Post your motivational quotes!

[getnfit4me]

So I've taken to putting quotes on my fridge and microwave to motivate me and remind me of my goals when I'm about to blow it. I thought it might be cool to hear some that motivate others, plus I need some new ones! It can be a famous quote or just something you've heard or said here on bb.com (remember to give credit if it isn't yours!)

Here's what I have up now:

"Motivation gets you started - habit keeps you going"

(no idea where I heard that, but when I'm thinking about skipping the gym, this gets me there)


"It'll take you 1 hr of a tough, intense, crying workout to even come close to killing the damage your mouth did in 2 minutes." - (MVP on bb.com on blowing your workout by overeating). Thanks MVP, this has kept the cookies out of my mouth more than once.

Go.

[taf1968]

There was a great quote that we used in high school as a motivator for our gymnastics team . . .

"What dreams cost in courage, they give back in glory."

Always liked that one. Can't remember exactly where we got it from--I think it was a poster that someone found related to the 1984 olympics.

EDITED: got the last word wrong originally (it's "glory" not "honor" . . . hey, it's been 20+ years )

[Marius_Ursus]

My sig is the most motivational quote I've ever heard or read.

Another one of my favorites is a halftime speech Vince Lombardi (I think it was Vince Lombardi.) gave his team when they were losing by a wide margin. I don't remember the particulars of the game, but I remember every word of the motivational speech he gave his team.

He walked in and very calmly looked around and said, "Hello, ladies."

Then he turned around and walked out.

The last of my favorites is from my days in the army, "Train as you fight. Fight as you train."

[Oncebitten]

"The only easy day was yesterday" ~ Often heard when I was in the Marines.

[Marius_Ursus]

"The only easy day was yesterday" ~ Often heard when I was in the Marines.

That's painted on a wall at BUD/S, Coronado, too.

Awesome quote.

[Firminator4]

Love the Dempsey quote Marius!

"Victory is what happens when ten thousand hours of training meet up with one moment of opportunity"

[glwanabe]

Dean, Wormer.
"Fat, drunk, and stupid are no way to go through life."


Code of conduct,
"I will never surrender while I, or my men have the means to fight"

Harry Callahan,
"Do ya feel lucky,...well,..do ya,...punk,...go ahead, make my day"


Mr. Hardy, to his kids,
"Kick butt, take names, and don't take crap from anybody"

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Respect is earned, not demanded.

[dbx]

"Suffer the pain of discipline today, or suffer the pain of regret tomorrow."

[rpaul11]

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Respect is earned, not demanded.

I always heard it as

"a leader commands respect not demands respect"

but have always liked that quote

[glwanabe]

I always heard it as

"a leader commands respect not demands respect"

but have always liked that quote

It works no matter how it is phrased, the moral is apparent.

[rpaul11]

It works no matter how it is phrased, the moral is apparent.

absoloutely

[ironwill2008]

"It's the thought of looking like someone who doesn't lift weights that keeps me working out!"- The late Don Ross. RIP, Don.

[StressMonkey]

If I don't go I won't grow! - Read that on a profile on here.

[gbg]

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur c. Clarke

And my signature.

[XX400EX]

''Git R Done''

[bamaborn67]

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

The greatest football coach in history Paul "Bear" Bryant.

[ultim8-one]

If I don't go I won't grow! - Read that on a profile on here.

I actually like this one ......

[runner05]

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


One of my fav quotes though... is the attitude quote in my sig... we all choose our attitude and therefore choose whether we have it all or whether we have nothing...

[IronCamp]

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


One of my fav quotes though... is the attitude quote in my sig... we all choose our attitude and therefore choose whether we have it all or whether we have nothing...

I like the 1 in your sig too Runner!

I like this, but don't know who said it:

"Nothing in the universe stays the way it is. Everything is growing or dying; creating or disintergrating. You're either moving forward or backward."

I also like: "Every day is a new battle."

[steelhorse1971]

Surrender isnt an option,Quiting is the same as surrender.

[blw_redone]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Teddy Roosevelt

I would have had this as my signature but it was too long. To me this is the essence of being a good and noble man, rather, human being.

[phikappa]

Either get busy living or get busy dying.





Actually, one of the most motivating things someone can say to me is, "You can't do it".

[ntrllftr]

It's in my sig.

"Every day counts"

Bodybuilding is a lifestyle, 24/7.
Slack off a day and that opens the door for the competition to
go ahead of you.

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[BuckSpin]

This is one of my favorite inspirational passages/quotes. Its an excerpt from a speech given by President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt at the Sorboone in Paris on April 23, 1910. History now refers to it as "The Man In The Arena".

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[turbomike]

"It doesn't matter what happens to you, but how you react to it."

"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels" also heard it "Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels."

[glwanabe]

Another one I like.

Yoda and Luke Skywalker are having a conversation.

Luke says "I'll try".

Yodo says, NO! Do, or do not, there is no try.

Luke, I don't believe it.

Yoda, That is why you fail.
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If your going to do a thing, you might as well do it the best you can. It does not matter if it is brain surgery or buffing a floor with a power buffer. The quality of a persons work stands as a testemant to his character.

[blw_redone]

Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war!) -- Flavius Vegetius Renatus (ca 390 AD) in Epitoma rei Militaris

[Marius_Ursus]

Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war!) -- Flavius Vegetius Renatus (ca 390 AD) in Epitoma rei Militaris

How about this one?

PROSPICI TIBI UT GALLIA TU QUOQUE EN TRES PARTES DIVIDARIS

[blw_redone]

How about this one?


PROSPICI TIBI UT GALLIA TU QUOQUE EN TRES PARTES DIVIDARIS

Watch out - you might end up divided into three parts, like Gaul.

[Marius_Ursus]

Watch out - you might end up divided into three parts, like Gaul.

Smack is best served in Latin.