50 Famous Motivational Quotes and Quotations

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You have to take your motivation seriously. That is why this list of famous motivational quotes and quotations were carefully selected - providing you with some of the best motivating quotes by successful people in different fields and walks of life. Take it all in. Then use it to fuel your desire to achieve.

Famous Motivational Quotes and Quotations:

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." ~ Muhammad Ali

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~ Barack Obama

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. ~ Mohandas Gandhi

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die. ~ Edward Kennedy

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ~ Nelson Mandela

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. ~ Jane Fonda

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. ~ Oprah Winfrey

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Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. ~ Elvis Presley

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. ~ Michael Jackson

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know. ~ Steven Spielberg

If you can accept losing, you can't win. ~ Vince Lombardi

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. ~ Anne Frank

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. ~ Bill Cosby

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. ~ Bill Gates

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. ~ C. S. Lewis

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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~ Colin Powell

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ~ Confucius

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. ~ Dale Carnegie

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. ~ George Carlin

Be not simply good - be good for something. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ~ Warren Buffett

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. ~ Lao Tzu

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. ~ Mae West

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. ~ John Wooden

All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. ~ Erma Bombeck

All great achievements require time. ~ Maya Angelou

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. ~ John F. Kennedy

Believe you can and you're halfway there. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ~ Mark Twain

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~ Christopher Reeve

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great. ~ Tom Hanks

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. ~ Author Ashe

The important thing is not to stop questioning. ~ Albert Einstein

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up. ~ John Maxwell

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~ Jim Rohn

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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. ~ Ella Fitzgerald

Success is the result of good judgement, good judgement is a result of experience, experience is often the result of bad judgement. ~ Tony Robbins

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. ~ Brian Tracy

You can observe a lot just by watching. ~ Yogi Berra

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural abilityyou have. ~ John D. Rockefeller III

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake. ~ Nelson Boswell

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go. ~ John B. Gough

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost. ~ Robert H. Schulle

The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another. Thomas Jefferson

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