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One-Word Sayings for Motivation

Check out these motivational words and famous quotes to explain perfectly the importance of these words, curated by the Upspirity review team.

Determination

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

—Og Mandino

“A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal—a commitment to excellence—that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

—Mario Andretti

Drive

"You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support."

—Sabrina Bryan

"The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive, and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream."

—Tommy Hilfiger

"Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion."

—Jack Welch

Envision

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

—Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.”

—Dorthea Brande

"I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me."

—Lady Gaga

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Powerful words to help you let go of negativity in your life

No one needs draining, negative people in their lives. If you are going through a rough patch with someone close to you, here are some inspiring words to help you navigate this difficult process, curated by the Upspirity review team.

1. “The best emotional relief is not venting our problems, that only fuels the pain. It is focusing on something else, taking control of our lives and staying away from people that keep reminding us about our problems.” ― Rodolfo Peon

2. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

3. “Yes, the people around us can be insensitive, narcissistic, toxic, and sometimes even abusive, but it is up to us to take that energy on or let it flow through us. No one is responsible for taking away our happiness but us.” ― Aletheia Luna

4. “I burned by bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me.” ― L.M. Browning

5. “You don’t have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.” ― Joyce Rachelle

6. “I am worth more than these excuses. I am worth more than this inconsistent, unhealthy, disappointing dynamic. I am worthy of finding someone that is never going to allow us to settle into this toxic, distorted version of love.” ― Liz Newman

7. “If a person finds negative people in his life, then he needs to mend his own nature than that of others, for his own basic grounding decides the level of acidic or toxicity surrounding him.” — Anuj Somany

8. “I know people can be awful dooms for each other.” ― Iris Murdoch

9. “Never rely on another person to make you feel whole.” – Karen Salmansohn

10. “You lift your spirits by moving away from what upsets you. If the stove is hot, you can’t ask how to touch it but be happy about it.” ― Queen Tourmaline

11. “Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.” ― Christian Baloga

12. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception.” ― Carlos Wallace

13. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” ― Sharon Salzberg

14. “The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” — Anthony Robbins

15. “Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a one-way ticket to a toxic relationship because it makes your love conditional – you will love your partner as long as they help you feel better about yourself.” – Mark Manson

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Inspirational quotes to keep you going!

Keep on doing what you are doing and don’t give up after reading these inspirational quotes curated by the UpSpirity review team.

“If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.” —Unknown

“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” —Unknown

“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey

“Create healthy habits, not restrictions.” —Unknown

“Don’t let the scale define you. Be active, be healthy, be happy.” —Unknown

“It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.” —Kerri Walsh Jennings

“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” —Tony Robbins

“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” —Venus Williams

“Strive for progress, not perfection.” —Unknown

“All great achievements require time.” —Maya Angelou

“We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending.” —Zig Ziglar

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Inspiring words to motivate you through your day

Take it from these famous people and their inspirational words to lift your mood, curated by the Upspirity review team.

"People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one." - Kevin Kline

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." -- Mark Twain

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson

"It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong." - Abraham Lincoln

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out."- Robert Collier

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others." -- Audrey Hepburn

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." -- Thomas J. Watson

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." -- John Quincy Adams

"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone." -- Michael John Bobak

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." -- Oprah Winfrey

"You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing." -- Philippos

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work."-Colin Powell

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." -Pablo Picasso

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." -- Mark Zuckerberg

"We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret." -- Earl Nightingale

"Do one thing every day that scares you." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."- Vidal Sassoon

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." -- John D. Rockefeller

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."--Steve Jobs

"Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once." -- Drew Houston

"Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending." -- Carl Bard

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow."- Helen Keller

"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself." -- Mark Caine

"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody." -- Mother Teresa

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Inspiring Quotes From the Most Successful People in History

Inspiration can come from anywhere, and these sayings from some of the most successful people in history should have an inspiring effect on you, all curated by the Upspirity review team.

1. "Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable." -- Coco Chanel

2. "Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out."

- John Wooden

3. "Courage is grace under pressure." -- Ernest Hemingway

4. "If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

- Jim Rohn

5. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." -- Albert Einstein

6. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life -- think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." -- Swami Vivekananda

7. "Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others." -- Ellen DeGeneres

8. "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."

- Walt Disney

9. "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

10. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

11. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." -- Warren Buffett

12. "Whenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them." -- Vaibhav Shah

13. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -- Dr. Seuss

14. "Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me." -- Denzel Washington

15. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." -- Mae West

16. "Opportunities don't happen. You create them." -- Chris Grosser

17. "Once you choose hope, anything's possible." -- Christopher Reeve

18. "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." -- Albert Einstein

19. "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires." -- Nelson Mandela

20. "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." -- Charles Darwin

21. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart." -- Helen Keller

22. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

23. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -- Mahatma Gandhi

24. "The best revenge is massive success." -- Frank Sinatra

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

- Walt Disney

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Uplift Your Spirits With These eBooks

Many people read inspirational eBooks when they need motivation. UpSpirity has the right content that will inspire you to refuel for the daily grind. Here are a few eBooks that you should read when you need inspiration.

Brooke McGlothlin’s Surprised by Life

When the hurdles of life seem to overwhelm your wellness spiritually, this eBook is the solution. The books encourage readers not to lose hope when things are tough because things always turn out fine in the end. The author speaks into your heart about all sorts of hiccups and hitches that you might face in your daily life. He also mentions the need to connect with God when you are going through challenges. To learn about the five ways you can connect with God, sign up with UpSpirity.

A Hunger for God- John Piper

God dictates our life's direction. That’s why you should fast for Him because life without strong desires for God’s glorious manifestation is unsatisfactory. When you feel lost and need to find the right direction, fasting can be a good idea.

Monica Strobel- The Compliment Quotient

This eBook is ideal for those who want to lift their spirits and strengthen their relationship with the almighty. The author expounds on simple practices that can give you motivation when you are experiencing stressful times. She has provided answers that will help you have a strong relationship with your partner and positive influences on your children.

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Here’s why New Year’s resolutions don’t work

If you had a dollar for every time you heard the phrase ‘new year, new me,’ you’d probably be quite well off (and able to tackle one of your resolutions to be better with money!). However, the cold hard reality is that many New Year’s Resolutions rarely make it past the second week in January.

While a new year seems like the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and usher in a new version of yourself, especially after the holiday season’s excesses, the start of January is often the worst possible time to do this. Here’s why:

The weather

For a start, it’s still the middle of winter. It’s cold, the days are short, and the nights are long. Many of us just want comfort at this time of year, and the notion of embarking on some life-altering resolution seems too much.

However, we can still engage in small self-betterment acts, such as wrapping up warm and getting outside for a walk regularly. It doesn’t require much commitment, and you can take it at your own pace. Getting out is great for your mood, as it gives you a chance to grab whatever limited sunlight there is.

The calendar

January 1 maybe New Year’s Day, but when it comes to significant behavioural change, do we need to be wedded to the calendar? Deciding to change our behaviour shouldn’t be dictated by an arbitrary date. Besides, New Year’s used to be celebrated at different times of the year by other cultures. Celts and Pagans marked the New Year around springtime when all the plants and flowers came back to life. Maybe that’s a better time to make New Year’s resolutions.

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Happiness Quotes for an Inspirational Life

Happiness is not about what is going on around you, but rather what is happening inside you. So read these wonderful quotes and be as happy as you can be.

1. “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

2. “Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

3. “The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.” – Woody Allen

4. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

5. “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” – Groucho Marx

6. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

7. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

8. “Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.” – Carl Jung

9. “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” – Dale Carnegie

10. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama

11. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

12. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

13. “A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” – Albert Einstein

14. “The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” – James M. Barrie

15. “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Improve Your Mental and Physical Health With Spiritual Books

Reading spiritual books can help you transform your life spiritually. The knowledge you obtain from these books will help you to make wise investments with time and money. Here are some spiritual books that promote positive thinking and nourish your soul.

Metahuman - Deepak Chopra

In this book, New York Times top-selling author Deepack unlocks the secrets to going beyond your present limitations when you want to access something that people think is impossible. You do this by becoming a human with superpowers - metahuman. The storyline includes medicine that will you uncover your true worth. Also, you will get an opportunity to identify your goals and chase after them. Deepak goes ahead and debunks the myths that characterize humans as machines for working.

Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield

Published in 1993, Celestine Prophecy is an adventure novel that talks about different types of spiritual and psychological ideas rooted in New Age spirituality and numerous ancient Eastern traditions. Celestine Prophecy is considered the best selling novel ever published. James talks about a character who discovers nine spiritual insights and twists the plot of the story to make it cornier.

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle wrote this book intending to recognize how people are stressed about the future that has not yet occurred. The main moral of the story is that we should prepare our minds to expect anything. In turn, this reduces the chances of anxiety or getting depressed.

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Famous quotes from teen activist Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is only 16 years old but known for her powerful speeches on climate change. Here are some of her famous words which encourage people to do more to protect the planet.

"The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say - we will never forgive you." - UN Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2019

“My message is that we'll be watching you. This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. Yet I am one of the lucky ones. People are suffering.” - UN Summit in New York

"We showed that we are united and that we, young people, are unstoppable." - UN Youth Climate Summit, New York City, 21 September 2019

"We are striking because we have done our homework, and they have not." - Climate protest in Hamburg, Germany, 1 March 2019

"Since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago." - COP24, Poland, 4 December 2018

"I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is." - World Economic Forum, Davos, 24 January 2019

"The moment we decide to fulfil something, we can do anything." - Houses of Parliament, UK, 23 April 2019

"When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you're winning!" - Instagram, 31 August 2019

"I have Asperger's syndrome and that means I'm sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances - being different is a superpower," she said.

"You must unite behind the science. You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up can never ever be an option." - US Congress, Washington DC, 17 September 2019

"We deserve a safe future. And we demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask?" - Global Climate Strike, New York, 20 September 2019

"Change is coming, whether you like it or not. " - Instagram, 21 September 2019

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The Greatest Fashion Quotes of All Time

Here are some words to live by from some of fashion's greatest people.

"Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes." —Diana Vreeland

"Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live." —Gianni Versace

"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress." —Karl Lagerfeld

"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language." —Miuccia Prada

"I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet." —Carrie Bradshaw

"I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it."—Alexander McQueen

"Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." —Diane von Furstenberg

"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life." —Bill Cunningham

"I don't design clothes. I design dreams." —Ralph Lauren

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." —Yves Saint Laurent

"Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing." —Alexander Wang

"How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?" —Sonia Rykiel

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous." —Elsa Schiaparelli

"You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody. I’m not talking about lots of clothes.” —Diana Vreeland

"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” —Vivienne Westwood

"You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet." —Christian Dior

"Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose." —Lauren Hutton

"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress." —Hubert de Givenchy

"I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting." —Marc Jacobs

"Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There's no how-to road map to style. It's about self expression and, above all, attitude." —Iris Apfel

"Trendy is the last stage before tacky." —Karl Lagerfeld

"People will stare. Make it worth their while." —Harry Winston

"Elegance is elimination." —Cristóbal Balenciaga

"Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” —Christian Louboutin

"Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”—Alber Elbaz

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." —Coco Chanel

"We must never confuse elegance with snobbery." —Yves Saint Laurent

"Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends." —Kate Spade

"Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered." —Giorgio Armani

"The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette." —Giambattista Valli

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Inspiring Life Quotes That Will Move You

These quotes will make you think, will uplift you, and will help inspire you to live a beautiful and meaningful life.

Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard

It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Elizabeth Kenny

Life is a question and how we live it is our answer. Gary Keller

Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless. Maxime Lagacé

Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life. Snoopy

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler

Life is not what happened back there or what might happen up ahead. Life is like the rhythm of the heart — every breath, every blink of the eye. It is beat by beat, moment by moment. This…is all there is. This…is all we need. Andy Puddicombe

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andre Gide

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. Douglas Adams

It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have. Fred Rogers

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Inspirational Quotes to Positively Influence Your Life

If you are looking for some positive influences in your life, then prepare to be inspired by these inspirational quotes.

Success isn't easy, and that's a good thing - at least in business. If it was easy, everybody would be doing it and your competition would be outrageous! David Fairweather, Winning Mindset

Give it your all. Whatever work you do, do it to the best of your ability.

Jerry Dorsman and Bob Davis, How to Achieve Peace of Mind.

When ordinary people decide to step out and be part of something big, that’s when they become extraordinary.

Brett Harris, Do Hard Things

A beautiful diamond asks to be viewed from many angles, shining in the light. Clare Josa, The Little Book of Daily Sunshine

Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams. Brad Sugars

Words and thoughts can be inspirational, but until you take the first step, you must motivate yourself, otherwise, your dream will just remain a dream.

If you want something out of life you have to go out there and get it, because it is not just going to be given to you. Kelvin Waites, Hit'em Before They Hit You

No one is going to climb the stairs for you, you must start one stair at a time. None of us are entitled, we all must work for what we want.

No one can give you your goals. No one can dig for you. This is your journey. Warren Philip Gates, Success and the Powerful Introvert

Having a specific meaning and purpose in your life helps to encourage you towards living a fulfilling and inspired life. Vic Johnson, Goal Setting

If life has no meaning then what is the purpose?

Hold the words and intentions gently with you as you go about your day, take action as it's called for and as it feels right for you and then simply watch as life unfolds and opens up for you. Cat O'Connor, 30 Days Of Inspiration

Loving ourselves allows us to show up in the world so we can love others, uplift others, and make the world a more loving place. Troy L Love, A Year of Self Love

When you see the world through serene eyes, you generate peace wherever you go. Jerry Dorsman and Bob Davis, How to Achieve Peace of Mind

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Motivational Quotes to Keep You Hustling

Keep inspiration on hand with these wonderful pearls of wisdom.

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

-Arthur Ashe

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”

-Estee Lauder

“Don’t think about making art. Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”

-Andy Warhol

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

-Audre Lorde

“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”

– Roald Dahl, “My Uncle Oswald”

“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.”

-Herb Kelleher, Co-founder of Southwest Airlines

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

– Maya Angelou

“Sometimes, you’ve got to work a little, so you can ball a lot.”

-Tom Haverford

“Go to your desire and don’t hang around here.”

-Jack Kerouac, “Big Sur”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined!”

-Thoreau

“Now tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

-Mary Oliver

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

-Dolly Parton

“Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

-Michael Jordan

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Top Motivational Quotes For Dieters

If you want to diet more effectively, here are a few quotes to help you diet and lose weight for good.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Stick to your diet and lose weight not only will you look amazing, you’ll also feel much happier in your day-to-day life.

It took more than a day to put it on. It will take more than a day to take it off.

Results from dieting take time, but when they do come they’re definitely worth it.

If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food.

Filling your home with healthy nutritious food is the first step to dieting success.

It takes five minutes to consume 500 calories. It takes two hours to burn them off.

Is that muffin really worth throwing all of that hard work away for? No.

One must eat to live, not live to eat.

When you get into the habit of eating healthily it will become second nature.

Exercising should be about rewarding the body with endorphins and strength. Not about punishing your body for what you’ve eaten.

Successful dieters understand that eating healthily and exercising work best when used together, rather than on their own.

Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

If you eat healthily you’ll feel better, have more energy, and ultimately live longer.

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

Dieting is a fantastic thing, because if you do it properly you know that you will reach your goals.

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

Give yourself the best possible chance of succeeding by starting your diet on a quiet day when you know that you can control what you eat.

You don’t drown by falling in water. You drown by staying there.

Staying at an unhealthy weight is never a good idea, and if you accept your fate all you’re going to do is gain even more.

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Motivational Workout Quotes To Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals

Here are a few powerful fitness quotes from all-star athletes and other public figures that you need to repeat in your mind over and over until they stick.

1. “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” —Jerry Rice

2. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown

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

4. “No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.” —Unknown

5. “Sweat is fat crying.” —Unknown

6. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky

7. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda

8. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

9. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine

10. “You’re only one workout away from a good mood.” —Unknown

11. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou

12. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” —Unknown

13. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

14. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” —Mahatma Gandhi

15. “The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph’.” —Unknown

16. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger

17. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali

18. “Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.” —Unknown

19. “If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.” —Unknown

20. “When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” —Unknown

21. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey

22. “Create healthy habits, not restrictions.” —Unknown

23. “Don’t let the scale define you. Be active, be healthy, be happy.” —Unknown

24. “It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.” —Kerri Walsh Jennings

25. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” —Tony Robbins

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How to make the most of your time to tackle big projects

Determination and creativity can be pretty potent driving forces, but very often when they come up against that pesky roadblock called time, they can really lose their drive. Whatever project you want to complete, carving out enough time for it can sometimes be the biggest challenge. You may have a full-time job or kids, or both, to try and juggle or even if you are at home during the day while kids or at school or with a childminder, you can quickly find your precious time being devoured by a number of chores and errands.

So how do we manage to get enough time to complete our dream projects? Here are a few tips to make sure you have enough time to get the job done.

Make the most of the mornings

This is the time of the day when you are going to have the most energy and focus. It’s not just that you have had a good night’s sleep, but it is also the time of day when you have most time in front you. If you have kids and do a school run, try to time discipline yourself to start work as soon as you get home. This may mean getting up a little bit earlier to get all the household chores, but will help you focus and concentrate once you are ready to start.

Set yourself mini challenges

You’re not going to write a novel in an afternoon and you know that. But, setting yourself a challenge to have set amount of words written by a certain time gives you a manageable task. Hit it, then make another one and all of a sudden you are further down the road than you realize.

Don’t wait for inspiration

If you have zoned off some time, but the creative juices aren’t flowing, don’t sit around waiting for inspiration to strike. Go for a walk, make some coffee or just brainstorm some ideas to get your mind in gear again.

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