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

lessismoreohio
lessismoreohio Posts: 910 Member
edited November 7 in Motivation and Support
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - Francis of Assisi


I love motivational quotes. Such wisdom and inspiration.

Do you have any favorites to share?
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  • melissaw78
    melissaw78 Posts: 214 Member
    Never let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.
  • StrawberryJam40
    StrawberryJam40 Posts: 274 Member
    I think my daughter made me watch Meet The Robinsons way too many times. It made my motto - Keep Moving Forward. I say it, use it, and think about it a lot.
  • alandry2121
    alandry2121 Posts: 12 Member
    Change occurs when the pain of remaining the same outweighs the pain of change.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    "Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good." Vince Lombardi
  • bradsbaby1996
    bradsbaby1996 Posts: 154 Member
    I don't know if this qualifies but mine is...

    Don't tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong!!
  • MistyHiker
    MistyHiker Posts: 175 Member
    "You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are."

    "Delay is the deadliest form of denial"

    "When we fall down do we just stay there? NO! We crawl, we get up and we keep going"
  • Stanlee202
    Stanlee202 Posts: 47 Member
    "Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something"
    -Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
  • KeithAngilly
    KeithAngilly Posts: 575 Member
    "strong is what's left when you have used up all your weak"


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPPtmE079M
  • Persifler
    Persifler Posts: 1 Member
    No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. - Socrates
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    IADOM

    "It all depends on me"
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    The one I wrote for my profile page... "If not now, when?"
  • dedicationandcommitment
    dedicationandcommitment Posts: 222 Member
    "Suck it up today and one day you won't have to suck it in"

    -Unknown
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    "The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now." ~ Zig Ziglar
  • Oxmarqt
    Oxmarqt Posts: 378 Member
    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***.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    The courage to change the things I can,
    And the wisdom to know the difference.
  • djbrink21
    djbrink21 Posts: 97 Member
    "Only through pain, suffering, and misery can we truly learn what is possible."
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    "A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind".

    - Lewis Mumford
  • Karen_Reinvented
    Karen_Reinvented Posts: 11
    "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ~Will Rogers

    Top of my list these days!
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    Make one good decision. Then make another.
  • ceron1234
    ceron1234 Posts: 19 Member
    "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 ya 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!"

    Rocky Balboa
  • BUTIgirl212516
    BUTIgirl212516 Posts: 193 Member
    You have to want it more than anyone else. You have to be your own champion, be your own superstar, blaze your own path, say yes to opportunity, follow your instincts, be eager, and passionate, keep learning, nurture your real, lasting relationships, don't be a jerk, and free your imagination so you can become all that you want to be." -Sutton Foster
  • SierraSwan
    SierraSwan Posts: 6
    Choose between what you want most and what you want now.
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others- Gandhi
  • lindainprogress
    lindainprogress Posts: 129 Member
    "Suck it up today and one day you won't have to suck it in"

    -Unknown

    Love this one!
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    A MFP friend told me this one, and I use it every time I don't feel like working out.

    " You can't have the butt you want, sitting on the one you have."
  • isabele123
    isabele123 Posts: 159 Member
    THE BEST THING SOMEONE CAN DO IS TELL ME I CAN'T DO SOMETHING.
    THANKS FOR THE COAL, I'LL LIGHT THE FIRE.
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
    Running teaches us to keep moving forward, one step at a time, especially in the most painful moments.
  • paulasews
    paulasews Posts: 21
    You can have excuses or you can have results, you can't have both.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    "I like myself unconditionally"

    "Procrastination is the Assassination of Motivation"

    "Get a backbone instead of a wishbone"

    "The road for the extra mile is only traveled by a few"

    "The wanna doers and gonna doers, are the never doers"

    I still have these posted on post its around the house and on the fridge.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    "Do. Or do not. There is no try. " ~ Yoda
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