Most Motivational Quotes

[etonyx]

"You are the architect of your own destiny."

[robfromsc]

Awesome thread, keep 'em coming.

Here are some of my favorites:

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
-Hamilton Wright Mabie


If you are 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


Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt


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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
-Sun Tzu


Finally, this is a great comic. I've made it a poster and it's hanging by my other motivational posters.
http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus37.html

That comic really almost brought a tear to my eye.... I love it forreal forreal

[mackd]

some have already been said but these would have to be my favourite.

"Impossible is nothing"

"Pain is only weakness leaving the body"

"That that dont kill you, only makes you stronger"

"Bicep curls get the gurls"

"I am what i am, you can like it or love it!"

"If i can't do it, homie it can't be done"

"Lift some weight, eat some steak"

[Mcfaol]

I don't know if its ever been said or if its motivational but it motivates me. Its by me "Without discipline, strength cannot be achieved".

This one is one of my favorites. its short and reminds me of how I think as well.

[MIKE6191]

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."

[IronBuddhist]

Failure is not when you get knocked down. Failure is when you don't get back up.

Something my coach used to say when I boxed. Translates to a lot of things in life though

[strikeCHAOS]

if yu aint first then your last .

also the ones in my sig.

[FL_Z32]

Get better, or get worse.

[foxbody351w]

Weak people get weak results. Success is for the strong.

[FromNowOn]

PASSION
...and Peak Performance!

NOT commitment to excellence...
Rather, utter disdain for anything less!

NOT endless hours of practice...
Instead, PERFECT practice!

NOT ability to cope...
Rather, total domination of EVERY situation in life!

NOT setting goals...
Goals too often prescribe performance limits!

NOT doing what it takes to win...
Instead, a burning commitment to do what no one has ever done, or will ever do again!

NOT need to achieve...
Instead, doing what it takes to EXCEED the bounds of mere convention

NOT force of skill or muscle...
Rather, it’s the explosive, irresistible force of WILL!

-- Dr. Fred Hatfill

[Wellz]

I am William Wallace, and before me, I see a whole ARMY of my countrymen here to battle the English. Ay, fight and you may die, run and you'll live. At least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives.... but they'll never take our freeDOM!!
~~~BRAVEHEART~~~

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
~~~Gladiator~~~

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
~~~Taken~~~

[MattP343]

“The risk of failure, social or physical is paramount because failure and dissatisfaction are the parents of thought -- success and fulfillment do not inspire or require introspection.” Mark Twight (Creator Gym Jones)

"Go until you are actually in fear of your life and then go further." - Mark Twight (Creator Gym Jones)

"Sometimes you can hear your body start talking to you ... 'Oh, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore,' and your mind goes 'shut up body and do what I tell you' and your body is almost like ... revolting against you and saying 'I can't do it, leave me alone, I can't do it, I want to pull over now,' and the mind goes, and the brain goes 'no, no, no, you keep going, you keep going because I want you to do what I tell you to do' and you know, your lungs are burning and you have the little taste of blood in your mouth and your legs are burning, and they don't want to turn around anymore and you know if someone now attacks you will be blown out of the water but you go 'no, I just keep going' and you just keep going and ... you make it happen." - Jens Voigt (2008 Tour De France)

[BPP]

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

The one thing worse than a quitter is the person who is afraid to begin

?There is no gene for the human spirit.?

[shotgunsays]

this ones by a band called guns up! check them out i run and lift to them every day.


"I'M GONNA GET WHAT I WANT, OR I'LL TAKE IT
AIN'T GONNA BE NO SITTING AROUND FOR ME
IF YOU GOT TO TRY,
WHY NOT TRY FOR THE TOP
AND NOT LEAVE UNTIL IT'S DONE"

[PimpnUse2BeEz]

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.
Og Mandino


Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.
Og Mandino


Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Og Mandino


I absolutely love this guys work.

R.I.P. Og

[bodymojo]

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
Abraham Lincoln

[SupremeClientele]

Do something everyday that scares you

[Buckeye07]

Love this thread. Thanks to all the contributors

[Orion.]

I like... All I know is what it did take to make this, all I am is what it will take to break this. ~Thousand Foot Krutch. Rawk-Fist.~

[cib0_madu]

Some nice quotes here, im working on a wallpaper for my laptop, and putting some of these in, as well as some of the pics from the motivational pic thread.

[Orion.]

I'll die to win because I'm born to lose. Breaking Benjamin - Firefly.

Let the past help shape who you will be but never define who you are.

[Mfusick]

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
~~~Gladiator~~~
~~

History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.

NOT commitment to excellence...
Rather, utter disdain for anything less!

good ones

[itsmeguys]

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

-John N. Mitchell

[OTM]

Be intense to be immense - OTM 2008

[NorCalJR]

"Why do we fall?...its so we can learn to pick ourselves up."
-Michael Cain ( Alfred) Batman Begins

[TheJuggernaut85]

"You look in the mirror, and you ask yourself; I am the best? The answer should always be no. Is there someone better out there? The answer should be always be yes. But then everyday you look at that reflection and you say that is who I must beat, I train to beat them. Then one day you beat them; so you find another. There is always someone you need to beat, even if that person ends up being you in the end, suppress yourself and never f**king quit and never accept that you are the best and there is nothing more you can accomplish. On this team, in my weight room, I never want to hear the words 'I am satisfied'. If you squat 405 for the first time I want you to wipe the puke off yourself come over and write down your new goal. Complacency has no place in sports or life. When you think your the best I guarantee that the someone will come over and knock your ass down. You know why? Because he was never satisfied with being the what he thought was his best and kept training like he did in the first place. There is no my best. There is only my former best and my new goal."

This was me on a rant to the team I am a Strength Coach with. Do not know where it came from or how the hell I came up with it but I was pleased to see the open mouth look from the guys and they listened. So I wrote it down and thought I would share.

[wyss34]

"You look in the mirror, and you ask yourself; I am the best? The answer should always be no. Is there someone better out there? The answer should be always be yes. But then everyday you look at that reflection and you say that is who I must beat, I train to beat them. Then one day you beat them; so you find another. There is always someone you need to beat, even if that person ends up being you in the end, suppress yourself and never f**king quit and never accept that you are the best and there is nothing more you can accomplish. On this team, in my weight room, I never want to hear the words 'I am satisfied'. If you squat 405 for the first time I want you to wipe the puke off yourself come over and write down your new goal. Complacency has no place in sports or life. When you think your the best I guarantee that the someone will come over and knock your ass down. You know why? Because he was never satisfied with being the what he thought was his best and kept training like he did in the first place. There is no my best. There is only my former best and my new goal."

This was me on a rant to the team I am a Strength Coach with. Do not know where it came from or how the hell I came up with it but I was pleased to see the open mouth look from the guys and they listened. So I wrote it down and thought I would share.

That's intense dude, so you are the crazy hardass guy for your team? I loved our crazy hardass coach when I was in high school football. ****ing intense mofo, loved it.

[TheJuggernaut85]

That's intense dude, so you are the crazy hardass guy for your team? I loved our crazy hardass coach when I was in high school football. ****ing intense mofo, loved it.

Yeah I am the crazy hardass coach. That is how I was coached and that's how I coach now. Seems to work well, I mean you need to know when to be hard and when to be a little less so but yeah.

[MattP343]

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 Edge by Howard E. Ferguson

[Adam913]

My buddy just sent this to me on ******** as a comment on my status. It really got me fired up since I have people to prove wrong.

"madness on ur brain revenge in ur heart nitrous in ur veins on the verge of exploding ..... then and only then will you be your best and get what is yours"

He is also a fellow body builder I do not think he is on here but that is his choice. I am doing this for myself and myself only. People rub it in my face saying you can't do it and this and that. So I need to tell them **** YOU! This is my way of doing it. Prove them all wrong. There is also some other motivation in me but that is a personal thing. Ohhh boy I can not wait to slam the god damn weights tomorrow and cause udder ****ing chaos upon myself!