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The Motivational Quote Thread.....

Lone Wolf

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Everyone could use a little motivation in life. So I thought it would be a great idea to create a thread where we could all share our favorite motivational/inspiring quotes... I will start by posting some of my favorite quotes that I couldn't agree with more.... please post some of your quotes here... I will post here often....
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You are born weak and die weak, what you are in between those two periods of time is up to you



Let the past help shape who you will be but never define who you are



Doubt me, hate me, you're the inspiration I need



"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."



Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.



aint 'nuttin to it, but to do it.



The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
-Hamilton Wright Mabie




Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt




Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
-Sun Tzu




"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."



History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
--Sir Winston Churchill



I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.
Og Mandino



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



A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams..



respect is everything, respect yourself and everybody will respect you



You never know how strong you are...until being strong is the only choice you have



"Were you born fat and stupid or did you have to work at it?!"
^Drill Sargent in Full Metal Jacket!




Character is who you are when no one's watching




The Journey Of A Thousand Miles Begins With A Single Step



don't hide weakness… kill it



Be proud, but never satisfied



if you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there



work not to look good but to make others look bad.



lifes a game of give and take



"The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will" –Vince Lombardi



An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf is evil—he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego. The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person too. They thought about it for a minute, and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win, Grandfather?” The Elder simply replied, “The one you feed.”



“The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger



"Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep." - APJ Abdul Kalam



"Nothing tastes as good as it feels to be in shape"



"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink".-Old English Homilies



“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” –Michelangelo



Champions are an example of what happens when you aspire to leave the plane of average thinking -Kai Greene



“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
― Steve Jobs


:thank you:
 

CosmicGiggle

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.....OK, here's my personal moto so you can quote 'me'!

Stand tall like the mountain, Sway like the willow, Bend like bamboo!

That about covers it I think.:blowbubbles:
 

Lone Wolf

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ydijadoit

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
H. L. Mencken


Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
H. L. Mencken
 

Lone Wolf

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"The body of man is a machine which winds its own springs."
- J. O. De La Mettrie

"Winners do not do different things, they do things differently" -- Shiv Khera
 

Happy 7

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened.
But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

- Friedrich Nietzsche
 

Rob547

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

SetHeh

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A couple of quotes from Buddhist tradition:

"The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything." — by Chögyam Trungpa

"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good." — Buddha

"All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others." — Shantideva
 

dddaver

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I had a roommate at one of my tech schools learning meteorology who always said, "Life is just eat shit and die." Kinda UNmotivatioal and negative, but kinda true I've found. Just varying degrees of shit is all. :biggrin:
 
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