"95 Quotes For Motivation"

"In life, as in sport, you never really lose it. You just have to find it."
--- Copyright © 2001 Ricky Smith

"Feel the fear...and do it anyway!"
--- Susan Jeffers --- Submitted by Assumpta Venkatachalam --- Australia

"The will to prepare is as important as the will to win."
--- Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma football) --- Submitted by R. Johnston --- California

"Most people give up what they want out of life because they give in to the moment."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joseph Patrick --- Pennsylvania

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."
--- George C. Scott --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida

"It is in caring and sharing that we discover that we are not only helping those dear to us, but bettering who we are and opening the gates fully to that which we can become."
--- Copyright © 2000 Brian G. Jett

"When we do things out of great love, rather than great expectation, more comes back to us than we could have ever imagined."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E. Sander --- Australia

"Attitude is a Choice."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cary Lyle --- Kentucky

"Achievement without adversity is boredom."
--- Copyright © 2001 Stephen Simons

"It's not the mistake you made; it's your recovery that makes the difference."
--- Copyright © 2001 Dion Jay Thorpe

"It is not where you stand, but in what direction you are moving. Sometimes we sail with the wind, sometimes we sail against it; but sail we must, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
--- Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Submitted by Meghan Ayers --- California

"People may not believe what you say but they will believe what you do."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tim Kapelanski --- Wisconsin

"He never said it would be easy. He only said it would be worth it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.M. --- Colorado

"They can, because they think they can."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anurag Noida --- UP, India

"When it gets dark, and no matter how dark it gets, the stars always come out. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder to find them."
--- Nikki L. --- Kentucky

"If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started."
--- Marcus Garvey --- Submitted by Evette Smith --- Kingston, Jamaica

"Life is worth nothing more than the way that you have lived it."
--- N. C. Gettler --- Submitted by Admiral Corban Elliott --- Colorado

"Losers say what they can do. Winners show what they can do."
--- Copyright © 1982 J.Cramer

"A change in your thinking will change your situation and that will change the way you see your world."
--- Copyright © 2001 Michael Humberstone

"In competition, there is no past and there is no future. What matters the most is your hard work and your endurance!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Altamash Khan --- Punjab, Pakistan

"Courage is the willingness to take risk and act in spite of fear. Meaningful goals beget courage."
--- Paul T.P. Wong Ph.D. --- Submitted by Evette Smith --- Kingston, Jamaica

"This is only the Land of Opportunity, if you choose to seize the opportunity."
--- Copyright © 2001 John Jones

"Always reach higher than what you can touch."
--- Copyright © 2001 K. Vivian

"Let your heart control your mind and your soul is truly free."
--- Copyright © 2000 Kimberly Palermo

"Regret has made this chapter so damn hard; I will not let the next chapter be so complex. So now, I will smile and just turn the page."
--- Mr. B.--- Submitted by Michelle B. --- Texas

"If the going is easy, beware. You may be headed downhill."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.A. --- Washington

"Dream big or don't dream at all."
--- Joshua Wilke --- Submitted by T.M.M. --- Montana

"An average person puts only 25% of their energy and ability into their work. The world takes its hat off to those who put more than 50% capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%."
--- Andrew Carnegie --- Submitted by Paul Blanchette --- North Carolina

"As you think, so you are. As you imagine, so you become."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.J. --- NSW, Australia

"Always have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, and always have the confidence to stand behind it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stacy C. --- Ohio

"Allow the unpredictable and love will connect with your soul."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jessica D. --- Nevada

"I don't think you know how great and amazing you really are. I believe in you."
--- Eric L. --- Kansas

"You were given the power to fly your own plane and explore the world. You can fly it anywhere you desire and you're the only one who can control it. This is the power of your brain."
--- Copyright © 2001 Sharon Rose

"I want my life to be like music, full of depth, heart, and soul."
--- Copyright © 2000 Ashlee Taylor

Now this is the Law of the Jungle
As old and as true as the sky:
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper
But the Wolf that shall break it must die.

As the Creeper that girdles the tree-trunk,
The Law runneth forward and back.
For the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
And the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
--- Rudyard Kipling --- Submitted by Amanda J. --- Michigan

"Behold the turtle, he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."
--- James Bryant Conant --- Submitted by Rachael C. --- Australia

"If you set higher goals, then you will receive achievements greater than you ever thought possible."
--- Laura, Age 12 --- Maryland

"Greatness is achieved through the heart and soul, therefore even the weakest man can achieve Greatness."
--- Copyright © 2000 Ahmad Haamid

"Believe in you, I do!"
--- J. Alan Peoples --- North Carolina

"It's easier to go down a mountain than up; but the view is always best from the top!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony R. --- California

And when the media tries to act your age
Don't be seduced, they're full of rage
FIND YOUR VOICE, DO WHAT IT TAKES
MAKE SURE YOU MAKE LOTS OF MISTAKES
And find the future that redeems
Give us hell, give us dreams
And grow and grow and grow
--- Dar Williams --- Submitted by L.H. --- Iowa

"If you have discipline you can conquer the world. If you don't have discipline the world will conquer you."
--- Copyright © 2001 Grant McCoy

"Don't sweat the small stuff in life, because everything in life is small stuff."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.M. --- Illinois

"Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached."
--- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Anupama K. --- Minnesota

"There are no winners or losers in life, only choosers."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.R. --- South Dakota

"Tomorrow is never promised."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Fernando Rodriguez Jr. --- California

"The ability to concentrate and use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business - or almost anywhere else for that matter."
--- Lee Iacocca --- Submitted by A. Grimal --- Florida

"Who I am really keeps surprising me."
--- Nikki Giovanni --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida

"A real friend helps us think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, be our finest selves."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharon Ogden --- Kentucky

"Aim high, swing low and earn a run."
--- Copyright © 2001 Molly Russo

Believe in Yourself

Believe in yourself,
For when you are young
There is so much in life left to be done.

Believe in yourself
For when you are old
The dreams you have dreamed
Are more precious than gold.

Believe in yourself,
That when you are dead
Others will follow the trails you have tread.
--- Copyright © 1997 Beth Ferree

"A happy person is not a person in a special set of circumstances but a person in a certain set of attitudes."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Soune Dethvongsa --- California

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.Imagination encircles the world."
--- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida

"Don't wait for the moment to arise in order to seize it. Create the moment and have others seize it with you."
--- Copyright © 2001 Damion Stapledon

"The sign on the mountain of life reads: You can fall to the bottom or somehow make way to the top."
--- Copyright © 2001 Adam Key

"Choosing a friend is like choosing a pair of shoes. They need to fit your requirements and be prepared to walk towards your goals."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.F Khan --- New Zealand

"A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trish Melton --- New York

"Establish TRUE Friendships (As water with wine, the bond is inseparable)"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J S.Y.D. Correia --- Hawaii

"My thoughts direct my actions, my actions become my habits, my habits define my character, and my character is the birthplace of my destiny."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.R. --- Missouri

"To know HOW to want it, is to know HOW to win it!"
--- Copyright © 2000 Sabrina Winrow

"Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant."
--- Charles A. Cerami --- Submitted by Sharon Ogden --- Kentucky

"Life is full of momentous up and catastrophic downs, but it is right in the middle, right where the road is straight and smooth that we find our true selves."
--- Copyright © 1999 Vickie Winterhalter

"People will always tell you what you can't do but they never tell you what you can do."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.C. --- Florida

"You can have all the can-do attitude that you can have, but it won't do you any good if you don't do it."
--- Copyright © 1998 Michael Cornejo

"Fear is a creature we create; it has no more power than what we give it. It can do no more damage than what we allow."
--- Copyright © 1998 Chester E.Thomas

"When the world is spinning on cruise control for you, it's almost certain that someone else needs your help."
--- Copyright © 2001 Joe Vargas

"I know not all that may be coming, but be what it will, I'll go in laughing."
--- From Moby Dick --- Submitted by James P. --- NT, Australia

"Never rush into disaster but plan for success!"
--- Manasia Thorn --- Submitted by Dale Thomas --- Florida

"I don't care what kind of situation you're in. You just simply never, never and I mean never give up."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by PJ G. --- Kentucky

"All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking."
--- C. H. Parkhurst --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida

"It's not the team with the best players, it's the players with the best team."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.V. --- Ontario, Canada

"No matter how difficult or challenging the task ahead may be... action always results in something landing behind you, where a lack of it with something on top of you!"
--- Copyright © 1992 Mark Sheftell

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
For a might-have-been has never been,
But a has-been was once an are.
--- Milton Berle --- Submitted by Kristi C. --- Texas

The average player sprints until the breath in him is gone,
But a champion has the iron will that makes him carry on.
For rest, the average player begs when limp his muscles grow,
But a champion runs on leaden legs; his spirit makes him go.
The average player is complacent when he does his best to score,
But a champion gives his very best and then he gives a little more.
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trent Sanders --- Utah

"Never forget where you were, where you are and where you want to go!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Irene Savva --- Thessaloniki, Greece

"Winning is the science of being totally prepared."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Angela G. --- Pennsylvania

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
--- Submitted by Jennifer Meier --- Minnesota
--- Submitted by K. Scott --- Michigan

"Going through life is like driving a car; keep your eyes on the road you already passed, you'll miss all the wonders of what's ahead, and you will not see the obstacles coming until it's too late. Keep your eyes on the road you are on, not the one you were on."
--- Copyright © 2001 Donald Richer

"All it takes is all you have to give."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason Segger --- Canada

"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."
--- George Bernard Shaw --- Submitted by Prabhat NR --- Karnataka, India

"The past has passed. Maybe today, we can put the past away."
--- J.V.F. --- Pennsylvania

"Inspiration comes from watching others. Motivation comes from within."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Heather W. --- Ohio

"Believe in yourself and others will believe in you as well."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.D. --- Massachusetts

"Enthusiasm finds the opportunities. Energy makes the most of them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rani Blakeney --- Australia

"Can't does nothing. Try does it all."
--- Grandma Detmer --- Submitted by John Griffin --- Pennsylvania

"Everything's in the mind, that's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step towards getting it. And when you want something and know you can have it, go after it before it's gone."
--- Marianna T. --- California

"The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers."
--- Brian Tracy --- Sent in by Andrew Ho --- Malaysia

Life is like a rosebud waiting to unfold
Open it gently, it's more valuable than gold
It's a precious flower, hold on to it with care
Travel with it through journeys everywhere
Keep it protected near your heart
It's your companion until you depart
--- Copyright © 2001 T.Sharkey

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