Motivation Station

"Everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself."

Leo Tolstoy

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary."

~Margret Cousins

"You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."

Charlie Chaplin, Actor

"Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures."

J.C. Penney, Retailer

"Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will be doing things absolutely differently from everybody else."

— Sara Blakely

"It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it."
~Johann W. von Goethe

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

John Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself."

Robert H. Abplanalp

"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure."

Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

Shelley Duvall, actress

"Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe"

Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."
~William James

"It doesn't matter where you are coming from.
All that matters is where you are going."

— Brian Tracy

"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes."

Henry Kaiser, industrialist

"My father instilled in me that if you don't see things happening the way you want them to, you get out there and make them happen."

Susan Powter, Author

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery."
~Anne Frank

"There are only four ways to create value (in a digital economy): information, entertainment, convenience, and savings."

Jay Walker, Priceline founder

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you'll be a success."

Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian

"A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures."

John Kennedy, 35th U.S. President

"You don't need anyone else's permission to be happy. Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such."

 ~Ralph Marston

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. "

Plato, Philosopher

"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."

— Brian Tracy

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity."

Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

"When you are in the zone, your intuition comes to the forefront, ... Your intuition will guide you. It is your best friend. It has information your mind does not have. When you are a zone performer — no matter what it is you do — you are operating on intuition and you have an unfair advantage over the competition."

— Jim Fannin

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed ."

— Michael Jordan

"Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy."

— Maxwell Maltz

"Get money - but stop once in a while to figure what it is costing you to get it. No man gets it without giving something in return. The wise man gives his labor and ability. The fool gives his life."

~Bruce Barton

"Life begins when you do."

Hugh Downs, American Broadcaster

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."

Brian Tracy, Author

"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes."

Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

Napoleon Hill, Writer

"Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it."

— Ted Williams

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."
~Jim Rohn

"Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune."

--Jim Rohn

‎"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner."

- Zig Ziglar
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"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat."

Allen Klein, businessman

"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others."

Robert Louis Stevenson, writer

"The difference in winning and losing is most often... not quitting."

Walt Disney, Animator, Film Producer

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

Brian Tracy, Author

"Without a compelling cause, our employees are just putting in time. Their minds might be engaged, but their hearts are not. Meaning precedes motivation."

Lee J. Colan

"Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things."

Denis Diderot, French Philosopher and Writer

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

Vince Lombardi, Legendary Football Coach

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if needed. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

Anonymous

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity."

Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist

"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther."

J.P. Morgan, industrialist

"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."

Brian Tracy, Author

"Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push."

Joann Thomas

"If you want to have good ideas, you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away."

Linus Pauling, chemist

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."

George Allen, football coach

"Every man dies. Not every man lives. The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the "buts" you use today."

Les Brown, Bandleader