One major purpose to read quotes is to motivate ourselves. To learn more about what the various famous personalities have to say about motivating your own self, check out the Motivational Quotes and Sayings in the Quotes Gallery section, combined with beautiful Nature Photographs.
Motivational Quotes and Sayings [Quotes Gallery]
Motivational Quotes
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“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.” ― Steve Maraboli

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ― Helen Keller

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas A. Edison

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” ― Ayn Rand

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston Churchill

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.” ― Washington Irving

“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.” ― Dale Carnegie

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” — Ayn Rand

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” — Les Brown

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” — Wayne Dyer

“The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.” — Bobby Knight

“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.” — Tony Robbins

“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” — Thomas Jefferson

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” — George S. Patton

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” — Zig Ziglar

“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” — George S. Patton

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” — H. L. Hunt

“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” — Jim Rohn

“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” — George Whitefield

“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” — Natalie Gulbis

“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” — Michael Phelps

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” — Zig Ziglar

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” — Jessica Savitch

“Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.” — Kara Goucher

“Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.” — Eknath Easwaran

“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson

“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.” — Homer Rice

“There is one grand lie - that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.” — Wayne Dyer

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.” — Tommy Lasorda

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” ― Les Brown

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
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