inspirational quotes

[Jdizzlean]

while i'm a veritable font of self inspiration, i do enjoy some literary prose once in awhile of the 'atta boy' or 'go get em' variety. what are some of your favorite motivational quotes?

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up" - Vince Lombardi

"creativity is intelligence having fun" - Albert Einstein

"today's accomplishment's were yesterday's impossibilities" Robert Schuller

"nobody who ever gave their best, regretted it" -George Halas

"if you aren't going all the way, why go at all" - Joe Namath

"you're never a loser until you quit trying" -Mike Ditka

"don't be a victim, be the victor" - Kent Paul


and probably my fav ever:

"you don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great" -Zig Ziglar

[steffo99]

I guess these are more about wisdom than inspiration, anyways.....


“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
― Ayn Rand

“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see.”
― Ayn Rand

“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

[mtpockets]

Don't knock anyone down and don't knock anyone up.... A wise old man

[supramax]

"It is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven."

... Mark 10:25

[ArchAngel'73]

Inspiration and motivation are not the same, let's clarify;

Motivation refers to a process of stimulating someone to act in a definite way to achieve a goal. Inspiration is defined as an act of influencing people mentally and emotionally to do something creative.

When Ronnie Coleman says "Ain't nothin' but a peanut" before a heavy set it is used to motivate himself to get the job done.

If one reads "Ye are gods" from the Bible it is meant to be inspirational, alluding to the potential power of humankind.

When my favorite youtuber Claus Kellerman says "F*ck hope. Hope is useless without a plan." those are words of wisdom which neither motivate nor inspire, but teach.



As far as my favorite inspirational line
"You were made for this sh*t"
I said/say that to me, especially when times are tough like working the front lines in a health care setting during a pandemic or grinding out a 405 squat or a 1080 lb. leg press for reps.

[whatevergirl]

From an Erin Hanson poem:

“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?”

[x-trainer ben]

You were made for this sht, i like that, can i borrow it?

My fav is is "When people show you who they are, believe them."

[ArchAngel'73]

You were made for this sht, i like that, can i borrow it?

My fav is is "When people show you who they are, believe them."

No problemo.



"People will tell you who they are...their actions will show you." -Maya Angelou yakkin' to Oprah I think.

[Old-Time-Lifter]

[x-trainer ben]

No problemo.



"People will tell you who they are...their actions will show you." -Maya Angelou yakkin' to Oprah I think.

Yes, and it is much longer than i knew.......www.azquotes.com/quote/865417

[whatevergirl]

From the stoics...

No great thing is created suddenly. - Epictetus

[ElrondHubbard]

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

"The time is always right to do what is right." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I never lose. Either I win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

"Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence." -- Mahatma Gandhi

"The best thing about temptation, it's always there when you need it." -- Elrond Hubbard

[OldFartTom]

Judge a tree by its fruit

[supramax]

The senses meet the object and from their contact sensation is born. Thence results recollection. Thus, as the sun's power through a burning-glass causes fire to appear, so through the cognizance born of sense and object, the mind originates and with it the ego, the thought of self...

... Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

[whatevergirl]

See the light in others, and treat them as if that's all you see. - Wayne Dyer

[Mark1T]

“You never fail until you stop trying.” - Albert Einstein

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

[mtpockets]

Love many
Trust few
Paddle your own canoe

[2nd_chance]

“I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.”

― William Carey (Missionary to India, late 1700's-early 1800's)

[bodyhard]

Its still your motherfcking set.....

[7Seconds]

I wouldn’t say it is a motivational quote but it is one that speaks to me.


"I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy." - Anthony Bourdain

[Wayne Evans]

Ha....I recall that one.

OTOH...."when the going gets tough......the tough get going".

But....what do I know.

Good evening to all.

[supramax]

Hating someone is like burning down your house to kill a rat.

[Jdizzlean]

my personal mantra lately has been along the lines of:

you spent a lot of time being weak, now it's time to be strong.

[whatevergirl]

''You'll never have this day again, so cherish it.''- Anonymous (afaik)

[Mark1T]

If your path is difficult and lengthy, then your purpose is much greater than you had imagined.

~anon~

[Payton1221]

"I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy." - Anthony Bourdain

This is actually a poem but along those same lines:

Two hearts beat, beneath my breast
One is foul, one is blessed
One I love, one I hate
But the one I feed will dominate

[mtpockets]

[socalivin]

Nothing happens until the pain of remaining the same outweighs the pain of change

If you feel like quitting remember why you started

Only the discipline are free in life, if you aren’t discipline you are a slave to your moods and habits

At the end of your feelings is nothing, but at then of a principle is a promise

Sacrifice what your are for what you will become

[supramax]

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

[supramax]

That is the extraordinary thing about love: it is the only quality that brings a total comprehension of the whole of existence.

... J. Krishnamurti