Motivational and Inspriational Quotes

" A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do ."

A similar one that I like better:


"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."
-- Henry Ford
 
Motivational Quotes

I saw dariqueens sig. (Do, or not do-there is no try) and thought this might be a good idea, i love self-help, philisophical quotes, sayings ect, i put them on post it notes and stick then in my journal :cool: Lol. Anyway, anyone have any good quotes ect?
 
1. Nothing tastes as good as being THIN !!!!

2. Sexy is not a RIGHT it is a PRIVILEGE given to those who work for it.

3. Anything your mind can concieve your body can achieve.
 
"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it.
You just do it one step at a time."

*can be changed for our cause by replacing the word 'world' with 'your body' or 'your weight' ect lol


Forget what the newspaper said!
Forget what the TV said!
Forget what the radio said!
Forget what your family said!
Forget what you friends said!
Forget what your boyfriend/girlfriend said!
Forget what the president said!
Forget what the governor said!
Forget what the psychic said!
Forget what the palm reader said!
Forget what the tarot cards said!
Forget what your horoscope said!
Forget what position the moon is in!
Forget what your priest/ pastor/etc… said!
Forget what your teacher said!
Forget what the dream analyzer said!
Forget what your boss said!
Forget what the books said!
Forget what the doctor said!
Forget what I said! (including this)
*What about what you think?*
You are in control of every minute of your life!
Don't give your power away!

The reason someone tells you you can't do something is because they've never tried or failed the first time and never got back up again
 
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle

"Just do it." - Nike (LOL)
 
Here are some good quotes I've found that might relate to our journey of weightloss

"The future is purchased by the present."
-Samuel Johnson


"If fate means you lose, give him a good fight anyways."
-William McFee


"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks
others have thrown at him."
-David Brinkley

"What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is
what you feel bad after."
-Ernest Hemingway


"It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."
-Mick Jagger

"A goal without a plan is just a wish"
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery


"If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything,
is ready, we shall never begin."
-Ivan Turgenev

"Every failure is a step to success."
- William Whewell

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt

"A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at."
- Bruce Lee

"You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play."
- Warren Beatty

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt."
- Henry J. Kaiser

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill

"Change before you have to."
- Jack Welch

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
- Henry Ford

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."
- Michel de Montaigne
 
Here's one I posted on my blog not too long ago (shortly after the 'binge monster' paid me a visit):

"Another day, another chance to lose weight."
 
Motivational Quotes

I'm not there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

Craving is only a feeling.

You've come to far in life,to take orders from a cookie.

Don't give up what you want most for something you want at the moment.

It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now?

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
 
Reach for the moon, even if you dont make it youll still be amoung the stars.

Not sure who said that though.
 
havent seen this one yet

It's in my sig for a reason though..

Don't dream it, Be It!
- Don't Dream It - from the Rocky Horror Picture Show

sirant
 
[Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scale- Paul Sweeney

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is-Vince Lombardi

There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Chinese Proverb

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
 
Quotes

"Dance as though noone is watching, Sing as though noone is listening, Love as though you've never been hurt, Live as though heaven is on earth."


THE HUMAN CONDITION IS FULL OF LIES, SO I AM READY TO ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE ARE TOO!

IT IS SO EASY TO GO THROUGH LIFE SEEING ONLY THE BAD THINGS, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE SMILES ALONG THE WAY? INSTEAD OF LETTING THE BAD GET YOU DOWN, LET THE GOOD PICK YOU UP. AND REMEMBER NEVER TO FORGET THE GOOD STUFF.

IF YOU ALLOW THE PAST TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT, YOU WILL HAVE NO FUTURE
 
steve's quote du jour today was from the roman philosopher Seneca - a most quotable person -

others by him:
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”


“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”

(nice to see that 20 years later it's nice to know i took something away from that philosophy class - just need to better apply them:)
 
Remember the kettle, always up to its neck in hot water, yet still it sings - English saying

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars - Oscar Wilde

All millionaires love a baked apple - Ronald Firbank

Dont dig your grave with your own knife and fork - English proverb
 
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