Most Motivational Quotes

[G0tMeWr0ng]

May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.

[Requisite 101]

My reflection;

My father set me down in front of a mirror and he told me: You see that man in front of you, you gotta love him, because no matter what he's going to be the only person who is going to be with you for the rest of your life. Your wife might leave you Your kids can grow up and not talk to you And your friends can take the things you love But that little man right there is going to be with you every step of the way. Don't let him down and he will never let you down I love my reflection because I get my strength from it...and I can never lie to it.

- Terrance Howard.


I haven't seen these posted yet:

If you are ever distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
- Marcus Aurelius

None of us will accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Choose your words, for they become actions.
Understand your actions, for they become habits.
Study your habits, for they will become your character.
Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Confront the dark parts of yourself and work to banish them. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will give you much anguish. Use the pain as your fuel and as a reminder.

Legit.

[SEXXYBACK]

First step to greatness is believing you are great.

[ChrisTX06]

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best

[shawn23218]

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

-Richard Devos

[LetsGoHeavy]

lifes too short to be mediocre

[klandy]

Lifting straps ............ $10
gloves ........................ $20
dip belt .......................$28
chalk ..........................$9
the look on your ex-girlfriends face after cutting season ........ Priceless!! ;)

I F-ing love this one!!!! AH HAHAHAHA!! YES!!!

[xxhellrider]

Train insane or remain the same

[midniteOG]

"life isnt about how hard you can hit... its about how hard you CAN GET hit and keep on fighting"

[Dogbreath]

It's easier to talk yourself out of something, than it is to talk yourself into it.

[mercy01]

"In the warriors code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries - never!"

"The truth is, sometimes...
I do get a little scared.
When I'm in that ring really getting hit...
and my arms hurt so much I can't lift them.
I'm thinking, "God, I wish this guy would hit me on the chin...
so I don't feel nothing anymore."
Then there's another side that comes out that isn't so scared.
It's another side that wants to take more...
that wants to go that one more round...
because by going that one more round...
when you don't think you can--
That's what makes all the difference in your life."

ROCKY: "This fight you're having against the Russian-- Do you think maybe it ain't against him?"
ROCKY: "Do you think maybe it's you against you?"
ROCKY: "Apollo, you're a great fighter. No doubt about that. But we have to face the facts too. You don't want to believe it, but maybe the show is over."
APOLLO: "That's easy for you to say. You're still on top. What happens when you're not on top? Then what? Where do we go? We sure can't be born again."
ROCKY: "I know we can't be born again, but we have to change sometime."
APOLLO: "I don't want to change! I like who I am!"
ROCKY: "You don't want to believe this, but that ain't us no more. We can't do that the way we did before. We're changing. We're turning into regular people."
APOLLO: "Maybe you think you're changing... but you can't change what you really are. Forget all this money and stuff around you. It don't change a thing. You and me don't even have a choice. We're born with a killer instinct you can't turn off and on like a radio. We have to be in the middle of the action because we're warriors. Without some challenge, without some war to fight... then the warrior may as well be dead."

ROCKY: "I'm a fighter. That's the way I'm made. That's what you married. - We can't change what we are."
ROCKY: "You can't change anything. All we can do is just go with what we are."
ADRIAN: "You can't go with what you are. Have you read the papers? Everybody says it's suicide! You've seen him. You know how strong he is.You can't win!"
ROCKY: "Adrian always tells the truth. Maybe I can't win. Maybe the only thing I can do... is just take everything he's got. But to beat me, he'll have to kill me. And to kill me... he'll have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that... he has to be willing to die himself."

[Dertygen]

I will not relent no, no
Never live with defeat, never falter
It's like the air that I breathe(like the air that I breathe)
I will not choke on failure
Cause I will not choke on failure

I am a mortal man
But I'm not fallen, I'm not broken yet
I am a mortal man
But I hold tight to my beliefs now

I have suffered defeat, pain, loss
Still I push to the edge, never falter
For this cements my beliefs (this cements my beliefs)
I'll remain my own master

I will not relent no no
Never suffer defeat, never falter
For this cements my beliefs (this cements my beliefs)
I will not choke on failure

I am a mortal man
But I'm not falling I'm not broken yet
I am a mortal man
But I hold tight to my beliefs now

I am a mortal man
But I'm not falling I'm not broken yet
I am a mortal man
But I hold tight to my beliefs now

I will not relent
I will not relent, no no
I will not relent
Never suffer defeat never falter
I will not relent, no no

Never suffer
Never falter
I will not relent, no no
Never suffer
Never falter

[LOWTESTOSTERONE]

"In the warriors code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries - never!"

"The truth is, sometimes...
I do get a little scared.
When I'm in that ring really getting hit...
and my arms hurt so much I can't lift them.
I'm thinking, "God, I wish this guy would hit me on the chin...
so I don't feel nothing anymore."
Then there's another side that comes out that isn't so scared.
It's another side that wants to take more...
that wants to go that one more round...
because by going that one more round...
when you don't think you can--
That's what makes all the difference in your life."

ROCKY: "This fight you're having against the Russian-- Do you think maybe it ain't against him?"
ROCKY: "Do you think maybe it's you against you?"
ROCKY: "Apollo, you're a great fighter. No doubt about that. But we have to face the facts too. You don't want to believe it, but maybe the show is over."
APOLLO: "That's easy for you to say. You're still on top. What happens when you're not on top? Then what? Where do we go? We sure can't be born again."
ROCKY: "I know we can't be born again, but we have to change sometime."
APOLLO: "I don't want to change! I like who I am!"
ROCKY: "You don't want to believe this, but that ain't us no more. We can't do that the way we did before. We're changing. We're turning into regular people."
APOLLO: "Maybe you think you're changing... but you can't change what you really are. Forget all this money and stuff around you. It don't change a thing. You and me don't even have a choice. We're born with a killer instinct you can't turn off and on like a radio. We have to be in the middle of the action because we're warriors. Without some challenge, without some war to fight... then the warrior may as well be dead."

ROCKY: "I'm a fighter. That's the way I'm made. That's what you married. - We can't change what we are."
ROCKY: "You can't change anything. All we can do is just go with what we are."
ADRIAN: "You can't go with what you are. Have you read the papers? Everybody says it's suicide! You've seen him. You know how strong he is.You can't win!"
ROCKY: "Adrian always tells the truth. Maybe I can't win. Maybe the only thing I can do... is just take everything he's got. But to beat me, he'll have to kill me. And to kill me... he'll have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that... he has to be willing to die himself."


ROCKY MOVIES ARE EPIC!!!

No doubt about it

[strongpassion]

"The theory of evolution claims only the strong shall survive. Maybe so, maybe so. But the theory of competition says just because they're the strong, doesn't mean they can't get their asses kicked."
-Nike Commercial (no idea who said it)

[bking10]

"The theory of evolution claims only the strong shall survive. Maybe so, maybe so. But the theory of competition says just because they're the strong, doesn't mean they can't get their asses kicked."
-Nike Commercial (no idea who said it)

heres the full quote

"Here's the thing that makes life so interesting. The theory of evolution claims only the strong shall survive. Maybe so... Maybe so... But the theory of competition says. Just because they're the strong doesn't mean they can't get their asses kicked. That's right. See what every long shot, come from behind, under dog will tell you is this. The other guy may in fact be the favorite. The odds may be stacked against you, fair enough. But what the odds don't know, is this isn't a math test. This is a completely different kind of test. One where passion, has a funny way of trumping logic. So before you step up to the starting line. Before the whistle blows and the clock starts ticking. Just remember, out here the results don't always add up. No matter what the stats may say and the experts may think and the commentators may have predicted. When the race is on, all bets are off. Don't be suprised if somebody decides to flip the script and take a pass on yelling uncle. And then suddenly as the old saying goes 'we got our selves a game'"

dont know who said it though

[mtbon]

Anything from Vincent Lambardi


"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Roosevelt

"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds."
Rollins

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."
Arnold


Love these quotes and hope that one day I can get them on posters.

What are you favorites?

[1_Flx_1]

my times are nearly the same as yrs... but mile is 4:58, 800 is same though...

who ever had the 5min mile is, F*** insane. Any tips I am at 8 min mile?

Treadmill or road?

[chermy23]

A couple of my favorites:

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying"

“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”

[bri87]

My favorites
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but
that it is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo

"Realize that there is no such thing as failure. Keep this in mind and you will achieve
all that you conceive in your mind. You never fail, you simply produce results.”
- Dr. Wayne Dyer,

"If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. If what you
are doing is not working, do something else.”
- Joseph O’ Connor

“If you don’t have problems, you will never be the person who overcame them.”
- Richard Bach

[johnel1984]

sick ass quotes everyone.....im ready to run through a wall right now lol

[johnel1984]

sick ass quotes everyone.....im ready to run through a wall right now lol

[brandon07]

"Good, Better, Best, NEVER let it rest till YOUR good is better, and your better is best"-unknown

I just want to say thank you to all the people that hate on us out there. Your the ppl that fuel our fire in the gym. You are the ppl that help us get up that last rep, and again I thank you.

We all had to start somewhere. We were not born with huge biceps and cut abs. We were rather fat or skinny. Me. I started fat 40 pounds overweight. I got tired of being called chubby cheeks, and rolls. 1 year later, im down from 245 to 190, with body fat at 11%. But I dont understand, now you hate cause im bigger and better than you. Well keep hatin, and see what another year will bring. Cause you inspire me to push harder and further. Nothing will bring me down, nothing can bring me down. I'm gonna keep climbing and when I get to the top, I'm gonna keep climbing.


I pick the world up and ima drop it on your f**king head, confidence is this thing you cant wipe off. B**ch Ima pick the world up and drop it on your f**king head.---lil wayne

[Shelbourne]

If You build it They will come! not talkin about a baseball field either!

[localstommy]

"You’ve only got three choices in life — give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got."

[LetsGoHeavy]

'nobody wants to lift this heavy ass weight.... I'll do it though'

[m_tully]

sorry if any of these are doubles

“Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.” Jameson Frank

“The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.” Martin Luther King Jr.

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” Stephen R. Covey

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” Andrew Carnegie

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.” Sydney Smith

[darrenmcveigh]

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

[ZShadow0.0]

"To test a man's character give him power"-Abrham Lincoln

"My style of fighting is no style at all"-Bruce Lee

"Men who have the ability to do great things but choose not to do it are no better then people who do no how to murder but murder and people who don't know how to steal but rob!? They don't have talents to do something and may get caught but atleast there doing something talent or no talent"

[giovanni91]

"If you want what you never have, you must do what you've never done."

"Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts."

"There're a thousand reasons why to lay down and die, but if you can think of just one to get back up, that makes all the difference."

"Do you want to be the guy who walks in and says HERE I AM, or the guy who walks in and people say THERE HE IS!?"

[Liftin Power]

in.

[Wellz]

I do not choose to be a common man, it is my right to be uncommon. If I can I seek oppurtunity not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk.
To dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incenitive to dull. I prefer the challenges of life to the guarnateed existence.
The thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade free for beneficence or my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master nor bend for any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself.
To enjoy the benefit of my creation and to face the world boldly and say this I have done.
Folks America is the greatest country in the history of man. All of this is what it means to be an American.

[natethelegend]

".....But, if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm gonna die. It's really that simple."- Will Smith


And we[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Bible Romans 5 2-6)

[BigGameJames]

I bring a knife to a gun fight, but the other night I mugged a mountain so bring that sh!t.


http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videos/10/poem-about-a-9-year-old-boy-dying-from-cancer

[selfhelp123]

Hi,

Everyone who desires success should try to motivate himself/herself in order to achieve success in life. Reading motivational quotations really helps in developing motivation in a person.


It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Failure teaches success.
- Japanese Saying

I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the best.
- John Keats

The greatest men sometimes overshoot themselves, but then their very mistakes are so many lessons of instruction.
- Tom Browne

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Keep smiling

[TOMaHULK]

Here are my contributions:

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves STRONG. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castaneda

"Without the STRENGTH to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself."
-Chin-Ning Chu

"Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole STRENGTH and SOUL can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person." -Albert Einstein

"There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having STRONG beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader." -Rudy Giuliani

Sorry if any of these are repeats, but this is a large thread :)

[AchillesofNJ]

I bring a knife to gun fight, but the other night I mugged a mountain so bring that sh!t.


whoisthemonkey.com/videos/10/poem-about-a-9-year-old-boy-dying-from-cancer

I watched that whole video and its 7 minutes of pure motivation, but not the normal style of motivational quote, more of a take advantage of what you have while you can. Great find.

reps

[selfhelp123]

To me, success is something much more than the achievement of the intended purpose. Success should create some emotion when achieved. Believing in yourself is very important in order to climb the ladder of success. For that, you need to be motivated.
Here are some inspirational quotes to keep everyone motivated,

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.
- W. C. Doane

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
- Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Keep smiling:)

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[LiLxDropper]

subbed. will be reading evverytime i need motivation to get things done in life.

[Sweatness24]

I want to be all i can be in a world where no ones strives to be what the were meant to be i wana do what most arent willing to do and i want success to become the normal for me i want being the best to be the only way i know how to be - Me

When i think of stuff in my head to motivate me sometimes if i remeber it i will write it down here is one....this is also my bodybuilding goal on my bodyspace. I have a change to play college football and know i have to work hard to do so i said i had a CHANCE to make it a REALITY i have to be motivated 365 days a year to work on it. These quotes and this thread is awsome but remeber that the best motivation comes from within if you light the fire underurself it burns alot brighter and longer than if someone else does....god bless

[Liftin Power]

re-subed

[selfhelp123]

Inspiration, motivation and optimism are the keys to a successful and happy life. Everyone desires happiness in life but a very few actually get the happiness they wish for. Happiness comes from within. Therefore, we all should try to be happy by keeping ourselves motivated and inspired by the success stories of others and try to follow the footsteps of the successful people. Reading inspirational quotes and phrases also brings optimism in the thoughts of a person.

David Guy Powers Inspirational Motto:

"Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it."
~ David Guy Powers


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[miabullitt]

" Every situation in life is a failure waiting to be overcome by success "
- Miabullitt

In other words, go out and make it happen!

[selfhelp123]

Here are some of my contributions:

“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.”

- E. Joseph Cossman

“I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ”

“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 quotes

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”

“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”

- Douglas MacArthur


Keep yourself motivated.

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[Dupes242]

Potential? Potential is a 9inch dick that cant get hard

[Awhat]

"I feel like quitting every second of the day.. But I know I am the greatest.. What makes me the greatest? Never quitting."

-Unknown

[BigCountry11]

See signature.

[McGoWaNAU]

Amazing thread!

[selfhelp123]

“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
- Douglas MacArthur

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
- Michelangelo

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
- Lou Holtz

“Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people”
- Nido Qubein

In order to achieve success in life, keep yourself motivated. :)

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[Pat369]

keep up the good work. this thread rocks

[supermen710]

I agree with you, your saying is so good and usful for me. Thanks.

[Mr-Joe]

" Never be satisfied "

[THUNDERGOD]

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."
~James Dean~

[Zody]

"When you are down on your back, if you can look up, you can get up." - Les Brown

[elitaliafero]

my times are nearly the same as yrs... but mile is 4:58, 800 is same though...

Your **** is weak. I used to run the 800m in 1:54 in HIGHSCHOOL.

[SPC_Kurtz]

Not so much a quote but it's the Soldiers Creed and it drives me every day.

I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team.
I serve the people of the United States, and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills.
I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy, the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.

[selfhelp123]

Some of my contributions to motivate forum members.

Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
couple on the elliptical- Nigerien Proverb

The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
– Allard Lowenstein, twentieth-century American diplomat

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in…
– Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
– Chinese Proverb

You must motivate yourself EVERYDAY.
– Matthew Stasior

The best motivation always comes from within.
– Michael Johnson

Keep smiling:)


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[KYmo]

"if hard work pays off then easy work is worthless"

"the competitor to be feared the most does not worry about others at all, but goes on making himself better every day"

[industree]

"The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender"
-William Booth

[selfhelp123]

People are inspired by different motivational factors to take actions they may otherwise not take. But, there are three most common motivational factors, each of which has the ability to cause even the most unmotivated person to take an action. These are fear, desire and need. Fear has the capability to make even the most lackadaisical person get motivated. On the other hand, desires are based on personal want and not necessities. Desire brings self-motivation in a person. Whereas, the need of a person urges him/her to take action.

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It’s great to be great, but its greater to be human." – Will Rogers
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." – William B. Sprague



Keep yourself motivated!

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[kglic1]

"Best Better Rest, Never rest until best is better and better is best."

Have this written above my bed on the cieling and on the back of my door

never rest


"If you cant sacrifice for your dream, THEN ITS NOT YOUR DREAM!"

[selfhelp123]

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own.
Latin Proverb

Silence does not always mark wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

No man was ever wise by chance.
Seneca

Not to know at large of things remote
From use, obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.
John Milton

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
Menander

The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom,
in the heart.
William Hazlitt

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
John Tillotson


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[Rafiki.]

"A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own."

this quote does not make any sense to me at all

[whappend12]

Pain is weakness leaving the body

Blood and sweat is a key to hard work

[n3rmin]

my favorite quote which I go by, I don't think that ive seen it on here yet:

"create your memories".

[M6_nemesis]

If you are born fat blame the genetics; if u die fat blame yourself !

[selfhelp123]

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher.


Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John Muir

First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau


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[SteezyChr]

"If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone."
"I am formed by nature for my own good: I am not formed for my own evil."
-Epictetus

"Everything is right for me, which is right for you, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which comes in due time for you. Everything is fruit to me which your seasons bring, O Nature. From you are all things, in you are all things, to you all things return."

"If you work at that which is before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping your divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back immediately; if you hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now according to nature, speaking heroic truth in every word which you utter, you will live happy. And there is no man able to prevent this."
-Marcus_Aurelius

[selfhelp123]

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt


It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. ~Sally Field


Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance. ~Author Unknown


Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven.
~William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well


A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. ~David Brinkley


It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. ~Author Unknown


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[HALTEH]

terrorists do bicep curls, don't be a terrorist.

stronger people are harder to kill, and in general, just more useful.

don't date your clients, don't train your girlfriends.

cheat on your girlfriends, not on your workouts.

don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork

Be the Hammer, Not the Nail

I like to let my lifting do the talking - Ed Coan

[ladymystique]

If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it,
If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it,
If life seems all empty and useless without it
And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
If gladly you'll sweat for it,
Fret for it,
Plan for it,
Lose all your terror of God or man for it,
If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,
With all your capacity,
Strength and sagacity,
Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,
If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain
Of body or breain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you besige and beset it, Youll get it!

-The Secret of The Ages
Robert Collier

[n3rmin]

" There are days when you feel like You don't have a home. No family or anything to Lean on. Your best friend can't even Spot you a buck. That is why the Gym is my true home. The bench is always there for me to lean on, and a complete starnger will always Spot me. "

enjoy

great quote and in my case a lot of truth behind it.

[Adampff]

Lift Heavy, Eat Well, Sleep Often, Live STRONG - Me

I hope you like it.

Keep up with the quotes everyone! They are great!

[DerekKirbow]

"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Roosevelt

"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds."
Rollins

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."
Arnold


Love these quotes and hope that one day I can get them on posters.

What are you favorites?

arnold has some good quotes...love this one

[DerekKirbow]

check the signature....fav quote ever

nice prefontaine quote

[DerekKirbow]

here are just some of the ones i have collected over the past year... feel free to add your favorites to the list





the only place were 'success' comes before 'work' is in the dictionary

Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated

"Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights." Ronnie Coleman

"It's a lifestyle - train like there's no finish line."

"You focus your mind to train your body and the changes that begin to take place impact your mind as well. Dream it, believe it, and you will achieve it."

WORK NOT TO LOOK GOOD, BUT MAKE OTHERS LOOK BAD

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

"Be proud, but never satisfied."

"If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got."

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" - Magic Johnson, NBA Star

"Pain is temporary, pride is forever" - Unknown

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion." - Muhammad Ali, Boxer

"Try and fail is the manner of losers; try and learn is the way of the strong." - Unknown

"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!" - Unknown

"Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve." - Stella Juarez Author

"Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger" - Micheal S. Kirby

"If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life - this is also 'playing' the game!" - Emily Post

"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope" - Norman Cousins Author

"That which does not kill me makes me stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher, Poet, and Classical Philologist

"Fall down seven times, get up eight" -Chinese proverb

"There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Success must be felt within before it can be seen on the outside." - Unknown

"There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them." - Ralph Marston, Author and Publisher of The Daily Motivator

"You have to do what others won't to achieve what others don't." - Unknown

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

"Pain is only weakness leaving the body" - Unknown

"Good luck is the result of hard work and preparation" - Unknown

"Strength is the product of struggle" - Unknown

"The race goes not only to the swift nor the contest to the strong, but that's the way to bet your money" - Unknown

"How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?" -Jason Bishop, About Bodybuilding Reader

"Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you" - Ovid

"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground" - Unknown

"It's about mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter" -Unknown

"Tough times don't last. Tough people do." - Unknown

"We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It's not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist." Vince McConnell

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent." -Arnold Schwarzenegger

"There are only two options regarding commitment, You're either in or your out. There's no such thing as life in between." - Anonymous

Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." -Anonymous

"It's never too late to become what you might have been". -George Elliot

"Belief triggers the power to do" -David Schwartz

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent." - Marilyn vos Savant, Columnist

"It's about mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter" -Unknown

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horne, Singer

"The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. - Brian Tracy, Motivational speaker

"Your body hears everything your mind says." - Naomi Judd, Singer/Songwriter

"The man who has no imagination has no wings. " - Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion, Peace Ambassador

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." -Wayne Gretzky, Professional Hockey Player

"The harder you work, the luckier you get." -Gary Player, Golfer

"Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do" - John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning form failure. - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State

"I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big." - Donald Trump, Entrepreneur

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courage." - Anais Nin

"Quitters never win and winners never quit " - anonymous

"To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift" Steve Prefontaine, runner

"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes."- Chinese Proverb

"Things do not change. We change." - Henry David Thoreau, Author/Philosopher

Hard work is a two-way street. You get back exactly what you put in.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place."

"Many people believe things happen to a reason, well I say go out and make those things happen

try and fail but dont fail to try

"You give what you give, what you dont give is lost forever, this day will never come again"

"I have found iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me. It never runs. Friends may come and go but two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength, Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, its impossible to turn back, the iron never lies to you.

"Just say to yourself... how bad do I want this? Am I working harder than the person who will be standing next to me?"

The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

"Limitations are for people that have them and excuses are for people that need them." ? Unknown

I have seen your Ronnie Coleman quote many times...so true

[DerekKirbow]

Look at my signature.

is your sig there?

[DerekKirbow]

Some of these are paraphrased. Also, don't know the origins of most of them. I'm certainly not claiming to be the author of them.

" There's no pill or shake that can replace hard work"
"The weak and unwilling go on holiday to a little place called too hard"
"If it is to be, it is up to me"
" Successful people are those who do things that others are unwilling to"
" If trophies were meant to be easy to come by, everyone would get a trophy"

"Every day I look in the mirror, I make a new starting point"

"Curls get the girls"- Reffering to Bicep curls.

unfortunately today so many pc people give trophies to everyone...they often become meaningless

[roadrunner0822]

"Single-minded to the point of obsession." - co-worker

[breadfan1982]

"It's full speed or nothing, I'm taking down whatever is in my way" - Metallica
"Pain is weakness leaving the body" - Unknown
"Never let anything stop you, but make sure everything motivates you" - Me

[brandon07]

When you were born, everyone around you was smiling and you were crying. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.

It's not where you came from...it's where you're going...It's not what's on you...but what's in you...it's not what you're driving it's what drives you that's important.

No great work is impossible. The word it self says I'm possible

To give anything less then your best is to sacrifice the gift

Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible.

There's this lost cause I believe in called myself

Some people make things happen, some watch while things happen, and some wonder "What happened?" Which type of person are you?

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have!

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic!

Everyday I beat my previous my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Our eyes were put in the front of our heads, so we look to where we are going not to where we have been.

Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while other stay awake and do them

The road to success is always under construction.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

[TIMXXX]

I have my fav quote tattooed on me.

"The world is yours"

[cman123]

This one is kinda long and i took it from the 5/3/1 manual, but i have to say its pretty much the most motivating thing ive read on the subject of weightlifting.



1. Warm-up: foam rolling, static stretching and jumping rope (or something similar).
2. Lift Weights: 5/3/1; keep it basic and strong.
3. Condition: Run hills, push Prowler.
That’s it. Do this 3-4 times a week and you won’t fall into the trap of being normal. You’ll be strong, healthy and in shape. You won’t make New Year’s resolutions because you’ll be living it every day. You can eat that final piece of pie and not count carbs because you just ran 20 hill sprints for the third time this week. You can wake up and not feel like **** because you’ve actually taken the time to foam roll and stretch. You actually have some traps from deadlifting. You don’t fall for fitness trends, because you know what works. You stop caring what people say on the internet, because you’re always making progress. You’re always moving forward toward something. People ask you how to train, and you answer, “I look at what you do, and then I do the exact opposite.” You’ll actually be able to move because your feet will be fast from jumping rope. You won’t be out of breath all the time. You’ll be able to take on any physical activity you want. You’ll be different once you’ve spent time straining to get a rep PR in the squat or pushed a Prowler for 40 minutes. Dealing with the idiots at work or your boss will no longer be an issue. It’s hard to bring a man down after he’s had three weeks of personal records in the gym. It’s hard to get mad at the guy who cuts you off in traffic after you’ve left your lunch on top of the hill after bear crawling up it. Who cares about all that meaningless stuff? When your training and your life are moving forward, you certainly won’t. It doesn’t take a lot to do this. You already give 8-10 hours a day to your boss and to your work. To boredom and to people and organizations that couldn’t care less about you. Then your family and friends get the rest of your time.
What about you? Do you really think so little of yourself that you can’t sacrifice an hour or two, 3-4 days a week, for yourself? This “me” time isn’t spent shopping, watching TV or getting on the internet. You’re spending it reinvesting in your body, building strength, and building
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character. Kicking ass and training consistently – and with some balance – will do wonders for both your body and your mind. Get rid of all the meaningless crap in your life and your training. Get rid of the things that bleed your energy in the weight room and in life. What’s better for you? The Prowler or a stroll on the treadmill? What do you think is going to make you better? Don’t fall for the crap that people are peddling on message boards, in magazines or on TV. Get your **** in order, and get your training in order. Start kicking ass, and take out the crap that doesn’t matter. Start doing and believing in the stuff that works, and do it today and forever. You want science and studies? **** you. I’ve got scars and blood and vomit. This is a call to arms for some of you. It is for me, too. Stop all the things that make you a pussy and steal your energy. Get your life back.

[Awhat]

This one is kinda long and i took it from the 5/3/1 manual, but i have to say its pretty much the most motivating thing ive read on the subject of weightlifting.

thats mad as.

[mrbromage]

the pain of discipline is nothing compared to the pain of dissapointment and regret

[LOWTESTOSTERONE]

some great ones here

[SirHugeAlot]

One of my favourite quotes.

"I missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot, and missed. I failed over, and over, and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." ~Michael Jordan

[wrstlr152]

"If you cant sacrifice for your dream, then its not your dream"

i like that one... heres one of my fav. "death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily"

[Epst]

"When I am before God at the end of my life, I hope I am on hand and knees, without a single bit of strength left in my body, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'"

[medic1998]

Here are the two I live by.....

"Self discipline begins with mastery of your thoughts. If you cant control what you think, you cant control what you do."

"Pain is weakness leaving the body"

[swmp9]

This one is kinda long and i took it from the 5/3/1 manual, but i have to say its pretty much the most motivating thing ive read on the subject of weightlifting.

I like it, especially then end of it. Very nice add to the thread!

[PTCFAIRFIELD]

It's not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep movin' forward. "Rocky"

[LeafsFan91]

Not sure if this was posted or not but it is one of my favorites: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" it was said by some ncaa basketball coach.. but more recently by Kevin Durant

[MatPr]

One of my all time favorites:

“I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.” -Aristotle

And a few other good ones:

"Why are you worried about death?
Only the gods are immortal anyway,
What men do is nothing, so fear is never
Justified." -Gilgamesh

"Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory." -Sun Tzu

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein

“He who argues his limitations gets to keep them.” -Richard Bach

'We rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us.' - Romans 5:3

[QT]

I will not settle for less than what I dream.

[Diesel_B]

Some of my favorites:

My signature is one of my favorites for sure,

"Live for nothing, or die for something" -Rambo
"The will to win is important, the will win to prepare is vital" -Joe Paterno
"No strength within, no respect without" -Uknown
"I am the maestro of my bodies symphony" -Me
"To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear" -Prince Gautama Siddharta
"Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished" -Prince Gautama Siddharta
"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions" -J. F. Clarke

[beast.like]

Some very motivational quotes in here.

[CuriousDO]

"The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching." -
-- Anson Dorrance

[brandon07]

"The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching." -
-- Anson Dorrance


I love this!!

[Delaford321]

man, these are all so great. I am new to this community and these words of inspiration are just what I need to remind me why I am here. thank you every one!

[Rune44]

When I run, I am running as if I am running towards someone attacking my family.

When I lift, I am lifting the weight that is about to crush my child.

Every workout you do is preparation for a time where it really matters. If you do not train like someone's life depends on you, what will you do when one does?

[Deep_Squat]

"The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a discrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for" - Benjamin Mays 1895-1984


I don't think it's bragging because frankly the average person couldn't care two ****s and isn't impressed by MMA or martial arts in general.
If you want to get laid, learn to play the guitar, rescue puppies for a living, etc...

If you don't live for something you'll die for nothing

This is what prizefighting is supposed to be at its apex: elite fighters daring to prove the extent of their greatness. There's a reason why crusty octogenarian boxing scribes champion the days of Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong and Roberto Duran, and eschew overmanaged modern champions. They sought challenges and accomplished brilliant feats in the ring. They didn't do it without failure, but those prospects never kept them from fighting. They understood, however consciously, that the absence of failure should not be confused with greatness.- Jordan Breen of Sherdog.com

I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. I will run.Period.You may have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier and all those things, but if we get on the treadmill, then you are goin to get off first or I am goin to die. It’s that simple. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is the one that get’s all those loose balls. The commodity that I see in most people that aren’t getting to the places they want or aren’t achieving the things they want is strictly based on hustle, strictly based on being outworked, strictly based on missing the right oppurtunities. I always say if you are stay ready, you ain’t going to have to get ready."
- Will Smith

[Deep_Squat]

Manliness in danger of extinction

By Zach Parks

I pump iron, because iron-pumping is manly.

I returned to Oxford after a long winter break to find that my gym had been taken over by idiots. Every January these collar-popping pansies pollute my gym in hopes of gaining last-minute beach muscle in time for spring break. Then, by March they're gone. This futile attempt to reverse a semester of binge drinking is turning my palace of testosterone into a combination of TRL and the Mickey Mouse Club, this annual phenomenon also illustrates the general lack of manliness in today's society. Kids these days lack the sufficient couth, persistence and sportsmanship to maintain a grueling, manly year-round workout. These girly-men need to get the hell out of my gym.

I miss days of our grandfathers, back when men were real men.

Back then the game of dodgeball was played with rocks and the game of dodgerock was played with knives. I miss the days when everyone was a badass.

Somehow between then and now fate decided to take a steaming hot dump all over Darwin's grave as a generation of salty war veterans gave way to a generation of scarf-wearing vaginas.

It hurts me to think that for years society stands idly painting its fingernails while icons like Clint Eastwood are replaced by wieners like Ryan Seacrest. If these generations of manly men were still alive they would spit tobacco juice in Ryan Seacrest's face and then make him wash and wax their Trans Am.

Back in the good old days things were much simpler. Back then you could walk into a caf and not be totally confused. This is because back then it didn't matter if you were trying to order, cappuccino, mocha latte or espresso they were all called the same thing, scotch.

Back then four out of five doctors recommended smoking. This isn't because of doctor's ignorance to the dangers of smoking. This is because lungs used to be much more manly. Lungs used to be a manly shade of black instead of a girly shade of pink. But these days our lungs have devolved into an advanced state of weenie-ism making us incapable of enjoying rich tobacco goodness.

When manly men aren't eating pieces of **** like you for breakfast they're eating sausage wrapped in bacon, wrapped in more bacon and topped with a fried egg, and they wash it down with a glass of bacon grease, topped off with a doctor recommended cigarette.

Look at any grumpy old man and the first thing you'll notice is that he smells like a medium-sized pile of garbage that is sitting on top of a large-sized pile of garbage. This is because of years and years of stink that has built up from a combination of bare-knuckle boxing and bare-knuckle lumberjacking.

Wimps, weenies and vegetarians are ruining our great nation. America is on a downward spiral, we've got a fever and the only prescription is scotch, red meat and lumberjacks.

[BasRutten]

Manliness in danger of extinction

By Zach Parks

I pump iron, because iron-pumping is manly.

I returned to Oxford after a long winter break to find that my gym had been taken over by idiots. Every January these collar-popping pansies pollute my gym in hopes of gaining last-minute beach muscle in time for spring break. Then, by March they're gone. This futile attempt to reverse a semester of binge drinking is turning my palace of testosterone into a combination of TRL and the Mickey Mouse Club, this annual phenomenon also illustrates the general lack of manliness in today's society. Kids these days lack the sufficient couth, persistence and sportsmanship to maintain a grueling, manly year-round workout. These girly-men need to get the hell out of my gym.

I miss days of our grandfathers, back when men were real men.

Back then the game of dodgeball was played with rocks and the game of dodgerock was played with knives. I miss the days when everyone was a badass.

Somehow between then and now fate decided to take a steaming hot dump all over Darwin's grave as a generation of salty war veterans gave way to a generation of scarf-wearing vaginas.

It hurts me to think that for years society stands idly painting its fingernails while icons like Clint Eastwood are replaced by wieners like Ryan Seacrest. If these generations of manly men were still alive they would spit tobacco juice in Ryan Seacrest's face and then make him wash and wax their Trans Am.

Back in the good old days things were much simpler. Back then you could walk into a caf and not be totally confused. This is because back then it didn't matter if you were trying to order, cappuccino, mocha latte or espresso they were all called the same thing, scotch.

Back then four out of five doctors recommended smoking. This isn't because of doctor's ignorance to the dangers of smoking. This is because lungs used to be much more manly. Lungs used to be a manly shade of black instead of a girly shade of pink. But these days our lungs have devolved into an advanced state of weenie-ism making us incapable of enjoying rich tobacco goodness.

When manly men aren't eating pieces of **** like you for breakfast they're eating sausage wrapped in bacon, wrapped in more bacon and topped with a fried egg, and they wash it down with a glass of bacon grease, topped off with a doctor recommended cigarette.

Look at any grumpy old man and the first thing you'll notice is that he smells like a medium-sized pile of garbage that is sitting on top of a large-sized pile of garbage. This is because of years and years of stink that has built up from a combination of bare-knuckle boxing and bare-knuckle lumberjacking.

Wimps, weenies and vegetarians are ruining our great nation. America is on a downward spiral, we've got a fever and the only prescription is scotch, red meat and lumberjacks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLbwdplF5U

[thepatbrown]

I read an article with Hugh Jackman about training for his role in ex men. He said he chose having a clear vision of who he was becoming over setting goals. Then I thought about "the secret" And then I was reminded of this quote I read in "The Artists Way"

"Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage."
-Claude Bristol

It's short, profound, and has a poetic simplicity about it.

[Mikimbin]

good sticky!

[SteezyChr]

Watch your thoughts; they become words
Watch your words; they become actions
Watch your actions; they become habits
Watch your habits; they become character
Watch your character; it becomes your Destiney

[Vasarian]

Not completly true but love it

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

[KHM914]

success is not final failure is not fatal its the courage to continue that counts

[jpladers40]

"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and **** the prom queen..."

God I love that one! =)

[HALTEH]

The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!

Want a bigger chest? Train your legs.

Light Days; What is that? Some kind of tampon?

[LawlKing]

"You can make all the excuses you want, but your the one who decided how to live your life"

[txetoxic]

"Don't tell god how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your god is."

Amazing quote, even though I'm really not religious at all.

[Beerme58]

"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and **** the prom queen..."

God I love that one! =)

i love that one too!

[Beerme58]

The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!

Want a bigger chest? Train your legs.

Light Days; What is that? Some kind of tampon?

ha i like that light one

[Zody]

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley


If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. ~Joey Adams


Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato


Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body. ~Cher


There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. ~Thomas de Quincey


The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck! ~Author Unknown


Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch


A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh


The word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, "If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it jumping up and down." ~Rita Rudner


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


A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. ~A.A. Milne


I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise. ~Chauncey Depew, also sometimes attributed in slightly different wording to Mark Twain


I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. ~Ellen DeGeneres


Commit to be fit. ~Author Unknown


It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero


My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit. ~Phyllis Diller


Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps. ~Author Unknown


Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out. ~Norman Mailer


Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate. ~Author Unknown


An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school. ~David Walters


I consider exercise vulgar. It makes people smell. ~Alec Yuill Thornton


Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught,
The wise, for cure, on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend.
~John Dryden


People say that losing weight is no walk in the park. When I hear that I think, yeah, that's the problem. ~Chris Adams


If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor. ~Christiaan Barnard


I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street. ~Neil Armstrong on jogging, in an interview with Walter Cronkite


If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise. ~Author Unknown


I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. ~Mark Twain


Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia. ~Barbara Ehrenreich


Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes. ~Robert M. Hutchins

[Burtle005]

What's the quote where it has something about a complete stranger coming over to spot you in the gym?? I've seen it on here before, but can't seem to find it now..Sorry I don't really remember much of it. Just that it was something about a friend and how a complete stranger will spot you in the gym or what not. Thanks guys.

[Zody]

What's the quote where it has something about a complete stranger coming over to spot you in the gym?? I've seen it on here before, but can't seem to find it now..Sorry I don't really remember much of it. Just that it was something about a friend and how a complete stranger will spot you in the gym or what not. Thanks guys.

this one?


" There are days when you feel like You don't have a home. No family or anything to Lean on. Your best friend can't even Spot you a buck. That is why the Gym is my true home. The bench is always there for me to lean on, and a complete starnger will always Spot me. "

enjoy

[drama01]

http://i35.tinypic.com/33conz4.png

[localstommy]

We will never give up, give it our all till we fall like tears. Give it till they retreat and suffer defeat.

[filipino85]

"The world says masculinity is what you can consume. How much beer you can drink. How many women you can conquer. How much iron can you push. But it's really not about what you can consume -- it's about what you can produce. What kind of legacy can you leave and how can you impact people around you. Thats what it's all about, in my opinion."

-Mark Dugdale in June 2010 MuscleMag

[T.KELL]

not sure if this ones been said yet (not ready through 21 pages....lol)

The best thing for your heart is humping and pumping -Arnold

and i thought about this one, i'm sure it's been said somewhere else:

The hardest muscle to overcome is the brain.

[abroon]

i just want to say thx for some f'ing amazing qutoes
gets me motivated

[koh19]

My all-time favorite quote:

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Steve Prefontaine

[Mason.James]

There isn't a supplement that helps you to become a champion and do what you have to do in there to look good out here -me

[COL Whiplash]

" There are days when you feel like You don't have a home. No family or anything to Lean on. Your best friend can't even Spot you a buck. That is why the Gym is my true home. The bench is always there for me to lean on, and a complete starnger will always Spot me. "

enjoy

Reps if anyone knows who's quote this is

[panditnpehelwan]

"What we do in life echoes in eternity...
Strength and honor!"
- Maximus Decimus Meridius
(Movie - Gladiator)

[graffiti36]

"where the weak fail, the strong will prevail"

[JeffyDOS]

"Rome wasn't built in a day."

[rkesh88]

Reps if anyone knows who's quote this is

Henry Rollins said it i believe in his article about the iron

[nP4BlacK0uT]

great quotes great topic thanks to all!

[scott937]

"What's worth the prize is always worth the fight"

[Sam11159]

"Ain't nothing to it but to do it!"

[MisterBucket]

"You have to be willing to bite off more than you can chew, to overdose, and to fail. If you won't risk the answer you won't ask the question. If you lack the will to ask then consciousness will not unite with muscle and bone. I criticize such a lack of will (especially in myself) and ask, "What's the worst that can happen?" The fearful part of me replies, "I may fall short of my expectations. I may not be who I pretend to others. My perception of self may be proven wrong, very wrong." The confident part of me says, "So what ... only after breaking myself apart may rebuilding begin." So go ahead, break stuff. Break yourself on the once-hard edges of yourself. And recycle the debris into the foundation of your future."

[Valenzuelatech]

Amidst all the annoying farmville updates I see on facebook, I saw this one the other day:

"If you want it bad enough you will find a way; If you don't, you will find an excuse."

[lotto10]

The weak will take the easy way out, while the strong will suffer through the hard way until the goal is met. note to the weak, start with a goal.

[-Dmt.]

"No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of wich his body is capable"

Socrates (469 - 399 BC)

Sry if repost.

[T.KELL]

"No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of wich his body is capable"

Socrates (469 - 399 BC)

Sry if repost.

good one! rep'd

[Kratos21]

life is 10 % of what happens to you, 90% is how you deal with it - Unknown

[jsteczko]

There are so many posts here that I don't know if somebody else before me wrote these citations. I like many quotes but this one is inspiring me most:

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great" - Les Brown

This one is also interesting:

"You never eat by accident..." - Zig Ziglar

And here is another one, very powerful:

"When you think you have done everything you can to achieve your goal and you think that there is nothing more you can do, you are only a few millimeters from achieving it" - Anthony Robbins

[Chocolate-Wheysted]

There is no such thing as over-training, there is such a thing as under sleeping and under-eating.

[sloanie622]

“The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.” - prefontaine

“A lot of people run to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.”
- prefontaine

“You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”
- prefontaine

“How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'Your too small Pre', 'Your not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN.”
- prefontaine

“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.”
- prefontaine

"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it."
- prefontaine

^^^^^
I kept all these quotes in the back of my head while running track back in high school. Recently bought my brother a shirt one of the quotes on it to wear to meets and practice. Helped me get mentally focused during practice and before races.



“All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will
say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough, they’ll
say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play
this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no, a thousand times no
until all the no’s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no,
quite firmly & very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.”

[Provethemwrong]

HARD WORK-SACRIFICE

"You start with a dream. But without hard work, you may end up with
nothing but the dream. Hold onto your dreams. They're important. The
ideal situation, however, is to go out and make those dreams come true.
Only you can do this; nobody else can do it for you. If you're willing to
work hard and make the necessary sacrifices, you can do it. Hard work's
constant companion is sacrifice. To get the edge, you have to be willing to
pay the price for success. This means practicing according to a schedule,
and not when you feel like it or when it's convenient. If you're serious
about reaching your goal, you must be willing to practice when you'd rather
be doing something else. Make the sacrifice. Work hard. Do what it takes
in practice to be a winner."

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody!" -Rocky

If you think you're beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost;
For out in the world we find
Success being with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself
Before you can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late, the one who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.


Let others lead small lives,
but not you.
Let others argue over small things,
but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts,
but not you.
Let others leave their future
in someone else's hands,
but not you.

[C306]

Can anyone give me quotes about working HARDER and being more DEDICATEED than someone, or everyone? One person specifically.

[Provethemwrong]

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

"OBSESSED is just a word the lazy use to describe the DEDICATED"

"For every person who doubts you, tell you that you will fail, try twice as hard to prove them wrong."

"Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped."

[Chand006]

"Gravity is a pussy, i'm about to make it my b*tch"

[Adampff]

I saw these quotes in the Hulks Motivational Thread.

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle." ~Unknown

"While I can run, I'll run; while I can walk, I'll walk; when I can only crawl, I'll crawl. But by the grace of God, I'll always be moving forward." ~ Cavett Robert

[HockeyAddict]

" There are days when you feel like You don't have a home. No family or anything to Lean on. Your best friend can't even Spot you a buck. That is why the Gym is my true home. The bench is always there for me to lean on, and a complete stranger will always Spot me. "

enjoy

speechless

[Chocolate-Wheysted]

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

[Chocolate-Wheysted]

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

[Zody]

" There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is to turn around and say - watch me " ;)

[Chuck2600]

"Be all you can be" - The marines comercial

"Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work" - Booker T Washington

" Just Give ERRR" - anonymous

[Zody]

"When the shirt goes off the bull**** stops'' - Luke Wood.

[Nevergiveup95]

man these are soo inspirational!

[LivinUnlucky]

Dwell not in the past, dont worry for the future but rather live in the present- Buddha i like this quote simply cause i often find myself stressing over something ive done and how it is gonna affect the future...ive found that rarely can you change something you done in the past all you can do is learn from it and move on

[TheStender]

“I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.”
-Og Mandino

[C306]

I saw this one on YouTube, like it alot...

"Everything you do, every single decision you make, either takes you a step closer or a step further away from your goal. You either grow or you regress; nothing stands still." -Animal

[Tony82]

"if your mind keeps throwing up roadblocks, just know you can drive right through 'em."

"The cowards never started and the weak died along the way"

[weak704]

4 sets of 8 get you laid

[thesouthernson]

"Some people in the gym ask me if it is healthy what I does, everyday. I laugh at so stupid questions. It is not important that it is healthy to me. It is important that I get big muscles." --Markus Ruhl.

[Chocolate-Wheysted]

Fall in love, or fallin hate. Get inspired or be depressed. Ace a test or flunk a class. Make babies or make art. Speak the truth or lie and cheat. Dance on tables or sit in the corner. Life is devine chaos. Embrace it. Forgive yourself. Breathe and enjoy the ride....

[Adampff]

“Of every one hundred men, Ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are nothing but targets, Nine are real fighters...We are lucky to have them...They make the battle. Ah, but the One, One of them is a Warrior...and He will bring the others back." -Hericletus (circa 500 B.C.)

"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there."

"It's never too late to become what you might have been"

"I am your constant companion,I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.
Half of the tasks that you do, you may as well turn them over to me
and I will do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed, you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done;
after a few lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great people and alas of all failures as well.

Those who are great I have made great, those who are failures I have made failures.
I am not a machine, but I work with all the precision of a machine,
plus the intelligence of a person.
Now you may run me for profit or you may run me for ruin.
It makes no difference to me.

Take me, Train me, be firm with me, and I will lay the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.

Who am I? I am called Habit."

"Never say the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon"

"When I open up my eyes every morning I am different from myself, my mind thinks clouded thoughts. I walk through the halls a simple man, numbing almost. It’s not until I almost feel the pain I start to become centered. Walking up these steps to the doors of my gym I can already smell it. Something in the air. My body knows the torture it is about to endure. Inside I hear the steel plates and bars smacking into each other. Already my body starts to come alive. Before I even pick up a weight I can already feel the energy racing through my veins like poison. It is here my mind becomes grounded, my body becomes whole again… I become alive."

"Remember to always shoot for the moon, because even if you miss you will still be amongst the stars"

[HALTEH]

"Some people in the gym ask me if it is healthy what I does, everyday. I laugh at so stupid questions. It is not important that it is healthy to me. It is important that I get big muscles." --Markus Ruhl.

hahaha, repped.

markus is theeee man.

[danhack]

Go Ali!!!!

[Masle]

Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute. It may last for an hour. It may last for a day, or it may even last for a year. But, eventually, it will subside and something else will take it's place. If you quit, it will last forever.

[Fkn_Jackd_]

“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

"Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.”-Joel Barker

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."- Robert Collier

"Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing."-Robert Collier

"If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be." -Robert Collier

"Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create!" -Robert Collier

"Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out." -Robert Collier

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." -Muhammad Ali

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."-Muhammad Ali

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality." -Winston Churchill

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." -Abraham Lincoln

"At first you may set out to climb to the top of the mountain, but deep inside you realize you may never make it to the top because only very few have ever made it, but its the joy of the climb that makes it all worth it." -Me

[C306]

"'Giving 100%' is giving it everything you have, and more" - Me

[ProGains]

"Whatever you need to do to succeed, just do it."

[Zody]

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

Quoted from page 10.

[b~rad]

"Whatever you need to do to succeed, just do it."

thats deep bro

[MAGnitude]

"'Giving 100%' is giving it everything you have, and more" - Me

i thought that was giving it 110% ;)

[Nevergiveup95]

Impossible is Nothing.

Grip it and rip it.

[Nevergiveup95]

"What's worth the prize is always worth the fight"

THIS.
repped

[LittleLexo]

I think about these when i am in the gym and dont know if i can do the last set. From my all time top movie Never Back Down

I'm gonna stop this guy, win, lose... it makes no difference, it ends tonight. This is my fight. Everyone's got one...

If you gonna be the best, you have to take out the best

It's on you, always has been, always will be.

Baja Miller: Walking away and giving up are not the same thing.
Jake Tyler: Good, 'cause I'm not doing either one.

Win or Lose... Everyone Has Their Fight

[EATbigLIFThard]

My favorites -

"life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it"

"Be proud, but never satisfied"

"I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.

I asked for health, that I might do great things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.

I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might become wise.

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need for God.

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given Life, that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers and true needs were fulfilled.

I am, among all men, most richly blessed"

[BostonUrMyHome]

It doesn't matter how many times you fall down...What matters most is how many times you rise....Mistakes build character...And character takes you places money can't

[iBrooklyn]

Tired is just weakness leaving the body

[Jibbin.Rails]

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” Thomas J Watson


“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Maya Angelou

[Mayorga160]

I think over the couple years my most motivational quote would have to be "I was good today, I'll be better tommorow.."

[healthydieting]

"You can either learn from an enlightened master(yang) or the devil himself(yin)"

[hans9]

Here's something i just came up with

"People who succeed dare to do what is impossible and sticks with it, people who fail are those who don't dare or quit daring the impossible"

[mercy01]

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"

[spud1345]

If you want success as badly as you want to breathe.... Then you will be successful

[Tank3870]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" Thomas Edison

[Sweatness24]

I was good today, I'll be better tommorow, my good is always getting better and my better is always become the best, i wont live today off of yesturdays success its a everyday thing for me

i wrote that, i mean i used the guy above me's quote that said i was good today ill be better tomorrow, but i added some of my own thoughts into it. this thread is really helpful i get on here everyday before school and check quotes

[3dj]

"If you have a strong enough WHY you can bear almost any HOW"

The secret to staying motivated at times is not just having a goal, it’s establishing the "reason why" you want that goal - it is the purpose behind the goal.

[BamaBruce]

the ones in my sig...

[jo_el]

The More We Sweat In Peace, The Less We Bleed In War

[susy99]

I love this quote:
'Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.'
-George S. Patton

, and I cant wait to achieve it.

[djoba]

http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Favorite-Motivational-Quotes

[bryan324]

"Don't let today's disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams" - unknown

"When life puts up a wall lower your shoulder and run through that ****" - me

"If it were easy everyone would do it"

[Greek_G0d]

I love the one in my sig. My favorite one

[pickin101]

Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the rive of truth, and tell the whole world-
“No, you move”
Cap America.

Life getting tough?
Good, means God is afraid of your progress

[tate00]

"You can make things happen, you can watch things happen, or you can sit back and wonder, what hell happened?"

"Everyone has their fight"

"Last time someone gave me some gloves a ass-kickin came with it"

[ITAC24]

"You will be forever altered. But for you, this change began somtime ago when the cold, lifeless steel first touched your palms. You found comfort in the pain. The monotonous reps became your solemn ritual. Where others sought fitness, you found your soul. And now you can see things others cannot. You can see the growth that is spawned from the torture. You can see the freak you are becoming. There are not many who have walked within the walls of this place-some, but your numbers are small... though individually you are imense."

[Moe26]

bodybuilding is an art, you are the artist and ur body is ur master piece
i just wrote that, if anyone can make it look better go ahead i don't mind

[BamaBruce]

"There is no try- only do, or do not"

- a green jumping bean I like to call Yoda

[brandon07]

Ide flex...but I like this shirt

I dont exercise cause I like to sweat. I exercise cause I like to eat.

train insane or remain the same!

Never quit. Never give up. Cause if you do. Will start over.

Discipline is the bridge from goals and accomplishments

Eat. Sleep. Exercise. Nothing else matters.

Your workout is my warm up.

Yes I lift weights. No I wont help you move.

If the bar aint bendin...then your just pretendin

A champion is someone who gets up when they cant.

Exercise...the poor mans plastic surgery

[googlemeosgu]

the only easy day was yesterday

[Nimoy]

Great quotes!

We shall never give up or surrender to our fears.

[MRK20]

subbed...

[angeldevil]

"You will be forever altered. But for you, this change began somtime ago when the cold, lifeless steel first touched your palms. You found comfort in the pain. The monotonous reps became your solemn ritual. Where others sought fitness, you found your soul. And now you can see things others cannot. You can see the growth that is spawned from the torture. You can see the freak you are becoming. There are not many who have walked within the walls of this place-some, but your numbers are small... though individually you are imense."

Great quote!!!! repped

[moojeni]

"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret"

That's the best IMO.

[smith12p]

"Do what others won't to accomplish what others don't."

[350zaddict]

great inspirational quotes... Good work guys.

[frankcole22]

Leeeeroyyy jenkinnnnnns!!!!

[abroon]

short term pain for long term gain

[HeliumTwoPlus]

I went through pretty much every page and compiled a list of my favorite ones. Most of these are reposts. However, I added a few of my own collection.

I'm just putting them in one spot for newcomers to this thread.




The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

"Be proud, but never satisfied."

"If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got."

"Pain is temporary, pride is forever" - Unknown

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion." - Muhammad Ali

"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!" - Unknown

"Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger" - Micheal S. Kirby

"That which does not kill me makes me stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher, Poet, and Classical Philologist

"Fall down seven times, get up eight" -Chinese proverb

"There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them." - Ralph Marston, Author and Publisher of The Daily Motivator

"You have to do what others won't to achieve what others don't." - Unknown

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

"Good luck is the result of hard work and preparation" - Unknown

"Strength is the product of struggle" - Unknown

"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground" - Unknown

"It's about mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter" -Unknown

"Tough times don't last. Tough people do." - Unknown

"It's never too late to become what you might have been". -George Elliot

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." -Wayne Gretzky, Professional Hockey Player

"Quitters never win and winners never quit " - anonymous

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place."

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

"I have found iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me. It never runs. Friends may come and go but two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.

"Limitations are for people that have them and excuses are for people that need them."

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

"The strongest steel is forged with the hottest fire."

"Why do you want it so bad?"
"Because they said I can't have it"

Doubt me, hate me, you're the inspiration I need.

"Never live in the past, but always learn from it."

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

"I will do what you won't today, so I can do what you can't tomorrow."

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

"Discipline weighs an ounce, regret weighs a ton."

"When you're about to give up, remember why you started."

"Hell is when you meet the person you could have been."

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, it empties today of it's strengths."

The trick is to bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell.

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Our Greatest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or he wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly....

...and you will tell them yes."

"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools." -Thucydides

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

"It is better to remain silent on a subject and be thought a fool, then to speak with ignorance and leave no doubt." Abraham Lincoln

In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.

When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"

The best way out is always through.

Never say the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.

Don't try to get to heaven by backing away from hell.

Be strong now because things will get better; it might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever.

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." Sir Winston Churchill

The only easy day was yesterday.

From "Troy"
Messenger Boy: "The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man I've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him."
Achilles: "That's why no one will remember your name."

You pile up enough tomorrows and you'll be left with nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays.

Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

One's limit is only set by their concept of difficulty.

You must show no mercy, nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you, for your greatness shall silence them all.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus

You've only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you've got.

"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other competitors. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese Proverb

No great work is impossible. The word itself says, "I'm possible."

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

“I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.” -Aristotle

The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

"Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."
-George S. Patton

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

Life is short. Art long. Opportunity fleeting. Experience treacherous. Judgment difficult.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing more.

[Joeheim]

If you aint Dippin you must be trippin!

[ZNitz]

great thread

[supaturk]

keep em coming !!!

[Josh.S.79]

"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny."

[makavelicss]

So many people gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross

Worrying give small things a big shadow.

Control your mind or it will control you


These really helped me when overcoming anxiety/OCD, although I still got OCD, but it's no biggie!

[Josh.S.79]

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. ~Woody Allen

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell

In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality. ~Kristian Kan

Success comes in cans, not cant's.

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. ~Ann Landers

Believe in your self, push your limits,experience life, conquer your goals and be happy. ~ ME

[Zody]

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. ~Woody Allen

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell

In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality. ~Kristian Kan

Success comes in cans, not cant's.

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. ~Ann Landers

Believe in your self, push your limits,experience life, conquer your goals and be happy. ~ ME


Quoting for awesomeness. Wonderful quotes bro!! Repped.

I love this one..



The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

[hugohdz88]

Please look at my sig and

-' He who hesitates, is lost'

[Fsambuka]

"I might not be able to lift this now, but I'll keep training till I ****ing can!"

& Sig.

[350zaddict]

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

[IamABeast]

"Champion of the mind. Mind is everything. If you don't believe you can do somthing, then you can't." -Kai Greene(hero of mine, reminds me everything comes down to mental strength)

"The bucket gets filled drop by drop." -Buddah(reminds me to be patient)

"No Pain." -Duke(trainer from Rocky IV,very motivational movie)

"They say no matter how hard you work, there's always a guy somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that guy." -Kevin Garnett(reminds me nothing is more important than working as hard as I can)

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

"Don't mistake activity for achievement." -John Wooden(both remind me to keep focused on my mission,no excuses, no distractions)

[stevep78]

""Desire is the key to motivation,
but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of
your goal- a commitment to excellence- that will enable you to attain
the success you seek." unknown author

[whatevergirl]

So many to name...that I can think of...great thread.

I'd say an oldie but goodie...is nike's ''just do it.'' Really? At the end of the day... Doesn't it just boil down to that? :)

[jelq]

I took the easy way
Turned my back and walked away
Didn't have the courage or the will
Sometimes it's hard to say
Question what I did that day
Now I know I'll hide away no more.

Never again will I hide myself in shadows
Never again will I look the other way
Never again will I take the easy option
Never again, I won't wait another day.

[BackwoodsGa]

in order to get on your feet..you gotta get off your ass.

[Sweatness24]

everything i am everything i stand for comes down to this, hate me, talk **** about me, dog on me go right ahead....your the motivation i need and when i do the one thing all you haters say i cant ill wipe the sweat from my brow and laugh in your face

[Sweatness24]

if you do what people telll you all your life your a slave, do more and your a free man...

[BamaBruce]

everything i am everything i stand for comes down to this, hate me, talk **** about me, dog on me go right ahead....your the motivation i need and when i do the one thing all you haters say i cant ill wipe the sweat from my brow and laugh in your face

repped for sig! LOVE that song!!!

[Sweatness24]

repped for sig! LOVE that song!!!

thanks bro!

[S.T.A.R.S.]

"When I run, I am running as if I am running towards someone attacking my family. When I lift, I am lifting the weight that is about to crush my child. Every workout you do is preparation for a time where it really matters. If you do not train like someone's life depends on you, what will you do when one does?"

[abroon]

If I Lead, Follow Me
...If I Hesitate, Push Me
...If They Kill Me, Avenge Me
...If I Am A Traitor, KILL ME!

[COL Whiplash]

"Champion of the mind. Mind is everything. If you don't believe you can do somthing, then you can't." -Kai Greene(hero of mine, reminds me everything comes down to mental strength)

"The bucket gets filled drop by drop." -Buddah(reminds me to be patient)

"No Pain." -Duke(trainer from Rocky IV,very motivational movie)

"They say no matter how hard you work, there's always a guy somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that guy." -Kevin Garnett(reminds me nothing is more important than working as hard as I can)

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

"Don't mistake activity for achievement." -John Wooden(both remind me to keep focused on my mission,no excuses, no distractions)

That is a great quote. Repped.

[mullerhun]

"Business before pleasure"

[Leigh91]

"Every time you feel like stopping, man the f*ck up."

"Don't Wish it were easier, wish you were better."

"You will never win, because i will never lose."

"I would rather make my name, than inherit it."

"When my body 'shouts' STOP, my mind 'screams' NEVER."

"You run fast? Ill run 10 paces faster. You jump high? Ill jump 3 inches higher. You train hard? Ill train 5 times harder."

"You want to be the best? Train like your the worst."

"You only know your limits once you have gone too far."

"My greatest fear is to be normal."

"If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got."

"I am never satisfied. That is why I'm the best."

"If someone walks all over you, its because your lying down."

[HardWorkandRest]

everything i am everything i stand for comes down to this, hate me, talk **** about me, dog on me go right ahead....your the motivation i need and when i do the one thing all you haters say i cant ill wipe the sweat from my brow and laugh in your face

what song is that?

[Stalli0n]

Stay uncomfortable, be distressed, stay under the knife. If you find yourself sitting down, stand up. If you find yourself walking, run. If you find yourself trying, stop trying and start ****ing doing. If you are sleeping soundly and wandering pleasantly through dreamland, WAKE THE **** UP.

[bking10]

“Of every one hundred men, Ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are nothing but targets, Nine are real fighters...We are lucky to have them...They make the battle. Ah, but the One, One of them is a Warrior...and He will bring the others back." -Hericletus (circa 500 B.C.)

"Crawling is acceptable. Falling is acceptable. Puking is acceptable. Tears are acceptable. Pain is acceptable. Injury is acceptable. -- Quitting is unacceptable."

Next time you're tempted to say you "can't," remember that what you're really saying is, "I don't want to."

"I Will Not Be Outworked. Period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things. You got it on me in nine categories. But, if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm gonna die. It's really that simple."- Will Smith

"Everything you do, every decision you make, either takes you a step closer or a step further away from your goal. You either grow or you regress; nothing stands still."

"My belief is stronger than your doubt.." -D Wade

[Pat369]

My greatest fear is to be inadequate

fill in the blank...maybe some epic quotes in the making?

"My greatest fear is.......... or My greatest fear is to be........"

[Sweatness24]

what song is that?

i wrote that brah lol

[BamaBruce]

thanks bro!

no prob....even though you changed it now lol

[nbafan]

haha gotta love ali

[LC49]

"I only know one man who ever drowned in his own sweat and blood... But you aint' workin' half as hard as he did!"

[jackbezos]

"It is not the critic who counts

What are you favorites?

Critics are your best friends, as long as the criticism is constructive.

[emid727]

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

[schnell123]

I was reading some articles about how basically 100% of dieters fail in the long term. So I came up with this to remind myself to keep going:

"It's a fact that dieters always fail in the long term. It's also a fact that a new lifestyle will always succeed in the long term"

[Josh.S.79]

Here are a few more that I had on my computer.

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson

We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our souls. Winston Churchill

Every artist was first an amateur.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

" One major thing that stands in between you and the fulfillment of your dream is the willingness to start, the courage to move ahead and the faith to finish."

" When times are tough, champions are made by going in for one more round."

" When fear and struggles stare at you, don't give up! These are the times when trials will test your soul and He who stands firm on his grounds shall never falter. You deserve nothing than to believe in yourself. Victory is not easily conquered, but we have strength of determination and will, in the depths our hearts, that will keep us prevailing in every battle that we face. Remember in Life - The harder the efforts you give, the more glorious you will become." Kiplimo Chemirmir

" One good thing about today is that you get to finish what you started yesterday and you get to plant the seed to tomorrow's fruits. You don't finish or start anything on your bed. So get out of bed and go do something because the world waits for you. Stanley Anukege

" The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow." Robert Moore

Successful people don't relax in chairs ... they feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with dreams and wake up with a commitment.

" Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."

[Moe26]

"I only know one man who ever drowned in his own sweat and blood... But you aint' workin' half as hard as he did!"

deep !!
i like it!

[stupidb0y]

If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.

[T-I-M-E]

Not sure if this was posted but I like this one .
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
Edwin Louis Cole

[wolf23447]

He who hesitates is lost.
Great things happen when men meet mountains.

[TheJuggernaut85]

"The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.”

[JackieMM]

In sig

[teslac]

http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Favorite-Motivational-Quotes