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30 Quotes To Motivate You

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." -Charles R. Swindoll

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30 Quotes To Motivate You

Roughly a month and a half into 2017, and it's already been a huge year. Many good things have happened, but many bad things have happened as well. Whatever your current situation is, whether you're going through a tough loss or just feeling more stressed out than usual, here's 30 quotes to motivate you and keep you going.

1. "Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it everyday." -Gary Vaynerchuck

2. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

3. "Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games." -Babe Ruth

4. "Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner." -Lao Tzu

5. "There are no traffic jams along the extra mile." -Roger Staubach

6. "Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt

7. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." -Amelia Earhart

8. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom." -Vincent Van Gogh

9. "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." -Ronald Reagan

10. "Nothing will work unless you do." -Maya Angelou

11. "The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing." -Walt Disney

12. "Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones." -H. Jackson Brown Jr.

13. "Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes your destiny." -Proverb

14. "I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." -Bill Gates

15. "Haters are confused admirers who can't understand why everybody loves you." -Paulo Coelho

16. "The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." -Disraeli

17. "We cannot start over, but we can begin now and make a new ending." -Zig Zaglar

18. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela

19. "Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams." -Seth Godin

20. "Those people who tried to bury you didn't know you were a seed." -Unknown

21. "Life is short, fragile, and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams and goals." -Unknown

22. "Change happens in an instant. It happens the moment you DECIDE to change." -Allyson Lewis

23. "It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." -William Ernest Henley

24. "The Devil whispered in my ear, 'You're not strong enough to withstand the storm.' Today I whispered in the Devil's ear, "I am the storm.'" -Unknown

25. "Don't let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace." -Dalai Lama

26. "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice." -Wayne Dyer

27. "Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want." -Jim Rohn

28. "Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself." -Harry Potter

29. "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying." -Friedrich Nietzsche

30. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go." -Dr. Seuss

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