Motivational and Inspriational Quotes

Talk doesn't cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb

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

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. ~Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.
 
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” ~~ Muhammad Ali

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." ~~ Lou Holtz

"First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you." ~~Rob Gilbert

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." ~~ George E. Allen

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." ~~ Dale Carnegie
 
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." Vince Lombardi
 
“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.” Dr Seuss
 
"If the truth were self evident, eloquence would be unnecessary."
~Marcus Tullius Cicero

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
 
Wow, reading these inspirational posts really gave me more determination to keep going.

What has helped in my weight loss journey is that I picture myself & a mountain.

I am looking up from the bottom, nothing (here at the bottom) will sustain my health or happiness, I feel the strong desire to climb.
I want this journey for myself.
I'm starting to climb, looking up and not back, envisioning a wonderful place that I want myself to be, gaining strength, health, happiness and positive experiences along the way.

There will be the darkest, most viscous storms to overcome, especially in the beginning, I'll cling to the unstable rocks with my life till the storms pass, BUT I WILL DO IT!

When I slip, or fall, the mountain catches me and I embrace the coldness and hardness of CHANGE.

Thanks for the inspiration!! I love this website & will post pics soon to add even more motivation to climb and reach my goals (& maybe inspire others along the way :)
 
It comes down to a simple question: what do you want out of life, and what are you willing to do to get it? ~ unknown

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every
time we fall" confucious

"The greatest thing you have is the 24 hours in front
of you.
The past is gone; the future is distant.
Today you CAN succeed.
Set a goal you can achieve in the next 24 hours."


"Only those who risk going too far can
possibly find out how far one can go..."
-T.S. Eliot

"The fishermen know the sea is dangerous and the storms are
terrible, but they have never found this sufficient reason to remain
on shore." Vincent Van Gogh
 
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. - Frank Lloyd Wright

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. Jane Addams

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. - Sophia Loren
 
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. -- Frank Crane

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt. Jane Addams

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.- Ralph Waldo Emerson


The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt. -- Rollo May
 
"I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."
-Muhammad Ali

"You have control over doing your respective duty, but no control or claim over the result. Fear of failure, from being emotionally attached to the fruit of work, is the greatest impediment to success because it robs efficiency by constantly disturbing the equanimity of mind."
-The Bhagavad Gita
 
Just was listening to a podcast (Weight Loss Radio I think) & one of the guys said:
"If you are doing nothing, do something; If you are doing something, just try to do it a little bit more."

love it!
 
I've been on a long guilt trip, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way... that is not easy.
-- Aristotle.

Respect is mutual, if you don't respect others viewpoints, chances are they won't acknowledge yours.
-- Unknown

The best revenge is a vow to never be like the one who hurt you.
-- Unknown.

Having the right to do it doesn't mean it is right to do it.
-- Unknown.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
-- George Bernard Shaw.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.
-- John Junor.

If you don't like the road you're walking, pave another one.
-- Dolly Parton.

Ergo inimicus vobis factus sum verum dicens vobis?
-- Galatians, 4:16.
 
The timeless words of the Desiderata poem always make me feel better...

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all it's sham drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

-- Max Ehrmann
 
thanks for all of these. I copied and pasted a few to hang in our exercise room, in our bathroom, in my closet, in every room in the house. :)

I really needed some of these.
 
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