Quotes About Motivation

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

A strong will can accomplish anything... There is no such thing as inspiration, and very little of genius. Dig, blooming under opportunity, results in what appears to be the former, and certainly makes possible the development of what original modicum of the latter one may possess. Dig is a wonderful thing, and will move more mountains than faith ever dreamed of. In fact, Dig should be the legitimate father of all self-faith.

Put in 5% more effort than "there's only so much I can do" and you'll be way ahead of the game.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.

The things you want to do are all up to you— Excuses are sabotage.

I consider my refusal to go to the gym today as resistance training.

While I was out running this morning I heard someone clapping, but it was just my thighs cheering me on.

Things seem to work out better all around when I'm working out.

Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.

Friday — superhero of the workweek!

I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it. That is the law of my life.

Visualize your long-term goals to paint your short-term actions on the canvas of now.

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.

Instead of counting your days, make your days count.

You don't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

it. The man with the high standard of living will always do more work and better than the man with the low standard of living.

Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.

La curiosidad, hija del crecimiento, era la que le impulsaba. la necesidad de aprender, de vivir, de hacer algo que le proporcionara experiencia.

You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.

WORK PERFORMED. The phrase haunted his brain...

those whose tastes run to personal power [can] never be trusted to act save in the pursuit of their own ambition.