INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER
HARD WORK
“Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.”
PEACE
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”
Gail Devers
DETERMINATION
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
Colin Powell
DETERMINATION
“Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.”
AUTHOR
INSPIRATION
“We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we're that much closer to finding what will.”
INVENTOR, BUSINESSMAN
PERSISTENCE
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it or work around it.”
Michael Jordan
DETERMINATION
“The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk of it is in emotion. The branches and leaves are the body. The flower of health blooms when all parts work together.”
HEALTH
“Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.”
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
IMAGINE
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”
Anne Lamott
HOPE
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
INVENTOR, BUSINESSMAN
AMBITION
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
Unknown
PEACE
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
CHEMIST, PHYSICIST, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
VOLUNTEERING
“I know you've heard it a thousand times before, but it's true... hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice.”
Ray Bradbury
PRACTICE
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT
OVERCOMING
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
PHILOSOPHER, POET, AUTHOR, ESSAYIST
DRIVE
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!”
NEW THOUGHT LEADER
OPTIMISM
“This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.”
AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER, MUSICIAN
FAMILY
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
Vince Lombardi
HARD WORK
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
PEACE
“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.”
William Hazlitt
SMILE
“If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.”
NEW ZEALAND MOUNTAINEER, EXPLORER, AND PHILANTHROPIST.
MOTIVATION
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.”
Colin Powell
HARD WORK
“There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
30TH US PRESIDENT
HARD WORK
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
CO-FOUNDER APPLE INC.
HARD WORK
“Grit is not just a simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest and do it again and again.”
AUTHOR, CURATOR, AND AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
GRIT
“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”
ACTOR, PRODUCER, SEMI-RETIRED PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER
AMBITION
“We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.”
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF FACEBOOK
AMBITION
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”
HARD WORK
“Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
Dwayne Johnson
HARD WORK
“When you live for a strong purpose, hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.”
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND ENTREPRENEUR
HARD WORK
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. ”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, BASEBALL EXECUTIVE
HARD WORK
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.”
Eckhart Tolle
