Inspirational Quotes

  • While I was in weightwatchers, I kept a list of inspirational quotes that I read when I was thinking on breaking plan. I'd like to share them with you all and then you can share some of yours as well! It might be a nice thing to have here for despreate times call for major support

    "For me it's the challenge - the challenge to try to beat myself and do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future." ~Jackie Joyner Kersee

    "Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing." ~Katherine Mansfield


    "YOU CAN NEVER PLAN THE FUTURE BY THE PAST" ~Edmund Burke

    "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." ~Walt Disney


    "With confidence you can reach truly amazing hieghts. Without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp." ~Jim Loehr


    "Know what you want to do, then do it." ~Ernstine Schumann-Heink

    "EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THIS WORLD IS DONE BY HOPE." ~Martin Luther


    "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~Thomas Edison

    "Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it." ~Gilda Radner

    "Rain beats the leopard's skin, but never wash off the spots." ~Ashanti Proverb

    "He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything." ~Arabian Proverb
  • Thank you for sharing these with us.. I am all about inspiration and motivation!!
  • These are great! Gotta love a motivational quote -- bring on the positive energy!!
  • Thanks for the encouragement!!!!
    Wow - what great quotes!!! I've just joined and was needing some motivation. Thanks Annie
  • Great quotes NYCchick!! I actually lifted one of them from a weightloss website about a week ago, although I cant remember where. I could have been weight watchers. Needless to say, very great thread!
  • Thanks for sharing!
  • Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
    -- St. Francis de Sales