Thoughts for the day - inspirational quotes: Motivation Techniques

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Sometimes when life gets difficult, or your stuck in a rut, just hearing encouraging and motivational words can make a difference. I love to hear encouraging quotes, sayings, and/or words of motivation. If you have any quotes that you love or find inspiring, please share them with us in this thread.

Here is a quote that I like:

Quote:

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
-Groucho Marx

sally · **Site Rank:** Healthy Friend

I've always liked this quote:

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching."

Junior · **Site Rank:** Healthy Associate

Here is something my father told me:

Life is too short to make all the mistakes yourself, learn from some of mine!

Y's Guy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

My favorite quote for a while now has been:

You can be on the right track; but if you're not moving, you can still get run over!

marie · **Site Rank:** Healthy Associate

I really like this quote:

"Life is God's gift to you, what you do with it is your gift to God."

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

"People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get."
- Frederick Douglass -

Frederick Douglass, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 - February 20, 1895, was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American and United States history.

He was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant. He was fond of saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

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HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Here are some quotes that I like:

Quote:

"I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing." - Marsha Doble

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".
-Erma Bombeck

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

"Old age ain't no place for sissies."
- Bette Davis -

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis, April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989, was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.

In 1962, Betty Davis received her final Academy Award nomination for her role as Baby Jane Hudson in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? opposite Joan Crawford.

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HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
- Jack London -

Jack London, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916, was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.

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HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

"Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were."
- Richard Paul Evans

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do."
- Benjamin Franklin -

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Benjamin Franklin, January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790, was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'.

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Some guy on the Internet wrote:

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the whining wheel gets replaced.

Quote:

polymath

Ooooh, I learned a new word today.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."
- Elbert Hubbard

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