MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
Motivation Quotations Pages
Remember who you are – a great way to feel confident is to remind yourself of past glories and current skills.
See mistakes as life lessons – all mistakes are gifts in disguise. Hidden within them are the exact lessons your soul needs to learn when confronted with an obstacle, try asking yourself, Why is this lesson here?
Fake it until you make it – people think they have to be in the right frame of mind before they can do what it takes to succeed. Just do one thin, anything, and your feelings, attitudes, and perceptions will begin to change.
Know how to use feedback – learn to deal with ‘feedback’, the positive description of criticism. Play the role of detective: find out what’s behind the criticism, then ask for suggestions on how to correct the problem.
Put things in perspective – if you write down what you’re thankful for, you’ll gain a positive outlook.
Use positive body language – your body is an extension of your appearance, and ‘negative’ body language can be disastrous. Stand tall, make eye contract, sit up straight, shake hands and be open.
Look between people’s eyes – when someone is trying to intimidate you, look at the person you’re speaking to, but instead of actually staring in their eyes, focus on the bridge of the nose, right between the eyes. The effect on your confidence is remarkable, it’s as if a wall had been build between the two of you.
Find a good role model – spend time with someone who has a healthy level of self-esteem, then do as they do.
Be around loving people – when there is someone who appreciates what we do and recognizes our worth, it gives our life meaning and purpose.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it! Margaret Thatcher
Do something to move yourself toward your major goal every day. Brian Tracy
Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count. Brian Tracy
Three rules for success.
- Do what's right. Be on time, be polite , and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible.
- Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better.
- Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding. Lou Holtz
Treat the people in your life as though they were the most important people in the world, because they are. Brian Tracy
I can't do it never yet accomplished anything. I will try has accomplished wonders. George P. Burnham
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn
One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental 'I should' list. Jim Rohn
Personal Achievement: Make your life a masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have, or do. Brian Tracy
What are you trying to do? How are you trying to do it? Brian Tracy
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw
It is funny about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the very best, you will very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII
The more you teach positive ideas to others, the better you learn them yourself. Brian Tracy
Plan your work and work your plan. Decide in advance exactly how you are going to get from where you are to where you want to go. Brian Tracy
Never begin the day until it is finished on paper. Jim Rohn
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete, or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win, if you don't, you won't. Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medalist, Decathlon
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Setting goals for significant accomplishments you want to achieve in your life, both personal and professional accomplishments, costs you nothing. Failure to set them can cost you plenty. Alec Mackenzie
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. Theodore Roosevelt
