going, you're still lapping the people on the couch."

    This one works for me.

    Cute...and true! :-)
  • desertSNOUT
    desertSNOUT Posts: 175
    "Live everyday as if you already had lived and are 'about' to act as wrongly then as you are now!"
    - Viktor E Frankl, From Death Camp to Existentialism.
  • Via_14
    Via_14 Posts: 992 Member
    Forget the failure and trials of buried yesterdays,
    and frown not at the unborn fears of a future tomorrow.
    Concentrate your best efforts to succeed today,
    and sooner or later they will be crowned with glory.
    - Paramahansa Yogananda

    This is written on the first page of my hand written food diary!! Helps with everything!

    All the best ^_^
  • andysmom
    andysmom Posts: 61 Member
    Failure happens when I trade what I want most for what I want right now.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1102508-mfp-fitspiration


    Check out this thread … and it's roll. Chances are you'll find a couple of things to get you up and going. :smile:
  • Redbird99ky
    Redbird99ky Posts: 305 Member
    Don't START nothin ... won't BE nothin
  • RunningForeverMama
    RunningForeverMama Posts: 261 Member
    " If you deserve commitment from anyone it's yourself."
  • pennelope515
    pennelope515 Posts: 369
    "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them: Everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or walk around it."

    "If plan A didn't work, the alaphabet has 25 more letters! Stay Cool."

    "Be awesome today"

    "Never fear greatness"

    "Make a habbit to do what makes you happy."

    "A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistance."





    ***Good Luck!***
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    There are a number of ways I would qualify this, and I'm not sure I can fully agree, but I found this nugget helpful/hopeful at a time when I wasn't feeling that great (i.e. the sentiment is useful for people in a certain moment).

    "Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future." Melanie Gustafson

    and this one (no qualifications necessary)

    "Fall down seven times, stand up eight"
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Dont compare yourself to people on the couch who do nothing unless you dont want to be challenged at all, and you deserve a real actual challenge.
  • KarlaH9801
    KarlaH9801 Posts: 362 Member
    If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up.
  • Aprilstar480
    Aprilstar480 Posts: 2,803 Member


    "Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future." Melanie Gustafson

    LOVE this!!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    The only way to fail is to quit.
  • Aprilstar480
    Aprilstar480 Posts: 2,803 Member
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    A few weeks ago my boys ( ages 7, 9, and 13) and I were climbing a massive sand dune when the littlest fell to his knees and told me he couldn't go any further... I recited this quote to him and asked if he wanted to quit or if he thought he could make it to the top. He picked his tired little tush up and pushed forward. I gotta admit though... I was tired too and just that little reminder was enough to get both of us to the top. The view was spectacular and worth every huff and puff.
  • kaogirlup
    kaogirlup Posts: 22
    Don't START nothin ... won't BE nothin

    I LOVE this! Partially because it TOTALLY true...partially my husband like to jokingly tell me "Don't start none, won't be none!" I like your version!
  • kaogirlup
    kaogirlup Posts: 22
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    A few weeks ago my boys ( ages 7, 9, and 13) and I were climbing a massive sand dune when the littlest fell to his knees and told me he couldn't go any further... I recited this quote to him and asked if he wanted to quit or if he thought he could make it to the top. He picked his tired little tush up and pushed forward. I gotta admit though... I was tired too and just that little reminder was enough to get both of us to the top. The view was spectacular and worth every huff and puff.

    This is SO COOL!!! Especially your story! Love it!!!
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    If it is to be, it is up to me.
  • AshleyM71
    AshleyM71 Posts: 3,029 Member
    Clothes shopping! Say no more!
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    This quote, from The Sandman

    "I didn't know you could stop being a god"
    "You can stop being anything"
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    My other favourite motivational quote is actually tattooed on my shoulder.

    (And is also from The Sandman, because it's just that good)

    'You don't have to stay anywhere forever'

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