Inspirational Motivational Quotes

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attributed to Emerson in Promotion of Pharmaceuticals : Issues, Trends, Options (1993) pg 74, and also Thoreau elsewhere, but no instance of the quote can be found before 1990, so the authorship of the quote is disputed. Add Category or Author

"Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." — Reinhold Niebuhr
The Serenity Prayer (c. 1942) Though earlier variants may have existed, Niebuhr was the first to state this so succinctly, and also the first to copyright it. Since then, it has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step groups. Add Category or Author

"Treat people as if they were what they should be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." — Will Rogers
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"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." — T.S. Eliot
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"I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution." — Werner Braun
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"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drowned 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
Stanford University commencement address (12 June 2005) During Jobs's address to the students and faculty, he spoke of his dropping out of college and how important the choices he made while still a dropout were to his eventual success. Add Category or Author

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." — Author Unknown
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"Always do what you are afraid to do." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"There is no self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others." — George Shinn
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"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors." — Norman Vincent Peale
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"You must do the thing you think you cannot do" — Eleanor Roosevelt
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"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." — Henry Ford
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"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." — Harry S. Truman
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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." — David Brinkley
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"Change your thoughts and you change your world." — Norman Vincent Peale
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." — Colin Powell
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"The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." — Author Unknown
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"When you are totally at peace with yourself, nothing can shake you." — Author Unknown
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." — Vince Lombardi
Civilization's quotations: life's ideal, (2002) pg. 159 Lombardi frequently spoke proactively, and positively, about success at an individual and team level, as the head coach of a champion football team. Add Category or Author