Motivational and Inspriational Quotes

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Anatole France

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
Anatole France

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Anatole France
 
I got this in a fortune cookie and I think it works for those of us who LOVE food a little too much!

Rule your desires or they will rule you
 
I couldn't find a thread like this, but sometimes reading quotes can help give someone that extra push and assurance they need to keep going the long mile through their tough journey. Post some of your favorite quotes that help to keep you going day to day...



Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.
~Herbert Otto
 
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
~Benjamin Franklin

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.
~Herbert Otto
 
From the book The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay
A waterfall begins with a single drop of water... and look what it's become.

How Mal applies this quote - anything is achievable, it's just a matter of starting somewhere and building from that starting point.

From the book MIndless eating, by Brian Wansink
Suppose you found yourself two miles from home without a ride. Although you could get home three times faster if you ran, most people would settle for walking. Running wouldn't be worth the sweat and discomfort and walking will get you there at a reasonable and painless rate. Each step brings yo a little closer and before you know it, you are halfway home and still moving forward.

How Mal applies that one... pace yourself - don't rush and you'll get there eventually.
 
I'll see your quite and raise you that with my signature :)

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. -- Jack Dixon
 
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift." -- Steve Prefontaine


"You're going to hurt anyway, so you might as well try to win." -- Tom Boonen
 
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
-Winston Churchill
 
To be nobody but yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else-- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

- EE Cummings
 
couple of mine

-Building Character is Like building muscle, too build muscle you must first damage it.

-Though I gain a pound, I learn a lesson, and though I will lose that pound, I will keep that lesson.

-I may fall as hard as I did the first day but getting back up becomes easier every time.

-At this point in my journey, the only thing that can stop me... is me
 
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. -- Edwin Louis Cole

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. -- Tom Hopkins

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.-- Ross Perot

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.-- Colin Powell

When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge. -- Terry Bradshaw
 
"First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you." --Rob Gilbert

"The shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time." --Mozart


"He who dares… Wins! - British SAS motto

"Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin." Robert Collier
 
Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.
--Dennis Wholey

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
--Tom Bodett (2 out of 3 ain't bad will also do - says Mal :D



Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.
--Unknown
 
"If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month -- get married.
If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
-- Chinese proverb

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Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. - Louis Pasteur

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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~ Dale Carnegie

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~ Anne Bradstreet

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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal. ~ Goethe
 
"Shut up b*Tch swallow and if you can't swallow shut up b*Tch gargle."

Birdman Pop Bottles

This song gets me thru the day...plus :sifone:
 
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