Motivational Sayings

This is where I will collect sayings that motivate me and inspire me.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.- Carl Bard
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Alva Ediso

Listen closely: the only time it’s too late to change yourself is when you’re dead. Until then, you’re simply making excuses or lying to yourself.

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that’s not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach. - Ralph Marston

A year from now, you may wish you had started today- Robert SchullerThere is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps. - Peter A. Cohen

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” ~Ralph Waldo EmersonThere is a marvelous story of a man who once stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. Dear God, he cried out, look at all the suffering, the anguish and distress in the world. Why don’t you send help? God responded, “I did. I sent you.”- David J. Wolpe
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. - Helen Keller“Every step you take is a step away from where you used to be.” -Brian Chargualaf
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.– Babe RuthPeople often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar
When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past.I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

Aim at nothing and you will hit it every time. - UnknownDo not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress. - Alfred A. Montapert

We are all born originals. Why is it so many of us die copies? - Edward Young

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila. - Mitch Radcliffe

How long should you try? Until. - Jim Rohn

3 Responses to “Motivational Sayings”

  1. rubyjean, on June 15th, 2007 at 10:22 pm Said:

    What a good idea to have a page about motivational sayings!

  2. lilmama, on June 18th, 2007 at 11:36 pm Said:

    Fabulous!

  3. linnytunes, on July 29th, 2007 at 3:31 am Said:

    Very inspiring, I’m inspired to start some motivational sayings of my own. Thank you.

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