Motivational Thought for the Day

Re-energize with a Motivational thought for the day!

People think that at the top there isn't much room.
They tend to think of it as an Everest.
My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
Margaret Thatcher

Be ready when opportunity comes.
Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.

Motivational thought for the Day:Embrace your Obstacles

When defeat comes,
accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound,
rebuild those plans,
and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill

Motivational Thought for the Day: Do Your Best

Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can.
It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something.
If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.
Laurie David

It's...best to assume that heaven is right here, right now, and let the stars fall where they may.
Margaret Gunther I know that all I can do is be the best me that I can.
And live life with some gusto.
Giving back is a big part of that.
How am I going to share this experience with the American people?
I'm always thinking about that.
Michelle Obama on what she knows for sure

We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities:
It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle

Motivational Thought for the Day: Appreciation

Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
Harry Hepner

You have to start by changing the story you tell yourself about getting older...
The minute you say to yourself, 'Time is everything, and I'm going to make sure that time is used the way I dream it should be used,'
then you've got a whole different story.
Diane Sawyer

I am not judged by the number of times I fail,
but by the number of times I succeed;
and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
Tom Hopkins

Motivational Thought for the Day-A clear path.

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
Joseph Conrad

Some self-confronting questions:
Where do I want to be at any given time?
How am I going to get there?
What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?
What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?
George A. Ford

A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.
John Argenti

Motivational Thought for the Day:Joy

You must take chances.
If you do nothing,
you reduce the possibilities you have for greater joy.
Walter Anderson

Reduce your plan to writing.
The moment you complete this,
you will have definitely given concrete form
to the intangible desire.
Napoleon Hill

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that.
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now.
Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today.
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
Nolan Bushnell

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask.
Everything you want also wants you.
But you have to take action to get it.
Jack Canfield

Take a lesson from the mosquito.
She never waits for an opening
she makes one.
Kirk Kirkpatrick

Motivational Thought for the Day: Reward

I feel that the greatest reward for doing
is the opportunity to do more.
Dr. Jonas Salk

I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Helen Keller

Find what you love to do. Find your passion.
Know what makes you want to get up in the morning,
that's all you need.
Condoleeza Rice

Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational Thought of the Day-Be Challenged

I wanted to be scared again...
I wanted to feel unsure again.
That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.
Connie Chung

I've always felt it was not up to anyone else
to make me give my best.
Akeem Olajuwon

I am responsible.
Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening,
I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
Bad things do happen;
how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness,
immobilized by the gravity of my loss,
or I can choose to rise from the pain
and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.
Walter Anderson



I must begin again,
and again I must begin.
Every time I lose,
I win and must begin again.
Joyce Sutpen





Motivational Thought for the Day-Look Within

You can only work on yourself.
Start there.
Alice O. Howell

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning,
not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.
Pam Houston

A man's fortune must first be changed from within.
Chinese Proverb

People have to face regrets.
Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
When someone attaches unkindness to criticism, she's angry. Angry people need to criticize as an outlet for their anger. That's why you must reject unkind criticism. Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
Life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn't supposed to be a battle at all.
And when it comes to happiness, well, sometimes life is just okay, sometimes it's comfortable, sometimes wonderful, sometimes boring, sometimes unpleasant.
When your day's not perfect, it's not a failure or a terrible loss. It's just another day.
Barbara Sher

Motivational Thought for the Day-Miracles

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
Patricia Neal

I believe that any man/woman's life will be filled
with constant and unexpected encouragement,
if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day,
and as nearly as possible
reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
Booker T. Washington

That's what I consider true generosity.
You give your all,
and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
Simone de Beauvoir

The person with a fixed goal,
a clear picture of his desire,
or an ideal always before him,
causes it, through repetition,
to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind
and is thus enabled,
thanks to its generative and sustaining power,
to realize his goal in a minimum of time
and with a minimum of physical effort.
Just pursue the thought unceasingly.
Step by step you will achieve realization,
for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.
Claude M. Bristol

A comfort zone has an unsettling tendency to close in when you become too complacent.
Accept the next challenge to ensure that your comfort zone won't ever get the best of you.

Positive Motivational Thought for the Day

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems,
but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort!
Herm Albright

If you will call your troubles experiences,
and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you,
you will grow vigorous and happy,
however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
John R. Miller

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda.
If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Pat Riley

The older I get the more wisdom I find
in the ancient rule of taking first things first.
A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Motivational Thought for the Day-Don't Wait

People wait for opportunity to come along
yet it is there every morning.
Dennis the Menace

My philosophy of life is that
if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives,
then work hard toward that goal,
we never lose
somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan

Don't tell me how hard you work.
Tell me how much you get done.
James Ling

Motivational Thought for the Day

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing.
You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
Geoffrey Gaberino

One person with a belief
is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill

Guard well your spare moments.
They are like uncut diamonds.
Discard them and their value will never be known.
Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational Thought for the Day-Time

This very moment is the perfect teacher,
and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we are.
Pema Chodron

It's simply a matter of doing what you do best
and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.
John R. Amos

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison

Our attitudes control our lives.
Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad.
It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
Tom Blandi

Motivational Thought for the Day: Raise your level of Consciousness

You view all the things that happen to you,
both good and bad,
as opportunities,
then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
Les Brown

Big jobs usually go to the men
who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never mind if you fall far short of the thing you want to do,
encourage your effort.
If no one else will say it to you, say it to yourself.
'Not so bad.'
It will make the next effort easier and better.
Josephine Demott Robinson

Motivational Thought for the Day

There are glimpses of heaven to us
in every act, or thought, or word,
that raises us above ourselves.
Arthur P. Stanley

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving,
and that's your own self.
Aldous Huxley

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life
that the most likely way to reach a goal
is to be aiming not at that goal itself
but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
Arnold Toynbee

Why always 'Not yet'?
Do flowers in spring say, 'Not yet'?
Norman Douglas

What is your Goal? Motivational Thought for the Day

Your goals, minus your doubts,
equal your reality.
Ralph Marston

Efforts and courage
are not enough
without purpose and direction.
JFK

You can do what you want to do,
accomplish what you want to accomplish,
attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind
not all of a sudden,
perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement
but you can do it gradually,
day by day and play by play,
if you want to do it,
if you work to do it,
over a sufficiently long period of time.
William E. Holler

This is your life.
This is your journey.
You are the Hero...
Lee Smith

Motivational Thought for the Day:Life

As you travel along the road of life,
pull over frequently to breathe,
stretch and enjoy the moment.

Ever tried. Ever failed.
No matter. Try Again.
Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel Beckett

Productivity increases with happiness.
Produce some now.

Motivational Thought for the Day

Stand up to your obstacles
and do something about them.
You will find that
they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Norman Vincent Peale

You will never FIND time for anything.
If you want time,
you must MAKE it.
Charles Bixton

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities.
Seize common occasions and make them great.
Weak men/women wait for opportunities;
strong men/women make them.
Orison Swett Marden

When you feel that you have reached the end
and that you cannot go one step further,
when life seems to be drained of all purpose:
What a wonderful opportunity to start all over again,
to turn over a new page.
Eileen Caddy

Motivational Thought for the Day-Where's the Energy?

The energy to get things done comes from knowing that
what you're doing right now is what's most important.

People should know what you stand for.
They should also know what you won't stand for.
Author Unknown

Crucial to finding the way is this:
there is no beginning or end.
You must make your own map.
Joy Harjo

Life is change.
Growth is optional.
Choose wisely.
Karen Kaiser Clark

Motivational Thought for the Day-Opportunities

Opportunities multiply as they are seized,
they die when neglected.
John Wicker

What is opportunity, and when does it knock?
It never knocks.
You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking.
None at all.
You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny.
You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity,
to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality,
and build a self-image with which you are able to live --
with your self-respect alive and growing.
Maxwell Maltz

If frustrated in one's endeavor
by a stone wall or any kind of blockage,
one must find a way around
another route toward one's goal.
E. Margaret Burbidge

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